sva—rūpā (ā), f. N. of a place, MW.

sva—rūpa n. (ifc. f(ā). ) o˚'s own form or shape, the f˚ or sh˚ of (gen. or comp.; with or without śabdasya or śabda-sva-r˚, ‘a word itself or in its own form’ [opp. to its synonyms or varieties]; with nāmnām = ‘names themselves’), MBh.; Pañcat.; BhP. &c.

own condition, peculiarity, character, nature (eṇa or ibc., ‘by nature’, ‘in reality’ ‘by itself’), RPrāt.; NṛsUp.; Mn. &c.

1. sva mf(ā)n. own, one's own, my own, thy own, his own, her own, our own, their own &c. (referring to all three persons accord. to context, often ibc., but generally declinable like the pronominal sarva, e.g. svasmai dat. svasmāt abl. [optionally in abl. loc. sing. nom. pl., e.g. taṃ svād āsyād asṛjat, ‘he created him from his own mouth’, Mn. i, 94]; and always like śiva when used substantively [see below]; sometimes used loosely for ‘my’, ‘thy’, ‘his’, ‘our’ [e.g. rājā bhrātaraṃ sva-gṛham preṣayām-āsa, ‘the king sent his brother to his (i.e. the brother's) house’]; in the oblique cases it is used as a reflexive pronoun = ātman, e.g. svaṃ dūṣayati, ‘he defiles himself’; svaṃ nindanti, ‘they blame themselves’), RV. &c. &c.

sva m. one's self, the Ego, the human soul, W.