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