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Word (IAST)	Word (Devanagari)	Overview
svasti	स्वस्ति	sv-astí n. f. (nom. svastí, °tís; acc. svastí, °tím; instr. svastí, °tyā́; dat. svastáye; loc. svastaú; instr. svastíbhis; also personified as a goddess, and sometimes as Kalā cf. svasti-devī), well-being, fortune, luck, success, prosperity, [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]
		sv-astí (í), ind. well, happily, successfully (also = ‘may it be well with thee! hail! health! adieu! be it!’ a term of salutation [esp. in the beginning of letters] or of sanction or approbation), [RV.]; &c.
svastidā	स्वस्तिदा	sv-asti—dā́ ([RV.]) mfn. conferring happiness.
svastida	स्वस्तिद	sv-asti—da ([Śivag.]) mfn. conferring happiness.
svastigā	स्वस्तिगा	sv-asti—gā́ mfn. leading to fortune or prosperity, [RV.]
svastika	स्वस्तिक	m. a kind of bard (who utters words of welcome or eulogy), [R.]
		any lucky or auspicious object, (esp.) a kind of mystical cross or mark made on persons and things to denote good luck (it is shaped like a Greek cross with the extremities of the four arms bent round in the same direction; the majority of scholars regard it as a solar symbol; that is, as representing a curtailed form of the wheel of the Solar Viṣṇu, consisting of four spokes crossing each other at right angles with short fragments of the periphery of the circle at the end of each spoke turning round in one direction to denote the course of the Sun; accord. to the late Sir A. Cunningham it has no connexion with sun-worship, but its shape represents a monogram or interlacing of the letters of the auspicious words su astí [svasti] in the Aśoka characters; amongst Jainas it is one of the 24 auspicious marks and is the emblem of the seventh Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī), [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
		the crossing of the arms or hands on the breast, [MBh.]; [Mālatīm.]; [Kathās.]
		a bandage in the form of a cross, [Suśr.]
		a dish of a partic. form, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pañcar.]
		a kind of cake, [ib.]
		a triangular crest-jewel, [L.]
		the meeting of four roads, [W.]
		a partic. symbol made of ground rice and formed like a triangle (it is used in fumigating the image of Durgā, and is said to symbolize the Liṅga), [MW.]
		a species of garlic, [L.]
		a cock, [L.]
		a libertine, [L.]
		N. of a serpent-demon, [MBh.]
		of one of Skanda's attendants, [ib.]
		of a Dānava, [Hariv.]
		of a poet, [Cat.]
		of another man, [Buddh.]
		m. n. a mansion or temple of a partic. form, [VarBṛS.]
		Marsilea Quadrifolia, [L.]
		a partic. mode of sitting practised by Yogins (in which the toes are placed in the inner hollow of the knees), [MārkP.]; [Pañcar.]
svastitā	स्वस्तिता	sv-asti—tā f. a state of welfare, [AitBr.]
svastikṛt	स्वस्तिकृत्	sv-asti—kṛt mfn. causing welfare or prosperity (said of Śiva), [Śivag.]
svastimat	स्वस्तिमत्	sv-asti—mát mfn. being or faring well, happy, fortunate, [RV.] &c. &c.
		conferring happiness, [RV.]
		containing the word svasti, [AitBr.]
svastivāc	स्वस्तिवाच्	sv-asti—vāc, f. ([Vcar.]) or sv-asti—vācaka, m. ([BhP.]) benediction, congratulation.
svastivāh	स्वस्तिवाह्	sv-asti—vah (or -vāh) mfn. carrying auspiciously (as a carriage; others, ‘conferring happiness’), [RV.]
svastivah	स्वस्तिवह्	sv-asti—vah (or -vāh) mfn. carrying auspiciously (as a carriage; others, ‘conferring happiness’), [RV.]
svastibhāva	स्वस्तिभाव	sv-asti—bhāva m. N. of Śiva, [ib.]
svastidevī	स्वस्तिदेवी	sv-asti—devī f. N. of a goddess (represented as wife of Vāyu and said to have sprung from the essence of Prakṛti), [MW.]
svastikāra	स्वस्तिकार	sv-asti—kāra m. the bard who cries svasti, [R.]
