सवितृsavitṛ

सवितृ (savitṛ) is a Sanskrit word meaning a stimulator, rouser, or vivifier, the orb of the sun or its god, name of one of the twenty-eight Vyasas, an epithet of Shiva or Indra, calotropis Gigantea, see page 1190, column. Its 26 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them The Sun or Solar Deity, Epithet of Deities (Śiva, Indra, Viṣṇu), A type of plant (Arka tree).

Root: 2. सु (2. su)
Etymology: E. सु to send or cast, (his rays,) तृच् aff
Definitions: 26

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Meanings by context

The Sun or Solar Deity

13 definitions

A sun-deity personifying the divine influence and vivifying power of the sun.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the orb of the sun or its god

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The sun

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A stimulator or vivifier. 2. A Vedic god personifying the generating power of the sun. 3. The sun.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The sun

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The sun

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The sun. 2. An epithet of Indra. 3. An epithet of Shiva.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The sun. 2. Indra. 3. Shiva. 4. As a feminine adjective, a producer or giver.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The sun. 2. A mother. 3. Causing.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An impeller or enlivener. 2. The name of a solar deity often identified with Surya.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An impeller or enlivener. 2. The god Savitar. 3. The sun.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Generating or producing. 2. A generator, vivifier, or the sun. 3. An epithet of Indra and of Shiva. 4. A name of one of the twenty-eight Vyasas. 5. A particular plant or tree. 6. A mother. 7. A cow.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

an impeller, one of the Adityas, identified with Surya the sun

सवितृ (savitṛ) [Printed book page 636-1]
Savitṛ (“impeller”), one of the Ādityas, sometimes identical

with Vivasvat (Sūrya, the Sun, personified). § 3 (Anukram.):

I, 1, 42 (a son or form of Vivasvat, cf. Āśāvaha).—§ 35

(Aruṇa): I, 24, 1277 (got Aruṇa for his charioteer).—§ 88

(Aṃśāvat.): I, 65, 2523 (the tenth of the Ādityas).—§ 119

(do.): I, 66, 2599 (husband of Tvāṣṭrī and father of the

Aśvins).—§ 191 (Arjuna): I, 123, 4824 (the tenth of the

Ādityas).—§ 222 (Tapatyup.): I, 172, 6583 (father of

Tapatī).—§ 258 (Khāṇḍavadahanap.): I, 227, 8268 (fought

against Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna).—§ 266 (Śakrasabhāv.): II, 7,

302 (in the palace of Śakra).—§ 310b (Sūrya): III, 3, 135

(i.e. Sūrya).—§ 310 (Āraṇyakap.): III, 3, 146 (among the

108 names of Sūrya).—§ 310b (Sūrya): III, 3, 191 (identified

with Sūrya).—§ 390 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 110, 9994 (dadau

…Sāvitrīṃ S°ā yathā).—§ 400 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 118,

10224 (°uḥ, sc. āyatanaṃ).—§ 439 (Yakṣayuddhap.): III,

163, 11850 (i.e. Sūrya), 11871 (do., description of the course

of the Sun), 11880 (do.).—§ 440 (do.): III, 164, 11901

(°uḥ, sc. astraṃ).—§ 522 (Draupadīharaṇap.): III, 264,

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†15591 (°uḥ, sc. sadanāt).—§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 108,

3770 (atraivoktā—sc. in the east—S°trāsīt Sāvitrī).—§ 588

(Bhīṣmavadhap.): VII, 121β, 5802 (°uḥ, sc. astraṃ).—

§ 617 (Aiṣīkap.): X, 18, 801, 807 (Rudra broke the arms

of S.).—§ 665 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 208β, 7581 (the sixth

of the Ādityas).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 349, VII),

13597 (Āditye S°ur jyeṣṭhe).—§ 730 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII,

14β, 626; 16, 1058 (Śiva identified with S.).—§ 772m

(Atri): XIII, 157, 7297, 7302.—§ 773b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva):

XIII, 159, †7373 (raśmivān, Kṛṣṇa identified with S.).—

§ 777 (Svargārohaṇik. p.): XIII, 168, 7743 (Kṛṣṇa

identified with S.).—Do.² (a mere appellative designing the

sun): I, 1797, 1883, 8411; III, 1334, 2933, 10052 (iva),

†10639; V, 772 (iva), 1741, 2751, 3763; VI, 1899, 3818;

VII, 1639, 2835, 9241; VIII, 1750 (yathā), 2342, 4943;

IX, †1069 (yathā); XII, 2119, 6340, 7425; 7452; XIII,

428 (sahasrakiraṇasya), 7357; XIV, 190 (raśmayo s°ur yathā).

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Epithet of Deities (Śiva, Indra, Viṣṇu)

4 definitions

an epithet of Shiva or Indra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Shiva

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Indra

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Shiva. 2. Vishnu.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A type of plant (Arka tree)

2 definitions

Calotropis Gigantea

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Arka tree

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Feminine form (savitrī): Producer, Mother

2 definitions

see below

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Producer or giver

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lexicographical Notes/Cross-references

2 definitions

See page 1190, column 2.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See column 2.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Stimulator, Producer, Creator

2 definitions

a stimulator, rouser, or vivifier

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The creator of the world

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of a Vyāsa

1 definition

Name of one of the twenty-eight Vyasas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.