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सीताsītā

सीता (sītā) is a Sanskrit word meaning an epithet of a form of Dakshayani, of a poetess, of a river, an Upanishad, spirituous liquor, a furrow or the track of a ploughshare. Its 35 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Furrow, Agriculture, and Related Concepts, Sītā as a Goddess or Divine Being, Sītā as a River Name.

Etymology
E. षि to bind, (the earth,) क्त aff., form irr; it is then applicable to the princess as having been turned up in the soil by a plough-share; and to the goddesses, as they may be supposed to have been incarnate in the wife of RĀMĀ; also, as differently derived शीता, q. v
Definitions
35
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Meanings by context

Sītā as a Goddess or Divine Being

6 definitions
An epithet of a form of Dakshayani

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a goddess, wife of Indra

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Uma

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of Lakshmi

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a goddess presiding over corn

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

The goddess enshrined at Chitrakuta

— The Purana Index

Sītā as a River Name

6 definitions
of a river

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

referring to the eastern branch of the heavenly Ganges that flows into Bhadrashva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of one of the fabulous branches of the Ganges

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

one or more rivers

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a branch of the Ganga river

— The Purana Index

a river of Kushadvipa

— The Purana Index

Sītā, Wife of Rāma (Epic Heroine)

6 definitions
1. A furrow or the track of a ploughshare, personified as a goddess of agriculture. 2. In epic poetry, the wife of Rama, daughter of Janaka, and incarnation of Lakshmi.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The wife of Rama and daughter of Janaka.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A furrow. 2. The wife of Rama and daughter of Janaka.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A furrow or the track of a ploughshare. 2. Agriculture or husbandry personified as a goddess. 3. The wife of Rama, daughter of Janaka. 4. An epithet of Lakshmi. 5. An epithet of Durga or Uma. 6. A female poet. 7. The eastern branch of the heavenly Ganges. 8. Spirituous liquor.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Daughter of Janaka, king of Videha, and wife of Rama

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. The supernatural daughter of Janaka and incarnation of Lakshmi who became the wife of Rama. 2. The queen who was abducted by Ravana, rescued by Rama, and later gave birth to Kusha and Lava at Valmiki's hermitage before returning to the earth.

— The Purana Index

Other Specific Meanings (Person, Text)

3 definitions
of a poetess

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an Upanishad

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

wife of Havyavahana

— The Purana Index

Spirituous Liquor

2 definitions
spirituous liquor

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Spirituous liquor

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 13 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.