śváśura m. (prob. for orig. svaśura; cf. below) a father-in-law, husband's or wife's father (in the oldest language commonly the former, in the Sūtras the latter, in Classical language both meanings; also applied to a maternal uncle and to any venerable person), [RV.] &c. &c.
du. (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 2, 72]) a father and mother-in-law, [Yājñ.]; [Kathās.] (also pl., e.g. [RV. x, 95, 12]; [AV. xiv, 2, 27] &c.)