As a deity name
Name 156 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
सोना · masculine
gold
सोना
to sleep; to repose; to die
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit सौवर्ण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀡 (soṇṇa), from Sanskrit सौवर्ण (sauvarṇa), from सुवर्ण (suvarṇa). Cognate with Marathi सोने (sone), Punjabi ਸੋਨਾ (sonā), Nepali सुन (suna), Gujarati સોનું (sonũ), Odia ସୁନା (sunā), Bengali সোনা (śōna), Assamese সোণ (xün).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sauvarṇa mf(ī, or ā)n. (fr. su-varṇa, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp.) made or consisting of gold, golden, ŚrS.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
weighing a Su-varṇa, W.
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set सोना (sonā) सुलाना (sulānā) सुलवाना (sulvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swep- Proto-Indo-European *swép-t Vedic Sanskrit स्व॒पन् (svapán)bf.? Sanskrit स्वपि॑ति (svápiti) Prakrit सुअइ (suaï) Prakrit सोअइ (soaï) Hindi सोना Inherited from Prakrit सोअइ (so…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
gold (a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit सौवर्ण; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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