sUryaH [ sarati AkASe sUryaH, yadvA suvati karmaRi lokaM prerayati ; cf. Sk. on P. III. 1. 114 ] 1 The sun; sUrye tapatyAvaraRAya wwazweH kalpeta lokasya kaTaM tamisrA R. 5. 13. [In mythology, the sun is regarded as a son of Kaśyapa and Aditi; cf. Ś. 7. 20. He is represented as moving in a chariot drawn by seven horses, with Aruṇa for his charioteer. He is also represented as all-seeing, the constant beholder of the good and bad deeds of mortals. Saṃjñā (or Chāyā or Aśvinī) was his principal wife, by whom he had Yama and Yamunā, the two Aśvins and Saturn. He is also described as having been the father of Manu Vaivasvata, ( pb ) the founder of the solar race of kings,]. 2 The tree called Arka . 3 The number ‘twelve’ (derived from the twelve forms of the sun). 4 The swallow-wort. 5 N. of Śiva. Comp. — apAyaH sunset; Me. 80. — arDyaM the presentation of an offering to the sun. — aSman m. the sun-stone. — aSvaH a horse of the sun. — astaM sunset. — AtapaH heat or glare of the sun, sunshine. — AlokaH sunshine. — AvartaH a kind of sun-flower. — Ahva a. named after the sun. — (hvaH) the gigantic swallowwort. — (hvaM) copper. — iMdusaMgamaH the day of the new moon (the conjunction of the sun and moon); darSaH sUryeMdusaMgamaH Ak. — utTAnaM, -udayaH sunrise. — UQaH 1 ‘brought by the sun’, an evening guest; Pt. 1. 170. 2 the time of sunset. — upasTAnaM — upAsanA attendance upon or worship of the sun; V. 1. — kamalaM the sunflower, a heliotrope. — kAMtaH 1 the sun-stone, sun-crystal; Ś. 2. 7. 2 a crystal. — kAMtiH f. 1 sun-light. 2 a particular flower. 3 the flower of sesamum. — kAlaH day-time, day. °analacakraM a particular astrological diagram for indicating good and bad fortune. — grahaH 1 the sun. 2 an eclipse of the sun. 3 an epithet of Rāhu and Ketu. 4 the bottom of a water-jar. — grahaRaM a solar eclipse. — caMdrO (also sUryAcaMdramasO ) m. du. the sun and moon. — jaH, -tanayaH , — putraH 1 epithets of Sugrīva. 2 of Karṇa. 3 of the planet Saturn. 4 of Yama. — jA, -tanayA the river Yamunā. — tejas n. the radiance or heat of the sun. — nakzatraM that constellation (out of the 27) in which the sun happens to be. — parvan n. a solar festival, (on the days of the solstices, equinoxes, eclipses &c.). — putrI 1 lightning. 2 the river Yamunā. — praBava a. sprung or descended from the sun; R. 1. 2. — PaRicakraM = sUryakAlAnalacakraM q. v. above. — Bakta a. one who worships the sun. — (ktaH) the tree Bandhūka or its flower. — maRiH the sun-stone. — maMqalaM the orb of the sun. — yaMtraM 1 a representation of the sun (used in worshipping him). 2 an instrument used in taking solar observations, — raSmiH a ray of the sun, ( pb ) sun beam. — lokaH the heaven of the sun. — vaMSaH the solar race of kings (who ruled at Ayodhyā). — varcas a. resplendent as the sun. — vilokanaM the ceremony of taking a child out to see the sun when four months old; cf. uMpanizkramaRaM . — saMkramaH , — saMkrAMtiH f. the sun's passage from one zodiacal sign to another. — saMjYaM saffron. — sAraTiH an epithet of Aruṇa. — sidDAMtaH a celebrated astronomical work (supposed to have been revealed by the god Sun). — stutiH f. , — stotraM a hymn addressed to the sun. — hfdayaM N. of a hymn to the sun.