# स्वाधिष्ठान (svādhiṣṭhāna)

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स्वाधिष्ठान (svādhiṣṭhāna) is a Sanskrit word meaning one's own place, one of the six mystical circles of the body, one of the six chakras or mystical circles of the body, one of the six mystical chakras of the body. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them A mystical circle (Chakra), One's own place / Self-abode.

- **SLP1:** `svADizWAna`  **IAST:** svādhiṣṭhāna  **Devanagari:** स्वाधिष्ठान
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svadhishthana
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/svadhishthana/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** स्वधिष्ठान (svadhiṣṭhāna)

## Meanings by context

### A mystical circle (Chakra) (3 definitions)
- one of the six mystical circles of the body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > one of the 6 mystical circles of the body (see चक्र (cakra) ), Pañcar.; Ānand. [ ID=258341 ]
- one of the six mystical chakras of the body  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्वाधिष्ठान (svādhiṣṭhāna) [Printed book page 819-14 ] स्व - अधिष्ठान (sva-adhiṣṭhāna) n. one of the six chakras or mystical circles of the body. [ ID=42592 ]
- One of the six chakras or mystical circles of the body  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्वाधिष्ठान (svādhiṣṭhāna) [Printed book page 824-a ] स्वाधिष्ठान (svādhiṣṭhāna) n. ( - नं (-naṃ) ) One of the six CHAKRAS or mystical circles of the body. [ ID=46358 ]

### One's own place / Self-abode (1 definition)
- one's own place  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1277,2] स्वा (svā) धिष्ठान (dhiṣṭhāna) n. o° 's own place, VP., Sch. [ ID=258340 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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