Svaha

Svaha
Goddess of Sacrifices[1]
Svaha
Agni with Svaha
AffiliationDevi
AbodeAgniloka
MantraOm Svaha
Genealogy
ParentsDaksha (father) and Prasuti (mother)[a]
ConsortAgni[3]
ChildrenPavaka, Pavamana, Shuchi, Agneya, Skanda[2]

Svaha (Sanskrit: स्वाहा, IAST: Svāhā) is a Sanskrit term in Indian religions which refers to a goddess and also to a kind of incantation used in mantras and rituals.

In Hinduism, Svaha, also referred to as Manyanti, is the Hindu goddess of sacrifices featured in the Vedas.[4] She is the consort of Agni, and the daughter of either Daksha or Brihaspati, depending on the literary tradition. According to the Brahmavaivarta Purana, she is an aspect of Prakriti (nature), an element without which Agni cannot sustain.[5]

Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism (including Vajrayana) both make use of Svāhā as a mantric invokation recited during rituals or as part of mantras.[6] As a feminine noun, svāhā in the Rigveda may also mean oblation (to Agni or Indra). Svaha is also considered to mean an auspicious ending.

  1. ^ Hertel, Bradley R.; Humes, Cynthia Ann (January 1993). Living Banaras: Hindu Religion in Cultural Context. SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791413319.
  2. ^ a b Dalal, Roshen (18 April 2014). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin UK. ISBN 9788184752779.
  3. ^ Antonio Rigopoulos (1998). Dattatreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara: A Study of the Transformative and Inclusive Character of a Multi-faceted Hindu Deity. State University of New York Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7914-3696-7.
  4. ^ Hertel, Bradley R.; Humes, Cynthia Ann (1 January 1993). Living Banaras: Hindu Religion in Cultural Context. SUNY Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-7914-1331-9.
  5. ^ Dalal, Roshen (18 April 2014). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-81-8475-277-9.
  6. ^ Pal, Ankit (September 2020). "why do we say swaha at the end of Mantra during Havan". newstrend.news. Newstrend. Retrieved 4 March 2021.


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