Sveda: 21 definitions
Introduction:
Sveda means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Swed.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Sveda (स्वेद, “sweating”).—One of the eight ‘involutary states’ (sāttvikabhāva), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 7. These ‘involutary states’ are different from consequents (anubhāva) because of their arising from the inner nature (sattva). The term is used throughout nāṭyaśāstra literature. (Also see the Daśarūpa 4.6-7)
Sveda (स्वेद, “perspiration”) occurs as the result of anger, fear, joy, shame, sorrow, toil, sickness, heat, exercise, fatigue, summer and massage. Perspiration should be represented on the stage by taking up a fan, wiping off sweat and looking for breeze.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Sveda (स्वेद) refers to “profuse sweat” and represents one of the ten symptoms of a snake-bite (daṃśaceṣṭita) that could be potentially fatal, as taught in the Ceṣṭita (“symptoms of snake-bites”) section of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—The ten symptoms of a bite ordained by time/death that could be fatal mentioned by Kaśyapa are—horripilation, thirst/burning sensation, profuse sweat (sveda), phlegm, inflammation/irritation of all the organs of the body, debility/lack of control of all the organs, salivation, incoherent blabbering, lack of memory and finally death.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Sveda (स्वेद) refers to the “sweat (of the 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”]: “Of old, seeing that the throng of gods in the battle of the Gods and Demons could not endure the oppressive smell of the sweat (sveda) of the elephants in the battle front the Noose-bearer (Varuṇa) then speedily turned the sweat of the elephants inward. Therefore their drops of sweat go inward and the noble elephants expel them from their trunks. But their absence of scrotum was granted by fiat of the Unborn (Brahmā), that they might move more swiftly and freely in battles, etc.”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Sveda (स्वेद):—Sweat, perspiration. Mala of Meda Dhātu. The function of Sveda is to withhold Kleda (watery portion) in the skin.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Sveda (स्वेद) refers to “gloom”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.54 (“Description of the duties of the chaste wife”).—Accordingly, as a Brahmin lady said to Pārvatī: “[...] She who delights her husband delights all the worlds. When she sees her husband coming home she shall hasten to serve him food and water, hand him betel and change of garments, and serve him by massaging his feet. By pleasing words she shall fascinate him and dispel his gloom (sveda-sannodana). [...]”.
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.
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Sveda (स्वेद) refers to the “sweat (from one’s armpits)” (which should be removed, as part of the traditional morning-routine-duties of the householder), according to chapter 1.4 of Vātsyāyana’s Kāmasūtra: a Sanskrit text from the 2nd century dealing with eroticism, sexuality and emotional fulfillment in life belonging to Kāmaśāstra (the ancient Indian science of love-making).—Accordingly [while describing the morning routine of a citizen]: “He should bathe daily, anoint his body with oil every other day, apply a lathering substance to his body every three days, get his head (including face) shaved every four days and the other parts of his body every five or ten days. All these things should be done without fail, and the sweat of the armpits should also be removed (sveda-apanoda). [sātatyācca saṃvṛtakakṣāsvedāpanodaḥ] [...]”.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Sveda (स्वेद, “sweat”) (Pali, Seda) refers to one of the thirty-substances of the human body according to the Visuddhimagga, as mentioned in an appendix of the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32-34. The Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra mentions thirty-six substances [viz., sveda]; the Sanskrit sources of both the Lesser and the Greater Vehicles, physical substances are 26 in number while the Pāli suttas list thirty-once substances.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
svēda (स्वेद).—m (S) Perspiration or sweat. 2 Vapor or steam.
svēda (स्वेद).—m Sweat. Vapour.
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
Sveda (स्वेद).—[svid-bhāve ghañ]
1) Sweat, perspiration; अङ्गुलिस्वेदेन दूष्येरन्नक्षराणि (aṅgulisvedena dūṣyerannakṣarāṇi) V.2.
2) Heat, warmth.
3) Vapour.
Derivable forms: svedaḥ (स्वेदः).
Sveda (स्वेद).—mfn.
(-daḥ-dā-daṃ) Warm, perspiring. m.
(-daḥ) 1. Warmth, heat. 2. Perspiration, sweat. 3. Vapour, steam. E. ṣvid to perspire, &c., aff. ghañ, or causal verb, ac aff.
Sveda (स्वेद).—i. e. svid + a, m. 1. Perspiration, sweat, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 27, 2. 2. Hot moisture, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
Sveda (स्वेद).—[masculine] sweat; [plural] drops of sweat.
1) Sveda (स्वेद):—[from svid] a m. (ifc. f(ā). ) sweating, perspiring, sweat, perspiration ([plural] ‘drops of p°’), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a sudorific, [Caraka; Suśruta]
3) [v.s. ...] warmth, heat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] warm vapour, steam (See [compound])
5) [v.s. ...] mfn. sweating, perspiring, toiling, [Horace H. Wilson]
6) b etc. See [column]1.
Sveda (स्वेद):—(daḥ) 1. m. Warmth, perspiration; steam. a. Warm, perspiring.
Sveda (स्वेद):—(von 1. svid) m.
