स्वप्नया

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• स्व॒प्न्यया॑ (svapnyáyā) — Śatapatha-Brāhmaṇa

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্বপ্নয়া (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬯᬧ᭄ᬦᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• স্বপ্নয়া (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰢𑰿𑰡𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀧𑁆𑀦𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သွပ္နယာ (Burmese script)
• સ્વપ્નયા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਵਪ੍ਨਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑍍𑌨𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦮꦥ꧀ꦤꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂣𑂹𑂢𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ವಪ್ನಯಾ (Kannada script)
• ស្វប្នយា (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ວປ຺ນຍາ (Lao script)
• സ്വപ്നയാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠣᠸᠠᢒᠨᠠᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘢𑘿𑘡𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢦᢒᠨᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑧂𑧠𑧁𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐥𑑂𑐣𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ଵପ୍ନଯା (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢮꢦ꣄ꢥꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆥𑇀𑆤𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖢𑖿𑖡𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්වප‍්නයා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩰 𑪙𑩯𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚞𑚶𑚝𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸ்வப்நயா (Tamil script)
• స్వప్నయా (Telugu script)
• สฺวปฺนยา (Thai script)
• སྭ་པྣ་ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒣𑓂𑒢𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨞𑩇𑨝𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From स्वप्न॑ (svápna, “sleep; dream”) +‎ -या (yā́).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐp.nɐ.jɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐp.n̪ɐ.jɑː/

Adverb

स्व॒प्न॒या • (svapnayā́) (Vedic)

1. in dream
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “स्वप्नया”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1280, column 3.
• Wackernagel, Jakob (1896-1964), Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)‎^[1] (in German), Vol. III: Nominalflexion – Zahlwort – Pronomen, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1930, page 76
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “svapnayā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.