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svarस्वर्(= √ sur) cl. 10. P. svarayati, to find fault, blame, censure, [Dhātup. xxxv, 11.]
(prob. = a lost √ sur; cf. √ svṛ), cl. 1. P. svarati, Caus. svarayati, to shine.
svàr ind. (in Yajur-veda also súvar) (used in Veda as nom. acc. loc., or gen., in [Naiṣ. vi, 99] also as abl.; from the weak base sū́r the [RV.] forms the gen. sū́ras and the dat. sūré [[iv, 3, 8]]), the sun, sunshine, light, lustre, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]
bright space or sky, heaven (as distinguished from div, which is regarded as the vault above it; often ‘heaven’ as a paradise and as the abode of the gods and the Blest, in [AV.] also of the Asuras; svaḥ prayātaḥ, ‘gone to heaven’ i.e. ‘departed this life’), [RV.] &c. &c.
the space above the sun or between the sun and the polar star, the region of the planets and constellations (regarded as the 3rd of the 7 worlds [see loka] and the 3rd of the three Vyāhṛtis [i.e. bhúr bhúvaḥ sváḥ]; is pronounced after om and before the Gāyatrī by every Brāhman on beginning his daily prayers), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
water, [Naigh. i, 12]
N. of Śiva, [MBh.]
svàr [cf. Gk. ἠέλιος, ἥλιος; Lat. sol; Lith. sáulė; Goth. sauil; Angl.Sax. sôl.]
svarāस्वरा(ā), f. N. of the chief wife of Brahmā, [L.]
svaraस्वर, svaraṇa &c. See p. 1285.
svára or svará, m. (ifc. f(A). ) sound, noise, [RV.] &c. &c.
voice, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
tone in recitation &c. (either high or low), accent (of which there are three kinds, udātta, anudātta qq.vv., and svarita, col. 3), a note of the musical scale (of which seven [rarely six or eight] are enumerated, 1. niṣāda; 2. ṛṣabha; 3. gāndhāra; 4. ṣaḍja; 5. madhyama; 6. dhaivata; 7. pañcama [described as resembling respectively the notes of an elephant, bull, goat, peacock, curlew or heron, horse, and Koil ; and designated by their initial letters or syllables thus, ni; ṛ; ga; ṣa; ma; dha; pa], but the order is sometimes changed, ṣadja being placed first, and niṣāda last), [Prāt.]; [ŚrS.]; [Saṃgīt.]; [MBh.] &c.
a symbolical expression for the number ‘seven’, [VarBṛS.]
a vowel (either dīrgha, ‘long’; or hrasva, ‘short’; or pluta, ‘prolated’), [Prāt.]; [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.
air breathed through the nostrils, [ChUp.]
N. of Viṣṇu, [Viṣṇ.]
svára (am), n. a musical note, [Sāy.] on [RV. x, 146, 2]
N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
svardस्वर्द्(cf. √ svad) cl. 1. Ā. svardate, to taste; to please, [Dhātup. ii, 18]; to be pleasing, [ib.]; (also sañcaraṇe.)
svariस्वरिsvarí mfn. noisy, boisterous, [RV.]
svartस्वर्त्śvart (or ) = or for √ śvabhr (accord. to some authorities in [Dhātup. xxxii, 79]).
v.l. for √ śvart, q.v.
svaruस्वरुsváru m. (of doubtful derivation) a large piece of wood cut from the trunk of a tree, stake, (esp.) sacrificial post or a strip of wood from it, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [KātyŚr.]
a sacrifice, [L.]
sunshine, [L.]
a thunderbolt, [L.]
an arrow, [L.]
a kind of scorpion, [L.]
svarājस्वराज्sva—rā́j mfn. (nom. -rāṭ) self-ruling
sva—rā́j m. a self-ruler, [RV.]; [TS.]; [AV.] &c.
sva—rā́j mfn. self-resplendent, self-luminous, [MW.]
sva—rā́j m. N. of Brahmā, [Pur.]
of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; [Pañcar.]
of a Manu, [BhP.]
of an Ekāha, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Vait.]
