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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वेदवतीvedavatīf.N. of the daughter of King Kuśadhvaja; कृते युगे वेदवती कुशध्वजसुता शुभा । त्रेतायां रामपत्नी सा सीतेति…

Name of the daughter of King Kuśadhvaja; कृते युगे वेदवती कुशध्वजसुता शुभा । त्रेतायां रामपत्नी सा सीतेति जनकात्मजा ॥ Brav. Parasmaipada

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वेदवतीvedavatīf. N. of a river MBh. Pur. (cf. वेदसिनी, वेतसिनी)
1. feminine Name of a river MBh. Pur. (confer, compare वेदसिनी, वेतसिनी)
2. feminine of a beautiful woman (daughter of Kus3a-dhvaja कुश-ध्वज, whose story is told in the Ra1ma7yan2a रामा*यण; she became an ascetic, and being insulted by Ra1van2a रावण in the wood where she was performing her penances, destroyed herself by entering fire, but was born again as Si1ta1 सीता or according to to other legends, as Draupadi1 द्रौपदी or Lakshmi1 लक्ष्मी) R.
3. feminine of an Apsaras अप्सरस् Lexicographers
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