Svaira: 16 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Svaira (स्वैर) refers to the “wild roaming (of elephants)”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 1, “on the origin of elephants”]: “[...] 23. Thus eight elephants were born from the (cosmic) eggshell held in his right hand. And from that in his left in turn eight cows were born, their consorts. And in the course of time those elephants, their many sons and grandsons, etc., endowed with spirit and might, ranged at will (svaira) over the forests, rivers, and mountains of the whole world”.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Svaira (स्वैर) or Svairadala refers to the “non-adherent-stamen” type of the Corolla (dala) part of a Puṣpa (“flower”); and representing a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.— The different parts of puṣpa (flower) are, e.g., puṣpa-dala (Corolla):—The outermost whorl which covers the floral bud is called jālaka. Enclosed within it is the puṣpa-dala, the Corolla. The Corolla encloses the keśara. Within it lies the bījadhāra; on the top of it, the varāṭaka or the Style is placed, being encircled by the staminal whorl. [...] As the Calyx (jālaka) serves to protect the young buds similarly also the corolla (puṣpa-dala) gives protection to the stamens (keśara) and the carpels. The corolla (puṣpa-dala) may be of four types. In svaira-dala stamens are not adherent to the petals and are located in between two sepals as found in tuṅgapuṣpa.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Svaira (स्वैर).—a S (sva Self; dūra To go or be.) That goes whithersoever he will; that follows his own inelination; self-willed, unrestrained, uncontrolled.
Svaira (स्वैर) [-rī, -री].—a Self-willed, uncontrolled.
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
Svaira (स्वैर).—a. [svasya īram īr-ac vṛddhiḥ]
1) Following one's own will or fancy, self-willed, wanton, uncontrolled, unrestrained; बद्धमिव स्वैरगतिर्जनमिह सुखसंगिनमवैमि (baddhamiva svairagatirjanamiha sukhasaṃginamavaimi) Ś. 5.11; अव्याहतैः स्वैरगतैः स तस्याः (avyāhataiḥ svairagataiḥ sa tasyāḥ) R.2.5.
2) Free, unreserved, confidential; सत्वभङ्गभयाद्राज्ञां कथयन्त्यन्यथा पुरः । अन्यथा विवृतार्थेषु स्वैरालापेषु मन्त्रिणः (satvabhaṅgabhayādrājñāṃ kathayantyanyathā puraḥ | anyathā vivṛtārtheṣu svairālāpeṣu mantriṇaḥ) || Mu.4.8.
3) Slow, mild, gentle; Mu.1.2.
4) Dull, lazy.
5) Dependent on one's will, voluntary, optional.
-ram Wilfulness, wantonness; तत्रापि निरवरोधः स्वैरेण विहरन् (tatrāpi niravarodhaḥ svaireṇa viharan) Bhāgavata 5.14.31.
-ram -ind.
1) At will or pleasure, as one likes, at perfect ease; सार्थाः स्वैरं स्वकीयेषु चेरुर्वेश्मस्वि- वाद्रिषु (sārthāḥ svairaṃ svakīyeṣu cerurveśmasvi- vādriṣu) R.17.64.
2) Of one's own accord, spontaneously.
3) Slowly, gently, mildly; मोहे मोहे रामभद्रस्य जीवं स्वैरं स्वैरं प्रेरितैस्तर्पयेति (mohe mohe rāmabhadrasya jīvaṃ svairaṃ svairaṃ preritaistarpayeti) Uttararāmacarita 3.2.
4) Lowly, in an under-tone, inaudibly (opp. spaṣṭa); पश्चात्स्वैरं गज इति किल व्याहृतं सत्य- वाचा (paścātsvairaṃ gaja iti kila vyāhṛtaṃ satya- vācā) Ve.3.9.
Svaira (स्वैर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) 1. Self-willed, unrestrained. 2. Slow, lazy. 3. Voluntary, optional. 4. Going. n.
(-raṃ) Following one’s own inclination. E. sva self, īr to go or be, aff. aṇ .
