स्वपस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsuHápas (“doing good work; artistic, well created”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-h₃ép-os, from *h₁su- (“good”) + *h₃ep- (“work”). Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬞𐬀𐬵 (huuāpah, “doing good work”), Persian خوب (xub, “good, well, nice”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐ́.pɐs/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ʋɐ.pɐs̪/

Adjective

स्वपस् • (svápas)

1. doing good work
2. well made, skillfully done
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.61.6:

     अस्मा इदु त्वष्टा तक्षद्वज्रं स्वपस्तमं स्वर्यं रणाय।
     वृत्रस्य चिद्विदद्येन मर्म तुजन्नीशानस्तुजता कियेधाः॥

     asmā idu tvaṣṭā takṣadvajraṃ svapastamaṃ svaryaṃ raṇāya.
     vṛtrasya cidvidadyena marma tujannīśānastujatā kiyedhāḥ.

     Even for him hath Tvaṣṭar forged the thunder, most deftly wrought, celestial, for the battle,
     Wherewith he reached the vital parts of Vṛtra, striking-the vast, the mighty with the striker.

3. skilful, artistic