Suryanarayana, Sūryanārāyaṇa, Surya-narayana: 5 definitions
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Suryanarayana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Archaeological Survey of India: Śaiva monuments at Paṭṭadakal (śilpa)Sūryanārāyaṇa (सूर्यनारायण) is depicted as a sculpture on the ninth pillar of the southern half of the maṇḍapa of the temple of Lokeśvara in a scene known as “The story of the churning of the ocean”.—On the top of the mountain is a male figure which looks like Sūryanārāyaṇa and not Viṣṇu. By and large, the images of the Sun god are shown with two hands, holding lotus in each and a halo behind his head. Here also, it may not be wrong to identify the figure as Sūryanārāyaṇa because the figure has only two hands with a lotus in each.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysūryanārāyaṇa (सूर्यनारायण).—m (S) A name for the sun in its personification as a deity.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Sūryanārāyaṇa (सूर्यनारायण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Veṅkaṭa, grandfather of Veṅkaṭa (Śabdārthakalpataru). Oxf. 196^a.
2) Sūryanārāyaṇa (सूर्यनारायण):—Ekadinaprabandha kāvya. Prāsabhārata kāvya.
3) Sūryanārāyaṇa (सूर्यनारायण):—Vedataijasa Vyāsaśikṣābhāṣya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sūryanārāyaṇa (सूर्यनारायण):—[=sūrya-nārāyaṇa] [from sūrya > sūr] m. the Sun personified, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of various authors and other men (also ṇa-kavi), [Catalogue(s)]
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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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Partial matches: Surya, Narayana.
Starts with: Suryanarayanakavaca, Suryanarayanapuja, Suryanarayanastotra, Suryanarayanavrata.
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