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Savitri

Savitri proper noun: the Savitri Mantra (Sanskrit: सावित्री मन्त्र), a verse or prayer addressed to सवितृ (savitṛ) or the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse RV. iii, 62, 10; also called गायत्री (gāyatrī) q.v.).

Proper noun

Savitri

  1. The Savitri Mantra (Sanskrit: सावित्री मन्त्र), a verse or prayer addressed to सवितृ (savitṛ) or the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse RV. iii, 62, 10; also called गायत्री (gāyatrī) q.v.)
  2. A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.

Origin of Savitri

Borrowed from Sanskrit सावित्री (sāvitrī).

Questions about Savitri

What does Savitri mean?
Savitri means the Savitri Mantra (Sanskrit: सावित्री मन्त्र), a verse or prayer addressed to सवितृ (savitṛ) or the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse RV. iii, 62, 10; also called गायत्री (gāyatrī) q.v.).
What part of speech is Savitri?
Savitri is a proper noun.

Words near Savitri in the dictionary

  1. Savita
  2. Savitaipale
  3. Savitar
  4. Savitch's theorem
  5. Savitr
  6. Savitri
  7. Savitz
  8. Savitzes
  9. Savitzky-Golay filter
  10. Savitzky-Golay filters
  11. Savitṛ

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