Soumya

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Soumya (Sanskrit: सौम्य), is an Indian name. It is unisexual in nature and 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 (planet).

## Other meanings of Saumya

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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 Bengali: সৌম্য, romanized: Soumyô means a mentally calm or placid or balanced; beautiful, majestic, dignified, unruffled.[7]

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

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* 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

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* Soma (disambiguation)
* Souma (disambiguation)
* Soumyam
* Sumaya (given name), an unrelated Arabic name

## References

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1. ^ 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".
2. ^ Sri Sarwarthachintamani: English Translation. Vol. 1\. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. 1996. ISBN 9788120813526. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Varāhamihira (1884). "The Bṛihat Saṃhitâ of Varaha Mihira".
5. ^ Varāhamihira (1884). "The Bṛihat Saṃhitâ of Varaha Mihira".
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ "সৌম্য - A Bengali-English dictionary". dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
8. ^ "1008 Names of Lord Shiva". harekrsna.de. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
9. ^ "Shiva Sahasranama -- Shiva Purana Version". Satyam Sivam Advaitam. 2010-06-24. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
10. ^ "Brahma purana". Wikisource. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
11. ^ "The Brahma Purana". Wisdom Library. 2013-05-25. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
12. ^ "Brahms Purana". bharatadesam.com. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
13. ^ Sankalpam and its meaning

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