Svaira (स्वैर).— (from sva and īr), I. adj. 1. Self-willed, [Pañcatantra] 31, 3; of one’s own accord, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 52, 27 (without the permission of her husband); unrestrained. 2. Slow, or refractory, [Nala] 21, 13; [Sāvitryupākhyāna] 5, 98. 3. Dependent on one’s will, unimportant, Mahābhārata 1, 1726; 1921; 3, 13573. Ii. ram, adv. 1. With one’s own will, assent, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 52, 27; [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 29, 6; [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 22, 99. 2. Of one’s own accord, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 411. Iii. n. Wilfulness.
Svaira (स्वैर).—[adjective] moving on gently or cautiously; [neuter] [adverb] of one’s own accord, spontaneously, freely, easily, carelessly (also °— & [instrumental]); gently, slowly, cautiously; as subst. in pendence, free choice.
1) Svaira (स्वैर):—[from sva] a mf(ā)n. ([probably] [from] sva + īra, ‘going, moving’) going where one likes, doing what one likes, self-willed, wilful, independent, unrestrained, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] walking slowly or cautiously, [Kāvya literature]
3) [v.s. ...] voluntary, optional, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
4) [v.s. ...] n. wilfulness, [ib.]
5) [from sva] n. unreservedly, confidingly, [ib.]
6) b and v. See p. 1279, col. 1.
Svaira (स्वैर):—[(raḥ-rī-raṃ) a.] Self-willed; lazy. n. Wilfulness.
Svaira (स्वैर):—(sva + īra von īr) adj. = svacchanda (svatantra) und manda [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 194.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 470.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 100] (svairaḥ st. svaraḥ zu lesen). [Halāyudha 5, 47.] Zu belegen
1) svairam adv. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 89, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 4.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 2, 10.] aus eigenem Antriebe, nach eigenem Belieben, von selbst, ungehemmt, frei, ohne Weiteres, gerade heraus (sprechen, fragen): laghuḥ svairaṃ gamiṣyasi [Mahābhārata 3, 8449.] saṃhṛṣṭo nagaraṃ svairamāgataḥ [4, 2212.] gaccha [13, 4456.] brūhi [14, 1639.] tiṣṭha svairamiha (tiṣṭhasva tvamiha die neuere Ausg.) so v. a. ruhig [Harivaṃśa 4610.] yadatra naḥ kṣamaṃ kṛṣṇa tatsvairaṃ saṃvidhīyatām [5270.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 9, 69.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 142, 22.] sārthāḥ svairaṃ svakīyeṣu cerurveśmasvivādriṣu [Raghuvaṃśa 17, 64.] sītāyāḥ śiraḥ svairamunnamayya [UTTARAR. 22, 2 (29, 6).] [Gītagovinda 8, 11.] svairaṃ (von selbst) daviṣṭhānyaho yānti ghaṭanāṃ kāryāṇi niryantraṇam [Spr. (II) 543. 1622. 2247. 2687.] svairamāsyatām [kāvyādarśa 2, 296.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 4, 40. 5, 38. 7, 98. 10, 148. 13, 21. 24. 139. 15, 109. 16, 12. 17, 114. 119. 18, 346. 20, 206. 22, 99. 183. 23, 40. 24, 112. 25, 157. 239. 26, 186. 27, 153. 181. 191. 28, 143. 29, 30. 30, 131. 32, 26. 168. 33, 81. 96. 206. 34, 6. 25. 35, 40. 37, 105. 152. 39, 54. 40, 76. 41, 41. 45, 247. 307. 315. 344. 46, 60. 174. 51, 66. 53, 27. 36. 55, 74. 56, 138. 364. 58, 13. 59, 104. 132. 60, 64. 138. 216. 61, 257. 63, 166. 64, 45. 119. 66, 70. 69, 48. 57. 71, 130. 72, 352. 75, 112. 162. 76, 25. 89, 99. 103, 223. 106, 111. 123, 183.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 411. 6, 313.] [Sāhityadarpana 115, 8. 153, 19.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 1, 18. 4, 26, 26. 5, 4, 4. 9, 18. 17, 13. 24, 16. 8, 12, 38. 17, 9. 10, 33, 35. 34, 25. 42, 23.] = viśrabdham [Scholiast] zu [Śākuntala 9, 18.] = saviśrambham Comm. zu [kāvyādarśa 2, 296.] = nīcais [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 7, 51.] [Medinīkoṣa avyaya (s. Med.) 81.] —
