Sūrya

A form of Surya — The chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kashyapa and one of his wives Aditi, of Indra, or of Dyaus Pita (depending by the versions). Portrayed with golden arms and hair, Surya drives through the heaven in his triumphal chariot harnessed by seven horses or one horse with seven heads, which represent the seven colours of the rainbow or the seven chakras.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Surya.

    Sūrya (cognate in name to the Greek Hēlios) is the most concrete of the solar deities.

    1900, Arthur Anthony Macdonell, A History of Sanskrit Literature, page 77
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