Soumya
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Soumya (
The name has various meanings.
Soumya means 'Birth of Soma'. Soma (
(planet).Other meanings of Saumya
Soumya also means Shubhagrahas or benefics as opposed to Papagrahas or malefic.[2][3]
Creatures subsisting on leaves & fruits are known as Soumya (benefic), according to The Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāha Mihira.[4]
The third year of the ninth Yuga is known as Soumya. According to The Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāha Mihira, mankind will be happy during the ‘Soumya’ year.[5]
In Kannada, Soumya means "The Regent of Mercury and son of the Moon.[6]
In
Soumya is among the "Shiva Sahasranama" – 1008 Names of Lord Shiva in Shiva Sahasranama Stotram Shiva Purana, Kotirudra Samhita (Book IV), Chapter 35, 1-133.[8][9]
Soumya is one of the nine regions of Bharatavarsha according to the Brahma Purana.[10] The names of eight of these regions are Indradvipa, Kaserumana, Tamraparna, Gabhastimana, Nagadvipa, Soumya, Gandharva and Varuna.[11][12]
Soumya is one of the Vasara (days of the week) Wednesday: Soumya Vasara[13]
Notable people with this name
- Soumya Sankar Bose (born 1990), Indian Artist and Photographer
- Soumya Bhattacharya (born 1969), Indian journalist and author
- Soumya Raychaudhuri (born 1975), American scientist
- Soumya Ranjan Patnaik (born 1952), founder and editor of Oriya daily Sambad
- Soumya Swaminathan(born 1959), Indian paediatrician
- Soumya Swaminathan (born 1989), Indian Chess player
- Soumya Sarkar (born 1993), Bangladeshi cricketer (previously named Soumya Shanto Sarkar)
- Tamilnadu, India
See also
- Soma (disambiguation)
- Souma (disambiguation)
- Soumyam
- Sumaya (given name), an unrelated Arabic name
References
- ^ Balfour, Edward (1873). "Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures".
- ISBN 9788120813526. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
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- ^ Varāhamihira (1884). "The Bṛihat Saṃhitâ of Varaha Mihira".
- ^ Varāhamihira (1884). "The Bṛihat Saṃhitâ of Varaha Mihira".
- ^ Reeve, W.; Sanderson, D. (1858). A Dictionary, Canarese and English: By the Rev. W. Reeve. Revised, Corrected and Enlarged by Daniel Sanderson. Wesleyan Mission Press. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
- ^ "সৌম্য - A Bengali-English dictionary". dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ^ "1008 Names of Lord Shiva". harekrsna.de. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ^ "Shiva Sahasranama -- Shiva Purana Version". Satyam Sivam Advaitam. 2010-06-24. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Brahma purana". Wikisource. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ "The Brahma Purana". Wisdom Library. 2013-05-25. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ "Brahms Purana". bharatadesam.com. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ Sankalpam and its meaning
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