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svayam

svayám ind. (prob. orig. a nom. of 1. sva, formed like aham) self, one's self (applicable to all persons, e.g. myself, thyself, himself &c.), of or by one's self, spontaneously, voluntarily, of one's own accord (also used emphatically with other pronouns [e.g. ahaṃ svayaṃ tat kṛtavān, ‘I myself did that’]; sometimes alone [e.g. svayaṃ tat kṛtavān, ‘he himself did that’; svayaṃ tat kurvanti, ‘they themselves do that’] ; connected in sense with a nom. [either the subject or predicate] or with instr. [when the subject] or with a gen., and sometimes with acc. or loc.; often in comp.), [RV.]; &c.