As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘friend of the moon’, the white esculent water-lily (as expanding at night)
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Dictionary citations
soma—bandhu m. ‘friend of the moon’, the white esculent water-lily (as expanding at night), L.
somabandhu m. (-ndhuḥ) The white esculent water-lily. E. soma the moon, and bandhu friend; expanding at night.
Alternative readings
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