स्वर [ svara ] [ svára ] [ svára ] or [ svará ] , m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) sound , noise Lit. RV.

  voice Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

  tone in recitation (either high or low) , accent (of which there are three kinds , [ udātta ] , [ anudātta ] qq. vv. , and [ svarita ] , col.3) , a note of the musical scale (of which seven ( rarely six or eight ) are enumerated , 1. [ niṣāda ] ; 2. [ ṛṣabha ] ; 3. [ gāndhāra ] ; 4. [ ṣaḍja ] ; 5. [ madhyama ] ; 6. [ dhaivata ] ; 7. [ pañcama ] ( described as resembling respectively the notes of an elephant , bull , goat , peacock , curlew or heron , horse , and Koil ; and designated by their initial letters or syllables thus , [ ni ] ; [ ṛ ] ; [ ga ] ; [ ṣa ] ; [ ma ] ; [ dha ] ; [ pa ] ) , but the order is sometimes changed , [ ṣadja ] being placed first , and [ niṣāda ] last) Lit. Prāt. Lit. ŚrS. Lit. Saṃgīt. Lit. MBh. ( 1285,1 )

  a symbolical expression for the number " seven " Lit. VarBṛS.

  a vowel (either [ dīrgha ] , " long " ; or [ hrasva ] , " short " ; or [ pluta ] , " prolated " ) Lit. Prāt. Lit. ŚrS. Lit. MBh.

  air breathed through the nostrils Lit. ChUp.

  N. of Vishṇu Lit. Vishṇ.

  [ svarā ] f. N. of the chief wife of Brahmā Lit. L.

  [ svara ] n. a musical note Lit. Sāy. on Lit. RV. x , 146 , 2

  N. of various Sāmans Lit. ĀrshBr.