स्व-पुरुषार्थ sva-puruṣhārth

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Spiritual effort directed towards oneself (service to oneself).

Usual translation

  1. efforts of oneself

Origin of the definition

पुरुषार्थ puruṣhārth (sanskrit)

Human effort or exertion; valour; industry.
An object of human pursuit.
(Hinduism) The four basic aims of human existence (viz. dharm discharge of duty; arth acquirement of wealth; kām gratification of desire; mokṣha final emancipation).
(Bābā) The effort made by the soul to attain perfection.
(Bābā) Spiritual effort. The effort made for the sake (arth) of development of the soul (puruṣh). This effort includes the steps we take for attaining the perfect state of our original and eternal self.

स्व sva (sanskrit)

Self.
One's own, proper (to one), personal.
Innate, natural.
Self-, auto-

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

7 occurrences

In 7 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

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Created
Sunday 13 April 2025
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Sunday 13 April 2025