ind. (prob. originally a Nominal verb of 1. sva-,formed like aham-) self, one's self (applicable to all persons exempli gratia, 'for example' myself, thyself, himself etc.), of or by one's self spontaneously, voluntarily, of one's own accord (also used emphatically with other pronouns[ exempli gratia, 'for example'ahaṃ svayaṃ tat kṛtavān-,"I myself did that"];sometimes alone[ exempli gratia, 'for example'svayaṃ tat kṛtavān-,"he himself did that"; svayaṃ tat kurvanti-,"they themselves do that"];connected in sense with a Nominal verb [either the subject or predicate] or with instrumental case [when the subject] or with a genitive case,and sometimes with accusative or locative case;often in compound)
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