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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सव्यsavyaa.Left, left-hand; सव्ये प्राचीन- आवीती निवीती कण्ठसज्जने Ms.2.63.

    [Uṇ4.19]

    1. Left, left-hand; सव्ये प्राचीन- आवीती निवीती कण्ठसज्जने Ms.2.63.
    2. Southern.
    3. Contrary, backward, reverse; प्रदक्षिणं च सव्यं च ग्राममध्ये च नाचरेत् Mb.12.278.7.
    4. Right.
    5. Dry, not sprinkled with ghee (अनभिघृत); सव्यशब्दो रूक्षे भाष्यते । सव्या वपा इत्यनभिघृततां दर्शयति ŚB. on MS.4.1.36.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -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

      1. Adjective
      2. left and right.
      3. Wrong and right,-इतर Adjective right; सव्येतरेण स्फुरता तदक्ष्णा R.14.49.

    • -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 ॥).

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  2. अपसव्यapasavyaसव्यक [savyaka], सव्यक a.
    1. सव्यक savyaka, सव्यक Adjective
    2. Not on the left, right; मण्डलान्य- पसव्यानि खगाश्चक्रू रथं प्रति Rām.6.57.34 अपसव्येन हस्तेन Ms. 3.214.
    3. Contrary, opposite यद्येतदपसव्यं ते वचो मम भविष्यति Mb.5.138.27.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -व्यम् Indeclinable To the right, making the sacred thread hang down towards the left part of the body over the right shoulder (Opposite of सव्यम् when it hangs over the left); a position of the thread in Śrāddha or other religious ceremonies at particular times of those ceremonies (the three positions being सव्य, निवीत & अपसव्य); प्राचीनावीतिना सम्यगपसव्यमतन्द्रिणा । पित्र्यमानिधनात्कार्यं विधिवद्दर्भपाणिना ॥ Ms.3.279; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedव्यं कृ to go round one so as to keep the right side towards him; to make the sacred thread hang over the right shoulder.

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  3. अपसव्यवत्apasavyavata.Wearing the sacred thread over the right sholder; आवाहनाग्नौकरणरहितं ह्यपसव्यवत् Y.1.251.

    Wearing the sacred thread over the right sholder; आवाहनाग्नौकरणरहितं ह्यपसव्यवत् Y.1.251.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. सव्यsavya[savyá] a. left: -m, in. (V. also ấ), lc., ˚--, ad. on the left; m. left hand or arm (V., C.); left foot…

    [savyá] adjective left: -m, instrumental (Veda, Vedic also ấ), locative, ˚--, adverb, -ial, -ially on the left; masculine left hand or arm (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); left foot (Sûtra); neuter (scilicet, that is to say, supply yagñopavîta) sa cred thread worn over the left shoulder: -m kri, put the sacred thread over the left shoulder.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सव्यsavyamf(आ)n. (accord. to Un2. iv, 109 fr. √सू; perhaps for स्कव्य cf. Gk., col. 3) left, left hand (अम्, /एन, /आ ए…
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender (according to to Un2. iv, 109 from √सू; perhaps for स्कव्य confer, compare Greek, column 3) left, left hand (अम्, /एन, /आ ए, and in the beginning of a compound, "on the left") fg-veda etc.
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender opposite to left, right, right hand (अम्, एन, and in the beginning of a compound, "on the sight")
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender south, southern (अम् etc., "to the south") Su1ryas. VarBr2S.
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender reverse, contrary, backward Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender the left arm or hand fg-veda Breton Ka1tyS3r. Ya1jn5.
    6. masculine gender the left foot, Ka1tyS3r. Gobh.
    7. masculine gender one of the ten ways in which an eclipse takes place VarBr2S.
    8. masculine gender a fire lighted at a person's death Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender Name of Vishn2u विष्णु Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender (स्/अव्य) Name of a man befriended by the As3vins अश्विन् s fg-veda
    11. masculine gender of an An3girasa अङ्गिरस and author of fg-veda i, 51-57 Anukr.
    12. neuter gender (scilicet यज्ञो*पवीत) the sacred thread worn over the left shoulder (accusative with √कृ, "to put the sacred th thread over the l left sh shoulder") Ka1tyS3r. Scholiast or Commentator ([according to to some for स्कव्य, confer, compare Greek σκαιός Page1191,3; Latin scaevus; according to to according to others for स्यव्य confer, compare Slavonic or Slavonian s8uji7]).
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  2. अपसव्यapasavyamfn. not on the left side, right Mn. iii, 214
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not on the left side, right Mn. iii, 214
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (with auguries) from the right to the left, moving to the left MBh. VarBr2S. etc.
    3. masculine gender (scilicet agni) the sacrificial fire at the birth of a son, Lexicographers
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  3. अपसव्यंकृapasavyaṃkṛ= प्रदक्षिणं कृ, to circumambulate a person keeping the right side towards him, Kaus3. &c.; to put the sacred…

    Equivalent to प्रदक्षिणं कृ, to circumambulate a person keeping the right side towards him, Kaus3. etc.; to put the sacred thread over the right shoulder Ya1jn5. i, 232.

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  4. अपसव्यम्apasavyamind. to the left, from the right to the left Ka1tyS3r. &c.

    indeclinable to the left, from the right to the left Ka1tyS3r. etc.

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  5. अपसव्यवत्apasavyavatmfn. having the sacred thread over the right shoulder Ya1jn5. i, 250.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having the sacred thread over the right shoulder Ya1jn5. i, 250.

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  6. अपसव्येनapasavyenaind. to the left, from the right to the left Ka1tyS3r. &c.

    indeclinable to the left, from the right to the left Ka1tyS3r. etc.

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