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svāhāस्वाहाsv-ā́hā ind. (prob. fr. 5. su and √ ah; cf. dur-āhā) hail! hail to! may a blessing rest on! (with dat.; an exclamation used in making oblations to the gods; with √ kṛ [ind.p. -kā́ram, or -kṛtya] and acc. ‘to pronounce the exclamation Svāhā over’), [RV.] &c. &c.
sv-ā́hā f. an oblation (offered to Agni, Indra &c.) or Oblation personified (as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Agni; she is thought to preside over burnt-offerings; her body is said to consist of the four Vedas, and her limbs are the six Aṅgas or members of the Veda; she is represented also as a wife of the Rudra Paśu-pati), [RV.]; &c.
svāhāraस्वाहारsv-āhāra mfn. easy to be obtained or procured, [R.]
sv-āhāra m. good food, [MW.]
svāhābhujस्वाहाभुज्sv-āhā—bhuj m. ‘Sv°-eater’, a god, [L.]
svāhākṛtस्वाहाकृत्sv-āhā—kṛt mfn. consecrating with Sv°, a sacrificer, [Hariv.]
svāhārhaस्वाहार्हsv-āhā°rha (mfn. worthy of the consecration with Sv°, [R.]
svāhāśanaस्वाहाशनsv-āhā°śana m. = svāhā-bhūj, [L.]
svāhākāraस्वाहाकारsv-āhā—kārá m. (ifc. f(A). ) utterance of or consecration by uttering Sv° (also as a deity presiding over the Prayāja), [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
svāhākṛtīस्वाहाकृतीsv-āhā—kṛti or sv-āhā—kṛtī (svāhā-), f. consecration with Sv° (also as a deity presiding over the Prayāja), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
svāhākṛtaस्वाहाकृतsv-ā́hā—kṛta (svā́hā-), mfn. consecrated or offered with Sv°, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]
svāhākṛtiस्वाहाकृतिsv-āhā—kṛti or sv-āhā—kṛtī (svāhā-), f. consecration with Sv° (also as a deity presiding over the Prayāja), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
svāhāpatiस्वाहापतिsv-āhā—pati ([Hariv.]), or sv-āhā—priya ([L.]), m. ‘lord or lover of Sv°’, N. of Agni.
svāhāvanaस्वाहावनsv-āhā—vana n. N. of a forest, [Pañcar.]
svāhāpriyaस्वाहाप्रियsv-āhā—pati ([Hariv.]), or sv-āhā—priya ([L.]), m. ‘lord or lover of Sv°’, N. of Agni.
svāhākaraṇaस्वाहाकरणsv-āhā—karaṇa n. consecration by uttering Svāhā, [APrāt.]
svāhāvallabhaस्वाहावल्लभsv-āhā—vallabha m. = -pati, [Bālar.]
svāhāsudhākaraस्वाहासुधाकरsv-āhā—sudhākara m. N. of a poem.
svāhākāravaṣaṭkāraस्वाहाकारवषट्कारsv-āhā—kāra—vaṣaṭ-kāra m. du. the exclamations Svāhā and Vaṣaṭ, [JaimUp.]