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Etymology

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From स्व (sva, (one's) own) +‎ -मिन् (-min).

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Noun

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स्वामिन् (svāmín) stemm (feminine स्वामिनी)

  1. an owner, proprietor, master, lord or owner of (genitive, locative, or comp.) (Mn. MBh. &c)
  2. a chief, commander (of an army) (Vikr. Subh.)
  3. a husband, lover (dual "husband and wife") (Āpast. Mn. MBh. &c)
  4. a king, prince (in drama used as a form of address, same as देव (deva))
  5. a spiritual, preceptor, learned Brahman or Pandit (used as a title)
  6. the image or temple of a god (often ifc. » श्रीदर (śrīdara), विष्णु-सेव् (viṣṇu-sev) &c.)
  7. a name (Yājñ. L. Cat.)
    1. name of स्कन्द (skanda)
    2. name of विष्णु (viṣṇu)
    3. name of शिव (śiva)
    4. name of गरुड (garuḍa)
    5. name of the मुनि वात्स्यायन (muni vātsyāyana)
    6. name of the 11th अर्हत् (arhat) of the past उत्सर्पिणी (utsarpiṇī)
    7. name of various authors

Declension

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Masculine in-stem declension of स्वामिन्
singular dual plural
nominative स्वामी (svāmī) स्वामिनौ (svāminau)
स्वामिना¹ (svāminā¹)
स्वामिनः (svāminaḥ)
vocative स्वामिन् (svāmin) स्वामिनौ (svāminau)
स्वामिना¹ (svāminā¹)
स्वामिनः (svāminaḥ)
accusative स्वामिनम् (svāminam) स्वामिनौ (svāminau)
स्वामिना¹ (svāminā¹)
स्वामिनः (svāminaḥ)
instrumental स्वामिना (svāminā) स्वामिभ्याम् (svāmibhyām) स्वामिभिः (svāmibhiḥ)
dative स्वामिने (svāmine) स्वामिभ्याम् (svāmibhyām) स्वामिभ्यः (svāmibhyaḥ)
ablative स्वामिनः (svāminaḥ) स्वामिभ्याम् (svāmibhyām) स्वामिभ्यः (svāmibhyaḥ)
genitive स्वामिनः (svāminaḥ) स्वामिनोः (svāminoḥ) स्वामिनाम् (svāminām)
locative स्वामिनि (svāmini) स्वामिनोः (svāminoḥ) स्वामिषु (svāmiṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

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