of one of the 7 principal rays of the sun, [VP.]
sva—rā́j f. various kinds of metre, [AV.]; [Br.] &c.
svarṇaस्वर्णm. (contracted from su-varṇa) a partic. Agni, [Hariv.]
n. gold (as a weight = one Karṣa of gold), [Yājñ.]; [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c.
a kind of red chalk, [R.]
a kind of plant (accord. to [L.], ‘a kind of herb’, = gaura-suvarṇa ‘the thorn-apple’, ‘a kind of cocoa palm’, and ‘the flower of Mesua Roxburghii’), [BhP.]
svarṇṛस्वर्णृsvàr—ṇṛ (svàr-) m. lord of heaven (applied to Agni and the Maruts), [RV.]
svarthaस्वर्थsv-ártha mf(A)n. pursuing or serving worthy ends, [RV.]
svarasस्वरस्See gharmá-svaras.
svarciस्वर्चिsv-arcí ([RV.]) or sv-arcis ([Hcat.]), mfn. flashing beautifully.
svardāस्वर्दाsvar—dā mfn. bestowing heaven, [ĀpŚr.]
svardaस्वर्दsvar—da mfn. bestowing heaven, [Hariv.]
svar-da , svar-dṛś &c. See p. 1281.
svargaस्वर्गsvar—ga , see below.
svargá (or suvargá), mfn. going or leading to or being in light or heaven, heavenly, celestial (with loká m. or pl. = ‘the world of light, heavens’), [AV.] &c. &c.
svargá m. heaven, the abode of light and of the gods, heavenly bliss, (esp.) Indra's heaven or paradise (to which the souls of virtuous mortals are transferred until the time comes for their re-entering earthly bodies; this temporary heaven is the only heaven of orthodox Brāhmanism; it is supposed to be situated on mount Meru q.v.; acc. with √ gā, ā-√ sthā, or ā-√ pad, ‘to go to heaven’, ‘die’), [RV.] only [x, 95, 18]; [AV.] &c. &c.
a partic. Ekāha, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
N. of a son of the Rudra Bhīma, [VP.]
&c. See p. 1281, col. 2.
svargiस्वर्गिin comp. for svargin.
svarjiस्वर्जिf. (= sarji) natron, nitrate of potash, [Suśr.]
svarkaस्वर्कsv-arká mfn. (fr. 5. su + arka, √ arc) singing or praising beautifully, [RV.]
svaruhस्वरुह्sva—ruh mfn. self-growing, self-increasing, [MW.]
svarusस्वरुस्m. = svaru, a thunderbolt, [L.]
svaryaस्वर्यSee p. 1285, col. 3.
svaryà mf(A, Ved. I)n. resounding, roaring, crashing, loud, [RV.]
beneficial to the voice, [Suśr.]
svaryuस्वर्युsvaryú mfn. desirous of light or splendour, [RV.]
svarṣāस्वर्षाsvar—ṣā́ mfn. = -vid, [RV.]
svarāluस्वरालुsvar—ālu m. a kind of root (= vacā), [L.]
svardhinस्वर्धिन्sv-ardhín m. a good partisan (or ‘one who has chosen the good side’), [AV.]
svarūpāस्वरूपाsva—rūpā (ā), f. N. of a place, [MW.]
svarūpaस्वरूपsva—rūpa n. (ifc. f(A). ) one's own form or shape, the form or shape of (gen. or comp.; with or without śabdasya or śabda-sva-r°, ‘a word itself or in its own form’ [opp. to its synonyms or varieties]; with nāmnām = ‘names themselves’), [MBh.]; [Pañcat.]; [BhP.] &c.
own condition, peculiarity, character, nature (eṇa or ibc., ‘by nature’, ‘in reality’ ‘by itself’), [RPrāt.]; [NṛsUp.]; [Mn.] &c.
peculiar aim, [W.]
kind, sort, [ib.]
a partic. relation (in phil. See under sambandha), [MW.]
occurrence, event, [Campak.]; [Uttamac.]; [Siṃhās.]
sva—rūpa mfn. having one's own peculiar form or character, [MW.]
