Savitr

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A solar deity (Deva) and one of the Adityas. He is sometimes identified with, and at other times distinguished from, the chief Sun deity Surya.

Word forms

Savitr Savitṛ

Etymology

From Sanskrit सवितृ (savitṛ, “stimulator, rouser, vivifier”).

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