Soumya
Soumya (Sanskrit: सौम्य), is an Indian given name. In Eastern India, it is given to males, and its meaning is 'born of Soma'. Soma (Sanskrit: सोम) is Chandra (Sanskrit: चन्द्र) and Soumya therefore means Budha who is said to be the son of Chandra. But Soumya also means Shubhagrahas or benefics as opposed to Papagrahas or malefic. [1]
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In Kannada Soumya means "The Regent of Mercury and son of the Moon.[3]
In Bengali Soumya সৌম্য means a mentally calm or placid or balanced; beautiful, majestic, dignified, unruffled.[4]
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[5][6]
Soumya is one of the nine regions of Bharatavarsha according to the Brahma Purana.[7] The names of eight of these regions are Indradvipa, Kaserumana, Tamraparna, Gabhastimana, Nagadvipa, Soumya, Gandharva and Varuna.[8][9]
Soumya is one of the Vasara (days of the week) Wednesday: Soumya Vasara[10]
Notable people known by this name
- Soumya Sankar Bose (born 1990), Indian Artist and Photographer
- Soumya Bhattacharya (born 1969), Indian journalist and author
- Soumya Bollapragada, Indian film actor, writer, director and model
- Soumya Ranjan Patnaik (born 1952), founder and editor of Oriya daily Sambad
- Soumya Rai, popular Nepali origin dancer of India
- Soumya Ramakrishnan, Indian playback singer, working in the Malayalam film industry
- Soumya Sarkar (born 1993), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Soumya Seth (born 1989), Indian television actor
- Soumya Swaminathan (born 1989), chess player and Grandmaster from India
See also
- Soumya murder case, a criminal case regarding the rape and murder of Soumya, a 23-year-old woman from Manjakkad near Shornur in 2011
- Soma (disambiguation)
- Souma (disambiguation)
- Soumyam
- Sumaya (given name), an unrelated Arabic name
References
- ↑ Sri Sarwarthachintamani: English Translation. 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.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ↑ "Brahma purana". Wikisource. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ↑ "The Brahma Purana". Wisdom Library. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ↑ "Brahms Purana". bharatadesam.com. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ↑ "Sankalpam and its meaning". http://proframanathan.blogspot.in. Retrieved 9 June 2015. External link in
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