स्वद्

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

स्वद्   or स्वाद् ( prob. fr. 5. सु √ अद्) cl. 1. Ā. ( [Dhātup. ii, 17]) स्व॑दते ( Ved. also P. स्व॑दति; pf. सस्वदे, [Śiś.]; सस्वादे Gr.; fut. स्वादिता, स्वादिष्यते, ib.; Ved. inf. -सु॑दे; ind.p. -स्वाद्य, [R.]),

to taste well, be sweet or pleasant to ( dat. or gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.;

to taste with pleasure, relish, enjoy, like ( acc.), delight in ( loc.), [RV.]; [MBh.];

( P.) to make palatable, season, [RV.]; [VS.];

to make sweet or pleasant or agreeable, [VS.]; [TBr.];

to be pleasant or wholesome, [VS.];

Ā. P. स्वादति, °ते ( cf. [Dhātup. ii, 27]), to taste, relish, enjoy (generally v.l. खाद् q.v.), [R.]; [Hariv.]; [Subh.] :

Caus. स्वद॑यति, °ते ( aor. असिष्वदत्), to make savoury or palatable, sweeten, season, prepare, cook, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [Mn.];

to propitiate, conciliate, [MaitrS.];

स्वादयति ( cf. [Dhātup. xxxiii, 130]), to eat, relish, taste, enjoy, [Suśr.]; [Śiś.] :

Desid. of Caus. सिस्वादयिषति Gr.:

Desid. सिस्वादिषते, ib. :

Intens. सास्वाद्यते, सास्वात्ति ib.
स्वद्   [ cf. Gk. ἥδομαι; Lat. suadeo, and under svAdu.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

स्वद् [svad]   I. 1 Ā. (स्वदते, स्वदित)
   To be liked, be sweet, be pleasant to the taste (with dat. of person); यज्ञदत्ताय स्वदतेऽपूपः Kāsikā; अपां हि तृप्ताय न वारिधारा स्वादुः सुगंधिः स्वदते तुषारा [N.3.93;] सस्वदे मुखसुरं प्रमदाभ्यः [Śi.1.] 23.
   To taste, relish, eat.
   To please.
   To sweeten. -II. 1 U. or Caus. (स्वादयति-ते)
   To cause to taste or eat.
   To taste.
   To sweeten.

Shabda-Sagara

स्वद्   r. 1st cl. ( स्वदते)
   1. To be pleasant to the taste, to be liked, (with a dative.)
   2. To taste, to eat, to relish.
   3. To please.
   r. 10th cl. ( स्वादयति-ते) To sweeten, to make sweet; also ष्वद् and स्वाद् .

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