Svapateya, Svāpateya: 9 definitions
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Svapateya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySvāpateya (स्वापतेय).—[svāpaterāgataṃ ḍhañ] Wealth, property; स्वापतेयकृते मर्त्याः किं किं नाम न कुर्वते (svāpateyakṛte martyāḥ kiṃ kiṃ nāma na kurvate) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.156; Śiśupālavadha 14.9.
Derivable forms: svāpateyam (स्वापतेयम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySvāpateya (स्वापतेय).—n.
(-yaṃ) Wealth, property. E. sva own, pati master, ḍhañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySvāpateya (स्वापतेय).—i. e. sva-pati + eya, n. Wealth, Mahābhārata 1, 1781; [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 166.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySvāpateya (स्वापतेय).—[neuter] one’s own wealth or property.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySvāpateya (स्वापतेय):—n. ([from] sva-pati) one’s own property, wealth, riches, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySvāpateya (स्वापतेय):—(yaṃ) 1. n. Wealth, property.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Svāpateya (स्वापतेय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sāvaejja.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSvāpatēya (ಸ್ವಾಪತೇಯ):—[noun] a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property or other riches; wealth.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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