Shvetavah, Śvetavāh, Shveta-vah: 3 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śvetavāh can be transliterated into English as Svetavah or Shvetavah, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śvetavāh (श्वेतवाह्).—m. an epithet of Indra.

Śvetavāh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śveta and vāh (वाह्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śvetavah (श्वेतवह्):—[=śveta-vah] [from śveta > śvit] mfn. ([nominative case] -vāḥ; [instrumental case] -vāhā [?] or śvetauhā [dual number] -vobhyām; f. -vāhī [?] or śvetauhī) borne by white horses, [Pāṇini 3-2, 71], [vArttika], [Vopadeva xxvi, 65 etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Indra, [ib.]

3) Śvetavāh (श्वेतवाह्):—[=śveta-vāh] [from śveta > śvit] See -vah.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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