सुवास suvāsa
boy 3 syllables SLP1 suvAsa

As a deity name

Name 624 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees

Name 720 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu

As a Hindi name

सुवास · noun · masculine

सुगंध । अच्छी महक । खुशबू · उत्तम निवास । सुंदर घर · शिव जी का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara

सुवास · adj

[वि॰ स्त्री॰ सुवासा] सुंदर वस्त्रों से युक्त — Śabdasāgara

सुवास · su-vās · s.m.

A pleasant dwelling; a reputable residence — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 691

Cited formation "सुवास" is सुव + -आस: सुव means "आत्मज । पुत्र । बेटा । लड़का", and the suffix -आस forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara

Cited formation "सुवास" is सु- + वास: वास means "dwelling, residence, habitation, habitat", and the prefix सु- forms good, easily. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(18) — cited from the extracted rule table

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

an agreeable perfume

Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)

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Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · सुवास

1. su—vāsa m. (√ 5. vas) a beautiful dwelling, MW.

Monier-Williams (1899) · सुवास

2. su—vāsa m. (√ 2. vās) an agreeable perfume, W.

Monier-Williams (1899) · सुवास

3. su—vāsa m. (√ 4. vas) ‘well clad’, N. of Śiva, MBh.

Monier-Williams (1899) · सुवास

a kind of metre, Col.

Wilson (1832) · सुवास

suvāsa m. (-saḥ) 1 A pleasant or reputable dwelling. 2 An agreeable perfume. E. su good, and vāsa abode, &c.

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