स्वाद्मन्

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *swaHdmā́, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-mō (“sweetness”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬀 (hudəma, “sweetness”), Swedish sötma (“sweetness”), Old Frisian swētma.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɑːd.mɐ́n/, /sʋɑ́ːd.mɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ʋɑːd̪.mɐn̪/

स्वाद्मन् • (svādmán or svā́dman) stem, m or n

1. sweetness
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.187.5:

     तव॒ त्ये पि॑तो॒ दद॑त॒स्तव॑ स्वादिष्ठ॒ ते पि॑तो ।
     प्र स्वा॒द्मानो॒ रसा॑नां तुवि॒ग्रीवा॑ इवेरते ॥

     táva tyé pito dádatastáva svādiṣṭha té pito.
     prá svādmā́no rásānāṃ tuvigrī́vā iverate.

     These gifts of yours, O Food, O Food most sweet to taste,
     The sweetnesses of your juices work like creatures with have strong necks.

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.187.5:

     महि॒ ज्योति॒र्निहि॑तं व॒क्षणा॑स्वा॒मा प॒क्वं च॑रति॒ बिभ्र॑ती॒ गौः ।
     विश्वं॒ स्वाद्म॒ संभृ॑तमु॒स्रिया॑यां॒ यत्सी॒मिन्द्रो॒ अद॑धा॒द्भोज॑नाय ॥

     máhi jyótirníhitaṃ vakṣáṇāsvāmā́ pakváṃ carati bíbhratī gaúḥ.
     víśvaṃ svā́dma sáṃbhṛtamusríyāyāṃ yátsīmíndro ádadhādbhójanāya.

     A mighty splendour rests upon her bosom: bearing ripe milk the unripe Cow, advances.
     All sweetness is collected in the Heifer, sweetness which Indra made for our enjoyment.

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्वाद्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1280.