Savitri
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Savitri or Savithri may refer to:
- Savitri, with all vowels short, a Roman-phonetic spelling of the Vedic Hindu sun god SavitrSavitrSavitr IAST: savitrIn Vedic religion, Savitr , Savitā is a solar deity and one of the Adityas i.e. off-spring of Vedic deity Aditi. His name in Vedic Sanskrit connotes "impeller, rouser, vivifier"...
- Sāvitrī, a name of the Gayatri MantraGayatri MantraThe Gāyatrī Mantra is a highly revered mantra, based on a Vedic Sanskrit verse from a hymn of the Rigveda , attributed to the rishi . The mantra is named for its vedic gāyatrī metre. As the verse can be interpreted to invoke the deva Savitr, it is often called Sāvitrī...
dedicated to Savitr - Savitri is Brahma's consort. GayatriGayatriGayatri is the feminine form of , a Sanskrit word for a song or a hymn. Gayatri is a consort of Brahma and the goddess of learning. Brahma married her when there was a need for a companion during a yajna. Brahma had to start the yajna along with his wife...
is another consort of Brahma. Savitri known as Goddess Savitri. - Savitri BrataSavitri BrataSavitri Brata or Savitri Amavasya is observed by all Hindu Oriya married women on the 'Amavasya' in the month of 'Jyestha'....
, a Festivals of OrissaFestivals of Orissa-Ratha Yatra :The most famous Orissan festival is the Rath Yatra or Car Festival which attracts pilgrims and visitors from all over the world...
. - Savitri (actress), an Indian actress
- Savitri (book)Savitri (book)Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol is an epic poem in blank verse by Sri Aurobindo, based upon a myth from the Mahabharata. Its central theme revolves around the transcendence of man as the consummation of terrestrial evolution, and the immergence of an immortal supramental gnostic race upon earth...
, an epic poem by Sri Aurobindo - Savitri (opera)Savitri (opera)Sāvitri is a chamber opera in one act by Gustav Holst, his Opus 25, with the libretto by Holst himself. The story is based on the episode of Savitri and Satyavan from the Mahābhārata, which was also included in Specimens of Old Indian Poetry and Idylls from the Sanskrit...
, an opera by Gustav Holst - Savitri Khanolkar, designer of Param Vir Chakra
- Savitri RiverSavitri RiverSavitri River is one of the 5 rivers which originate from Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra state in India. It originates in Mahabaleshwar and flows through Raigad district and eventually meets Arabian Sea at Harehareshwar. It passes through Poladpur, Mahad, Mangaon and Shrivardhan taluks. There are a...
, a river in India - Savitri, a Hindu character from the story of Savitri and SatyavanSavitri and SatyavanThe oldest known version of the story of Savitri and Satyavan is found in "The Book of the Forest" of the Mahabharata.The story occurs as a multiple embedded narrative in the Mahabharata told by Markandeya...
in the epic Mahabharata - Name of a manifestation of PrakṛtiPrakrtiPrakrti or Prakriti or Prakruti means "nature". It is, according to Hindus, the basic nature of intelligence by which the Universe exists and functions. It is described in Bhagavad Gita as the "primal motive force". It is the essential constituent of the universe and is at the basis of all the...
- Savitri, pseudonym of Anna ZahorskaAnna ZahorskaAnna Zahorska de domo Elzenberg , pseudonym Savitri, was a Polish poet, prosaist, dramatist. Graduate of Polish philology at the Jagiellonian University and Russian philology at the University of Warsaw. Activist of Polish Socialist Party...
- Savitri Devi, pseudonym of female neo-nazi philosopher Maximiani Portaz
- Savithri (1933 film)Savithri (1933 film)Savithri is a 1933 Telugu film directed by Chittajalu Pullayya.-Story:The story is about Savitri and Satyavan from Mahabharata. According to the legend, Princess Savitri marries Satyavan despite a curse that foretells his death within a year. She manages to get Yama , the god of death, to restore...
is an early Telugu film.