NAME COLLECTION
Names of Surya
Names of Surya, the Sun, from the Amarakośa, each with its dictionary sense.
This collection follows names to their sources. It describes where a name comes from, not who uses it.
Names recorded in Indian use
Dineśa
the sun (Monier-Williams: = dina-pati); analysis: 'lord of the day'
Name page →Ravi
Monier-Williams: a particular form of the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.237
Name page →Aruṇa
reddish-brown, ruddy (adjective); the dawn personified as the sun's charioteer; also the sun (Monier-Williams:)
Amarakośa 1.3.234
Name page →Sūrya
the sun or its deity
Amarakośa 1.3.231
Name page →Prabhākara
light-maker; the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.232
Name page →Bhānu
Monier-Williams: the sun; light, ray
Amarakośa 1.3.237
Name page →Bhāskara
light-maker; the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.232
Name page →Divākara
day-maker; the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.231
Name page →Savitṛ
Monier-Williams: a sun-deity (Vedic Savitṛ, the impeller)
Amarakośa 1.3.237
Name page →Dinakara
day-maker; the sun
Mihira
the sun (Monier-Williams: from Persian mihr)
Amarakośa 1.3.234
Āditya
son of Aditi; a god in general, especially Sūrya (the sun) (Monier-Williams:)
Amarakośa 1.3.231
Name page →Tapana
warming, burning, shining (the sun)
Amarakośa 1.3.237
Name page →Vibhākara
light-maker; the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.232
Other names in the sources
These words are named in the sources as names of the deity. Their listing here does not say that they are used as given names.
Mārtaṇḍa
the sun or the god of the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.234
Vivasvat
Monier-Williams: shining forth, diffusing light (adjective); the Vedic sun
Amarakośa 1.3.233
Sahasrāṃśu
the sun (Monier-Williams:); analysis: sahasra 'thousand' + aṃśu 'ray'
Amarakośa 1.3.237
Pūṣan
Monier-Williams: a Vedic deity (nourisher), often identified with the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.234
Citrabhānu
of variegated lustre (Monier-Williams: adjective); Amarakośa 1.3.235 lists it for the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.235
Virocana
Monier-Williams: the sun or the god of the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.235
Vibhāvasu
Monier-Williams: the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.236
Dyumaṇi
sky-jewel; the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.235
Dinamaṇi
day-jewel; the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.240
Lokabandhu
Monier-Williams: of the sun (L.); analysis: 'friend of the world'
Amarakośa 1.3.239
Arka
Monier-Williams: the sun
Amarakośa 1.3.234
Mitra
Monier-Williams: the sun (also friend; the Vedic god Mitra)
Amarakośa 1.3.235