svasti

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[apte] ind. A particle meaning ‘may it be well with (one)’, ‘fare- well,’ ‘hail’, ‘adieu’ (with dat.); svasti bhavate Ś. 2; svastyastu te R. 5. 17; it is also used in expressing one's approbation; (often used at the beginning of letters). --Comp. --ayanaṃ 1. a means of securing prosperity. --2. the averting of evil by the recitation of mantras or per- formance of expiatory rites. --3. the benediction of a Brāhmaṇa after...

[mw] n. f. (nom. svast/i, t/is; acc. svast/i, t/im; instr. svast/i, ty/ā; dat. svast/aye; loc. svast/au; instr. svast/ibhis; also personified as a goddess, and sometimes as Kala1 kalā cf. svasti-devī), well-being, fortune, luck, success, prosperity RV.; VS.;... 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...

Root

√kala कल

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Ātmanepada · śabdasaṅkhyānayoḥ

to sound, to count

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Appears in 81 texts

Aitareya-Aranyaka Aitareyabrahmana Amarusataka Apastambadharmasutra Apastambasrautasutra Astadhyayi Asvalayanagrhyasutra Atharvaprayascittani Avadanasataka Baudhayanagrhyasutra Baudhayanasrautasutra Bhagavatapurana Bhallatasataka Bharadvajagrhyasutra Bharatamanjari Bhavaprakasa Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Carakasamhita Dasakumaracarita Divyavadana Drahyayanasrautasutra Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Gobhilagrhyasutra Gopathabrahmana Haribhaktivilasa Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Jaiminigrhyasutra Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Jaiminiyabrahmana Kasikavrtti Kathakagrhyasutra Kathakasamhita Kathasaritsagara Kathopanisad Katyayanasrautasutra Kausikasutra Kausitakagrhyasutra Kausitakibrahmana Kiratarjuniya Krsiparasara Kurmapurana Lingapurana Maitrayanisamhita Manavagrhyasutra Matsyapurana Mundakopanisad Natyasastra Pancavimsabrahmana Paraskaragrhyasutra Ramayana Rgvedakhilani Saddharmapundarikasutra Samavidhanabrahmana Sanghabhedavastu Sankhayanagrhyasutra Sankhayanasrautasutra Satapathabrahmana Skandapurana Susrutasamhita Taittiriyabrahmana Taittiriyaranyaka Taittiriyasamhita Tikanikayatra Vaikhanasadharmasutra Vaikhanasagrhyasutra Vaikhanasasrautasutra Vaitanasutra Varahagrhyasutra Vasisthadharmasutra Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda skandapurana-revakhanda vajasaneyisamhita-madhyandina

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ind. A particle meaning ‘may it be well with (one)’, ‘fare- well,’ ‘hail’, ‘adieu’ (with dat.); svasti bhavate Ś. 2; svastyastu te R. 5. 17; it is also used in expressing one's...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 542
Texts Appeared In: 67

DCS: the act of clinging to; being hooked on; adherence; fixing; fastening to; a handle; hook; attaching (an Anubandha to an affix)

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: svasti

citrā vāco 'tadvidāṃ khecarāṇāṃ tatra smāsan svasti te 'muṃ jahīti
Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: svasti

āroha sūrye amṛtasya panthāṃs tena yāhi gṛhān svasti
Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: svastim

yāvatāṃ sakhāyānaṃ svastimicchet tāvata udakāñjalīr juhuyāt