Shveta, Śvetā, Sveta, Śveta: 43 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śvetā and Śveta can be transliterated into English as Sveta or Shveta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Swet.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚveta (श्वेत):—(von 1. śvit)
1) adj. f. ā [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1,] [?39; nach Vopadeva’s Grammatik 4, 27] fälschlich auch śvenī, eine Verwechselung mit śyeta). weiss, licht [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 22.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1392.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 204.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 67. fg.] [Halāyudha 4, 47.] [Ross] [Ṛgveda 1, 116, 6. 119, 10. 7, 77, 3. 8, 41, 9. 10.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 6, 35.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 6, 3, 9.] [Bhagavadgītā 1, 14.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 12, 11.] [Halāyudha 2, 282.] u.ṣaṇaḥ [Vālakhilya 7, 2.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 17, 15. 20, 128, 6.] Kuh [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 1, 8, 1. 4.] śve.āyai śve.avatsāyai du.dhe [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 7, 3, 7.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 120.] govṛṣa [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 12, 11.] vṛṣabha [Mahābhārata 2, 415.] aśvatarī (vgl. śvetā aśvatarāḥ [Weber’s Indische Studien 3,
258) 1, 8008.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 16, 41.] daśana [3, 36, 7.] drapsa [Ṛgveda 7, 87, 6.] (agniḥ) ci.ro yadabhrāṭ chve.o na vi.ṣu [1, 66, 6. 3, 1, 4. 5, 1, 4. 8, 40, 8.] kalaśa des Soma [4, 27, 5. 9, 74, 7. 7, 90, 3. 91, 3. 8, 26, 19. 10, 20, 9.] lakṣman [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1, 23, 4.] parvatāḥ Schneeberge [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 6, 8, 9.] carman [Kāṭhaka-Recension 34, 5.] pipīlikā [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 116.] — [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 17, 8.] mālyāni [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 25, 26.] śilāḥ [4, 9, 44.] śvetaṃ padaṃ śiroruhāṇām [Spr. (II) 6599. 2104.] [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 83.] [Suśruta 1, 23, 3.] surā [189, 6. 2, 440, 5.] śatapadī [290, 3. 297, 7.] sarṣapa [Ratnamālā 113.] śvetotpala [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 21, 10.] yūkā [Pañcatantra 60, 24.] taṇḍulapiṣṭa [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 272.] śoṇita [Harivaṃśa 8445.] kamaṇḍalu [Mahābhārata 1, 1149.] kuṇḍalabhūṣaṇa [Harivaṃśa 2437. 13065. fg. 13070.] śvetātapatra [Spr. (II) 6495.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 4, 5.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 3, 21. 25. 5, 53. 34, 23. 38, 3.] anatiśveta, anatikṛṣṇa [LĀṬY. 1, 1, 7.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 51.] triḥśvetā śalalī [GOBH. 2, 7, 8.] —
2) m. a) Schimmel (Ross) [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 5, 4, 22.] — b) Otterköpfchen [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 172.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] Muschel überh. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) = jīvaka [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] Kümmel (dies wäre jīraka) [WILSON] nach derselben Aut. — d) eine weisse Wolke [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — e) der Planet Venus ebend. — f) ein best. Komet (vgl. ketu) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 11, 39. fg. 97, 3.] — g) Nomen proprium α) eines Schlangendämons [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 14.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 4, 18.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2, 3, 3.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 149.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 24, 31.] eines Wesens im Gefolge des Skanda [Mahābhārata 9, 2566.] eines Daitya, eines Sohnes des Vipracitti, [Harivaṃśa 2437. 2651.] eines Muni [Mahābhārata 1, 962.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 334. fgg.] einer Incarnation Śiva’s [Oxforder Handschriften 52,a,14. 53,b,4.] eines Schülers dieses Śveta [52,a,15.] eines Rājarṣi [Mahābhārata 1, 226] [?(eig. 231). 12, 5743. 13, 5668. 7130. 7681. Oxforder Handschriften 59], a, [20.] eines Sohnes des Fürsten Sudeva [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 78, 4.] eines Heerführers [Mahābhārata 6, 1868. 1870.] śvetopākhyāna [Mahābhārata 1, 333] (viśvopākhyāna ed. Bomb.). [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 4, 140.] eines Sohnes des Vapuṣmant [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 53, 27.] eines Lehrers [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 222. fg. 364.] — β) pl. eines Volkes [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 16, 38.] — γ) eines Weltelephanten [Mahābhārata 1, 2630.] — δ) eines Berges (vgl. parvata, śaila, śvetādri) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata.3,10820. 11527. 14429.6,198.9,3349. 13,7657. 14,1174.] [Rāmāyaṇa.5,11,7.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 54,9.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 167.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.5,16,8.] [Oxforder Handschriften 48,a,40.] — ε) eines Dvīpa (vgl. dvīpa) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 12, 12703.] [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 37, 5, 22.] = śvetadvīpa bei Kāśī [Oxforder Handschriften 57], a, [Nalopākhyāna 4.] —
3) f. ā a) Otterköpfchen [Medinīkoṣa] — b) Bez. verschiedener Pflanzen: = kāṣṭhapāṭalī (pāṭalā) und śaṅkhinī [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Boerhavia procumbens Roxb. [Ratnamālā 25.] Birke 94. Achyranthes atropurpurea Lam. 160. = aparājitā, śvetabṛhatī, śvetakaṇṭakārī, pāṣāṇabhedī, śilāvalkalā, śvetadūrvā, chūrikāpattrī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma -] [Suśruta 1, 144, 13. 2, 114, 8. 130, 21. 285, 7.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 44, 10] (= girikarṇikā Comm.). — c) Bez. verschiedener weisser Stoffe: Zucker, = vaṃśarocanā und sphaṭī (von [WILSON] hier durch Krystall wiedergegeben) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) mystische Bez. des Buchstabens sa [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 317. 319.] — e) Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 6240.] der Mutter des Weltelephanten Śveta (Śaṅkha [Rāmāyaṇa]) [Mahābhārata 1, 2625. 2630.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 20, 22.] einer Fürstin [Rājataraṅgiṇī 8, 375.] —
4) n. a) das Weisse im Auge [Suśruta 2, 303, 13.] — b) das Weisswerden der Haare [Chāndogyopaniṣad 8, 14.] — c) Silber [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 97. 3, 4, 14, 82.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 9, 32.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1043.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 5, 5.] — d) Buttermilch und Wasser zu gleichen Theilen gemischt [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 409.] — Vgl. mahā, śvaitya .
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Ends with: Amdashveta, Anatishveta, Anyangashveta, Aryashveta, Kshudrashveta, Mahashveta, Prishthashveta, Sadrishashveta, Sarvashveta, Shankhashveta, Shilashveta, Shitishveta, Surashveta, Sushveta, Trihshveta, Uttarashveta, Vyaghrashveta.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.97 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Verse 2.73-74 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Verse 2.108 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.13.17 < [Chapter 13 - The Liberation of Pūtanā]
Verse 2.22.28 < [Chapter 22 - The Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verse 4.8.43 < [Chapter 8 - In the Story of the Yajña-sītās, the Glories of Ekādaśī]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 11 - Glory of Sadyojāta < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 30 - The Story of Sage Śveta < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
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Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
2.17. Rudra as Śitikaṇṭha < [Chapter 6a - The Epithets of Rudra-Śiva]
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Lord Hayagriva in Sanskrit Literature (by Anindita Adhikari)
Central Myth (6): Slaying of the demons Madhu-Kaiṭabha < [Chapter 3]
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