# वेदवती (vedavatī)

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वेदवती (vedavatī) is a Sanskrit word meaning familiar with the Vedas, name of a river, a beautiful woman, an Apsaras, a river originating from the Pariyatra hill. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them A river named Vedavatī, An Apsaras named Vedavatī, A mythological woman (incarnation of Sītā).

- **SLP1:** `vedavatI`  **IAST:** vedavatī  **Devanagari:** वेदवती
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedavati
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vedavati/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### A river named Vedavatī (3 definitions)
- Name of a river  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 1016,1] वेद (veda) — वती (—vatī) f. N. of a river, MBh.; Pur. ( cf. वेद (veda) सिनी (vedasinī), वेतसिनी (vetasinī) ) [ ID=205771 ]
- a river  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > वेदवती (vedavatī) [Printed book page 725-1 ] Vedavatī, a river. § 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9 λ, 324.— § 775 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 166 α, 7651. [ ID=11790 ]
- a river originating from the Pariyatra hill  
  *The Purana Index*
  > वेदवती (vedavatī) [Printed book page 3-318 ] Vedavatī (I) — a R. from the Pāriyātra hill. Br. II. 16. 27; Vā. 45. 97. [ ID=13582 ]

### An Apsaras named Vedavatī (2 definitions)
- an Apsaras  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of an Apsaras, L. [ ID=205773 ]
- an Apsaras  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vedavatī (II) — an Apsaras (Suranārī); from the vedi- tala of Brahmā. Vā. 69. 60. [ ID=13583 ]

### A mythological woman (incarnation of Sītā) (1 definition)
- a beautiful woman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a beautiful woman (daughter of Kuśa-dhvaja, whose story is told in the Rāmāyaṇa; she became an ascetic, and being insulted by Rāvaṇa in the wood where she was performing her penances, destroyed herself by entering fire, but was born again as Sītā or accord. to other legends, as Draupadī or Lakṣmī), R. [ ID=205772 ]

### Adjective 'Vedavat' (familiar with Vedas) (1 definition)
- familiar with the Vedas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1016,1] वेद (veda) — वत् (—vat) mfn. having or familiar with the V°, Hariv. [ ID=205770 ]

## Sources

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

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