Hindi

Adjective

पवित्र • ‎(pavitra)

1. holy, sacred
2. untouched

Sanskrit

Etymology

From पव ‎(pava, “purification”).

Adjective

पवित्र • ‎(pavitra)

1. purifying, averting evil, pure, holy, sacred, sinless, beneficent (Mn., MBh., &c.)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 611