# सत्यवती (satyavatī)

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सत्यवती (satyavatī) is a Sanskrit word meaning truthful, containing the word satya, a mistaken reading for sattvavat, an epithet of a spell spoken over weapons, a son of Manu Raivata, a son of Manu Chakshusha. Its 20 recorded definitions are grouped into 12 contexts, among them Satyavatī, mother of Vyāsa & wife of Parāśara/Śāntanu, Satyavatī, wife of Ṛcīka / Kauśikī, Satyavatī, wife of Nārada.

- **SLP1:** `satyavatI`  **IAST:** satyavatī  **Devanagari:** सत्यवती
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyavati
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/satyavati/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Satyavatī, mother of Vyāsa & wife of Parāśara/Śāntanu (5 definitions)
- the wife of Parashara and mother of Vyasa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 1136,2] सत्य (satya) — वती (—vatī) ( अती (atī) ), f. N. of the wife of Parāśara (Śāṃtanu) and mother of Vyāsa, MBh.; Hariv.; Pur.; Pañcar. [ ID=230010 ]
- the wife of Parashara and mother of Vyasa  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सत्यवती (satyavatī) [Printed book page 751-01 ] सत्य - वती (satya-vatī) f. the wife of Parāśara and mother of Vyāsa. [ ID=39424 ]
- daughter of Vasu and Adrika, mother of Vyasa by Parashara, and wife of Shantanu and mother of Citrangada and Vicitravirya  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > सत्यवती (satyavatī) [Printed book page 630-2 ] Satyavatī 1, daughter of Vasu and Adrikā, by Parāśara mother of Vyāsa, wife of Śāntanu and mother of Citrāṅgada and Vicitravīrya).—§ 61 (Sarpasattra): I, 55, †2103 ( Kṛṣṇasya…S°yāḥ sutasya, i.e. Vyāsa).—§ 76 (Matsya): I, 63, 2398 (Matsya and S. were born by Adrikā from the seed of Vasu, S. had a fishy smell and was reared by a fisherman).—§ 77 (Vyāsa): I, 63, (2405), 2413, 2415 (by Parāśara mother of Vyāsa, by the grace of Parāśara she remained a virgin and emitted a sweet scent extending over a yojana, thence she was named Gandhavatī or Yojanagandhā (v. 2411—12)).—§ 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, 3801 (by Śāntanu mother of Citrāṅgada and Vicitravīrya, formerly she had born Vyāsa).—§ 157 (do.): I, 95, 3805 (appointed Vyāsa to beget children, cf. § 171).—§ 165 (Satyavatīlābhop.): I, 100, 4043, 4044, 4045, 4055 (Śāntanu's receiving S. as his wife).—§ 166 (Citrāṅgadop.): I, 101, 4069, 4071 (mother of Citrāṅgada and Vicitravīrya).—§ 167 (Vicitravīryop.): I, 102, †4132, 4145.—§ 168 (Bhīṣma-Satyavatī-saṃv.): I, 103, 4146, 4159, 4164 (Bhīṣma consulted with S.).—§ 171 (Vicitravīryasutotpatti): I, 105, 4225, 4251, 4258, (4262), 4267; 106, 4274, 4302 (asked by S. Vyāsa begat children on the widows of Vicitravīrya).—§ 174 (Dhṛtarāṣṭravivāha): I, 110, 4365.—§ 178 (Pāṇḍu): I, 114, 4469, 4471.—§ 184 (do.): I, 119, 4614.—§ 194 (do.): I, 126, 4912.—§ 196 (Vyāsa): I, 128, 4975 (retired to the forest with her daughters-in-law).—§ 238 (Pañcendrop.): I, 197, 7318 ( °yāḥ sutaḥ, i.e. Vyāsa).—§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 173, 5947, 5965; 174, 5968, 5969; 176, 6072, 6075 (repetition from § 166 foll.); 178, 7099; 186, 7339.—§ 602 (Droṇa- vadhap.): VII, 192, 8881 ( ṛṣeḥ…Kṛṣṇasya S°yāḥ sutasya ).—§ 717 b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 350, 13639 (bore Vyāsa from Parāśara).—§ 778 (Aśvamedhikap.): XIV, 10, †292 ( °yāḥ sutasya, i.e. Vyāsa). Cf. Dāśeyī, Gandhakālī, Gandhavatī (I, 2411; V, 5976; XII, 8835 ( °yāḥ sutaḥ, i.e. Vyāsa)), Kālī, Satyā, Vāsavī, Yojanagandhā. [ ID=9754 ]
- 1. The wife of Parashara, mother of Vyasa, and fisherwoman. 2. In a previous birth, Acchodash, the mind-born daughter of the Pitris.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > सत्यवती (satyavatī) [Printed book page 3-515 ] Satyavatī (I) — a wife of Parāśara, and mother of Vyāsa; 1 in her previous birth Acchodā the mind-born daugh- ter of the Pitṛs; now born as a fisherwoman, of Adrikā Matsya at the confluence of the Gangā and the Yamunā; 2 her son Vyāsa, compiled the 18 Purāṇas and the Bhārata. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. II. 7. 36: I. 3. 21: XII. 6. 49: Vā. 1. 2:] [ Footnote: 2) Br. III. 10. 73-4: M. 14. 19. Vā. 73. 21-2.] [ Footnote: 3) M. 53. 70.] [ ID=15203 ]
- The queen of Shantanu and mother of Vicitravirrya and Citrangada.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Satyavatī (IV) — the queen of Śantanu and mother of Vicitravīrya and Citrāngada; 1 at her command Kṛṣṇadvai- pāyana begot Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu on the widows of Vici- travīrya. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Vi. IV. 20. 34.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. IV. 20. 38.] [ ID=15206 ]

