As a deity name
Name 450 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 972 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 1002 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 111 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
सावित्री · noun · feminine
वेदमाता गायत्री · सरस्वती · ब्रह्मा की पत्नी जो सूर्य की पृश्नि नाम की पत्नी से उत्पत्र हुई थी — Śabdasāgara
सावित्री · noun · masculine
एक प्राचीन तीर्थ का नाम — Śabdasāgara
सावित्री · sāvitrī · s.f.
A beam or ray of light; a cluster of solar rays; name of a celebrated verse of the Rig-veda (regarded as the most sacred verse of the Veda, and called Sāvitrī as addressed to the sun); the ceremony of investiture with the sacred thread — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 630
सावित्री · feminine
The Savitri Mantra, a verse or prayer addressed to the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse RV. iii, 62, 10; also called Gayatri Mantra); Savitri; a Goddess, the consort of Brahma; Savitri; the daughter of King Ashvapati and wife of Satyavan, known for her devotion; a female given name, Savitri, from Sanskrit
सावित्री · feminine
a virtuous and devoted wife
Cited formation "सावित्री" is सावित्र + -ई: सावित्र means "Relating or belonging to the sun", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "सावित्री" is सावित्र + -ई: सावित्र means "Relating or belonging to the sun", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सावित्री — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit सावित्री (sāvitrī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sāvitrī (ī), f., see below
sāvitrī f. a verse or prayer addressed to Savitṛ or the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse, RV. iii, 62, 10; also called gāyatrī, q.v.), AitBr. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a verse or prayer addressed to Savitṛ or the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse, also called gāyatrī, q.v.), &c. &c.
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M1 · same meaning "sāvitrī" is the nominative dual of "sāvitri" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "sāvitrī" is the feminine form of "sāvitra" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
sāvitrī (ī), f., see below
sāvitrī f. a verse or prayer addressed to Savitṛ or the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse, RV. iii, 62, 10; also called gāyatrī, q.v.), AitBr. &c. &c.
initiation as a member of the three twice-born classes by reciting the above verse and investing with the sacred thread (cf. under sāvitra, and upa-nayana), Gaut.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
a partic. form of the Gāyatrī metre, Ked.
N. of Sūryā or a daughter of Savitṛ, AV.; Br.; MBh. &c.
sāvitri f. (mc.) = -sāvitrī, a partic. verse (cf. below), MBh.
sāvitra mf(ī)n. (fr. savitṛ) relating or belonging to the sun, derived or descended from the sun, belonging to the solar dynasty, TS.; VS.; KātyŚr.; MBh.; Hariv.
relating to Sāvitra i.e. Karṇa, MBh.
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