As a Hindi name
सोमभू · noun · masculine
चंद्रमा के पुत्र बुध · चौथे कृष्ण वासुदेव का नाम । (जैन) — Śabdasāgara
सोमभू · adj
सोम से उत्पन्न · चंद्रवंशीय — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘son of S˚’, N. of Budha (regent of the planet Mercury)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
soma—bhū mfn. ‘Somaborn’, belonging to the family of the moon, W.
soma—bhū m. ‘son of S˚’, N. of Budha (regent of the planet Mercury), ib.
a son of Soma-candra, HPariś.
(with Jainas) N. of the 4th of the Black Vāsudevas, L.
somabhū m. (-bhūḥ) 1 One of the persons called VĀSUDEVAS, by the Jainas. 2 The son of SOMA, BUDHA, the regent of MERCURY, and supposed founder of the lunar dynasty. E. soma the moon, and bhū born.
Alternative readings
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