Aditya

[ ah-dit-yuh ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. one of the Vedic gods, the sons of Aditi.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aditya¹

< Sanskrit āditya (or ādityāḥ plural), derivative of aditi a goddess (originally a deified abstraction, literally, the absence of binding)

Example Sentences

Aditya Sood, 48, who in 1997 was just starting in the business as an assistant at Mark Johnson Productions, was tasked with picking up the approximately 120-page spec directly from United Talent Agency.

From Los Angeles Times

“Nepal has received a bad name for the garbage and dead bodies which have polluted the Himalayas on a grave scale,” Major Aditya Karki, the leader of this year’s operation, told BBC Nepali.

From BBC

“Even if you had a job, inflation is stressful because it forces you to think about day-to-day purchases,” said Aditya Bhave, senior U.S. economist at Bank of America Global Research.

From Los Angeles Times

"These observations are not possible from Earth because the relevant gas emissions are absorbed by its atmosphere," explained lead author Aditya Arabhavi of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

From Science Daily

It's not just a "geopolitical play" to control a key market, says Aditya Lolla, the Asia programme director at Ember, a UK-based environmental think tank, it also makes sense from a business perspective.

From BBC