स्वभावज

From स्वभाव (svabhāva, “nature”) +‎ -ज (-ja, “born”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐ.bʱɑː.ʋɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐˈbʱɑː.ʋɐ.d͡ʑɐ/

स्वभावज • (svabhāvaja) stem

1. innate, natural, inborn

   Synonyms: स्वाभाविक (svābhāvika), प्राकृतिक (prākṛtika), प्रकृतिज (prakṛtija)

   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 18.42:

     शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च ।
     ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥

     śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirārjavameva ca.
     jñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam.

     Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, patience, honesty, knowledge, wisdom and religiousness are the natural deeds of a Brāhmaṇa.

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्वभावज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1276.