2. Svan ( prob. fr. √ Svi ) in fji/- , durgf/Bi- , and mAtari/-Svan , qq.vv.
Svan m. [ Svi-kanin ni° Uṇ. 1. 158 ] ( Nom. SvA, SvAnO, SvAnaH ; acc. pl. SunaH; SunI f. ) A dog; SvA yadi kriyate rAjA sa kiM nASnAtyupAnahaM Subhāṣ. ; Bh. 2. 31 ; Ms. 2. 208. Comp. — aSvaH an epithet of Bhairava. — krIqin m. a keeper or breeder of sporting dogs. — gaRaH a pack of hounds. — gaRikaH 1 a hunter. 2 a dog-feeder. — DUrtaH a jackal. — naraH a snappish or currish fellow. — niSaM, -niSA a night on which dogs bark. — pac m. , — pacaH 1 a man of a very low and degraded caste, an outcast, a Cāṇḍāla; Bv. 4. 23. 2 a dog-feeder. 3 a public executioner. — padaM 1 a dog's foot. 2 a mark like a dog's foot (to be branded on the forehead of a thief). — pAkaH an outcast, a Cāṇḍāla; G. L. 29. — PalaM lime or citron. — PalkaH N. of the father of Akrūra. — BIruH a jackal. — yUTyaM a pack of dogs. — vfttiH f. 1 the life of a dog (to which servitude is often likened); sevAM lAGavakAriRIM kftaDiyaH sTAne SvavfttiM biduH ( pb ) Mu. 3. 14 ; Ms. 4. 6. 2 servitude, service; Ms. 4. 4. — vyAGraH 1 a beast of prey. 2 a tiger. 3 a leopard. — han m. a hunter.