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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.]
svarasस्वरस्See gharmá-svaras.
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.]
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.]
svarabhūtaस्वरभूतsvara—bhūta mfn. become a vowel (i.e. changed from a semivowel followed by a vowel into i or u), [VPrāt.]
svarabhedaस्वरभेदsvara—bheda m. indistinctness of utterance, hoarseness, [Suśr.]
simulation of voice (instr. ‘in a feigned voice’), [Pañcat.]
betrayal by one's voice (-bhaya n. ‘fear of betraying one's voice’), [ib.]
difference of accent, [Kāś.]
difference of musical tones, [Inscr.]
svaradhītaस्वरधीतsvar—adhīta mfn. ‘reaching heaven’, the mountain Meru, [Vāgbh.]
svarakaraस्वरकरsvara—kara mfn. producing voice, [Suśr.]
svaranābhiस्वरनाभिsvara—nābhi m. a kind of flute, [Saṃgīt.]
svarasāraस्वरसारsvara—sāra m. N. of wk.
svarasīkṛस्वरसीकृsva—rasī-√ kṛ P. -karoti, to make into sap or juice, [Car.]
svaravidhiस्वरविधिsvara—vidhi m. N. of a med. wk.
svarayogaस्वरयोगsvara—yoga m. ‘sound-combination’, voice, [Kād.]
svarayoniस्वरयोनिsvara—yoni m. or f. the Ṛc on which the Svara-sāman is based, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
svarabhaṅgaस्वरभङ्गsvara—bhaṅga m. ‘broken articulation’, stammering, [L.]
hoarseness, [HYog.]
svarabhaktiस्वरभक्तिsvara—bhakti f. ‘vowel-separation’, a vowel-sound phonetically inserted between r or l and a following consonant (e.g. varṣa pronounced variṣa), [Prāt.]
svaraṃkṛtaस्वरंकृतsv-araṃkṛta mfn. well arranged or prepared (as a sacrifice), [RV.]
svaraśūnyaस्वरशून्यsvara—śūnya mfn. unmelodious, unmusical, [W.]
svaraśikṣāस्वरशिक्षाsvara—śikṣā f. N. of wk.
svaraśuddhaस्वरशुद्धsvara—śuddha mfn. correct in musical measure, [MW.]
svarabaddhaस्वरबद्धsvara—baddha mfn. composed in musical measure (said of a song &c.), [MW.]
svaracintāस्वरचिन्ताsvara—cintā f. N. of wk. on vowels, [Sarvad.]
svaradīptaस्वरदीप्तsvara—dīpta mfn. (in augury) inauspicious with regard to voice or sound, [VarBṛS.]
svaragrāmaस्वरग्रामsvara—grāma m. the musical scale, gamut, [MW.]
svaraguptiस्वरगुप्तिsvara—gupti f. depth of voice, [Divyāv.]
svarakampaस्वरकम्पsvara—kampa m. trembling of tone, [L.]
svarakṣayaस्वरक्षयsvara—kṣaya m. loss of voice, [Car.]
svaramātrāस्वरमात्राsvara—mātrā f. strength of sound, [Vait.]
svarapakṣaस्वरपक्षsvara—pakṣa mfn. ‘sound-winged’, possessing sound as wings, [JaimUp.]
svarapṛṣṭhaस्वरपृष्ठsvara—pṛṣṭha mfn. having the Svara-sāman for a Pṛṣṭha (q.v.), [ŚrS.]
svarasāmanस्वरसामन्svára—sāman (svára-), m. N. of the three days before and after the Viṣuvat of the Gavāmayana (i.e. the last three days of the first, and the first three days of the second half-year), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
svára—sāman n. N. of a Sāman, [IndSt.]
svarasaṃdhiस्वरसंधिsvara—saṃdhi m. the junction or coalition of vowels, [MW.]
svarasiṃhaस्वरसिंहsvara—siṃha m. N. of wk.
svarabhairavaस्वरभैरवsvara—bhairava m. N. of Tantra wk.
svarabhaṅginस्वरभङ्गिन्svara—bhaṅgin m. ‘note-separating’, a kind of bird, [L.]
svaraśāstraस्वरशास्त्रsvara—śāstra n. N. of a class of works on the modulation of sounds or on the passage of the air through the nostrils (esp. as bearing on the prognostication of future events)
N. of wk. on Vedic accents.
svaracchidraस्वरच्छिद्रsvara—cchidra n. the sound-hole of a flute, [Saṃgīt.]
svaralāsikāस्वरलासिकाsvara—lāsikā f. a flute, pipe, [L.]
svarasampadस्वरसम्पद्svára—sampad f. euphony or melody of voice, [R.]
svaratantraस्वरतन्त्रsvara—tantra n. N. of wk.
svaravaidikaस्वरवैदिकsvara—vaidika n. N. of wk.
svaravyākhyāस्वरव्याख्याsvara—vyākhyā f. N. of wk.
svarabrahmanस्वरब्रह्मन्svara—brahman n. ‘Brahman as manifested in sound’, the sacred texts, [BhP.]
svaralakṣaṇaस्वरलक्षणsvara—lakṣaṇa n. N. of a treatise (on the accents of the Taittirīya, by Keśa-vārya).