having a like nature or character, similar, like, [Sāṃkhyak.] (w.r. for sa-r°)
pleasing, handsome (for sa-r°), [L.]
wise, learned, [L.]
sva—rūpa m. N. of a Daitya, [MBh.]
of a son of Su-nandā, [MārkP.]
of a pupil of Caitanya, [W.]
sva—rūpa m. or n. N. of a place, [Cat.]
sva-rūpa &c. See p. 1276, col. 2.
svaraṇaस्वरणsváraṇa mfn. loud-sounding, clear-voiced, [RV. i, 18, 1.]
svarasaस्वरसsva—rasa m. own (unadulterated) juice or essence, [MBh.]; [Car.] &c.
natural or peculiar flavour, [W.]
proper taste or sentiment in composition, [ib.]
a partic. astringent juice or decoction, [MW.]
the sediment of oily substances ground on a stone, [W.]
own inclination (-tas, ‘through own inclination’, ‘for pleasure’), [ĀpŚr.], Sch.
feeling for one's own people, [Kāv.]
instinct of self-preservation (?), [Yogas.]
analogy, [L.]
sva—rasa mf(A)n. agreeable or pleasant to one's taste, congenial, [Kathās.]; [TPrāt.], Sch.
sva—rasa m. N. of a mountain, [Pur.]
sva-rasa , sva-rāj &c. See p. 1276, col. 2.
svaratāस्वरताsvara—tā f. the state of (being) voice or a musical sound, [Cat.]
svarcisस्वर्चिस्sv-arcí ([RV.]) or sv-arcis ([Hcat.]), mfn. flashing beautifully.
svardṛśस्वर्दृश्svar—dṛ́ś mfn. (nom. k) seeing light or the sun (applied to gods and men), [RV.]
svareṇuस्वरेणुf. N. of a wife of the sun (v.l. sureṇu and saraṇyū), [L.]
svarginस्वर्गिन्mfn. belonging to or being in heaven, [SaṃhUp.]
gone to heaven, deceased, dead, [Ragh.]
m. an occupant of heaven, a god, one of the Blest, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
svargyaस्वर्ग्यsvargyà mfn. = prec. [VS.] &c. &c.
occupying or dwelling in heaven, [MārkP.]
svargyà n. (with setu-ṣāman) N. of a Sāman, [IndSt.]
svarhatस्वर्हत्sv-arhat mfn. very honourable (-tama, superl.), [ib.]
svaritaस्वरितmfn. caused to sound, [BhP.]
sounded, having an accent, accentuated, [Lāṭy.]
having Svarita accent, [Vait.]; [Prāt.]; [Pāṇ.]
added, admixed (-tva n.), [Naiṣ.]
m. n. the Svarita accent (a kind of mixed tone, produced by a combination of high and low tone, and therefore named in [Pāṇ. i, 2, 31] sam-āhāra, the high and low tones being called ud-ātta, ‘raised’ or ‘acute’, and an-udātta, ‘low’ or ‘grave’; the Sv° corresponds to the Greek circumflex and is of four kinds, viz. kṣaipra [as in vy-ā́pta for ví-āpta], jātya [as in kvà for kúa], praśliṣṭa [as in divī́va for diví iva], or abhinihita [as in té 'bruvan for té abruvan]; it is marked in [RV.] by a small upright stroke above a syllable; and when produced by an udātta immediately preceding is sometimes called ‘a dependent Svarita’, and, when it properly belongs to a word, an ‘independent Svarita’), [ĀśvŚr.]; [Prāt.]; [Pāṇ.]
svaritṛस्वरितृsváritṛ mfn. sounding, noisy, loud, boisterous, [RV.]
svarjinस्वर्जिन्m. id., [L.]
svarjitस्वर्जित्svar—jít mfn. winning or procuring light or heaven, [RV.]
svar—jít m. a kind of sacrifice, [Mn. xi, 74]
N. of a man (with patr. Nāgnajita), [ŚBr.]
svar-jit &c. See p. 1281, col. 2.
svarociस्वरोचिsva—roci f. own ray, [MārkP.] (pl.)
