svaraṇa

sváraṇa

svara

svará

voice Mn. MBh. etc.;
tone in recitation etc. (either high orﾠ low), accent (of which there are three kinds, udātta, anudātta qq.vv., andﾠ svarita),
a note of the musical scale (of which seven <rarely six orﾠ eight> are enumerated,
1. nishāda;
2. ṛishabha;
3. gāndhāra;
4. shaḍja;
5. madhyama;
6. dhaivata;
7. pañcama <described as resembling respectively the notes of an elephant, bull, goat, peacock, curlew orﾠ heron, horse, andﾠ Koil;
andﾠ designated by their initial letters orﾠ syllables thus, ni;
ṛi;
ga;
sha;
ma;
dha;
pa>, but the order is sometimes changed, shadja being placed first, andﾠ nishāda last) Prāt. ṠrS. Saṃgīt. MBh. etc.;
a symbolical expression for the number « seven» VarBṛS. ;
a vowel (either dīrgha, « long» ;
orﾠ hrasva, « short» ;
orﾠ pluta, « prolated») Prāt. ṠrS. MBh. etc.;
air breathed through the nostrils ChUp. ;
N. of Vishṇu Vishṇ. ;
(ā) f. N. of the chief wife of Brahmā. L. ;
(am) n. a musical note Sāy on RV. X, 146, 2 ;
N. of various Sāmans ĀrshBr.