Savitra, Sāvitra: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Sāvitra (सावित्र).—One of the eleven Rudras. (Mahābhārata Śānti Parva, Chapter 208, Verse 20).
2) Sāvitra (सावित्र).—One of the eight Vasus. (Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 150, Verse 16).
3) Sāvitra (सावित्र).—A lofty peak of the mountain Sumeru. Jyotiṣka is another name of this peak, which is not approachable. It is adorned with precious stones and is glorified by all. Śiva and Pārvatī once sat on this peak and did penance. It was on this peak that Devī Gaṅgā did penance to Śiva, assuming a divine figure. (Mahābhārata Śānti Parva, Chapter 283, Verse 5).
1a) Sāvitra (सावित्र).—A muhūrta of the night.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 3. 43: Vāyu-purāṇa 66. 44.
1b) One of the eleven Rudras.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 5. 30; 253. 42.
1c) A mantra gaṇa.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 171. 52.
1d) The tenth Kalpa.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 21. 31.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Sāvitra (सावित्र) refers to one of the 53 gods to be worshipped and given pāyasa (rice boiled in milk) according to the Vāstuyāga rite in Śaktism (cf. Śāradātilaka-tantra III-V). The worship of these 53 gods happens after assigning them to one of the 64 compartment while constructing a Balimaṇḍapa. Vāstu is the name of a prodigious demon, who was killed by 53 gods (e.g., Sāvitra).
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Gitashastra (science of music)
Sāvitra (सावित्र) refers to one of the Forty-nine kinds of Tānas (in Indian music), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—Tāna refers to “that which spreads” (being dependent on mūrcchanā), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra. In the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, only forty nine kinds of tānas are accepted under three grāmas viz., madhyama, ṣaḍja and gāndhāra. The ṣaḍjagrāma contains twenty tānas [e.g., sāvitra].
Gitashastra (गीतशास्त्र, gītaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Sāvitra (सावित्र) is the presiding deity the building-plot associated with the object named Pushparāga, as discussed in the thesis entitled “concept of ritual deposit of Khmer temples in northeastern Thailand from 10th-13th century A.D.” by Naiyana Munparn.—(Also see: Acharya, Architecture of Mānasāra, 111).—Note: Sāvitra is denoted in the Thai language as สาวิตรา (sawitra).
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Savitra (सवित्र).—Cause of generation; P.III.2.184.
Derivable forms: savitram (सवित्रम्).
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Sāvitra (सावित्र).—a. (-trī f.) [सविता देवताऽस्य अण् (savitā devatā'sya aṇ)]
1) Belonging to the sun; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.157.34.
2) Descended from the sun, belonging to the solar dynasty (of kings); यत् सावित्रैर्दीपितं भूमिपालैः (yat sāvitrairdīpitaṃ bhūmipālaiḥ) Uttararāmacarita 1.42.
3) Accompanied by the Gāyatree.
-traḥ 1 The sun.
2) An embryo of fœtus.
3) A Brāhmaṇa.
4) An epithet of Śiva.
5) Of Karṇa; भ्राता भ्रातरमज्ञातं सावित्रः पाकशासनिम् (bhrātā bhrātaramajñātaṃ sāvitraḥ pākaśāsanim) (abravīt) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.136. 8;13.138.9.
-tram 1 The sacrificial thread (so called because the repetition of the Gāyatree forms a principal part of the ceremony of putting on the sacred thread); शान्तिहोमांश्च कुर्वीत सावित्राणि च धारयेत् (śāntihomāṃśca kurvīta sāvitrāṇi ca dhārayet) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.14.6.
2) The initiation into membership of the द्विज (dvija) classes (by performing the thread ceremony); Bhāgavata 3.12.42.
3) Name of the constellation Hasta; पञ्चतारेण संयुक्तः सावित्रेणैव चन्द्रमाः (pañcatāreṇa saṃyuktaḥ sāvitreṇaiva candramāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.135.3.
Savitra (सवित्र).—n.
(-traṃ) Cause or instrument of production or generation. E. ṣū to bear, aff. itra .
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Sāvitra (सावित्र).—m.
(-traḥ) 1. A Brahman. 2. Siva. 3. A Vasu or demigod so named. 4. The sun. 5. The embryo or fœtus. 6. Karna. f. (-trī) 1. Uma, wife of Siva. 2. The holy verse of the Vedas, the repetition of which forms an essential part of the ceremonies, enjoined to the Brahman, as daily observances: the prayer is personified as the wife of Brahma, and mystical mother of the Hindu classes, which are regenerated by investiture with the sacrificial string. 3. The wife of Satyavana. 4. A beam of light, a cluster of solar rays. 5. Descended from the sun, belonging to the solar dynasty. n.
(-traṃ) The sacrificial string, (so called owing to the repetition of the Gayatri which forms a principal part of the ceremony of wearing the sacred thread.) E. savitra the sun, and aṇ aff. of reference: the prayer is in fact addressed to that luminary, and the deities, &c. are manifestations of the planet or prayer.