svaramaṇḍalaस्वरमण्डलsvara—maṇḍala, m. or svara—maṇ°ḍalikā, f. a kind of Vīṇā or stringed musical instrument, [L.]
svaramañjarīस्वरमञ्जरीsvara—mañjarī f. N. of wk. on Vedic accents.
svaranirṇayaस्वरनिर्णयsvara—nirṇaya m. N. of wk. (on the accents of the Ṛg-veda, in 21 Ślokas, by Jayanta-svāmin).
svarapattanaस्वरपत्तनsvara—pattana n. ‘abode of accents’, N. of the Sāmaveda.
svarasaṃyogaस्वरसंयोगsvara—saṃyoga m. = -yoga, [Mṛcch.]
a song, [Śak.]
the junction of vowels, [MW.]
svarasvarūpaस्वरस्वरूपsvara—svarūpa n. N. of wk.
svaratikramaस्वरतिक्रमsvar—atikrama m. stepping beyond heaven i.e. reaching Vaikuṇṭha, [BhP.]
svar-atikrama , svar-adhīta &c. See p. 1281, col. 2.
svaravibhaktiस्वरविभक्तिsvara—vibhakti f. separation of a vowel (in Sāman-chanting), [PañcavBr.]
svarabhedabhayaस्वरभेदभयsvara—bheda—bhaya n., ‘fear of betraying one's voice’
svaradhītasāraस्वरधीतसारsvar—adhīta—sāra m. N. of Indra, [ib.]
svarapañcāśatस्वरपञ्चाशत्svara—pañcāśat f. N. of wk. on Vedic accents.
svaraparibhāṣāस्वरपरिभाषाsvara—paribhāṣā f. N. of wk. (on the more ancient notation of the accents or tones in the Sāmaveda, used in South India).
svaraprakriyāस्वरप्रक्रियाsvara—prakriyā f. N. of wk.
svaraprastāraस्वरप्रस्तारsvara—prastāra m. N. of wk.
svarasaṃdarbhaस्वरसंदर्भsvara—saṃdarbha m. = -saṃkrama, [Cat.]
svarasaṃgrahaस्वरसंग्रहsvara—saṃgraha m. N. of wk. on suppression of the voice and breath (for attaining beatitude).
svarasaṃkramaस्वरसंक्रमsvara—saṃkrama m. succession of tones (applied to the musical scale, [MW.]), rise and fall of the voice, modulation of tone, [Mṛcch.]
svarasampannaस्वरसम्पन्नsvára—sampanna (svára-), mf(A)n. melodious, harmonious, [ŚBr.]
having a melodious voice, [R.]
svarasubodhinīस्वरसुबोधिनीsvara—subodhinī f. N. of wk.
svaragatādhyāyaस्वरगताध्यायsvara—gatādhyāya m. N. of the first ch. of the Saṃgīta-darpaṇa and of the Saṃgīta-ratnākara.
svaramaṇḍalikāस्वरमण्डलिकाsvara—maṇḍala, m. or svara—maṇ°ḍalikā, f. a kind of Vīṇā or stringed musical instrument, [L.]
svaraparivartaस्वरपरिवर्तsvara—parivarta m. change or modulation of the voice, [Mṛcch.]
svaraprakaraṇaस्वरप्रकरणsvara—prakaraṇa n. N. of wk.
svarapuraṃjayaस्वरपुरंजयsvara—puraṃjaya m. N. of a son of Śeṣa, [VP.]
svararatnakośaस्वररत्नकोशsvara—ratna-kośa m. N. of wk.
svarasamuccayaस्वरसमुच्चयsvara—samuccaya m. N. of wk.
svaramañcanṛtyaस्वरमञ्चनृत्यsvara—mañca-nṛtya n. (in music) a kind of dance, [Saṃgīt.]
svararatnabhāṇḍaस्वररत्नभाण्डsvara—ratna-bhāṇḍa n. N. of wk.
svaratattvodayaस्वरतत्त्वोदयsvara—tattvodaya m. N. of wk.
svaramantrakāṇḍaस्वरमन्त्रकाण्डsvara—mantra-kāṇḍa n. N. of wk.
svarasaṃsvāravatस्वरसंस्वारवत्svara—saṃsvāra-vat mfn. correct in accent, [Ragh.]
svaramelakalānidhiस्वरमेलकलानिधिsvara—mela-kalā-nidhi f. N. of wk.
svarasaṃdehavivādaस्वरसंदेहविवादsvara—saṃdeha-vivāda m. a kind of round game, [Kād.]
svarasiddhāntakaumudīस्वरसिद्धान्तकौमुदीsvara—siddhānta-kaumudī f. N. of wk.
svarasiddhāntamañjarīस्वरसिद्धान्तमञ्जरीsvara—siddhānta-mañjarī f. N. of wk.
svaratattvacamatkāraस्वरतत्त्वचमत्कारsvara—tattva-camatkāra m. N. of wk.
svarasiddhāntacandrikāस्वरसिद्धान्तचन्द्रिकाsvara—siddhānta-candrikā f. N. of wk.