Sumaya, Sumāya: 6 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Kavya
Biology
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

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In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

1) Sumāya (सुमाय) is the name of an Asura king, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 45. Accordingly: “... And then Prahlāda invited, by means of messengers, the chiefs of the Asuras, and they came there in order from all the underworlds. First came King Bali, accompanied by innumerable great Asuras. Close behind him came Amīla and the brave Durāroha and Sumāya, and Tantukaccha, and Vikaṭākṣa and Prakampana, and Dhūmaketu and Mahāmāya, and the other lords of the Asuras; each of these came accompanied by a thousand feudal chiefs. The hall of audience was filled with the heroes, who saluted one another, and after they had sat down in order of rank Prahlāda honoured them all”.

2) Sumāyā (सुमाया) is the daughter of the Asura king Maya, and was given to Sūryaprabha in marriage according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 45. Accordingly, “... the next day Maya also in the same way reconducted the prince, who was in the fourth underworld, to his own palace, which possessed curiously adorned jewelled terraces, was constructed by his own magic power and, on account of its refulgent splendour, seemed to be new every moment. There he gave him his own daughter, named Sumāyā, whose beauty was the wonder of the world, who seemed to be his own power incarnate, and he did not think that she ought to be withheld from him on account of his being a mere mortal”.

3) Sumāya (सुमाय) is the name of a Vidyādhara chief who, deserted the army of Śrutaśarman and took the side of Sūryaprabha, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 48. Accordingly: “... we are named Mahāyāna and Sumāya, and this Siṃhabala was the third of us; we had obtained magic power by having the rule of a great cemetery, and were unassailable by the other Vidyādharas”.

The story of Sumāya and Sumāyā was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Sumāya, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Sumaya in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Valeriana jatamansi Jones from the Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle) family having the following synonyms: Valeriana wallichii, Valeriana harmsii, Valeriana mairei. For the possible medicinal usage of sumaya, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sumāya (सुमाय).—adj. abounding in tricks (?), Chr. 293, 1 = [Rigveda.] i. 88, 1.

Sumāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and māya (माय).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sumāya (सुमाय).—[adjective] abounding in arts or stratagems.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sumāya (सुमाय):—[=su-māya] [from su > su-ma] mfn. (in, [Padapāṭha] for sū-m) having excellent counsels or plans, very wise, [Ṛg-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a king of the Asuras, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

3) [v.s. ...] of a Vidyā-dhara, [ib.]

4) Sumāyā (सुमाया):—[=su-māyā] [from su-māya > su > su-ma] f. Name of a daughter of Maya, [ib.]

5) Sūmaya (सूमय):—[=sū-maya] mfn. (for su-m) well shaped or fashioned (as a bow), [Ṛg-veda] (= su-sukha, [Nirukta, by Yāska])

[Sanskrit to German]

Sumaya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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