savitf | सवित्फ़् | savitf
savitf/ | सवित्फ़्/ | m. a stimulator, rouser, vivifier (applied to Tvaṣṭṛ), RV. iii, 55, 19; x, 10, 5
N. of a sun-deity (accord. to Naigh. 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; accord. to Sāy. the sun before rising is called Savitṛ, and after rising till its setting Sūrya; eleven whole hymns of the RV. and parts of others [e.g. i, 35; ii, 38; iii, 62, 10-12 &c.] are devoted to the praise of Savitṛ; he has golden hands, arms, hair &c.; he is also reckoned among the Ādityas [q.v.], and is even worshipped as ‘of all creatures’, supporting the world and delivering his votaries from sin; the celebrated verse, RV. iii, 62, 10, called gāyatrī | गायत्री | and sāvitrī | सावित्री | [qq.vv.] is addressed to him), RV. &c. &c.
the orb of the sun (in its ordinary form) or its god (his wife is Pṛśni), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
N. of one of the 28 Vyāsas, VP.
of Śiva or Indra, L.
Calotropis Gigantea, L.
savitf | सवित्फ़् | , savīman | सवीमन् |. See p. 1190, col. 2.
N. of a sun-deity (accord. to Naigh. 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; accord. to Sāy. the sun before rising is called Savitṛ, and after rising till its setting Sūrya; eleven whole hymns of the RV. and parts of others [e.g. i, 35; ii, 38; iii, 62, 10-12 &c.] are devoted to the praise of Savitṛ; he has golden hands, arms, hair &c.; he is also reckoned among the Ādityas [q.v.], and is even worshipped as ‘of all creatures’, supporting the world and delivering his votaries from sin; the celebrated verse, RV. iii, 62, 10, called gāyatrī | गायत्री | and sāvitrī | सावित्री | [qq.vv.] is addressed to him), RV. &c. &c.
the orb of the sun (in its ordinary form) or its god (his wife is Pṛśni), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
N. of one of the 28 Vyāsas, VP.
of Śiva or Indra, L.
Calotropis Gigantea, L.
savitf | सवित्फ़् | , savīman | सवीमन् |. See p. 1190, col. 2.