स्वामी svāmī

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

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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

Owner, proprietor, master, lord, king.
Title of the supreme being.
Head of a religious order.
Title given to a renowned sage or devotee.
Husband, lover.

Usual translation

  1. Swami

Origin of the definition

स्वामी svāmī swa:mī: (nm) master, lord; proprietor, owner; husband; a title used with the name of saints and ascetics (as स्वामी दयानंद); ~मिभक्त loyal, faithful; ~मि-भक्ति loyalty, faithfulness.

स्वामी svāmī [S.], m. 1. owner, proprietor. 2. master, lord; king. 3. title of the supreme being (esp. as Viṣṇu or Śiva). 4. head of a religious order. 5. title given to a renowned sage or devotee (as ~ Śaṅkarācārya, ~ Nanddās). 6. husband; lover. — स्वामी-द्रोह, m. Pl. hostility to one's master. treachery. ˚ई, m. a traitor.

S سوامی स्वामी svāmī, adj. & s.m. (f. -inī), Possessing proprietary rights, owning; — proprietor, owner; master, lord; sovereign, king, monarch; a lover, a husband; a spiritual preceptor; head of a religious order; name of the ḍanḍī faqīrs or mendicants; epithet of the Supreme Being; of Vishṇu; of Śiva; of Kārttikeya; of Garuḍa; — (in direct address) your worship, your reverence (cf. sāʼīṅ): — svāmi-bhakt, adj. Attached to one's own protector or husband: — svāmi-dharm, s.m. The duties specially incumbent on a master or a sovereign: — svāmī-droh, s.m. The injuring one's master or sovereign, treachery, perfidy: — svāmī-drohī, s.m. A perfidious person, a traitor: — svāmi-kārttik, s.m. An epithet of Kārttikeya: — be śvāmī, adj. & s.m.f. Having no master or protector; one who has no master or protector; a woman who has lost her husband, a widow.

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Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

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Mamma

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Tuesday 23 February 2021
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