(cf. √ 3. -śuṣ) cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 61]) śvasiti (Ved. and ep. also śvásati, °te; Impv. śvasihí, [AV.], śvasa, [MBh.]; impf. [or aor.] aśvasīt, ep. also aśvasat; Pot. or Prec. śvasyāt, ep. also śvaset; pr. p. śvasat, ep. also śvasamāna [for śvasamāna See below]; pf. śaśvāsa, [MBh.]; fut. śvasitā Gr.; śvasiṣyati, [MBh.]; inf. śvasitum, [ib.]; ind.p. -śvasya, [ib.]), to blow, hiss, pant, snort, [RV.] &c. &c.; to breathe, respire, draw breath (also = live), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to sigh, groan, [ib.]; to strike, kill, [Naigh. ii, 19] : Caus. śvāsayati (aor. aśiśvasat), to cause to blow or breathe &c.; to cause heavy breathing, [Suśr.] : Desid. śiśvasiṣati Gr.: Intens. śāśvasyate, śāśvasti, [ib.] (only p. śāśvasat, snorting, [MaitrS.])
śvás ind. to-morrow, on the following day (śváḥ śvaḥ, ‘day by day’; śvó bhūté, ‘on the morrow’, ‘next day’), [RV.] &c. &c.
in the future (sec comp.)
a particle implying auspiciousness, [W.]