Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 807 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 903 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
स्वस्ति · ind
कल्याण हो । मंगल हो । (आशीर्वाद) · दान-स्वीकृति-परक वाक्य — Śabdasāgara
स्वस्ति · noun · feminine
कल्याण । मंगल · पुराणनुसार ब्रह्मा की तीन स्त्रियों में से एक स्त्री का नाम · सुख — Śabdasāgara
स्वस्ति · svasti · s.f.
Welfare, health, prosperity, blessing — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 699
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
well, happily, successfully (also = ‘may it be well with thee! hail! health! adieu! be it!’ a term of salutation [esp. in the beginning of letters] or of sanction or approbation)…
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Dictionary citations
sv-asti n. f. (nom. svasti, ˚tis; acc. svasti, ˚tim; instr. svasti, ˚tyā; dat. svastaye; loc. svastau; instr. svastibhis; also personified as a goddess, and sometimes as Kalā cf. svasti-devī), well-being, fortune, luck, success, prosperity, RV.; VS.; ŚBr.; MBh.; R.; BhP.
sv-asti (i), ind. well, happily, successfully (also = ‘may it be well with thee! hail! health! adieu! be it!’ a term of salutation [esp. in the beginning of letters] or of sanction or approbation), RV.; &c.
svasti ind. A particle meaning ‘may it be well with (one)’, ‘farewell,’ ‘hail’, ‘adieu’ (with dat.); svasti bhavate Ś. 2; svastyastu te R. 5. 17; it is also used in expressing one's approbation; (often used at the beginning of letters). Comp. — ayanaṃ 1 a means of securing prosperity. 2 the averting of evil by the recitation of mantras or performance of expiatory rites. 3 the benediction of a Brāhmaṇa after presentation of offerings; prāsthānikaṃ svastyayanaṃ prayujya R. 2. 70. — daḥ, -bhāvaḥ an epithet of Śiva. — mukhaḥ 1 a letter. 2 a Brāhmaṇa. -. a bard; panegyrist. — vācanaṃ, -vācanakaṃ, — vācanikaṃ 1 a religious rite preparatory to a sacrifice or any religious or solemn observance. 2 a complimentary or congratulatory present of flowers &c. to any one attended with good wishes and blessings. — vācyaṃ congratulation, invoking blessings.
svasti ind. 1 A particle of benediction. 2 An auspicious particle. 3 A term of sanction or approbation, (so be it, amen.) E. su well, asa to be, aff. ktic or ti.
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