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सूर्या f. af. the wife of सूर्य or the Sun (also called संज्ञा, q.v. ) the daughter of सूर्य or the Sun (See, [RV. i, 116, 17] ; also described as daughter of प्रजापति or of सवितृ and wife of the अश्विन्s, and in other places as married to सोम; in [RV. i, 119, 2] she is called ऊर्जानी, and in vi, 55, 4, vi, 58, 4 the sister of पूषन् [ 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; सूर्यासावित्री is regarded as the authoress of the सूर्या-सूक्त, [RV. x, 85] ), [RV.] ; [AV.] ; [AitBr.] ; [Kauś.] वाच् = , [Naigh. i, 11] सूर्या-सूक्ता = ( q.v. ), [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] a new bride a drug, [L.] the colocynth or bitter gourd, [L.] सूर्या f. bf. See सू॑र्य above.
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