Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

savya सव्य – left; left-hand

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

left; left-hand

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

savyá ·a. left (not right); °--, savyam, sa°vyéna, sa°vyā́ & sa°vye adv. from or on the left. m. the left arm, hand, or foot; n. the sacred thread (worn over the left shoulder).

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

savya savya, as, ā, am (according to Uṇā- di-s. IV. 109. fr. rt. sū; perhaps for an original skavya), left, left hand; south, southern; reverse, contrary, backward; (as), m., N. of an Āṅgirasa (author of the hymns Ṛg-veda 1. 51-57); an epi- thet of Viṣṇu; [cf. Gr. σκαιό-ςμ σκαιό-τη-ς, σκαιο- σύνη (probably also σκαῦρο-ς); Lat. scœvu-s, scœ- vitas, scœvola (perhaps also scauru-s, sinister); Slav. sui.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

1. savyá UṆĀDIS. 4,109. 1〉 adj. a〉 link AK. 3,2,34. H. 1466. H. an. 2,385. fg. MED. y. 60. HALĀY. 4,71. hasta ṚV. 8,24,5. Ross ṚV. 1,82,5. ṚV. 8,4,8. AV. 7,26,8. AV. 7,50,8. pārśva AV. 12,1,34. akṣi AV. 15,8,2,3. ŚAT. BR. 2,4,2,2. ŚAT. BR. 2,6,2,12. ŚAT. BR. 3,8,3,27. pāṇi ŚAT. BR. 1,1,3,7. ŚAT. BR. 14,1,2,8. nāsikā ŚAT. BR. 11,2,6,4. TS. 5,3,3,4. TS. 5,3,3,5. AIT. BR. 3,26. KAUŚ. 18. KAUŚ. 26. KAUŚ. 42. ĀŚV. ŚR. 1,11,8. GOBH. 2,2,16. KAUṢ. UP. 2,11. KAUṢ. UP. 2,15. M. 2,63. M. 2,72. R. 3,52,9. R. 3,66,4. R. 3,75,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 51,41 (unächt). BHĀG. P. 3,19,9. BHĀG. P. 4,6,38. BHĀG. P. 5,23,5. savyadakṣiṇayoryatra viśeṣo nopalabhyate Spr. (II) 6961. ˚daśāphala Verz. d. Cambr. H. 73. ˚jānuvijānu (die ältere Ausg. savyaṃ jā˚) eine best. Art zu kämpfen HARIV. 15978. ˚bāhu desgl. 15979 (nach der Lesart der neueren Ausg.). — b〉 widrig H. an. MED. — c〉 recht (Gegens. von link) H. an. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 58,39. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 66,2. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 89,1. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 93,9. Vgl. KERNʼs Uebersetzung VARĀH. BṚH. S. 17, N. 2. — 2〉 adverbial gebrauchte Casus des adj. a〉 savyam α〉 links: parikrāmati KAUŚ. 29. savyaṃ dakṣiṇameva ca (savyada˚ ed. Bomb.) R. 2,92,13. (mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) taṃ savyaṃ cakruḥ R. 3,64,15. BHĀG. P. 1,14,13. lekhanaṃ savyadakṣiṇam AV. PARIŚ._in_Ind. St. 10,318. — β〉 rechts SŪRYAS. 12,55. GOL. TRIPR. 9. ĀRYABH. 4,16. savyāpasavyam GOL. BHUVANAK. 51. — b〉 savyena α〉 links ŚAT. BR. 11,4,2,3. KĀTY. ŚR. 3,7,18. KĀTY. ŚR. 4,1,10. BHĀG. P. 5,21,8. — β〉 rechts (südwärts) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 24,10. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 95,10. — c〉 savyā links: na dàkṣi̱ṇā vi cìkite̱ na sa̱vyā ṚV. 2,27,11; vgl. savyāpraṣṭi fg. — d〉 savye dass. Spr. (II) 4149. a˚ rechts ebend. — e〉 am Anf. eines comp. ohne Flexionszeichen. α〉 links: savyāyataṃ kṛtvā veṣaṃ viparivartya ca MBH. 4,809. — β〉 rechts: vāmasavyaruta VARĀH. BṚH. S. 86,72. — 2〉 m. a〉 der linke Arm, die linke Hand: sa̱vyenà yamati̱ vrādhàtaḥ ṚV. 1,100,9. ṚV. 5,36,4. ṚV. 8,70,6. TBR. 1,7,10,1. ŚAT. BR. 11,4,2,1. KĀTY. ŚR. 2,3,34. KĀTY. ŚR. 5,5,19. YĀJÑ. 1,283. — b〉 der linke Fuss KĀTY. ŚR. 3,1,18. KĀTY. ŚR. 19,4,10. KAUŚ. 90. GOBH. 2,2,11. fg. — c〉 ein N. Viṣṇuʼs ŚABDAM._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 n. (sc. yajñopavīta) die über der linken Schulter getragene heilige Schnur: savyaṃ kṛtvā die heilige Schnur über die linke Schulter legend Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 258,10. KĀTY. ŚR. 262,11. kṛta˚ so v. a. yajñopavītin KĀTY. ŚR. 513,17. KĀTY. ŚR. 524,17. — 4〉 Bez. einer der zehn Weisen, auf welche eine Eklipse erfolgen kann (die rechte Seite), VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,43. ˚gate tamasi 44. — Vgl. apa˚, pra˚, prati˚, suṣavya.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. sávya m. N. pr. eines Schützlings des Indra ṚV. 10,49,5. ein Āṅgirasa und Liedverfasser von ṚV. 1,51—ṚV. 1,57 ṚV. ANUKR.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