svaruciस्वरुचिsva—ruci f. own will or pleasure, [Śiś.]
sva—ruci mfn. following one's own pleasure, [MārkP.]
svarvatस्वर्वत्svàr—vat (svàr- or súvar-), mfn. bright, shining, celestial, [RV.]; [TS.]
containing the word svar (°van-nidhana mfn. applied to a Sāman; cf. svar-ṇidhana), [PañcavBr.]; [Lāṭy.]
sv-arvat m. a good or swift courser, [MānGṛ.]
svarvidस्वर्विद्svar—víd mfn. winning or possessing or bestowing light or heaven, celestial, [RV.]; [VS.]
svaryasस्वर्यस्n. (with Viṣṇoḥ) N. of Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
svarāṃśaस्वरांशm. a half or quarter tone in music, [L.]
a seventh (see under svara), [VarBṛS.]
svarāṅkaस्वराङ्कm. a kind of musical composition, [Saṃgīt.]
svarājanस्वराजन्sva—rā́jan mf(jYI)n. self-ruling, self-guiding, a self-ruler, [TS.]; [TBr.]; [Lāṭy.]
svarājyaस्वराज्यsva—rā́jya n. independent dominion or sovereignty, [RV.]; [AV.]
own dominion or kingdom, [R.]; [Kathās.]
(with indrasya) N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]
svarāntaस्वरान्तmfn. ending in a vowel, [VPrāt.]
having the Svarita accent on the last syllable, [ṢaḍvBr.]
svarbhāṇuस्वर्भाणुsvar—bhāṇu m. = -bhānu i.e. Rāhu, [HPariś.]
svarbhānuस्वर्भानुsvàr—bhānu (svàr-), m. N. of a demon supposed to eclipse the sun and the moon (in later language applied to Rāhu or the personified ascending node), [RV.] &c. &c.
of a Kaśyapa, [VP.]
of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.]
svardhenuस्वर्धेनुsvar—dhenu f. = -kāma-dhenu, [Kāv.]
svardhunīस्वर्धुनीsvar—dhunī f. = -āpagā, [BhP.]
svarīyasस्वरीयस्v.l. for svaryas, [ĀrṣBr.]
svarṇāriस्वर्णारिn. ‘enemy of gold’, lead, [L.]
sulphur, [L.]
svarṇītaस्वर्णीतsvar—ṇīta mfn. led to heaven, [Pañcar.]
svarṇadāस्वर्णदाsvarṇa—dā (ā), f. Tragia Involucrata, [L.]
svarṇadīस्वर्णदीsvar—ṇadī f. = -āpagā, [Śāntiś.]; [Pañcar.]
a kind of shrub (prob. w.r. for svarṇa-dā), [L.]
svarṇadaस्वर्णदsvarṇa—da mfn. giving gold, [Rājat.]
svarṇajaस्वर्णजsvarṇa—ja n. ‘gold-produced’, the metal tin, [L.]
svarṇakaस्वर्णकm. a kind of tree, [Hariv.]
gold, [Yājñ.]
golden, of gold, [W.]
svarṇalīस्वर्णलीor svarṇulī f. a kind of plant, [L.]
svarṇaraस्वर्णरsvàr—ṇara (svàr-), m. lord of heaven (applied to Agni, the sun, Soma &c.), [RV.]
a partic. sun, [TĀr.]
svàr—ṇara n. bright space, ether, [RV.]
svarṇasūस्वर्णसूsvarṇa—sū mfn. producing gold (as a mountain), [Rājat.]
svarṇetṛस्वर्णेतृsvar—ṇetṛ́ mfn. guide to heaven (as a N. of a king), [MBh.]
svarṇulīस्वर्णुलीsvarṇalī or f. a kind of plant, [L.]
svarūpinस्वरूपिन्sva—rūpin mfn. having one's own or natural form, [MBh.]
appearing in the form of (ifc.), [R.]; [Pur.]; [Pañcar.]
embodied, [MBh.]; [Inscr.]
having essential properties, [MW.]
identical, [ib.]