1) Schweiss [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 33.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 128. 3, 3, 213.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 305.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 238.] [Medinīkoṣa d. 17.] [Hārāvalī 154.] [Ṛgveda 1, 86, 8.] svedaṃ pa.hiṣu juhvati [5, 7, 5. 58, 7. 10, 106, 10.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 2, 10, 4.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 34, 12.] janana [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 47.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 135.] [Mahābhārata 3, 2215. 16748.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 85, 18.] nuda [91, 24.] [Suśruta 1, 48, 9. 13. 49, 11. 116, 10. 118, 4.] nāśa [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 7, 70.] srāva [71.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 1, 7.] gaṇḍa [Meghadūta 27.] aṅguli [Vikramorvaśī 27, 2.] gātra [Spr. (II) 2811. 4880. 7199.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 8. 78, 6. 17. 93, 5. 97, 6.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 370.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 16, 26.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 13, 19.] vapurjalodgamaḥ svedo ratigharmaśramādibhiḥ [Sāhityadarpana 167] [?= PRATĀPAR. 51,a,1. pl.] Schweisstropfen [Ṛgveda 10,134,5.] [Oxforder Handschriften 51,b,26.] am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā) [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.4,1,54.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik.4,17.] sa schwitzend [Mahābhārata 4, 466.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 111, 4.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 343.] —
2) in der Medicin Schweissmittel, Schweisskur. [CARAKA] handelt darüber [1, 14] und zählt dreizehn Arten auf: piṇḍa, nāḍī, prastara, jentāka, aśmaghana, karṣū u.s.w. [SUŚRUTA] begreift dieselben unter vier Arten: tāpa, ūṣma, upanāha, drava Schwitzen durch Hitze, Dampf, warme Umschläge und Warmbad [2, 181, 8. fgg.] : vgl. [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH.3,2,1.] [VĀGBH.] in [Oxforder Handschriften 304,b,22. fgg.] [Suśruta.1,97,20.2,56,20. 366,7.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 958.] [Oxforder Handschriften 357,b,4.] —
3) Gluth, Wärme [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 213.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — Nach [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON] auch adj. schwitzend. Vgl. gharma, puṣpa, śilā .
Sveda (स्वेद) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sea.
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
Sveda (स्वेद) [Also spelled swed]:—(nm) sweat, perspiration; -[kaṇa/biṃdu] a drop of sweat; ~[ja] sweat-born; -[jala] sweat; ~[na] sweating, perspiration.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Svēda (ಸ್ವೇದ):—
1) [noun] that which is secreted from sweat glands; perspiration; sweat.
2) [noun] warmth; heat.
3) [noun] water in the form or vapour; steam.
4) [noun] the act or an instance of perspiring; sweating.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Sveda (स्वेद):—n. 1. sweat; perspiration; 2. heat; warmth; 3. vapor;
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)
Starts with (+7): Svedabindu, Svedacchid, Svedacchida, Svedachid, Svedacushaka, Svedadhikya, Svedaja, Svedajadushita, Svedajala, Svedajalakana, Svedajalakanika, Svedaka, Svedakana, Svedakshaya, Svedalesha, Svedamatri, Svedapaitya, Svedasadhana, Svedasamnodana, Svedashaityari.
Full-text (+99): Svedaja, Svedajala, Prasveda, Antahsveda, Ushmasveda, Pushpasveda, Sasveda, Dadhisveda, Svedacushaka, Samsveda, Upasveda, Nadisveda, Pindasveda, Svedodaka, Gharmasveda, Svedaviprush, Shilasveda, Karshusveda, Asveda, Svedabindu.
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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Management of gradhrasi with ayurveda- a review article < [2024: Volume 13, January issue 1]
Efficacy of Patra Pinda Sveda vs Erandmooladi Basti for Gridhrasi. < [2017: Volume 6, June issue 6]
Patrapinda sveda in the management of sandhivata w.s.r to ankylosing spondylitis < [2018: Volume 7, July issue 13]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XXXII - Description of Sveda (fomentation, calorification, etc.)
Chapter XXXIV - The injudicious use of emetics and purgatives
Chapter XXXIII - Description of purgative and emetic medicines
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
A comparative clinical study on the effect of Mustadi and Devadarvadi Upanaha... < [Vol. 6 No. 5 (2021)]
Upanaha Sveda and its modification - A Critical Review < [Vol. 3 No. 03 (2018)]
Clinical evaluation of Tikta Kshira Basti and Patrapinda Sveda in Cervical... < [Vol. 2 No. 03 (2017)]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Etiopathogenesis and management of amavata- a conceptual study < [2017, Issue VII, July]
A comparative clinical study on the effect of erandataila, valuka sweda and rasonapinda in the treatment of amavata < [2018, Issue V, May]
A conceptual study of srotas and their moolasthāna < [2019, Issue 1, January]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 14 - The Sudation Therapy (sveda) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
Management Of Frozen Shoulder In Diabetes Mellitus Through Valuka Sveda... < [Vol. 4 No. 10: OCT (2021)]
A Book Review on Vastipradeepam < [Vol. 5 No. 10: Oct (2022)]
Keraliya Cikitsa Paddhati - A Complete Guide to Specialized Keralan Ayurveda... < [Vol. 6 No. 12: Dec (2023)]