सोमनाथ

Sanskrit

Etymology

From सोम (soma) +‎ नाथ (nātha)

Proper noun

सोमनाथ • (somanātha) n

(Hinduism) Name of a celebrated linga of Siva and of the place where it was set up by the god Soma. It was one of the 12 great jyotirlinga temples of India held in especial veneration.
A male given name commonly used in India.

References

Monier Williams (1899), “सोमनाथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1250.

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