श्वेत

{ śvēta, śveta }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŚVETA I   A King in ancient India. By his moral and spiritual power he was able to restore his dead son to life. He did not eat meat. [Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 150] mentions that he was one of the few Kings who deserve to be remembered with reverence at dawn and dusk. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 1, Verse 233] ; [Śānti Parva, Chapter 153, Verse 68] ; [Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 115, Verse 66] .
ŚVETA II   A King. [Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Dākṣiṇātya Pāṭha, Chapter 14] mentions that he was one of the prominent Kings in India.
ŚVETA III   A son of the Virāṭa King. Śveta was the son of King Virāṭa by his chief wife Surathā, who was a princess of Kosala. Śveta had attended Yudhiṣṭhira's Rājasūya. This distinguished warrior was killed by Bhīṣma in Bhārata Yuddha. [M.B. Dākṣiṇātya Pāṭha, Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 16] ; [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 44, Verse 20] ; [Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 48] .
ŚVETA IV   A warrior of Subrahmaṇya. [Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 64] .
ŚVETA V   Son of the elder brother of King Sudeva. There is a story of how Śveta, who was a sinner, attained mokṣa (salvation) by a vision of sage Agastya. Towards the end of his life, Śveta attained Mokṣa by performing austere tapas. But since he failed to earn God's grace by giving food to the hungry, even in Heaven, he was tormented by hunger and thirst. His hunger was so severe that he began eating his own flesh. At last as suggested by Brahmā he was born again on earth and after a visit to Agastya re-entered Heaven.
ŚVETA VII   A mountain in Uttarā Khaṇḍa. In [Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 139, Verse 1] , we find that the Pāṇḍavas crossed the Śveta mountain during their life in the forest.
ŚVETA VIII   A country situated on the northern side of the Nīla mountain. The region known as “Hiraṇyakam” is situated to the north of this country. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 6, Verse 37] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

 adjective  जो उजला हो   Ex. उसने श्वेत वस्त्र धारण किया ।

MODIFIES NOUN:

तत्त्व

ONTOLOGY:

रंगसूचक (colour) ➜ विवरणात्मक (Descriptive) ➜ विशेषण (Adjective)

SYNONYM:

सफेद सफ़ेद उजला धवल धवला धौला धौल रजत धौत शुभ्र सादा शुक्ल शिति सित अवदात फक उजियार उँजियार उँजियारा उज्जर उज्ज्वल

Wordnet:

asm বগী

bd गुफुर

ben শ্বেত

guj સફેદ

kan ಬಿಳಿ

kas صاف

kok धवें

mal വെള്ള

mar पांढरा

mni ꯑꯉꯧꯕ

nep श्वेत

ori ଶ୍ୱେତ

pan ਚਿੱਟਾ

san शुक्ल

tel తెల్లని

urd سفید , سپید , اجلا , گوراچٹا , کورا , سادہ

   See : गोरा, गोरा, सफेद

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   To die.
   A bridge.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

   See : पांढरा, पांढरा

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 वि.  पांढरा ; शुभ्र ; शुक्ल ; धवल . श्वेतपीत त्रिगुणवास । - एरुस्व १७ . १० . [ सं . श्वित् ‍ = पांढरें होणें ]
०कुष्ठ  न. पांढरें कोड .
०कृष्ण   काळें पांढरें पडणें ; मरणें .
होणें   काळें पांढरें पडणें ; मरणें .
०द्वीप  न. पृथ्वीचा एक भाग ; खंड .
०प्रदर  पु. पांढरी धुपणी ; एक रोग .
०मणि  पु. स्फटिक .
०वचा  स्त्री. वचा पहा . एक झाड , याची मुळी पांढरी असते .
०वाह   वाहन - पु . अर्जुन .
०श्वेतांजनी वि.  आंग एकरंगी पण फांसोळीला पांढरा रंग असलेला ( घोडा ). - अश्वप १ . ९७ . श्वेतांबर - पु . जैनांतील एक पंथ .

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

 adjective  जुनचाहिँ उज्यालो हुन्छ   Ex. उसले श्वेत वस्त्र धारण गर्‍यो

MODIFIES NOUN:

तत्त्व

ONTOLOGY:

रंगसूचक (colour) ➜ विवरणात्मक (Descriptive) ➜ विशेषण (Adjective)

SYNONYM:

सेतो शुक्ल

Wordnet:

asm বগী

bd गुफुर

ben শ্বেত

guj સફેદ

hin श्वेत

kan ಬಿಳಿ

kas صاف

kok धवें

mal വെള്ള

mar पांढरा

mni ꯑꯉꯧꯕ

ori ଶ୍ୱେତ

pan ਚਿੱਟਾ

san शुक्ल

tel తెల్లని

urd سفید , سپید , اجلا , گوراچٹا , کورا , سادہ

   See : सेतो, गोरो

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

श्वेत  m.  mf( आ॑ or श्वेनी)n. white, dressed, in white, bright (with प॑र्वत m. ‘snow-mountain’ [ŚBr.]; with कटा-क्ष m. ‘a bright side-glance’ [Saṃgīt.]), [RV.] &c. &c.
श्वेत  m.  m. white (the colour), [L.]
   a white horse, [ŚBr.]
   a small white shell, cowry, [L.]
   a silver coin, [L.]
   a white cloud, [L.]
   the planet Venus or its regent शुक्र, [L.]
-केतु   a partic. comet ( cf.), [VarBṛS.]

