svayam | स्वयम् | svayam
svaya/m | स्वय/म् | ind. (prob. orig. a nom. of 1. sva | स्व |, formed like aham | अहम् |) self, one's self (applicable to all persons, e.g. myself, thyself, himself &c.), of or by one's self, spontaneously, voluntarily, of one's own accord (also used emphatically with other pronouns [e.g. ahaṃ svayaṃ tat kftavān | अहं स्वयं तत् क्फ़्तवान् |, ‘I myself did that’]; sometimes alone [e.g. svayaṃ tat kftavān | स्वयं तत् क्फ़्तवान् |, ‘he himself did that’; svayaṃ tat kurvanti | स्वयं तत् कुर्वन्ति |, ‘they themselves do that’] ; connected in sense with a nom. [either the subject or predicate] or with instr. [when the subject] or with a gen., and sometimes with acc. or loc.; often in comp.), RV.; &c.