Satvasheela Samant (née Satvasheela Parshuram Desai; 25 March 1945 – 1 May 2013) was an Indian linguist who compiled Sabdananda, a 3-language dictionary in English, Marathi and Hindi.
[1] She campaigned to reintroduce old-style Devanagari script for the Marathi language.
After completing LLB she gained master's degree in linguistic from Pune University.
Dr. Samant was an employee of the State government's Directorate of Languages for more than 20 years.
With appreciation from experts, Samant was awarded Sandarbha Sahitya Puraskar by Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Utkrushta Vangmay Nirmitee Puraskar of the government of Maharashtra and the Homi Jehangir Bhabha Puraskar.