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Results for स्वभाव

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

स्वभावsvabhāva[sva-bhâva] m. own manner of being, innate disposition, nature (opp. acquired qualities): in., ab., ˚--, -tas…
[sva-bhâva] masculine own manner of being, innate disposition, nature (opposite acquired qualities): instrumental, ablative, ˚--, -tas, by nature, natur ally; by oneself, spontaneously: -krita, perfect passive participle done by nature, natural; -kripana, masculine (nig gardly by nature), noun of a Brâhman; -ga, adjective produced by nature, congenital, natural, to (--˚); -ganita, perfect passive participle the same; -dvesha, masculine natural hatred; -bhâva, masculine natural disposition; -sid dha, perfect passive participle established by nature, natural, in nate; self-evident, obvious; - ͜ ukta, perfect passive participle spon taneously stated; - ͜ ukti, feminine; also equal for statement of the exact nature, vivid description (rhetorical term).
In the Gita5·14 8·3

न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः ।

na kartṛtvaṁ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ, — The Lord neither creates the works of the world nor the state of the doer nor to joining of the works to the fruit; nature works out these things. 5·14
- स्व-भावःsva-bhāvaḥnominative singular of the masculine compound noun sva-bhāva (one's own nature of being).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

स्वभावsvabhāvam. (ifc. f(आ).) native place Vishn2.
1. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) native place Vishn2.
2. masculine gender own condition or state of being, natural state or constitution, innate or inherent disposition, nature, impulse, spontaneity
3. masculine gender (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedवात् or that the rest of a word is to be suppliedवेन or that the rest of a word is to be suppliedव-तस् or in the beginning of a compound), (from natural disposition, by nature, naturally, by o one's self, spontaneously) S3vetUp. Mn. MBh. etc.
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अस्वभावasvabhāvam. unnatural or unusual character or temperament
1. masculine gender unnatural or unusual character or temperament
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective of a different nature Lexicographers
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कुटिलस्वभावkuṭilasvabhāvamfn. id.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective the same

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कोमलस्वभावkomalasvabhāvamfn. tender-natured.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective tender-natured.

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चलस्वभावcalasvabhāvamf(आ)n. = -प्रकृति MBh. xiii, 2225. 1.

mf(आ)neuter gender Equivalent to -प्रकृति MBh. xiii, 2225. 1.

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जातिस्वभावjātisvabhāvam. specific or generic character or nature,

masculine gender specific or generic character or nature,

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द्विस्वभावdvisvabhāvamfn. having a double nature or character MW.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a double nature or character MW.

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निःस्वभावniḥsvabhāvam. want of property, poverty, S3a1ntis3.
1. masculine gender want of property, poverty, S3a1ntis3.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "unpropertied", void of peculiarities Sarvad.
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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अस्वभावasvabhāvaa.Of a different nature.
Of a different nature.
Derived forms and compounds
- -वः Different or unnatural character.
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