svaraghnaस्वरघ्नsvara—ghna m. ‘voice-destroyer’, N. of a partic. disease of the throat, [Suśr.]
svaraśasस्वरशस्svara—śas ind. according to the accent, [Pat.]
svarahanस्वरहन्svara—han m. = -ghna, [ŚārṅgS.]
svarakṣuस्वरक्षुf. N. of a river, [MārkP.]
svaravatस्वरवत्svára—vat (svára-), mfn. having sound, sonorous, loud, [AitBr.]; [Vait.]
having a melodious voice, [ŚBr.]
having an accent, accentuated, [ib.]
containing a vowel, [SaṃhUp.]
svarcanaस्वर्चनsv-arcana mfn. (used in explaining prec.), [Nir. xi, 14.]
svardevaस्वर्देवsvar—deva m. N. of a man, [Cat.]
svargīyaस्वर्गीयmfn. relating or belonging to heaven, leading to heaven, heavenly (with kārya n. = ‘cremation of the dead’), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]
svargadaस्वर्गदsvarga—da mfn. heaven-giving, procuring paradise, [Pañcat.]
svargataस्वर्गतsvar—gata mfn. being in heaven, [BhP.]
gone to heaven, dead, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
svargatiस्वर्गतिsvar—gati f.
svargayaस्वर्गयNom. Ā. °yate, to be like heaven, [Mṛcch.]
svargiriस्वर्गिरिsvar—giri m. ‘mountain of heaven’, Su-meru, [L.]
svarhaṇaस्वर्हणsv-arhaṇa n. great reverence, [BhP.]
svaritraस्वरित्रsv-aritrá mf(A/)n. having good oars, well rowed, [RV.]
svarjeṣaस्वर्जेषsvar—jeṣá m. the winning of light &c., [RV.]
svarjikāस्वर्जिकाsvarjika, m. ([Suśr.]) or svarji°kā, f. ([Car.]) or svarji°kākṣāra, m. ([Suśr.]) id.
svarjikaस्वर्जिक, m. ([Suśr.]) or svarji°kā, f. ([Car.]) or svarji°kākṣāra, m. ([Suśr.]) id.
svarlīnaस्वर्लीनsvar—līna N. of a place, [Cat.]
svarlokaस्वर्लोकsvar—loka m. the world of heaven, a partic. heaven, the region called Svar (cf. bhuvar-, bhūr-l°), [R.]; [Pur.]
N. of mount Meru (also -śikhara), [Daś.]
svar—loka m. an occupant of heaven, a god, one of the Blest (-tā f.), [BhP.]
svarmīaस्वर्मीLhअsvar—mīa mfn. having light or the sun as its reward or prize, [RV.]
svar—mīa n. a contest for light, [ib.]
svarmaṇiस्वर्मणिsvar—maṇi m. ‘sky-jewel’, the sun, [Bālar.]
svarnadīस्वर्नदीsvar—nadī f. = -ṇadī, [L.]
svarocasस्वरोचस्svá—rocas (svá-), mfn. self-shining, [TBr.] (v.l. -rocis).
svarocisस्वरोचिस्sva—rocis mfn.
sva—rocis n. own light, [BhP.]
svá—rocis (svá-), mfn. self-shining, [RV.]; [BhP.]
sva—rocis m. N. of a son of the Gandharva Kali by the Apsaras Varūthinī, [MārkP.]
svarpatiस्वर्पतिsvàr—pati (svàr-), mfn. lord of light, [RV.]
N. of Indra, [BhP.]
svarucyāस्वरुच्याsva—rucyā (yā), ind. according to one's own will, [Yājñ.]; [Mn.], Sch.
svarvāpīस्वर्वापीsvar—vāpī f. ‘stream of heaven’, the Ganges, [L.]
svarvīthiस्वर्वीथिsvar—vīthi f. N. of the wife of Vatsara, [BhP.]
svarvadhūस्वर्वधूsvar—vadhū f. = -yoṣit, [HPariś.]
svaryānaस्वर्यानsvar—yāna n. the act of going to heaven, dying, death, [Cat.]