स्वामिन् [ svāmin ] [ svāmin ] m. ( fr. 1. [ sva ] + [ min ] ) an owner , proprietor , master , lord or owner of (gen. loc. , or comp.) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

a chief , commander (of an army) Lit. Vikr. Lit. Subh.

a husband , lover (du. " husband and wife " ) Lit. Āpast. Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

a king , prince ( in dram. used as a form of address = [ deva ] )

a spiritual preceptor , learned Brāhman or Pandit (used as a title at the end of names , esp. of natives of the Carnatic)

the image or temple of a god (often ifc. ; see [ śrīdhara- ] , [ viṣṇu-sv ] )

N. of Skanda Lit. Yājñ. i , 293

of Vishṇu Lit. L.

of Śiva Lit. L.

of Garuḍa Lit. L.

of the Muni Vātsyāyana Lit. L.

of the 11th Arhat of the past Utsarpiṇī Lit. L.

of various authors ( also with [ miśra ] and [ śāstrin ] ; sometimes abridged from names ending in [ svāmin ] e.g. for [ kṣīra- ] and [ śabara-svāmin ] ) Lit. Cat.

[ svāminī ] f. see next.