Shweta

Shwetha
Genderfemale
Origin
Meaningwhite
Region of originIndia
Other names
Related namesShveta, Suvetha, Sweta, Sweth, Swetha, Seta, Shwetha, Shiveta

Shweta (Devanagari: श्वेता) is an Indian Hindu feminine given name. The Sanskrit word श्वेता śvetā literally means "white".[1] The Hindu goddess of knowledge Saraswati is also known as "Shwetambara".[1]

  1. ^ a b Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.