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Entry सव्य

सव्यsavyaleft and right.
1. left and right.
2. Wrong and right,-इतर Adjective right; सव्येतरेण स्फुरता तदक्ष्णा R.14.49.
Derived forms and compounds
- -जानु Neuter a mode of fighting (by using the left knee).
- -बाहु Neuter a mode of fighting with the left arm.
- -साचिन् Masculine an epithet of Arjuna; निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन् Bg.11. 33.; (the name is thus derived in Mb.: उभौ मे दक्षिणौ पाणी गाण्डीवस्य विकर्षणे । तेन देवमनुष्येषु सव्यसाचीति मां विदुः ॥).
- सव्य savya, Adjective
  
  Uṇ4.19
  
  Left, left-hand; सव्ये प्राचीन- आवीती निवीती कण्ठसज्जने Ms.2.63.
  
  Southern.
  
  Contrary, backward, reverse; प्रदक्षिणं च सव्यं च ग्राममध्ये च नाचरेत् Mb.12.278.7.
  
  Right.
  
  Dry, not sprinkled with ghee (अनभिघृत); सव्यशब्दो रूक्षे भाष्यते । सव्या वपा इत्यनभिघृततां दर्शयति ŚB. on MS.4.1.36.
- -व्यः An epithet of Viṣṇu.
- -व्यम् Indeclinable The usual position of the sacred thread when it hangs down over the left shoulder; Compare अपसव्य.
- -अपसव्य Adjective
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