Savitri, Savitr, Savitṛ, Sāvitrī, Savitrī: 23 definitions
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Savitri has 22 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Savitṛ can be transliterated into English as Savitr or Savitri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSavitrī (सवित्री):—(von sū) f.
1) Mutter [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 558.] [Halāyudha 2, 349.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 24.] phalasya so v. a. Bewirkerin [Kirātārjunīya 3, 5.] —
2) Nomen proprium einer Gottheit [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 243], a; vielleicht fehlerhaft für sā .
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Sāvitri (सावित्रि):—f. = sāvitrī (der Savitar-Vers) [Mahābhārata 14, 1217.]
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Starts with (+14): Savitribhashya, Savitribrahmavidya, Savitricaturdashivratakatha, Savitridaivata, Savitridatta, Savitridevata, Savitrijapa, Savitrika, Savitrikalpa, Savitrila, Savitrimahanamya, Savitrimamdala, Savitrimana, Savitrinayana, Savitripanjara, Savitriparibhrashta, Savitriparinaya, Savitripatita, Savitriprasuta, Savitriprasutata.
Ends with: Asavitri, Bharatasavitri, Cayanasavitri, Durgasavitri, Gosavitri, Janmasavitri, Kadakasavitri, Prasavitri, Rudrasavitri, Samasavitri, Sati-savitri, Sattvaci Savitri, Tadakasavitri, Vadasavitri, Vatasavitri, Vayusavitri.
Full-text (+199): Ashvapati, Savitrisutra, Savitridaivata, Patitasavitrika, Satyavan, Savitriparibhrashta, Savitrivrata, Savitra, Prasavitri, Rudrasavitri, Savitriputra, Samasavitri, Savitrila, Savitripatita, Vedamatrika, Durgatarani, Annapati, Akatigatha, Gosavitri, Bharatasavitri.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.225 < [Section XXIX - Description of the Expiatory Penances]
Verse 4.150 < [Section XIV - Other Duties]
Verse 2.170 < [Section XXIX - Meaning of Term ‘Twice-born’]
Khadira-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 2 - The Sacrifices Related to the Sun-god Dealt with in the Purāṇas < [Chapter 5 - Rituals Related to the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
Part 9 - Savitṛ (the Stimulator) < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
Part 42 - Different Rituals and the Sun-Worship < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.261 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 166 - The Details of Sāvitrī Pūjā < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 200 - The Greatness of Sāvitrī Tirtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 56 - The Greatness of the Confluence of Kṣātā < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
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