1. Suriya. A Devaputta. Once, when he was seized by Ráhu, lord of the Asuras, he invoked the power of the Buddha, and the Buddha enjoined on Ráhu to let him go. This Ráhu did, and Suriya is spoken of as seeking Vepacitti and standing by his side, trembling and with stiffened hair (S.i.51; cf. Candimá). Suriya is one of the inhabitants of the Cátummahárájika-world (MNidA.108). Suriya and Candimá are both under the rule of Sakka, and we find Sakka asking them to stop their journeying at his behest. (E.g., when he wished the Sámaneras Pandita and Sukha to be able to meditate undisturbed (DhA.ii.143; iii.97). See also DhA.iii.208).
Suriya was present at the preaching of the Mahásamaya Sutta (D.ii.260). He is sometimes (PSA. 253) described as Adicca (Aditi's son). The disk of the sun, which forms Suriya's vimána, is fifty leagues in diameter (E.g., D.iii.196).
2. Suriya. A son of Sakka (q.v.).