Savitri

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Gender Feminine
Usage Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi
Scripts सावित्री(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi)

Meaning & History

Means "of the sun" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a hymn in the Rigveda dedicated to Savitr, a sun god. This is also the name of Savitr's daughter, a wife of Brahma, considered an aspect of Saraswati. In the Hindu epic the Mahabharata it is borne by King Satyavan's wife, who successfully pleas with Yama, the god of death, to restore her husband to life.