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Diya is a feminine given name and a surname. It is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘diyam’ which means ‘light’ or ‘lamp’. The name Diya symbolizes enlightenment, knowledge, and wisdom. It is also associated with the Hindu goddess of knowledge, Saraswati. [1] Notable people with the name are as follows:
Indian feminine given names (1 C, 175 P) Indonesian feminine given names (7 P) Iranian feminine given names (28 P) Irish feminine given names (1 C, 67 P)
Neha Aggarwal (born January 11, 1990), Indian table tennis player. Neha Ahuja (born September 27, 1981), Indian alpine skier. Neha Joshi, (born 7 December 1986), Indian actress. Neha Bamb (born May 9, 1985), Indian actress. Neha Bhasin (born November 18, 1982), Indian musician and presenter. Neha Devi Singh (born August 9, 1981), Indian actress ...
'Five maidens') is a group of five iconic women of the Hindu epics, extolled in a hymn and whose names are believed to dispel sin when recited. They are Ahalya, Draupadi, Sita, Tara, and Mandodari. While Draupadi is from the Mahabharata, [1] [2] Ahalya, Sita, Tara, and Mandodari are from the Ramayana. The Panchakanya are regarded to be ideal ...
Fane remarks, in her article published in 1975, that it is the underlying Hindu beliefs of "women are honored, considered most capable of responsibility, strong" that made Indira Gandhi culturally acceptable as the prime minister of India, [148] yet the country has in the recent centuries witnessed the development of diverse ideologies, both ...
According to William Archer and David Kinsley, a professor of Religious Studies known for his studies on Hindu goddesses, the Radha-Krishna love story is a metaphor for a divine-human relationship, where Radha is the human devotee or soul who is frustrated with the past, obligations to social expectations, and the ideas she inherited, who then ...