2) svaireṇa dass. [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 59, 2, 29.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 14, 31.] —
3) svaireṣu in Fällen, wo man sich frei gehen lassen kann; bei gleichgültigen Sachen nāhaṃ mṛṣā bravīmyeva svaireṣvapi kutaḥ śapan [Mahābhārata 1, 1726. 1921. 2086. 2343. 4499. 3, 1918. 2865. 13573. 16845. 12, 1740. 13, 2684. 14, 1671. 2027. 17, 66.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 15, 30.] —
4) am Anfange eines comp. in der Bed. von svairam. vihārin nach eigenem Belieben [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 328.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 339.] svairamuktāḥ śarāḥ so v. a. auf’s Gerathewohl [Mahābhārata 3, 1949.] jñātagati von selbst, ohne Weiteres [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 13, 26.] saṃgatā [Kathāsaritsāgara 60, 4.] avyāhatasvairagataiḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 5.] svairācāra adj. zwanglosen Benehmens [Mahābhārata 3, 13053.] svairālāpāḥ [Spr. (II) 4218.] kathāḥ [3956. 6761.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 47, 43.] svairāhāra nach Belieben [Spr. (II) 7356.] svairodyānabhrama [Kathāsaritsāgara 39, 171.] sāhasa [27, 202.] pracāra [Pañcatantra 31, 3] [?(ed. orn. 27, 12).] svairāvatāra [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 69, 17.] saṃyuga [36, 25.] sudṛś wohl fehlerhaft für svairi [Spr. (II) 785, v. l.] — Vgl. yathāsvairam .
Svaira (स्वैर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Saira, Sera.
Svaira (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 隨意 [suí yì]: “at will”.
Note: svaira can be alternatively written as: svairam.
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
Svaira (स्वैर) [Also spelled swair]:—(a) licentious, self-willed; —[kalpanā] fantasy; ~[cāritā] licentiousness, self-willedness; ~[cāriṇī] licentious (woman); ~[cārī] licentious (man); ~[tā] licentiousness, self-willedness; -[vṛtti] liberum arbitrium, self-willedness.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Svaira (ಸ್ವೈರ):—
1) [adjective] self-willed; capricious; whimsical.
2) [adjective] unrestricted; unrestrained; unfettered.
3) [adjective] free; independent.
4) [adjective] lazy; indolent; slothful.
5) [adjective] not compulsory; elective; optional.
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Svaira (ಸ್ವೈರ):—
1) [noun] one’s free-will.
2) [noun] the quality or condition of being free, independent to act or to take decision.
3) [noun] an indolent, lazy man.
4) [noun] a slow pace.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Svaira (स्वैर):—n. following one's own will or fancy; self-willed; wanton; uncontrolled; unrestrained;
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.
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Starts with (+4): Svairacara, Svairacarin, Svairadala, Svairadala, Svairagami, Svairagati, Svairahara, Svairakalpana, Svairakam, Svairakatha, Svairalapa, Svairam, Svairastha, Svairata, Svairate, Svairatha, Svairathakara, Svairatva, Svairavartin, Svairaviharin.
Full-text (+15): Svairata, Svairavritta, Svairini, Svairagati, Svairacara, Svairavritti, Svairacarin, Svairavartin, Svairalapa, Svairakatha, Svairaviharin, Yathasvaira, Svairastha, Saira, Svairena, Svaireshu, Svairahara, Swayr, Svairikarman, Svairin.
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Srila Gurudeva (The Supreme Treasure) (by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja)
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