Meaning of Surya | Babel Free

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1. The chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kasyapa and one of his wives Aditi, of Indra, or of Dyaus Pita (depending by the versions). Portrayed with golden arms and hair, Surya drives through the heaven in his triumphal chariot harnessed by seven horses or one horse with seven heads, which represent the seven colours of the rainbow or the seven chakras.
   Hinduism
2. Alternative spelling of Surya.
   alt-of, alternative
3. Sun
4. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

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“Sūrya (cognate in name to the Greek Hēlios) is the most concrete of the solar deities.”

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