सोमनाथ sōmnāth

नाथ nāth (sanskrit)

Lord, master, protector, husband.

सोम som [S.], m. 1. a partic. plant, the fermented juice of which was drunk at Vedic sacrifices, and offered to the gods. 2. mythol. a beverage of the gods. 3. a Vedic deity (= ~, 1. personified). 4. the moon. 5. Monday. — सोम-जाजी [-yājñika-], m. Brbh. officiant at a soma-offering. सोमनाथ, m. soma's lord: name of a particularly venerated liṅga of Śiva; name of the temple in Kāṭhiāwāṛ where this was set up. सोम-यज्ञ, m. a soma-offering. सोमवती, f. a Monday coinciding with the last day of a dark fortnight (celebrated as a festival and bathing-day). सोम-वल्ली, f. Pl. HŚS. name of several plants incl. a creeper called giloy, and a form of caraway. सोमवार, m. Monday. ˚ई, adj. & f. held on a Monday (as a bazaar); falling on a Monday; = सोमवती.

S سوم सोम soma, vulg. som, s.m. The moon-plant, Sarccstema viminalis, or Asclepias acida; the acid juice of this plant (prescribed to be drunk at sacrifices); nectar, the beverage of the gods; ambrosia; water; the moon; air, wind; camphor; rice-gruel; heaven, sky, ether; — name of a particular mountainous range; name of one of the eight guardian deities (lok-pāl) of the world; an epithet of Kuver; of Yam; and of Monday. soma-ras, s.m. The juice of the moon-plant, soma-juice. som-nāth, 'Soma's lord, the divinity set up by Soma or the Moon'; name of a celebrated Linga, i.e. columnar emblem of Śiva or Mahādev, or of the place or temple where it was set up (this temple was established in the town of Somnāth-pattan, and was one of the twelve celebrated Linga temples which, in various parts of India, are held in especial veneration; it was so famed for its splendour and enormous wealth, that it attracted the attention of the celebrated Maḥmūd of Gaznī, who, in A.D. 1024, under pretext of destroying its idols, carried off its treasures along with its renowned gates).

सोमनाथ. The Somnath in Saurashtra, on the western coast of Gujarat is one of the twelve jyotirlingams. Mohd. Gajani invaded many times and looted all the valuables and gems.

Somnath. The first temple built at the beginning of copper age in Gujarat and devoted to Shiv Baba (Lord of Nectar).