śvan श्वन् śván m. (nom. sg. du. pl. śvā, śvānau, śvānas; weakest base śun cf. 2. śuna &c., p. 1082; in some comp. śvā for śva cf. below), a dog, hound, cur, [RV.]; &c. [cf. Zd. spā; Gk. κύων; Lat. canis; Lit. szů́; Goth. hunds; Eng. hound; Germ. Hund.] (prob. fr. √ śvi) in ṛjí-, durgṛ́bhi-, and mātarí-śvan, qq.vv. śvanī श्वनी śva—nī́ m. a dog-leader, [MaitrS.] śvanin श्वनिन् śvanín mfn. keeping dogs, [VS.] śvanara श्वनर śva—nara m. a dog-like fellow, low feeder, currish or snappish feeder, [MW.] śvaniśa श्वनिश śva—niśa n. or f(A). ‘dog-night’, a night on which dog bark and howl, [L.]; [Pāṇ.], Sch. śvanvatī श्वन्वती śvàn—vatī (śvàn-), f. N. of a class of Apsarasas, [AV.] śvanakula श्वनकुल śva—nakula n. sg. a dog and an ichneumon, [Mn. xi, 159.]