सोमनाथ
Sanskrit
proper noun
Definitions
- (Hinduism) Name of a celebrated linga of Siva and of the place where it was set up by the god Soma. It was one of the 12 great jyotirlinga temples of India held in especial veneration.
- commonly used in India.
Etymology
Compound from Sanskrit सोम (also associated with the moon after the Vedic period, drunk as medicine and offered to gods, Monday, moon, a kind of boiled vine from Vedic India, soma plant, made from the plant soma) + Sanskrit नाथ (protector, master, lord, with husband protector, supported, having refuge).
Origin
Sanskrit
नाथ
Gloss
protector, master, lord, with husband protector, supported, having refuge
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主