sītā

Dictionary meanings for sītā from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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sītā

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[si-ta pṛṣoº dīrghaḥ] 1 A fur- row, track or line of a plough- share.

2 (Hence) A tilled or fur- rowed ground, ploughed land; vṛṣeva sītāṃ tadavagrahakṣatāṃ Ku. 5. 61.

3 Hus- bandry, agriculture; as in sītādravya q. v.

4 N. of the daughter of Ja- naka, king of Mithilā, and wife of Rāma. [She was so called because she was supposed to have sprung from a furrow made by king Janaka while ploughing the ground to...

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