स्वामिन्

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *s(u)w-o- (one's own), from *swé (self).

Pronunciation

Noun

स्वामिन् (svāmín) stemm

  1. an owner, proprietor, master, lord or owner of (genitive, locative, or comp.) (Mn. MBh. &c)
  2. a chief, commander (of an army) (Vikr. Subh.)
  3. a husband, lover (dual "husband and wife") (Āpast. Mn. MBh. &c)
  4. a king, prince (in drama used as a form of address, same as देव (deva))
  5. a spiritual, preceptor, learned Brahman or Pandit (used as a title)
  6. the image or temple of a god (often ifc. » श्रीदर (śrīdara), विष्णु-सेव् (viṣṇu-sev) &c.)
  7. a name (Yājñ. L. Cat.)
    1. name of स्कन्द (skanda)
    2. name of विष्णु (viṣṇu)
    3. name of शिव (śiva)
    4. name of गरुड (garuḍa)
    5. name of the मुनि वात्स्यायन (muni vātsyāyana)
    6. name of the 11th अर्हत् (arhat) of the past उत्सर्पिणी (utsarpiṇī)
    7. name of various authors

Declension

Masculine in-stem declension of स्वामिन् (svāmin)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative स्वामी
svāmī
स्वामिनौ / स्वामिना¹
svāminau / svāminā¹
स्वामिनः
svāminaḥ
Vocative स्वामिन्
svāmin
स्वामिनौ / स्वामिना¹
svāminau / svāminā¹
स्वामिनः
svāminaḥ
Accusative स्वामिनम्
svāminam
स्वामिनौ / स्वामिना¹
svāminau / svāminā¹
स्वामिनः
svāminaḥ
Instrumental स्वामिना
svāminā
स्वामिभ्याम्
svāmibhyām
स्वामिभिः
svāmibhiḥ
Dative स्वामिने
svāmine
स्वामिभ्याम्
svāmibhyām
स्वामिभ्यः
svāmibhyaḥ
Ablative स्वामिनः
svāminaḥ
स्वामिभ्याम्
svāmibhyām
स्वामिभ्यः
svāmibhyaḥ
Genitive स्वामिनः
svāminaḥ
स्वामिनोः
svāminoḥ
स्वामिनाम्
svāminām
Locative स्वामिनि
svāmini
स्वामिनोः
svāminoḥ
स्वामिषु
svāmiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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