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Sūrya

Sūrya is the alternative spelling of Surya.

Meaning of Surya

Proper noun

Surya

  1. (Hinduism) 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.
  2. Sun
  3. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Questions about Sūrya

What is Sūrya the alternative spelling of?
Sūrya is the alternative spelling of Surya.

Words near Sūrya in the dictionary

  1. Słupsk
  2. sōgana
  3. Sōma
  4. Sōya
  5. Sūmer
  6. Sūrya
  7. Sūryaprabha
  8. sūtra
  9. sūtras
  10. Sƛ'aƛ'imxǝc
  11. Sơn La

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sūrya (page history and authors); Surya (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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