The Sanskrit term Svavaśa can be transliterated into English as Svavasa or Svavasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Svavaśa (स्ववश) refers to “one’s own control”, according to verse 10.16 of Sureśvarācārya’s Mānasollāsa.—Accordingly, “All the worlds along with even their kings are under the [Yogin’s] own control (svavaśa-vartin). This power is called Vaśitva [which] is easily obtained by Śaiva Yogins”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Svāvāsa (स्वावास) refers to “one’s own residence”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the conclision of hawking]: “[...] The food should be first given to horses and birds for testing it. The food should be brought by experienced cooks and consist of roast meats and rice as white as the Kunda (jasmine) flower. He should eat along with his retinue. After chewing pan he should go back to his residence (svāvāsa), conversing all the way on a variety of subjects, [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Svavaśa (स्ववश) refers to “(making someone) subservient to oneself”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.17 (“The fight between Viṣṇu and Jalandhara”).—Accordingly, after Viṣṇu promised to stay in Jalandhara’s house: “[...] Making gods, Gandharvas, Siddhas, Serpents, Rākṣasas and human beings, the denizens of his capital, he ruled over the three worlds. After making the gods thus subservient to himself (svavaśa-vartin), Jalandhara protected them all virtuously, like his own sons. When he was ruling the kingdom virtuously, none in his realm was sick or miserable or lean and emaciated or indigent”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

svavaśa (स्ववश).—a (S) Free, absolute, independent, uncontrolled, subject to himself.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

svavaśa (स्ववश).—a Free, absolute, independent.

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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 dictionary

Svavaśa (स्ववश).—a.

1) self-controlled.

2) independent.

Svavaśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sva and vaśa (वश).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svavaśa (स्ववश).—mfn.

(-śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) Self-subdued, self-controlled. E. sva, and vaśa subjection.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svavaśa (स्ववश).—adj. self-controlled, ruled by one’s free will, [Hiḍimbavadha] 4, 4; independent, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 37.

Svavaśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sva and vaśa (वश).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svavaśa (स्ववश).—[adjective] subject to one’s own will, independent, free; [abstract] tā [feminine]

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

1) Svavaśa (स्ववश):—[=sva-vaśa] [from sva] a mf(ā)n. (for svavaśa See p.1282) having control of one’s self, self-controlled, subject to one’s self or to one’s own will, independent, free (-tā f.), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

2) [=sv-avaśa] b mfn. (for sva-v See p. 1276, col. 3) not at all master of one’s self, [Vāsavadattā]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svavaśa (स्ववश):—[sva-vaśa] (śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) a. Self-subdued.

[Sanskrit to German]

Svavasha in German

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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 dictionary

Svavaśa (स्ववश):—(a) under one’s own control, in self-control.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Svavaśa (स्ववश):—adj. in self control; self-restrained;

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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: Vasa, Avasa, Shva, Cu, Vaca, Shu.

Starts with: Svavashamkrita, Svavashata.

Ends with: Apasvavasha.

Full-text: Svavashata, Atmanitya, Svavashamkrita, Svavashya, Cuvacam, Avasa, Anisha, Vasa.

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