or svād (prob. fr. 5. su √ ad) cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. ii, 17]) svádate (Ved. also P. svádati; pf. sasvade, [Śiś.]; sasvāde Gr.; fut. svāditā or svaditā, svādiṣyate or svadiṣyate, [ib.]; Ved. inf. -súde; ind.p. -svādya, [R.]), to taste well, be sweet or pleasant to (dat. or gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to taste with pleasure, relish, enjoy, like (acc.), delight in (loc.), [RV.]; [MBh.] ; (P.) to make palatable, season, [RV.]; [VS.]; to make sweet or pleasant or agreeable, [VS.]; [TBr.]; to be pleasant or wholesome, [VS.]; P. Ā. svādati, °te (cf. [Dhātup. ii, 27]), to taste, relish, enjoy (generally v.l. khād, q.v.), [R.]; [Hariv.]; [Subh.] : Caus. svadáyati, °te (aor. asiṣvadat), to make savoury or palatable, sweeten, season, prepare, cook, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; to propitiate, conciliate, [MaitrS.]; svādayati (cf. [Dhātup. xxxiii, 130]), to eat, relish, taste, enjoy, [Suśr.]; [Śiś.] : Desid. of Caus. sisvādayiṣati Gr.: Desid. sisvādiṣate or sisvadiṣate, [ib.] : Intens. sāsvādyate or sāsvadyate, sāsvātti or sāsvatti, [ib.] [cf. Gk. ἥδομαι; Lat. suadeo, and under svādu.]
svaditá mfn. well seasoned or prepared, savoury, [VS.]; [TBr.]
svaditá n. ‘may it be well tasted or eaten!’ (an exclamation used at a Śrāddha after presenting the oblation of food to the Pitṛs; cf. su-śruta, sva-dhā), [Mn. iii, 251]; [254.]