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śvetā

(ā), 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.]

a mystical term for the letter s, [Up.]

N. of one of the Mātṛs attendant on Skanda, [MBh.]

of the mother of the elephant Śveta (or Śaṅkha), [MBh.]; [R.]

of a princess, [Rājat.]