Sāvitra (सावित्र).—i. e. savitṛ + a, I. adj. 1. Descended from the sun, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 132, 3. 2. Belonging to the dynasty descended from the sun, ib. 27, 13. Ii. m. 1. The sun. 2. Śiva. 3. A Vasu or demigod so called. 4. Karṇa, child of the sun. 5. One of the Nakṣatras, or lunar asterisms, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 15, 62. Iii. f. trī. 1. A beam of light, a cluster of solar rays. 2. Umā, the wife of Śiva, [Sāvitryupākhyāna] 1, 7. 3. A proper name, [Sāvitryupākhyāna] 1, 21. 4. The name of the most holy verse of the [Rigveda.] (iii. 62, 11), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 77; 11, 191. 5. The ceremony of investiture with the sacrificial string, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 38. Iv. n. The sacrificial string.
Sāvitra (सावित्र).—[feminine] ī descended from, belonging or consecrated to Savitṛ; [feminine] trī (±ṛc) a cert. verse to Savitṛ.
1) Savitra (सवित्र):—[from sava] n. ([probably]) a cause of generation, instrument of production, [Pāṇini 3-2, 184.]
2) Sāvitra (सावित्र):—mf(ī)n. ([from] savitṛ) relating or belonging to the sun, derived or descended from the sun, belonging to the solar dynasty, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]
3) relating to Sāvitra id est. Karṇa, [Mahābhārata]
4) accompanied or effected by the Sāvitri verse (cf. below), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
5) m. a [particular] Agni, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]
6) a [particular] kind of ladleful (cf. graha), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
7) ([scilicet] homa) a [particular] oblation, [Manu-smṛti iv, 150]
8) ([scilicet] kalpa) Name of the 10th Kalpa (q.v.), [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
9) a Brāhman ([according to] to some ‘a Gṛha-stha who possesses corn in a granary’), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) an embryo or fetus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) the sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) a son or descendant of Savitṛ (applied to Karṇa, Candra-ketu, Śiva, one of the Vasus, one of the Maruts, and one of the Rudras), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa]
13) Name of one of the peaks of Meru, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
14) n. ([scilicet] havis) a [particular] oblation, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.
15) initiation into membership of the twice-born classes by reciting the Sāvitri verse and investing with the sacred thread, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
16) the sacred thread (= yajñopavīta), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
17) Name of various Sāmans, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
18) of a Pariśiṣṭa of the Yajur-veda
19) of a [particular] Muhūrta (q.v.), [Catalogue(s)]
20) of the Nakṣatra Hasta (presided over by Savitṛ), [Mahābhārata]
21) of a forest, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
1) Savitra (सवित्र):—(traṃ) 1. n. Cause or instrument of production.
2) Sāvitra (सावित्र):—(traḥ) 1. m. A Brāhman; Shiva; a demigod; sun; foetus. f. Durgā; the holy verse of the Vedas; a ray. n. Sacrificial cord.
Savitra (सवित्र):—(von sū) n. (karaṇe) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 184.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 169.]
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Sāvitra (सावित्र):—
1) adj. (f. ī) a) dem Savitar gehörig, geweiht; von Sav. stammend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 78, Scholiast] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 8, 7. 18, 20.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 1, 6, 3.] iṣṭi [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 1, 3, 7. 4, 3, 6.] puroḍāśa [2, 5, 1, 10.] paśu [12, 3, 5, 1.] sūkta [13, 5, 1, 11.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 8, 1, 5.] meroḥ śṛṅgam [Mahābhārata 12, 10212.] astra [7, 6954.] [Harivaṃśa 6854. 10617.] niyama [5658.] — b) Sāvitra d. i. Karṇa betreffend: upākhyāna [Mahābhārata 1, 332.] — c) durch die Sāvitrī d. i. den Savitar-Vers bewirkt: janman [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 31, 10.] —
2) m. a) ein Agni, davon handelt [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 10] [?(z. B. 3, 10, 9, 3. 6. 10. 11, 5).] citi [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 386. fg.] cayana [Notices of Skt. Mss. 2, 236.] — b) sc. graha [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 6, 5, 7, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 3, 5, 23.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 5, 18, 1.] — c) sc. homa [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 150]; vgl. [Mahābhārata 13, 5014.] — d) (sc. kalpa) N. des 10ten Kalpa [Oxforder Handschriften 51], b, 42. — e) ein Brahmane (weil er durch die Sāvitrī zum zweiten Mal geboren wird) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 813.] — f) = garbha [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — g) die Sonne ebend. — h) ein Sohn oder Nachkomme Savitar's: sāvitrasya mantraḥ [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 459.] bhūmipālāḥ [UTTARAR. 20, 13 (27, 13).] candraketu [99, 18 (132, 3).] patron. Karṇa’s [Mahābhārata 1, 5386. 13, 6253] (vgl. [12, 8598]). ein N. Śiva’s [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 618.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 236.] ein Vasu [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 12, 7586. 13, 7094.] [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 27, 34.] ein Marut [Harivaṃśa 11545. 13174. 13255.] ein Rudra [Jaṭādhara] in [Oxforder Handschriften 190], a, 38. — koṇe hautāśane ca sāvitraḥ [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 48.]
