Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

svana स्वन – noise; sound

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

noise; sound

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

svaná1 ·m. sound, roar, thunder, in l. l. any kind of sound or noise.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

svána2 ·m. roaring water.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Svana, as, m. sound, noise; voice, speech (in Naigh. I. 11. enumerated among the vāṅ-nāmāni).

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

svaná (von 1. svan) m. P. 3,3,62 (parox.) 1〉 Schall, das Brausen NAIGH. 1,11. der Winde ṚV. 1,38,10. ṚV. 1,143,5. ṚV. 5,60,3. ṚV. 9,70,6. des Feuers ṚV. 1,94,11. ṚV. 10,3,5. Regens ṚV. 9,41,3. Wassers ṚV. 50,1. ṚV. 10,75,3. rauschende Wasser (Comm.) VS. 30,16. TBR. 3,4,1,12. des Donnerkeils ṚV. 6,27,4. des Ahi ṚV. 1,52,10. Indraʼs ṚV. 10,27,5. In der späteren Sprache von Lauten aller Art, unangenehmen und lieblichen, vom Rollen und Krachen des Donners, vom Gerassel des Wagens, von den Tönen musikalischer Instrumente, vom Gemurmel einer Menschenmenge, vom Gebrüll der Thiere und vom Gesang und Gezwitscher der Vögel AK. 1,1,6,1. H. 1399. HALĀY. 5,77. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā. nanāda vipulaṃ svanam MBH. 1,6037. harṣaja MBH. 3,3013. MBH. 6,2774. R. 1,5,19. kokilasya R. 64,9. R. 2,39,40. R. 56,2. R. 97,4. R. 1,8. R. 113,24 (R. 2,124,24 GORR.). balavant R. GORR. 1,27,5. jana˚ R. GORR. 2,73,21. R. GORR. 5,83,5. R. GORR. 7,8,10. SUŚR. 1,22,17. SUŚR. 1,107,9. RAGH. 1,39. RAGH. 12,39. RAGH. 19,13. VIKR. 60,12. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 12,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 24,1. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 24,19. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 33,4. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 33,5. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 33,23. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,23. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 47,10. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 56,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 69,24. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 74,18. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 88,21. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 88,31. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 88,47. KATHĀS. 56,391. MĀRK. P. 8,155. BHĀG. P. 2,23,39. BHĀG. P. 6,8,32. mahāsvana m. R. 2,40,29. R. 3,1,25. adj., = MBH. 3,2856. MBH. 9,2663. R. 2,40,19. R. 6,80,32. sa˚ adj. MBH. 1,1183. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 12,8. — 2〉 N. eines best. Agni MBH. 3,14144. — Vgl. duḥ˚, 1. ni˚, bherīsvanamahāsvanā, bahu˚, mahā˚, megha˚, ratha˚, vāta˚, sa˚, su˚, svāna.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. svaná m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 Schall, das Brausen, Rauschen, Toben; in der späteren Sprache von Lauten aller Art, unangenehmen und lieblichen, vom Rollen und Krachen des Donners, vom Gerassel des Wagens, von den Tönen musikalischer Instrumente, vom Gemurmel einer Menschenmenge, vom Gebrüll der Thiere, vom Gesang und Gezwitscher der Vögel. — 2〉 ein best. Agni.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. svána m. rauschende Wasser VS. 30,16. TBR. 3,4,1,12.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

svanaḥ [svan-ap] Sound, noise; śivāghorasvanāṃ paścād bubudhe vikṛteti tāṃ R. 12, R. 39; śaṃkhasvanaḥ &c. Comp. — utsāhaḥ a rhinoceros.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

svaná m. Schall, Ton, Geräusch, Gebrause, Gebrumme, Geheul, Gesang.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · French · substantive masculine

svana svana m. son, bruit. svanayāmi (c. de svan) faire résonner, faire retentir. Résonner. svani m. son, bruit. svanita pp. de svan. — S. n. son, bruit, retentissement.

Original text · French · Word type unspecified

adbhutaśvana ou svana, surnom de śivarudra.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

GoS 2 occurrences
GoS 34–41: Sun, Sound and Cooling 1 occurrence

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GoS 42–49: Breath as Bellows 1 occurrence

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 2.51-2.53: Ujjāyī 1 occurrence

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