Svadesha, Svadēśa, Svadeśa, Sva-desha: 10 definitions
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Svadesha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Svadēśa and Svadeśa can be transliterated into English as Svadesa or Svadesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Swadesh.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysvadēśa (स्वदेश).—m (S) Native country. 2 Own or proper place.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsvadēśa (स्वदेश).—m Native country.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySvadeśa (स्वदेश).—one's own country, native country. °जः, °बन्धुः (jaḥ, °bandhuḥ) a fellow countryman.
Derivable forms: svadeśaḥ (स्वदेशः).
Svadeśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sva and deśa (देश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySvadeśa (स्वदेश).—m.
(-śaḥ) 1. Native country, home. 2. Own or proper place. E. sva, deśa country.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySvadeśa (स्वदेश).—[masculine] one’s own place or land, home.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Svadeśa (स्वदेश):—[=sva-deśa] [from sva] m. o°’s own place or country or home, [Manu-smṛti; Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] [plural] the inhabitants of o°’s own country, o°’s own subjects, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySvadeśa (स्वदेश):—[sva-deśa] (śaḥ) 1. m. Own country.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionarySvadeśa (स्वदेश) [Also spelled swadesh]:—(nm) one’s own country, motherland, homeland, native land; -[tyāga] emigration; ~[tyāgī] an emigrant; ~[priyatā] patriotism; -[prema] patriotism; -[premī] a patriot; -[bhakta] a patriot; -[bhakti] patriotism.
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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarySvadeśa (स्वदेश):—n. native country; homeland;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Desha, Shva, Teca.
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