Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (myā or myī f.) [somo devatāsya tasyedaṃ vā aṇ] 1 Relating or sacred to the moon.
2 Having the [Page1141-c+ 57] properties of Soma.
3 Handsome, lovely, charming; pleasing, agree- able.
4 Gentle, soft, mild, pla- cid; saraṃbhaṃ maithilīhāsaḥ kṣaṇasaumyāṃ nināya tāṃ R. 12. 36; (the voc. saumya is often used in the sense of ‘good sir,’ ‘gentle sir,’ ‘good man’; prī- tāsti te saumya cirāya jīva R. 14. 59;...