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svadhāस्वधाsva—dhā , see p. 1278, col. 1, and s.v.
sva-dhā́ f. (for svadhā́ See p. 1280) self-position, self-power, inherent power (accord. to some, N. of Nature or the material Universe; sva-dháyā ‘by self-power’), [RV.]
own state or condition or nature, habitual state, custom, rule, law, [RV.]
ease, comfort, pleasure (ánu svadhā́m, svadhā́m ánu or svadhā́ ánu, svadháyā, or svadhā́bhiḥ, ‘according to one's habit or pleasure, spontaneously, willingly, easily, freely, undisturbedly, wantonly, sportively’), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TBr.]
own place, home (svadhé du. ‘the two places or homes’, heaven and earth, [Naigh. iii, 30]), [ib.]
‘own portion or share’, the sacrificial offering due to each god, (esp.) the food or libation, or refreshing drink (cf. 2. su-dhā) offered to the Pitṛs or spirits of deceased ancestors (consisting of clarified butter &c. and often only a remainder of the Havis; also applied to other oblations or libations, and personified as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of the Pitṛs or of Aṅgiras or of a Rudra or of Agni), [RV.] &c. &c.
sva-dhā (-dhā), ind. (with dat. or gen.) the exclamation or benediction used on presenting (or as a substitute for) the above oblation or libation to the gods or departed ancestors (accord. to [Mn. iii, 252] the highest form of benediction at a Śrāddha; with √ kṛ, ‘to pronounce the exclamation or benediction sva-dhā’; svadhāstu, ‘let there be a blessing on it’ [cf. [RTL. 104, n. 1]]), [RV.]; &c.
svadhā́ f. (for sva-dhā see p. 1278, col. 1) an axe, knife, [TS.]
svadhābhujस्वधाभुज्sva-dhā—bhuj m. ‘id.’, a god, [L.]
pl. = prec. [Ragh.]; [MārkP.]
svadhāmanस्वधामन्sva—dhāman m. N. of a son of Satya-sahas and Sūnṛtā, [BhP.]
pl. N. of a class of gods under the 3rd Manu, [Pur.]
svadhāvanस्वधावन्svadhā́van mf(arI)n. lawful, constant, faithful, [RV.]
containing homes (as heaven and earth), [ib.]
svadhāvatस्वधावत्sva-dhā́—vat (°dhā́-), mfn. adhering to custom or law, regular, constant, faithful, [RV.]
containing oblations or refreshment, [AV.]
containing the word svadhā, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
sva-dhā́—vat m. pl. a class of Pitṛs, [MBh.] (B. sudhāvat).
svadhāvinस्वधाविन्svadhāvín mfn. containing refreshment, [TS.]
owning the Svadhā (see svadhāyín).
svadhāyinस्वधायिन्svadhāyín mfn. owning the Svadhā (said of the Pitṛs; v.l. svadhāvín), [VS.]; [TBr.]
svadhādhipaस्वधाधिपsva-dhā°dhipa (°dhādh°), m. ‘lord of the Sv°’, N. of Agni, [Hariv.]
svadhāśanaस्वधाशनsva-dhā°śana m. pl. ‘Svadhā eaters’, the Pitṛs, [L.]
svadhākāraस्वधाकारsva-dhā—kārá m. pronouncing the benediction svadhā or the exclamation itself, [AV.]; [TS.]; [ĀpŚr.]; [Mn.]; [MārkP.]
svadhākaraस्वधाकरsva-dhā—kara mfn. offering libations and oblations to deceased ancestors or deified progenitors, [Mn. ix, 127]
= next, [MW.]
svadhāmaheस्वधामहे(formed like yajāmahe) a sacrificial exclamation or benediction, [ĀpŚr.]
svadhāmayaस्वधामयsva-dhā—maya mf(I)n. ‘full of Sv°’, the female breast, [MārkP.]
svadhāpatiस्वधापतिsva-dhā—pati m. lord of the Sv° (Indra), [RV.]
svadhābhājinस्वधाभाजिन्sva-dhā—bhājin m. pl. ‘Sv°-eating’, the Pitṛs, [R.]
svadhāprāṇaस्वधाप्राणsva-dhā́—prāṇa (°dhā́-), mfn. breathing Sv°, [AV.]
svadhāpriyaस्वधाप्रियsva-dhā—priya m. ‘fond of Sv°’, Agni or fire, [W.]
black sesamum (= tila or sesamum offered to the Pitṛs), [L.]
svadhāmṛtamayaस्वधामृतमयsva-dhā°mṛta-maya (°dhāmṛ°), mfn. consisting of Sv° and nectar (said of a Śrāddha), [MBh.]
svadhāninayanaस्वधानिनयनsva-dhā—ninayana n. performance of a Śrāddha rite with Sv°, [Mn. ii, 172]
svadhāninayanīyaस्वधानिनयनीयsva-dhā—nina°yanīya mfn. relating to it, [Gobh.]