As a deity name
Name 810 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 318 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 735 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 203 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
स्वधा · ind
एक शब्द या मंत्र जिसका उच्चारण देवताओं या पितरों को हवि देने के समय किया जाता है — Śabdasāgara
स्वधा · noun · feminine
पितरों को दिया जानेवाला अन्न या भोजन । पितृ अन्न · दक्ष की एक कन्या जो पितरों की पत्नी कही गई है · अपनी प्रकृति या स्वभाव । अपनी इच्छा या रुचि (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘own portion or share’, the sacrificial offering due to each god, (esp.) the food or libation, or refreshing drink (cf. 2. su-dhā) offered to the Pitṛs or spirits of deceased ances…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "svadhā" is the nominative of "svadhāman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
sva—dhā , see p. 1278, col. 1, and s.v.
sva-dhā f. (for svadhā See p. 1280) self-position, self-power, inherent power (accord. to some, N. of Nature or the material Universe; sva-dhayā ‘by self-power’), RV.
own state or condition or nature, habitual state, custom, rule, law, RV.
ease, comfort, pleasure (anu svadhām, svadhām anu or svadhā anu, svadhayā, or svadhābhiḥ, ‘according to one's habit or pleasure, spontaneously, willingly, easily, freely, undisturbedly, wantonly, sportively’), RV.; AV.; VS.; TBr.
own place, home (svadhe du. ‘the two places or homes’, heaven and earth, Naigh. iii, 30), ib.
sva—dhāman m. N. of a son of Satya-sahas and Sūnṛtā, BhP.
pl. N. of a class of gods under the 3rd Manu, Pur.
Alternative readings
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