śvāpada

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. (dī f.) Savage, feroci- ous. --daḥ 1 A beast of prey, wild beast. --2 A tiger.

[mw] śvā-vidh &c, see p. 1105, col. 2. 141298 1106,2 224475

Appears in 31 texts

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a. (dī f.) Savage, feroci- ous. --daḥ 1 A beast of prey, wild beast. --2 A tiger.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

69

Texts Appeared In

23

DCS: doing work unbecoming an Ārya or becoming only a non-Ārya | Monier-Williams: SvA-pada , SvA-viD &c. See p. 1105, col. 2 .

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 27 39.1%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 7 10.1%
3. Chāndogyopaniṣad 4 5.8%
4. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 3 4.3%
5. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 2 2.9%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: śvāpadaiḥ

  bhairavaiḥ śvāpadaiḥ kīrṇaṃ śakuntair dāruṇāravaiḥ

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: śvāpadaṃ

  anyaṃ vā śvāpadaṃ kaṃcij jighāṃsur ajitendriyaḥ

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: śvāpadaṃ

  jighāṃsuḥ śvāpadaṃ kiṃcin nipāne vāgataṃ gajam