Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“corpse”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 727 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“corpse”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
सव · noun · masculine
जल । पानी · पुष्परस । पुष्पद्रव । मकरंद · यज्ञ — Śabdasāgara
सव · adj
अज्ञ । मूर्ख । अनाड़ी — Śabdasāgara
सव · sav · s.m.
Dead body, corpse — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 690
Cited formation "सव" is स- + व: व means "and", and the prefix स- forms with, together with, same. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(23) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the juice or honey of flowers
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
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Dictionary citations
1. sava m. (fr. √ 3. su) pressing out the juice of the Soma plant, RV.; ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
pouring it out, L.
the moon, L.
sava n. the juice or honey of flowers, L.
2. sava m. (fr. √ 1. sū) one who sets in motion or impels, an instigator, stimulator, commander, VS.; ŚBr.
Alternative readings
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