स्वाहा svāhā

स्वाहा svāhā swa:ha: (ind) a word uttered while offering oblation to sacrificial fire; burnt; —करना to ruin/destory, to burn to ashes, —होना to be burnt to ashes, to be ruined/destroyed.

S سواها स्वाहा svāhā, vulg. suʼāhā, An exclamation used on making an offering to a deity; — s.f. The personification of an offering or oblation as the wife of Agni (who presides over burnt-offerings): — suʼāhā karnā, v.t. To make a burnt-offering of; to give to the fire, to burn, to turn to ashes; to consume, to swallow or devour greedily or excessively; to make away with, to embezzle.