सूर्यकान्त

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

सूर्यकांत (sūryakāṃta)

Noun

सूर्यकान्त • (sūryakānta) stem, m

1. ‘sun-loved’, the sun-stone, sun-crystal (a kind of crystal supposed to possess fabulous properties as giving out heat when exposed to the sun; there is a corresponding moonstone » चन्द्र-क्°; also °त-मणि)
2. crystal
3. a kind of flower (= आदित्यपर्णी)
4. Hibiscus phoeniceus
5. name of a mountain

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.