savitṛ सवितृ – impeller and mover; impeller; savitṛ

Original text · English · substantive masculine

savitṛ́ ·m. impeller, enlivener, N. of a god, often identif, with Sūrya.

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Savitṛ, tā, trī, tṛ, generating, vivifying, pro- ducing, causing, effecting; (tā), m. a generator, vivifier; the sun, (in the Veda sometimes identified with and sometimes distinguished from Sūrya, q. v.; according to Sāy. the sun before rising is called Savitṛ, and after rising till its setting Sūrya; many hymns of the Ṛg-veda are devoted to the praise of Savitṛ, e. g. 1. 35, II. 38, III. 62, 10-12, IV. 53, 54, V. 81, 82, &c.; he is described as ‘golden- eyed,’ ‘golden-handed,’ ‘golden-armed,’ ‘golden- tongued,’ ‘yellow-haired,’ &c., the waters and the winds are said to obey him, and the other gods are described as following his lead and bowing to his authority; he is also, like Agni, called Apāṃ napāt, ‘son of the waters,’ and is even worshipped as a ‘lord of all creatures,’ supporting the world and de- livering his votaries from sin; the celebrated verse called gāyatrī and sāvitrī, q. q. v. v., is addressed to him); epithet of Indra; of Śiva; N. of one of the twenty-eight Vyāsas; a particular plant or tree (= arka); (trī), f. a mother; a cow.

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savitṛ savitṛ. See col. 2.

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

savitṛ a. (trī f.) [sū-tṛc] Generating, producing, yielding; savitrī kāmānāṃ yadi jagāti jāgarti bha vatī G. L. 23. — m. 1 The sun; udeti savitā tāmrastāmra evāstamoti ca K. P. 7. 2 N. of Śiva. 3 Of Indra. 4 The Arka tree. 5 The creator of the world.

Original text · French · substantive masculine

savitṛ savitṛ m. (su; sfx. tṛ) producteur; Sāvitri ou le Soleil [générateur des choses]. savitṛdaivata m. Hastā ou le 13ᵉ astérisme lunaire. savitṛla a. (sfx. la) relatif à Sāvitri. savitra n. (sfx. tra) cause ou instrument de production. savitriya a. de Sāvitri, relatif à lui. savitrī f. productrice, génératrice; mère; vache.