सूर्यकान्त

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

सूर्यकांत (sūryakāṃta)

Noun

सूर्यकान्त • (sūryakānta) m

  1. ‘sun-loved’, the sun-stone, sun-crystal (a kind of crystal supposed to possess fabulous properties as giving out heat when exposed to the sun; there is a corresponding moonstone » चन्द्र-क्°; also °त-मणि).
  2. crystal.
  3. a kind of flower (= आदित्यपर्णी).
  4. Hibiscus phoeniceus.
  5. Name of a mountain.

References
  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.
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