Sita

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM	Mike C	update #110
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
4/16/2019, 9:13 PM	Mike C	update #103
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
1/10/2017, 9:56 AM	Mike C	update #94
8/26/2016, 12:51 PM	Mike C	update #92
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Nepali

Scripts सीता(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali)

Pronounced Pron. SEE-tah(Sanskrit)

Meaning & History

Means "furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest in the Rigveda. This is also the name of the wife of Rama (and an avatar of Lakshmi) in the Hindu epic the Ramayana. In this story Sita is rescued by her husband from the demon king Ravana.