### Satyavatī, wife of Ṛcīka / Kauśikī (3 definitions)
- the daughter of Gadhi and wife of Richika, who became the Kaushiki river  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a daughter of Gādhi and wife of Ṛcīka (fabled to have become the Kauśikī river), MBh.; Hariv.; R.; Pur. [ ID=230011 ]
- daughter of Gadhi and wife of Richika  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Satyavatī 2, daughter of Gādhi and wife of Ṛcīka. § 395 (Jamadagni): III, 115, 10153 (married to Ṛcīka), 10163 (mother of Jamadagni).—§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 117, 3973 ( reme…yathā…Ṛcīkaḥ S°yāñ ca ), 119, 4005 ( Gādheḥ sutāṃ, married to Ṛcīka).—§ 638 b (Rāmopākhyāna): XII, 49, 1721, 1728, 1730, 1735, (1739), 1742, 1744 (married to Ṛcīka, birth of Jamadagni).—§ 721 b (Viśvāmitrop.): XIII, Page631-a+ 63 4, 206, 228, 229, 234, 235, 241 (do., do.). Cf. Gādheyī, Gādhisutā. [ ID=9755 ]
- 1. A daughter of Gadhi and wife of sage Rcika. 2. The mother of Jamadagni, Shunakshepha, and Shunahpuccha. 3. Transformed into the river Kaushiki.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Satyavatī (II) — (see Rūka) a daughter of Gādhi and wife of sage Ṛcīka. As the caru intended for her was taken by her mother, she gave birth to an unrighteous son, and on her appeal the sage changed him to an unrighteous grandson. Mother of Jamadagni; she became converted into the river Kauśikī; other sons were Śunakśepa and Śunahpuccha; 1 com- pared to Dakṣiṇā in yāga. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 15. 5-12: Br. III. 66. 36-59: Vā. 65. 93: 91. 66, 85, 92. Vi. IV. 7. 12, 32, 33-4.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. III. 1. 96: 21. 22.] [ ID=15204 ]

### Satyavatī, wife of Nārada (2 definitions)
- the wife of Narada  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the wife of Nārada, MBh. [ ID=230012 ]
- wife of Narada  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 631-1 ] Satyavatī 3, wife of Nārada. § 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 117, 3974 ( reme…yathā S°yāñ ca Nāradaḥ ). [ ID=9756 ]

### Truthful / Containing 'satya' (2 definitions)
- truthful  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1136,2] सत्य (satya) — वत् (—vat) mfn. truthful, veracious, MBh.; R.; BhP.; Pañcar. [ ID=230003 ]
- containing the word satya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > containing the word सत्य (satya), AitBr. [ ID=230004 ]

### Satyavat, a spell (1 definition)
- an epithet of a spell spoken over weapons  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सत्य (satya) — वत् (—vat) m. N. of a spell spoken over weapons, R. [ ID=230006 ]

### Satyavat, husband of Sāvitrī (1 definition)
- the son of Dyumatsena and husband of Savitri  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Dyumat-sena (husband of Sāvitrī), MBh.; R. [ ID=230009 ]

### Satyavat, son of Manu Cākṣuṣa (1 definition)
- a son of Manu Chakshusha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Manu Cākṣuṣa, BhP. [ ID=230008 ]

### Satyavat, son of Manu Raivata (1 definition)
- a son of Manu Raivata  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Manu Raivata, Hariv. [ ID=230007 ]

### Satyavatī, a river name (1 definition)
- Achchoda  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a river = अच्छो (accho) दा (dā), Cat. [ ID=230014 ]

### Satyavatī, daughter of Kratu (1 definition)
- a daughter of Kratu and daughter-in-law of Parvasha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Satyavatī (III) — a daughter of Kratu and daughter-in- law of Parvaśa. Br. II. 11. 38. [ ID=15205 ]

### Satyavatī, wife of Śiva-rāja-bhaṭṭa (1 definition)
- the wife of Shiva-raja-bhatta  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the wife of Śiva-rāja-bhaṭṭa, Vāsavadattā (Title), Introd. [ ID=230013 ]

### Textual variant of Satyavat (1 definition)
- A mistaken reading for sattvavat  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > w.r. for सत्त्व - वत् (sattva-vat), Ragh. [ ID=230005 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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