Svecchaya, Svecchayā: 1 definition
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Svecchaya 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Svechchhaya.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySvecchayā (स्वेच्छया):—[from svecchā > sva] ind. [according to] to o°’s own wish, at pleasure, of o°’s own free will, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Kathāsaritsāgara; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa] etc.
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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Full-text (+5): Abhilava, Svecchatas, Sveccha, Nita, Karkatika, Grihanyasa, Nyasa, Punjacakra, Vedya, Santa, Dharmin, Pancartha, Sukshmarupa, Vedyarupa, Kridayitva, Prakirna, Purvaga, Parameshvara, Iccha, Svabhavata.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.21.32 < [Chapter 21 - The Story of Śrī Nārada]
The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
3. Description of God Sūrya < [Chapter 3]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 830 < [Chapter 15 - Examination of Samavāya (‘subsistence’)]
Verse 3628-3631 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.211 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.1.209 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.2.228 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.175 < [Section XXIII - The Twelve Kinds of Sons defined]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 99 - Destruction of Dakṣa’s sacrifice < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]