# संवेग (saṃvega)

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संवेग (saṃvega) is a Sanskrit word meaning violent agitation, excitement, or flurry, vehemence, intensity, or high degree, desire of emancipation, agitation or flurry, excessive impetuosity, vehemence, or haste caused by terror, hurry, haste, or speed. Its 12 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Agitation or Excitement, Haste or Speed, Etymological or Referential.

- **Root:** विज् (vij)
- **SLP1:** `saMvega`  **IAST:** saṃvega  **Devanagari:** संवेग
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83vega
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/samvega/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Agitation or Excitement (5 definitions)
- violent agitation, excitement, or flurry  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1115,1] सं - वेग (saṃ-vega) a m. violent agitation, excitement, flurry, MBh.; Kathās. [ ID=226172 ]
- Violent agitation, vehemence, intensity, or high degree  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > संवेग (saṃvega) [Printed book page 325-3 ] संवेग (saṃvega) saṃ-vega, m. violent excitement or agitation; vehemence, intensity, high degree; -veda, m. perception, consciousness; -vedana, n. knowledge; sensation, perception; announcement, information; -vedya, fp. to be known or learned from ( —° ); intelligible to ( —° ); to be made known or communicated to ( lc. ): -tā, f. intelligibleness to ( in. ); -veśá, m. entrance ( V. ); lying down, sleeping ( C. ); chamber ( P., rare ); -veśana, a. ( ī ) causing to lie down ( V. ); n. lying down, sleeping ( V., C. ); cohabitation ( S., C. ); -veṣṭa, n. envelopment in ( —° ); covering: —° a. wrapped in; -veṣṭana, n. rolling together. [ ID=18456 ]
- 1. Agitation or flurry. 2. Impetuosity or vehemence. 3. Haste, speed, or hurry.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > संवेग (saṃvega) [Printed book page 741-21 ] संवेग (saṃvega) m. 1. Agitation, flurry; 2. impetuosity, vehemence; 3. haste, speed, hurry. [ ID=39036 ]
- 1. Agitation or flurry. 2. Intensity or a high degree.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > संवेग (saṃvega) [Printed book page 569 ] संवेग (saṃvega) m. agitation, flurry; intensity, high degree. [ ID=33839 ]
- 1. Agitation or flurry. 2. Excessive impetuosity, vehemence, or haste caused by terror. 3. Hurry, haste, or speed.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > संवेग (saṃvega) [Printed book page 1037-c ] Saṃ-vega, as, m. agitation, flurry; excessive im- petus or impetuosity, vehemence, haste proceeding from terror; hurry, haste, speed. [ ID=47943 ]

### Haste or Speed (3 definitions)
- 1. Hurry or haste from fear. 2. Speed.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > संवेग (saṃvega) [Printed book page 875 ] संवेग (saṃvega) m. ( - गः (-gaḥ) ) 1 Hurry, flurry, haste proceeding from fear, &c. 2 Haste, speed. E. सम् (sam) intensitive, विज (vija) to be agitated, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=39726 ]
- Hurry, haste  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > संवेग (saṃvega) [Printed book page 795-b ] सं - वेग (saṃ-vega) ( गः ) ((gaḥ)) 1. m. Hurry, haste. [ ID=39402 ]
- 1. Haste proceeding from fear. 2. Speed. 3. Vehemence.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > संवेग (saṃvega) [Printed book page 0984-a ] संवेग (saṃvega) saṃvega, i. e. sam-vij + a, m. 1. Haste proceeding from fear, Utt. Rāmac. 51, 14. 2. Speed, Utt. Rāmac. 26, 12 ( tīvra-, adj. Wounding quickly). 3. Vehemence, Utt. Rāmac. 95, 5. [ ID=15206 ]

### Etymological or Referential (2 definitions)
- See samvij  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1117,1] सं - (saṃ-) वेग (saṃ-vega) b, सं - (saṃ-) वेजन (saṃ-vejana). See सं - (saṃ-) √ विज् (√vij). [ ID=226473 ]
- See under sam-vij.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 1039-b ] संवेग (saṃvega) saṃ-vega. See under saṃ-vij. [ ID=48041 ]

### Desire for Emancipation (1 definition)
- desire of emancipation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > desire of emancipation, HPariś. [ ID=226174 ]

### Vehemence or Intensity (1 definition)
- vehemence, intensity, or high degree  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > vehemence, intensity, high degree, Uttarar.; Rājat. [ ID=226173 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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