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svāhā

sv-ā́hā ind. (prob. fr. 5. su and √ ah; cf. dur-āhā) hail! hail to! may a blessing rest on! (with dat.; an exclamation used in making oblations to the gods; with √ kṛ [ind.p. -kā́ram, or -kṛtya] and acc. ‘to pronounce the exclamation Svāhā over’), [RV.] &c. &c.

sv-ā́hā f. an oblation (offered to Agni, Indra &c.) or Oblation personified (as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Agni; she is thought to preside over burnt-offerings; her body is said to consist of the four Vedas, and her limbs are the six Aṅgas or members of the Veda; she is represented also as a wife of the Rudra Paśu-pati), [RV.]; &c.