As a deity name
Name 725 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
सौम्या · feminine
epithet of goddess Durga; a female given name, Saumya, from Sanskrit
सौम्या
gentle, calm
Śabdasāgara also records: दुर्गा का एक नाम · बड़ी इंद्रायन । महेंद्रवारुणी लता
Cited formation "सौम्या" is सौम्य + -आ: सौम्य means "mild, placid, amiable, gentle", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "सौम्या" is सौम्य + -आ: सौम्य means "mild, placid, amiable, gentle", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Femenine of Sanskrit सौम्य (saumya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a pearl
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "saumyā" is the instrumental of "saumī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "saumyā" is the instrumental of "saumyī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "saumyā" is the feminine form of "saumya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
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Dictionary citations
saumyā (yā), f. N. of various plants (Abrus Precatorius; Glycine Debilis; Ruta Graveolens &c.), L.
a pearl, L.
the Nakṣatra Mṛga-śiras, Hariv.
N. of the five stars in Orion's head (also called ilvala, q.v.), W.
a species of the Āryā metre, Col.
saumī f. of next.
saumyī (ī), f. moonshine, MBh.
saumya mf(ī or ā)n. mf(ī later ā; once in RV. saumyā)n. (once in AV. saumya) relating or belonging to Soma (the juice or the sacrifice or the moon-god), connected or dealing with Soma, having his nature or qualities &c., RV. &c. &c.
cool and moist (opp. to āgneya, ‘hot and dry’), Br.; Hariv.; Suśr.
Alternative readings
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