सूर्यः प्रकाशते
sūryaḥ prakāśate
Sanskrit usually says "it is sunny" as a sentence: सूर्यः प्रकाशते (sūryaḥ prakāśate), "the sun is shining".
For sunshine itself the word is आतपः (ātapaḥ), as in आतपे (ātape), "in the sunshine".
Meaning: weather, day (adj)
Which one should you use?
सूर्यवत् (sūryavat) means "like the sun", not "sunny".
How do you pronounce it?
SOOR-ya-ha pra-KAA-sha-te
Did you know?
- प्रकाशते (prakāśate) comes from the root काश् (kāś), "to shine", which also gives the name Kashi, the old name of Varanasi, "the shining city".
Examples in context
- अद्य सूर्यः प्रकाशते।adya sūryaḥ prakāśate.It is sunny today.
