Word.ws English Dictionary

charioteer meaning in Sanskrit

यातृ yā́tṛ

/ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹi.əˈtɪɹ/

charioteer in Sanskrit: यातृ (yā́tṛ), सूत (sūta), सारथि (sā́rathi), वह्नि (váhni). In English, charioteer means a person who drives a chariot.

Sanskrit words for charioteer

charioteer
यातृ yā́tṛ
charioteer, driver, groom, equerry, master of the horse ; in the epics also a royal herald or bard, whose business was to proclaim the heroic actions of the king and his ancestors, while he drove his chariot to battle, or on state occasions, and who had therefore to know by heart portions of the epic poems and ancient ballads; he is the son of a क्षत्रिय by a ब्राह्मणी or of a Brahman and a क्षत्रिया ; the most celebrated sūta was लोमहर्षण who was a pupil of व्यास )
सूत sūta
a charioteer, a coachman
सारथि sā́rathi
charioteer, said of various gods, especially Agni, Indra, Savitr and the Maruts
वह्नि váhni

English meaning of charioteer

  1. noun A person who drives a chariot.
  2. verb To drive a chariot.
  3. verb To drive someone in a chariot.

Full definition of charioteer

charioteer in other languages

Questions about charioteer in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of charioteer in Sanskrit?
Charioteer in Sanskrit is यातृ (yā́tṛ), सूत (sūta), सारथि (sā́rathi), वह्नि (váhni).
charioteer इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Charioteer: यातृ (yā́tṛ), सूत (sūta), सारथि (sā́rathi), वह्नि (váhni).
What does charioteer mean in English?
Charioteer means a person who drives a chariot.

Source and license

Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “charioteer”: यातृ, वह्नि, सारथि, सूत. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: charioteer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-charioteer.wav.

Cite this page: “charioteer meaning in Sanskrit.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sanskrit/charioteer. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.