sAvitra a. ( trI f. ) [ savitA davetA'sya aR ] 1 Belonging to the sun. 2 Descended from the sun, belonging to the solar dynasty (of kings); yatsAvitrErdIpitaM BUmipAlEH U. 1. 43. 3 Accompanied by the Gāyatrī . — traH 1 The sun. 2 An embryo or fœtus. 3 A Brāhmaṇa. 4 An epithet of Śiva 5 Of Karṇa. — traM The sacrificial thread (so called because the repetition of the Gāyatrī forms a principal part of the ceremony of putting on the sacred thread).