Savitri
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Savitri and similar spellings represent various Sanskrit words and names:-
- Savitri, with all vowels short, is a (confusing) spelling of the Vedic Hindu sun god Savitr.
- Savitrī would be a female version of Savitr.
- Sāvitra would mean "someone or something grammatically masculine relating to Savitr".
- Sāvitrī means "someone or something grammatically feminine relating to Savitr".
Savitri, ignoring the lengths of its vowels, can mean:-
- A name of the gāyatrī mantra dedicated to Savitar
- A name of Suryā, the wife of Surya
- A daughter of Savitar
- A female name: of a wife of Brahma, a wife of Shiva, a daughter of Daksha, the wife of Kashyapa, the wife of Bhoja
- An epithet of the Yamuna and Sarasvati rivers.
- Name of a manifestation of Prakrti
- The story of Savitri and Satyavan is an episode from the Mahabharata.
- Savitri (book), an epic poem by Sri Aurobindo
- Savitri Devi, known as "Hitler's priestess"
- Savitri Khanolankar, designer of Param Vir Chakra
