Savitri

Sāvitrī, “Daughter of the Sun,” celebrated in India as the ideal wife (see also Satī), is a version of the wife and śakti (See śakti, Sarasvatī) of the Hindu (See Hinduism entries) creator god Brahmā (See Brahmā). While Sarasvatī is the founder of language and Sanskrit, Sāvitrī is the birth-giver of and sometimes, as Gāyatrī, a personification of the Vedas (See Vedas). Brahmā felt great desire for Sāvitrī and placed his seed in her where it remained for a hundred years before producing the Vedas and many other aspects of creation, such as Memory, the Kali Age, and day and night. As Sāvitrī, the goddess saves her husband Satyavān from the clutches of Yāma (See Yāma), the god of Death (see Descent to the Underworld).

Savitri or Savithri (Telugu: సావిత్రి) may refer to:

• Savitri, with all vowels short, a Roman-phonetic spelling of the Vedic Hindu sun god Savitr
• Sāvitrī, a name of the Gayatri Mantra dedicated to Savitr
• Savitri (actress), an Indian actress
• Savitri (book), an epic poem by Sri Aurobindo
• Savitri (opera), an opera by Gustav Holst
• Savitri Khanolkar, designer of Param Vir Chakra
• Savitri River, a river in India
• Savitri, a hindu character from the story of Savitri and Satyavan in the epic Mahabharata
• Name of a manifestation of Prakṛti
• Savitri, pseudonym of Anna Zahorska
• Savitri Devi, pseudonym of female neo-nazi philosopher Maximiani Portaz

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