svāhā | स्वाहा | svAhA
sv-ā/hā | स्व्-आ/हा | ind. (prob. fr. 5. su | सु | and √ ah | अह् |; cf. dur-āhā | दुर्-आहा |) hail! hail to! may a blessing rest on! (with dat.; an exclamation used in making oblations to the gods; with √ kf | क्फ़् | [ind.p. -kā/ram | -का/रम् |, or -kftya | -क्फ़्त्य |] and acc. ‘to pronounce the exclamation Svāhā over’), RV. &c. &c.
sv-ā/hā | स्व्-आ/हा | f. an oblation (offered to Agni, Indra &c.) or Oblation personified (as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Agni; she is thought to preside over burnt-offerings; her body is said to consist of the four Vedas, and her limbs are the six Aṅgas or members of the Veda; she is represented also as a wife of the Rudra Paśu-pati), RV.; &c.
sv-ā/hā | स्व्-आ/हा | f. an oblation (offered to Agni, Indra &c.) or Oblation personified (as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Agni; she is thought to preside over burnt-offerings; her body is said to consist of the four Vedas, and her limbs are the six Aṅgas or members of the Veda; she is represented also as a wife of the Rudra Paśu-pati), RV.; &c.