ROOTS:

केतु

जीवक   a partic. plant (= ), [L.]
   cumin seed, [W.]
वैदार्व    N. of a serpent-demon (with or वैदार्व्य or वैदर्व्य; others give श्वैत-वैदारव as signifying ‘a partic. deity connected with the sun’), [GṛS.]; [Pur.]
    N. of one of स्कन्द's attendants, [MBh.]
   of a दैत्य (son of विप्र-चित्ति), [Hariv.]
   of a मुनि, [MBh.]; [Kathās.]
   of a partic. अवतार of शिव, [Cat.]
   of a pupil of शिव, [IW. 122 n. 3]
   of a manifestation of विष्णु in his वराह incarnation (worshipped in a partic. part of India), [MW.]
   of a राजर्षि, [MBh.]
   of a son of the king सुदेव, [R.]
   of a general, [MBh.]
   of a son of वपुष्मत्, [MārkP.]
   of a preceptor, [Cat.]
   of a mythical elephant, [MBh.]
   of the sixth range of mountains dividing the known continent (the white or ‘snowy’ mountains separating the वर्षs of हिरण्मय and रम्यक), [MBh.]; [Pur.] ( [IW. 420 n. 1])
-द्वीप   of one of the minor द्वीपs or divisions of the world ( cf.), [MBh.]; [R.]

ROOTS:

द्वीप

श्वेत  n.  n. the white of the eye, [Suśr.]
   the growing white (of the hair), [ChUp.]
   silver, [L.]
   butter-milk and water mixed half and half, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

श्वेत [śvēta] a.  a. (-श्वेता or
-श्वेती  f. f.) [श्वित्-अच् घञ् वा] White; ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ [Bg.1.14.]
   तः The white colour.
   A conch-shell.
   A cowrie.
   The planet Venus.
   Śukra, the regent of the planet; न शेकुः पाण्डवा द्रष्टुं श्वेतं ग्रहमिवोदितम् [Mb.6.82.12.]
   A white cloud.
   Cumin seed.
  N. N. of a range of mountains; शृङ्गैः श्वेतमिव स्थितम् [Bhāg.1.39.45.] (according to some com. कैलास); see कुलाचल or कुलपर्वत.
  N. N. of a division of the world.
   A white goat; वायव्यं श्वेतमालभेत । cf. तस्मात् प्रत्यक्षोऽपि श्वेतशब्दश्छागमेव परिच्छिन्द्यान्नान्यं पशुम् इति ŚB. on [MS.1.2.68.]
   A white horse.
   A silver coin.
   A comet; श्वेतो ग्रहस्तिर्यगिवापतन् खे [Mb. 5.37.43.]
   तम् Silver.
   The white of the eye.
   Butter-milk and water mixed half and half. -Comp.
-अंशुः   the moon.
-अद्रिः, -पर्वतः  N. N. of a mountain; दन्तै- श्चतुर्भिः श्वेताद्रेर्हरन् भगवतो महीम् [Bhāg.8.8.4] (com. कैलास).-अम्बरः,
-वासस्  m. m. a class of Jaina ascetics.
-अश्वः  N. N. of Arjuna.
-इक्षुः   a kind of sugar cane.
-उदरः   an epithet of Kubera.
   कपोतः A kind of mouse.
   a kind of snake.
-कमलम्, -पद्मम्   a white lotus.-काकीय a. unusual, unheard of.
-कुञ्जरः   an epithet of Airāvata, the elephant of Indra.
-कुष्ठम्   white leprosy.
   केतुः a Bauddha or Jaina saint.
   the descending node.
-कोलः   a kind of fish (शफर).
-क्षारः   saltpetre, alkali.
   गजः, द्विपः a white elephant.
   the elephant of Indra.
-गरुत्  m. m.,
-गरुतः   a goose.
   छदः a goose; श्वेतच्छदश्च विधुतच्छदचामरेण प्रासेवत प्रियतमां सुरतश्रमार्ताम् [Rām. ch.5.15.]
   a kind of basil.
-द्वीपः  N. N. of one of the eighteen minor divisions of the known continent; ˚पतिः Viṣṇu; श्वेतद्वीपपतिश्चित्तं मनो योगेश्वरोऽवतु [Bhāg.1.6.24;] श्वेतद्वीपपतौ चित्तं शुद्धे धर्ममये मयि [Bhāg.11.15.18.]
   धातुः a white mineral.
   chalk.
   the milkstone. -धामन्m.
   camphor.
   the foam of the sea.
   cuttle-fish bone.
-नीलः   a cloud.
-पत्रः   a goose.ष (Many roots which begin with स् are written in the Dhātupāṭha with ष् to show that the स् is changed to ष् after certain prepositions. Such roots will be found under स in their proper places.)

Shabda-Sagara

श्वेत  mfn.  ( -तः-ता or नी-तं) White.
  m.  ( -तः)
   1. White, (the colour.)
   2. The planet VENUS, or its regent ŚUKRA.
   3. The sixth range of moun- tains, dividing the known continent, the white mountains separa- ting the Varshas of Hiranmaya and Romanaka.
   4. One of the minor Dwipas or divisions of the world; in fable the White Island, identified geographically by WILFORD, with Britain.
   5. A white cloud.
   6. Cummin-seed.
   7. A conch.
  mf.  ( -तः-ता) A small white shell used as a coin, a Cowrie.
  n.  ( -तं) Silver.
  f.  ( -ता)
   1. A grass, (Andropogon aciculatum.)
   2. A plant, Kāshṭha-Pātala. 3. A flower, (Clitoria ternatea.)
   4. Hogweed.
   5. Bent grass with white blossoms.
   6. Bamboo-manna.
   7. Crystal.
   8. Clayed or can- died sugar.
   9. A cowrie.
    E. श्वित् to be white, aff. अच् or घञ् .

ROOTS:

श्वित् अच् घञ् .

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : शुक्ल