3) f. sāvitrī a) sc. ṛc ein Savitar-Vers (insbes. der bekannte tatsaviturvareṇyam [Ṛgveda 3, 62, 10]) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 7, 12.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 16.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 2, 2, 10. 11, 5, 4, 6.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 21, 4. 3, 5, 12.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 56.] [GOBH. 3, 3, 2.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 5. 9, 11.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 395] (pl.). [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 77. 83. 101. 104. 118. 11, 191. 194. 225.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 24. 3, 279.] [Mahābhārata 2, 451. 3, 4025. 5, 3770. 14, 1216. 1217] (sāvitri wegen Metrums). [Harivaṃśa 3280. 7022. 9429. 10244. 12435. 14078.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 105, 27] (zweideutig). [29.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 9, 5. 6, 18, 1] (eine Tochter Savitar's von der Pṛśni). [8, 18, 14.] pradānakarman [Weber’s Verzeichniss 311, 3.] bhārata [Mahābhārata 18, 208.] — b) die durch das Hersagen der Sāvitrī erfolgende feierliche Einführung in die Kaste, die zweite Geburt eines Mitgliedes der drei oberen Kasten: ā ṣoḍaśādbrāhmaṇasya sāvitrī nātivartate [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 38.] ācāryastvasya yāṃ jātim utpādayati sāvitryā [148. 170.] [Mahābhārata 3, 12484.] patita [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 39.] paribhraṣṭa [10, 20.] — c) Name einer Upaniṣad [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 325.] — d) eine Form der Gāyatrī: 4 Mal ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 366.] — e) Ringfinger [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 593.] — f) eine Tochter Savitar's: Sūryā [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6, 82, 2. 14, 2, 30.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4, 7.] Sītā [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 2, 3, 10, 1.] = devatābheda [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Mahābhārata 1, 6522. 3, 8071. 9994. 16624. fgg. 12, 9449] (sā avitrī nach [Nīlakaṇṭha][?). Harivaṃśa 7932. Oxforder Handschriften 24], a, 29. duḥṣvapnanāśinī [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 244],a. als Gattin Brahman's [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 13, 7635.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 47, 47.] [Oxforder Handschriften 18], a, 22. fg. 21, b, 11. 39, a, 4. 149, b, 31. als Manifestation der Prakrti 23, a, 27. als Gattin Śiva’s [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 53.] [Medinīkoṣa] — g) Nomen proprium einer Tochter Aśvapati’s und Gattin Satyavant's [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata.3,16619. fgg.] [Rāmāyaṇa.2,30,6.3,3,10.] [Oxforder Handschriften 24,a,32. 42,a,44.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.4,2,11.] — sāvitrī (sāvitraḥ [13, 6253]) kuṇḍale divye (parityajya jagāma lokamuttamam) [Mahābhārata 12, 8598.] eine Tochter Aṣṭāvakra’s [Kathāsaritsāgara 105, 22. fgg.] Gattin Dharma's [Viṣṇupurāṇa 119,] [Nalopākhyāna 12.] Kaśyapa’s [Oxforder Handschriften 82,b,42.] Bhoja's, Fürsten von Dhārā, 150, b, [No. 320.] — h) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 20, 4.] als Beiw. der Sarasvatī [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 41, 57.] —
4) n. a) sc. havis [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 1, 1, 1.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 3, 5, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6, 3, 1, 1.] śāntihomāṃśca kurvīta sāvitrāṇi (= mantraviśeṣān [Nīlakaṇṭha]) [Mahābhārata 13, 5014]; vgl. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 150.] — b) das unter Savitar stehende Nakṣatra Hasta [Mahābhārata 1, 5376.] [WEBER], Nakṣ. [1, 310.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 7, 12. 11, 56. 98, 16.] — c) Name eines Pariśiṣṭa des Yajurveda [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 270.] — d) Bez. verschiedener Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 205],a. 215,a. 221,b. ein Aṅga eines Sāman’s [9, 78. 103.] — e) die durch das Hersagen der Sāvitrī erfolgende feierliche Einführung in die Kaste [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 12, 42.] = yajñopavīta [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — f) Bez. eines Muhūrta [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 912.] — g) Nomen proprium eines Waldes [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 55, 2.] — h) Titel eines Werkes (?) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 60, 22.] — Vgl. sāmasāvitrī.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Sāvitra (ಸಾವಿತ್ರ):—
1) [adjective] relating to the sun or the Sun-God.
2) [adjective] belonging or related to the solar family or dynasty.
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Sāvitra (ಸಾವಿತ್ರ):—
1) [noun] the Sun-God.
2) [noun] Śiva.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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