sva
1. sva/ mf( A/ )n. own, one's own, my own, thy own, his own, her own, our own, their own &c. (referring to all three persons accord. to context, often ibc. , but generally declinable like the pronominal sarva , e.g. svasmE dat. svasmAt abl. [optionally in abl. loc. sing. nom. pl. , e.g. taM svAd AsyAd asfjat , ‘he created him from his own mouth’, Mn. i, 94 ]; and always like Siva when used substantively [see below]; sometimes used loosely for ‘my’, ‘thy’, ‘his’, ‘our’ [ e.g. rAjA BrAtaraM sva-gfham pre zayAm-Asa , ‘the king sent his brother to his ( i.e. the brother's) house’]; in the oblique cases it is used as a reflexive pronoun = Atman , e.g. svaM dUzayati , ‘he defiles himself’; svaM nindanti , ‘they blame themselves’), RV. &c. &c.