श्वेता

{ śvētā, śvetā }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŚVETĀ VI   A daughter of Dakṣa. Ten daughters were born to Dakṣa by his wife Krodhavaśā, including Śvetā. [Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, 14th Sarga] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : शक्कर, कौड़ी, भोजपत्र, फिटकिरी, वंशलोचन, भटकटैया, अतीस, अपराजिता, अपराजिता, पत्थरचटा

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

श्वेता  f.  f. one of the seven tongues of Fire, [Gṛhyās.]
a small white shell, cowry, [L.]
N. of various plants ( accord. to [L.] the birch tree, a white bignonia, Boerhavia Procumbens, Achyranthes Atropurpurea &c.), [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.]
crystal, [L.]
alum, [L.]
white or candied sugar, [L.]
bamboo-manna, [L.]
स्   a mystical term for the letter , [Up.]
N. of one of the मातृs attendant on स्कन्द, [MBh.]
of the mother of the elephant श्वेत (or शङ्ख), [MBh.]; [R.]
of a princess, [Rājat.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

श्वेता [śvētā]   1 A cowrie.
Hog-weed.
White Dūrvā grass.
A crystal.
Candied sugar.
Bamboomanna.
 N. N. of various plants.
 N. N. of one of the tongues of fire.
Alum.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : पाषाणभेदनः, अपराजितः, गर्दभी