m.Name of a sun-deity (according to to belonging to the atmosphere as well as to heaven;and sometimes in the veda- identified with, at other times distinguished from sūrya-,"the Sun", being conceived of and personified as the divine influence and vivifying power of the sun, while sūrya- is the more concrete conception; according to to the sun before rising is called savitṛ-, and after rising till its setting sūrya-;eleven whole hymns of the and parts of others[ i, 35; ii, 38; iii, 62, 10-12 etc.'> ] are devoted to the praise of savitṛ-;he has golden hands, arms, hair etc.;he is also reckoned among the āditya-s [ q.v ], and is even worshipped as"of all creatures", supporting the world and delivering his votaries from sin;the celebrated verse , called gāyatrī- and sāvitrī-[qq.vv.] is addressed to him) etc.
सवितृ a. (-त्री f.) [सू-तृच्] Generating, producing, yielding; सवित्री कामानां यदि जगति जागर्ति भवती G. L.23. -m. 1 The sun; अनन्यदृष्टिः सवितारमैक्षत Ku.5.2; उदेति सविता ताम्रस्ताम्र एवास्तमेति च K. P.7. -2 N. of Śiva. -3 Of Indra. -4 The Arka tree. -5 The creator of the world. -Comp. -नयनः the planet Saturn. -दैवतम् N. of the asterism Hasta.
noun (masculine) a stimulator (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Calotropis Gigantea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
exciter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a sun-deity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the 28 Vyāsas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva or Indra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rouser (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the orb of the sun (in its ordinary form) or its god (his wife is Pṛśni) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vivifier (applied to Tvaṣṭṛ) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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