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स्वपू

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From स्व (sva, self) +‎ पू (, purifying) ?

Pronunciation

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Noun

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स्व॒पू (svapū́) stemf (hapax legomenon)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. broom
    2. blast
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.56.3:
        अ॒भि स्व॒पूभि॑र्मि॒थो व॑पन्त॒ वात॑स्वनसः श्ये॒ना अ॑स्पृध्रन् ॥
        abhí svapū́bhirmithó vapanta vā́tasvanasaḥ śyenā́ aspṛdhran.
        • 1896 translation by Ralph T.H. Griffith
          They strew each other with their blasts, these Hawks: they strove together, roaring like the wind.

Declension

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Feminine ū-stem declension of स्व॒पू
singular dual plural
nominative स्व॒पूः (svapū́ḥ) स्व॒पुवौ॑ (svapúvau)
स्व॒पुवा॑¹ (svapúvā¹)
स्व॒पुवः॑ (svapúvaḥ)
accusative स्व॒पुव॑म् (svapúvam) स्व॒पुवौ॑ (svapúvau)
स्व॒पुवा॑¹ (svapúvā¹)
स्व॒पुवः॑ (svapúvaḥ)
instrumental स्व॒पुवा॑ (svapúvā) स्व॒पूभ्या॑म् (svapū́bhyām) स्व॒पूभिः॑ (svapū́bhiḥ)
dative स्व॒पुवे॑ (svapúve)
स्व॒पुवै॑² (svapúvai²)
स्व॒पूभ्या॑म् (svapū́bhyām) स्व॒पूभ्यः॑ (svapū́bhyaḥ)
ablative स्व॒पुवः॑ (svapúvaḥ)
स्व॒पुवाः॑² (svapúvāḥ²)
स्व॒पूभ्या॑म् (svapū́bhyām) स्व॒पूभ्यः॑ (svapū́bhyaḥ)
genitive स्व॒पुवः॑ (svapúvaḥ)
स्व॒पुवाः॑² (svapúvāḥ²)
स्व॒पुवोः॑ (svapúvoḥ) स्व॒पुवा॑म् (svapúvām)
स्व॒पूना॑म् (svapū́nām)
locative स्व॒पुवि॑ (svapúvi)
स्व॒पुवा॑म्² (svapúvām²)
स्व॒पुवोः॑ (svapúvoḥ) स्व॒पूषु॑ (svapū́ṣu)
vocative स्वपूः॑ (svápūḥ) स्वपु॑वौ (svápuvau)
स्वपु॑वा¹ (svápuvā¹)
स्वपु॑वः (svápuvaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit

References

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  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 791
  • Monier Williams (1899), “स्वपू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1281, column 1.