Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

svecchā स्वेच्छा – one’s own will; free will

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

one’s own will; free will

Derived from

  1. sva स्व adjective — own; belonging to oneself
  2. icchā इच्छा substantive feminine — wish; will; intention
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

svecchā ·f. one's own wish or will; °-- & instr. = prec.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive feminine

—Svec- chā (sva-ic˚), f. one's own wish or will, own inclina- tion, self-will, wilfulness.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

svecchā svecchā, &c. See p. 1158, col. 1.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

svecchā (sva + i˚) f. eigener Wunsch, — Wille, freier Wille H. 356. VOP. 21,1. Spr. (II) 6826. svecchānusāreṇa RĀJA-TAR. 5,102. svecchādhīna PAÑCAR. 2,8,11. svecchayā nach eigenem Wunsche, — Belieben, nach Herzenslust, aus freiem Antriebe (vgl. svayecchayā M. 9,175. Spr. (II) 4736) Spr. (II) 1078. Spr. (II) 3662. Spr. (II) 3798. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 94,13. KATHĀS. 25,48. KATHĀS. 33,184. KATHĀS. 60,35. MĀRK. P. 123,21. RĀJA-TAR. 2,100. PRAB. 106,16. PAÑCAT. 87,10. fg. HIT. 17,15. HIT. 38,13. HIT. 64,1. HIT. 91,14. HIT. 130,4. SARVADARŚANAS. 76,14. SARVADARŚANAS. 154,14. svecchātas dass. KATHĀS. 69,91. HIT. 69,19. svecchā am Anfange eines comp. in ders. Bed.: ˚dāna Spr. (II) 1335. ˚labhya Spr. (II) 4368. ˚parivartita VARĀH. BṚH. S. 77,14. ˚vihārin KATHĀS. 35,74. ˚cāra KATHĀS. 34,7. ˚cārin KATHĀS. 68,37. Spr. (II) 6947. SARVADARŚANAS. 79,19. ˚nirmita SARVADARŚANAS. 83,12. ˚vṛtti ŚUK. in LA. (III) 33,8. svecchāvatāra BHĀG. P. 4,8,57. BHĀG. P. 8,5,46. svecchāhāravihāraṃ kurvāṇaḥ HIT. 38,8. HIT. 38,21. HIT. 47,12. HIT. 40,18. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 28,a, No. 71.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

svecchā f. eigener Wunsch, — Wille, freier Wille. svecchayā, svecchātas und svecchā˚ nach eigenem Wunsche, — Belieben, nach Herzenslust, aus freiem Antriebe.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

svecchā f. eigener Wunsch, freier Wille- °— u. Instr. = vor.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

svecchā svecchā f. (sva; icchā) libre arbitre, indépendance, fantaisie. svecchāmṛtyu m. Bhīṣma.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

PJH 1 occurrence
PJH 1-2: A Description of Universal or Divine Awareness 1 occurrence

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  • PJH 2 Segment 1

    Attested form: svecchayā Grammar of the segment: instrumental case singular

SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 3.61-3.67: Paricaya und Niṣpatti 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.234-5.252: Tripurā-Mantra 1 occurrence

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