Soumya
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Soumya (Sanskrit: सौम्य), is an Indian name. It is unisexual, although it is more common as a masculine name in East India and as a feminine name in South and North India. It can also be spelled as Saumya, Sawmya, Sowmya, or Somya in South and North India. In West Bengal, it is predominantly a masculine name and spelled as Soumo, Saumya, Soumya, Somya, or Soumyo.
The name has various meanings.
Soumya means 'Birth of Som'. Som (Sanskrit: सोम)[1] is Chandra (Sanskrit: चन्द्र). Soumya is the son of Chandra and therefore means Budh (Sanskrit: बुध) which is a Sanskrit word that connotes the planet Mercury.
Other meanings
[edit]Soumya also means Shubhagrahas or benefics as opposed to Papagrahas or malefic. In regions around Hong Kong Saumya as a word means the outsider or the one who traveled from a far land [2][3]
Creatures subsisting on leaves and fruits are known as Soumya, 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, mankind will be happy during the ‘Soumya’ year.[5]
In Kannada, Soumya means "The Regent of Mercury and son of the Moon.[6]
In Bengali: সৌম্য, romanized: Soumyô means a mentally calm or placid or balanced person; beautiful, majestic, dignified, unruffled.[7]
Soumya is among the "Shiva Sahasranama" – 1008 Names of Lord Shiva.[8][9][10]
Soumya is one of the nine regions of Bharatavarsha according to the Brahma Purana.[11] The names of eight of these regions are Indradvipa, Kaserumana, Tamraparna, Gabhastimana, Nagadvipa, Soumya, Gandharva, and Varuna.[12][13]
Soumya is one of the Vasara (days of the week) Wednesday: Soumya Vasara.[14]
Notables
[edit]- 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)
- S. Sowmya (born 1969), Carnatic musician from Tamilnadu, India
See also
[edit]- Soma (disambiguation)
- Souma (disambiguation)
- Soumyam
- Sumaya (given name), an unrelated Arabic name
References
[edit]- ^ 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".
- ^ Sri Sarwarthachintamani: English Translation. Vol. 1. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. 1996. ISBN 9788120813526. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ^ Rao, B.L.; Rao, B.S.; Raman, B.V. (1986). Sree Varaha Mihira's Bhirat Jataka. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 265. ISBN 9788120813960. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shiva Sahasranama Stotram Shiva Purana, Kotirudra Samhita (Book IV), Chapter 35, 1-133
- ^ "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.
- ^ Ramanathan, Prof N. (2014-05-22). "Prof_Ramanathan's Blog: Sankalpam and its meaning". Prof_Ramanathan's Blog. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
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