1. savyá — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 link. savyam mavyéna. savyā́ savye und savya˚ links. — b〉 recht (Gegens. von link). savyam savyena (auch südlich) und savya˚ rechts. — c〉 widrig. — d〉 = rūkṣa JAIM. 4,1,37. Comm. zu 36, v. l. śaṃmya — 2〉 m. — a〉 der linke Arm, die linke Hand. — b〉 der linke Fuss. — c〉 Bez. einer der zehn Weisen, auf welche eine Eklipse erfolgen kann. — d〉 Bein. Viṣṇuʼs. — 3〉 n. die über die linken Schulter getragene heilige Schnur. Acc. mit kar die heilige Schnur über die linke Schulter legen.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. sávya m. N. pr. eines Schützlings des Indra und eines Liedverfassers.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

savya a. [Uṇ. 4. 109] 1 Left, left-hand. 2 Southern. 3 Contrary, backward, reverse, 4 Right. — vyaḥ An epithet of Viṣṇu. — vyaṃ ind. The usual position of the sacred thread when it hangs down over the left shoulder; cf. apasavya. Comp. — itara a. right. — sācin m. an epithet of Arjuna; nimittamātraṃ bhava savyasācin Bg. 11. 33; (the name is thus derived in Mb.: — ubhau me dakṣiṇau pāṇī gāṃḍīvasya vikarṣaṇe . tena devamanuṣyeṣu savyasācīti māṃ viduḥ ..).

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive neuter

1. savyá n. Opfergabe, Spende.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

savyá link. savya (˚—), savyam, savyéna, savyā́ u. savye adv. links. m. der linke Arm, die l. Hand o. der l. Fuß. n. die heilige Schnur (über der linken Schulter getragen).

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

savya savya a. gauche; situé à gauche; situé au nord, septentrional [les Aryas se tournant vers le Soleil levant]. Contraire, [Page701-2] inverse. Gr. σϰαιός; lat. scævus. — S. m. Viṣṇu. savyasācin a. (sac) surn. d'Arjuna (ambidextre). savyetara a. (itara) droit, situé à droite. savyeṣṭha m. (sṭhā) cocher [qui se tient sur la gauche du char]. savyeṣṭhṛ m. mms.

Derived words

  • apasavya अपसव्य adjective right; counter-moving

Occurrences in source texts (14)

HP 9 occurrences
HP 1.17-1.32: Āsana 2 occurrences

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HP 1.33-1.43: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 1.50–54: Siṃhāsana and Bhadrāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 2.34-2.36: Naulī and Kapālabhātī 1 occurrence

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HP 2.48-2.50: Sūryabhedana 1 occurrence

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HP 3.19-3.25: Mahābandha 2 occurrences

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HP 4.11*5-4.11*14: Khecarī in Space 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 3.11-3.16: Guru und Śraddhā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.26-4.30: Mahāmudrā-Praxis 2 occurrences

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Occurrences through derived words

SS 2 occurrences
SS 3.43–3.45: Prāṇa and Returning Within 2 occurrences

Direct occurrences

  • SS 3.44 Segment 7

    Attested form: savya Grammar of the segment: dvandva-compound

Occurrences through derived words

  • SS 3.44 Segment 8

    Through: apasavya Attested form: apasavya Grammar of the segment: dvandva-compound

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