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'Sveta' and 'Svit' are words within the language of Sanskrit whose meanings are that which is 'bright' that which is 'white' that which is 'silver' that which is 'crystal'.


'Sveta' goes back in time at least 5000 years as seen in 'Svetadvipa' the abode of Visnu whose name means island ( dvipa ) surrounded by a milky white ( sveta ) ocean.

 

'Sveta' whose meaning is 'white' and 'bright' and 'silver' can also be seen within 'Svetahastin' a name within Sanskrit which describes the white ( sveta ) elephants ( hastin ).

 

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'Sveta' and 'Svit' meaning 'white' are also the origin of 'white' as 'Svit' becomes the Norwegian 'Hvit' the Old Saxon 'Hwit' the Old English 'Hwit' and the word 'White'.


'Sveta' and 'Svit' whose meanings are 'bright' and 'shining' and 'white' are also the origin of the word 'Wheat' which was so called because this was the colour of 'white'.

 

Professor Max Muller says "it was called 'hvaete' in Avestan, it was 'kwetys' in Lithuania, it was 'wheat' in English and all point to the Sanskrit 'sveta' meaning 'white'".


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'Sveta' and 'Svit' meaning 'white' and 'bright' and 'shining' can be seen within the Slavic language where 'Sveta' comes to mean that which is 'saintly' and 'holy' and 'sacred'.

 

'Sveta' meaning 'saintly' can then be seen throughout Croatia as the holy place names 'Sveta Marija' and 'Sveti Peter' and 'Sveti Kris' all named after its saintly people.

 

'Sveta' meaning 'white' which becomes 'Sveta' meaning 'holy' is also seen within 'Svetlana' a common Slavic name whose meaning is that which is 'pure' and 'blessed'.


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'Sveta' is also seen in the lands of Slovenia where we see 'Sveta Gora' meaning the holy ( sveta ) mountain ( gora ) and 'Gora' is 'Giri' a word in Sanskrit meaning 'mountain'.


'Sveta' is also seen in 'Svetovid' a deity within the Slavic tradition whose name may mean the divine ( sveta ) seer ( vid ) the 'Vid' also being Sanskrit meaning 'knower'.

 

'Svit' and 'Sveta' meaning 'white' and 'bright' have been part of the language of Sanskrit for over 5000 years and through these examples we see their global influence.

 

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