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Sarita
सरिता
river
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Sarita means ‘river’ or ‘stream’ in Hindi, from Sanskrit sarit. Wiktionary connects the Sanskrit word with a root meaning ‘to flow’ and records examples from the Rigveda and Ramayana. The Hindi entry also identifies Sarita as a female given name. Its river meaning is direct, with both everyday and literary uses behind it. The flowing-water image does not depend on a later name-list interpretation.
Source: Wiktionary, सरिता. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
सरिता is read sa-ri-taa, in three syllables with short first and middle vowels and a long ending. Saritha is another Roman spelling, using th for a t made near the teeth. The Sanskrit source सरित्, sarit, has a different ending from the Hindi name.
Also spelled Saritha.