सावित्र m. (
-त्रः)
1. A Brāhman.
2. Śiva.
3. A Vasu or demigod so named.
4. The sun.
5. The embryo or fœtus.
6. Karna.
f. (
-त्री)
1. Umā, wife of Śiva.
2. The holy verse of the Vedas, the repetition of which forms an essential part of the ceremonies, enjoined to the Brāhman, as daily observances: the prayer is personified as the wife of BRAHMĀ, and mystical mother of the Hindu classes, which are regenerated by investiture with the sacrificial string. 3. The wife of SATYAVĀNA.
4. A beam of light, a cluster of solar rays.
5. Descended from the sun, belonging to the solar dynasty. n. (
-त्रं) The sacrificial string, (so called owing to the repetition of the Gāyatri which forms a principal part of the ceremony of wear- ing the sacred thread.)
E. सवित्र the sun, and
अण् aff. of reference: the prayer is in fact addressed to that luminary, and the deities, &c. are manifestations of the planet or prayer.