Somya: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Somya (सोम्य) [=saumya?] refers to one of the hundred types of Temples (in ancient Indian architecture), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—It is quite difficult to say about a definite number of varieties of Hindu temples but in the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa hundred varieties of temples have been enumerated. For example, Somya. These temples are classified according to the particular shape, amount of storeys and other common elements, such as the number of pavilions, doors and roofs.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Somya (सोम्य).—a.
1) Worthy of Soma.
2) Offering Soma.
3) Resembling or shaped like Soma.
4) Soft, good, amiable.
Somya (सोम्य).—f.
(-myā) 1. Worthy of Soma. 2. Offering Soma. 3. Soft, good, amiable.
Somya (सोम्य).—[adjective] having to do with Soma, consisting of Soma etc.; [masculine] Soma-offerer.
1) Somya (सोम्य):—[from soma] mfn. offering S°, a S°-offerer, [Ṛg-veda; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] consisting of or containing or connected with or belonging to Soma, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa]
3) [v.s. ...] Soma-loving, inspired by S°, [Ṛg-veda]
4) [v.s. ...] incorrect for saumya q.v. (also -tā f.), [Upaniṣad; Mahābhārata; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
Somya (सोम्य):—(von soma) adj. [Yāska’s Nirukta 10, 37.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 137. fg.]
1) der sich mit dem Soma zu thun macht, Soma-Opferer [Ṛgveda 1, 31, 16.] ma.ḍi.ā so.yānām [4, 17, 17.] die Bhṛgu [10, 14, 6. 8, 32, 5. 10, 53, 7. 3, 30, 1.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 6, 11, 16] (saumya die Ausg.). —
2) aus Soma bestehend, S. enthaltend u. s. w.: madhu [Ṛgveda 1, 14, 10. 19, 9. 2, 36, 4. 4, 26, 5 u.s.w.] andhas [10, 94, 8. 3, 48, 1.] sarāṃsi [5, 29, 8.] sadas [1, 182, 8.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 9, 3, 19.] mada [Ṛgveda 6, 37, 2.] —
3) Soma liebend, durch S. begeistert: vacas [Ṛgveda 3, 33, 5.] Indra [51, 11. 4, 25, 2. 8, 82, 8.] —
4) mit Soma verbunden, ihm angehörig u. s. w.: die Väter [Ṛgveda 6, 75, 10. 10, 15, 1. 5. 16, 8.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2, 12, 5.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 19, 37.] [GOBH. 4, 3, 4.] Gandharva [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 34, 3.] —
5) ungenaue Schreibart für saumya [Mahābhārata 13, 7638] (ed. Bomb. saumya). in der Anrede des Lehrers an den Schüler [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 3, 2, 13] (saumya [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 6, 2, 13).] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 4, 4, 4. fgg.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Nirukta and the Vedic interpretation (study) (by Shruti S. Pradhan)
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Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
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Phaladeepika by Mantreswara (text and translation) (by Panditabhushana V. Subrahmanya Sastri)
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)