svAhA
sv-A/hA ind. ( prob. fr. 5. su and √ ah ; cf. dur-AhA ) hail! hail to! may a blessing rest on! (with dat. ; an exclamation used in making oblations to the gods; with √ kf [ ind.p. -kA/ram , or -kftya ] and acc. ‘to pronounce the exclamation Svāhā over’), RV. &c. &c.