सावित्री

sāvitrī́

f. a verse orﾠ prayer addressed to Savitṛi orﾠ the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse RV. III, 62, 10 ;

alsoﾠ called gāyatrī q.v.) AitBr. etc. etc.;
initiation as a member of the three twice-born classes by reciting the above verse andﾠ investing with the sacred thread (cf. under sāvitrá, andﾠ upa-nayana) Gaut. Mn. MBh. etc.;
a partic. form of the Gāyatrī metre Ked. ;
N. of Sūryā orﾠ a daughter of Savitṛi AV. Br. MBh. etc.;
N. of the wife of Brahmā. (sometimes regarded as the above verse deified orﾠ as the mystical mother of the three twice-born classes, orﾠ as the daughter of Savitṛi by his wife Pṛiṡni) MBh. Kathās. etc.;
of a wife of Ṡiva L. ;
of a manifestation of Prakṛiti Cat. ;
of the wife of Satya-vat (king of Ṡālva;
she was daughter of Aṡva-pati, king of Madra, andﾠ is regarded as a type of conjugal love;
her story is the subject of a fine episode of the Mahā-bhārata;
seeﾠ sāvitryupâ̱khyāna) MBh. R. BhP. ;
of the wife of Dharma (daughter of Daksha) VP. ;
of the wife of Kaṡyapa Cat. ;
of the wife of Bhoja (king of Dhārā) ib. ;
of a daughter of Ashṭāvakra Kathās. ;
of the Yamunā river Bālar. ;
of the Sarasvatī R. ;
of another river BhP. ;
a ray of light, solar ray W. ;
the ring-finger L. ;
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