सूर्य [ sūrya ] [ sū́rya ] m. the sun or its deity (in the Veda the name Sūrya is generally distinguished from Savitṛi ( q.v. ) , and denotes the most concrete of the solar gods , whose connection with the luminary is always present to the poet's mind ; in Lit. Nir. vii , 5 he is regarded as one of the original Vedic triad , his place being in the sky , while that of Agni is on the earth , and that of Indra is in the atmosphere ; ten hymns in the Lit. RV. are entirely in praise of Sūrya e.g. Lit. i , 50 , i , 115 , also Lit. AV. xiii , 2 ; he moves through the sky in a chariot drawn by seven ruddy horses or mares ( see [ saptāśva ] , [ harit ] , [ harid-aśva ] ) ; in the later mythology Sūrya is identified with Savitṛi as one of the 12 Ādityas or emblems of the Sun in the 12 months of the year , and his seven-horsed chariot is said to be driven by Aruṇa or the Dawn as its charioteer , who is represented without legs ; the Sun , whether named Sūrya or Vivasvat , has several wives see [ sūryā ] below) Lit. RV. ( cf. Lit. IW. 11 ; 16 Lit. RTL. 341) ( 1243,1 )

  a symbolical expression for the number " twelve " (in allusion to the sun in the 12 signs of the zodiac) Lit. Jyot. Lit. Hcat.

  the swallow-wort ( either Calotropis or Asclepias Gigantea , = [ arka ] ) Lit. L.

  N. of the son of Bali Lit. L.

  of a Dānava Lit. VahniP.

  of an astronomer (= [ sūrya-dāsa ] ) Lit. Cat.

  epithet of Śiva Lit. MBh.

  [ sūryā ] f. the wife of Sūrya or the Sun ( also called Saṃjñā , q.v.)

  the daughter of Sūrya or the Sun (see Lit. RV. i , 116 , 17 ; also described as daughter of Prajāpati or of Savitṛi and wife of the Aśvins , and in other places as married to Soma ; in Lit. RV. i , 119 , 2 she is called Ūrjānī , and in Lit. vi , 55 , 4 , vi , 58 , 4 the sister of Pūshan ( q.v. ) , who is described as loving her , and receiving her as a gift from the gods ; accord. to some she represents a weak manifestation of the Sun ; Sūryā Sāvitrī is regarded as the authoress of the Sūryā-sûkta Lit. RV. x , 85) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. AitBr. Lit. Kauś.

  = [ vāc ] Lit. Naigh. i , 11

  = [ sūryā-sūktā ] ( q.v.) Lit. ŚāṅkhGṛ.

  a new bride

  a drug Lit. L.

  the colocynth or bitter gourd Lit. L.

  [ sūrya ] m. f. n. solar ( perhaps w.r. for [ saurya ] ) Lit. Jyot. ( For cognate words see under 2. [ svár ] . )