		= prec. [MBh.]
		the exclamation svasti, [Kathās.]
svastikara	स्वस्तिकर	sv-asti—kara m. N. of a man, [Pravar.]
svastimatī	स्वस्तिमती	sv-asti—matī (atī), f. N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, [MBh.]
svastimukha	स्वस्तिमुख	sv-asti—mukha mfn. having the word svasti in the mouth, wishing joy or fortune, [L.]
		sv-asti—mukha m. a Brāhman or a bard, [L.]
		a letter (beginning with svasti), [L.]
svastipura	स्वस्तिपुर	sv-asti—pura n. N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh.]
svastivāda	स्वस्तिवाद	sv-asti—vāda m. = -vāc, [Dhanaṃj.]
svastikāṅka	स्वस्तिकाङ्क	mfn. marked with the Svastika cross, [Bc.]
svastivācya	स्वस्तिवाच्य	sv-asti—vācya mfn. to be called upon to pronounce a blessing on anything, [MBh.]
		sv-asti—vācya n. = -vācana, [Yājñ.]
		sv-asti—vācya ind. calling upon any one to pronounce a blessing on anything, [Gobh.]
svastikāsana	स्वस्तिकासन	n. a mode of sitting (see above), [Sarvad.]
svastikīkṛta	स्वस्तिकीकृत	svastikī-kṛta mfn. crossed (as hands), [Cat.]
svastikadāna	स्वस्तिकदान	svastika—dāna n. crossing the hands, [Bālar.]
svastikarman	स्वस्तिकर्मन्	sv-asti—karman n. causing welfare or success, [R.]
svastivācaka	स्वस्तिवाचक	sv-asti—vāc, f. ([Vcar.]) or sv-asti—vācaka, m. ([BhP.]) benediction, congratulation.
svastivācana	स्वस्तिवाचन	sv-asti—vācana or sv-asti—vāca°naka, n. a religious rite preparatory to a sacrifice or any solemn observance (performed by scattering boiled rice on the ground and invoking blessings by the repetition of certain Mantras; also applied to the fee or complimentary present of flowers, sweetmeats &c. offered to Brāhmans on such occasions), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
svastivāhana	स्वस्तिवाहन	sv-asti—vā́hana mfn. leading auspiciously (as a road), [AV.]
svastivacana	स्वस्तिवचन	sv-asti—vacana n. pronouncing the word svasti, benediction, [MBh.]
svastigavyūti	स्वस्तिगव्यूति	sv-astí—gavyūti (svastí-), mfn. having happy pastures or fields, [MaitrS.]
svastikakarṇa	स्वस्तिककर्ण	svastika—karṇa mfn. marked on the ear with the figure called Svastika, [L.]
svastikayantra	स्वस्तिकयन्त्र	svastika—yantra n. a surgical instrument of a partic. form, [Suśr.]
svastivācanaka	स्वस्तिवाचनक	sv-asti—vācana or sv-asti—vāca°naka, n. a religious rite preparatory to a sacrifice or any solemn observance (performed by scattering boiled rice on the ground and invoking blessings by the repetition of certain Mantras; also applied to the fee or complimentary present of flowers, sweetmeats &c. offered to Brāhmans on such occasions), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
svastivācanika	स्वस्तिवाचनिक	sv-asti—vācanika mfn. pronouncing a blessing on anything, [Mcar.]
svastikādicakra	स्वस्तिकादिचक्र	svastikādi-cakra n. pl. N. of wk.
svastivācanakamantra	स्वस्तिवाचनकमन्त्र	svasti-vācanaka—mantra m. pl. N. of wk.
svastivācanakapaddhati	स्वस्तिवाचनकपद्धति	svasti-vācanaka—paddhati f. N. of wk.

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