As a deity name
Name 243 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 975 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
श्वेत · adj
जिसमें कोई रंग न मालूम हो । बिना रंग का । सफेद । धौला । चिट्टा · शुभ्र । उज्वल । साफ । निर्गल · निर्दोष । निष्कलंक — Śabdasāgara
श्वेत · noun · masculine
सफेद रंग । श्वेत वर्ण · चाँदी । रजत · कौड़ी । कपर्दक — Śabdasāgara
श्वेत · śveta · adj.
White; dressed in white — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 737
श्वेत
white
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi श्वेत — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta). Doublet of सफ़ेद (safed).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śveta mf(ā or śvenī)n. white, dressed, in white, bright (with parvata m. ‘snow-mountain’, ŚBr.; with kaṭākṣa m. ‘a bright side-glance’, Saṃgīt.), RV. &c. &c.
śveta m. white (the colour), L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
white (the colour)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (11)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śveta" is the vocative of "śvetā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śveta mf(ā or śvenī)n. white, dressed, in white, bright (with parvata m. ‘snow-mountain’, ŚBr.; with kaṭākṣa m. ‘a bright side-glance’, Saṃgīt.), RV. &c. &c.
śveta m. white (the colour), L.
a white horse, ŚBr.
a small white shell, cowry, L.
a silver coin, L.
śvetā (ā), f. one of the seven tongues of Fire, Gṛhyās.
a small white shell, cowry, L.
Alternative readings
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