# स्वयंभू (svayaṃbhū)

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स्वयंभू (svayaṃbhū) is a Sanskrit word meaning self-existent, an epithet of Brahman, Brahman, Vishnu, or Shiva, time, love, an epithet of Vishnu. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Self-existent; Existing by oneself, Epithet for Deities and Concepts.

- **SLP1:** `svayaMBU`  **IAST:** svayaṃbhū  **Devanagari:** स्वयंभू
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svayambhu
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/svayambhu/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** स्वायम्भू (svāyambhū), स्वयंभु (svayaṃbhu), स्वयम्भू (svayambhū), स्वयम्भु (svayambhu)

## Meanings by context

### Self-existent; Existing by oneself (3 definitions)
- self-existent  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्वयंभू (svayaṃbhū) [Printed book page 821-02 ] स्वयम् - भू (svayam-bhū) (I) a. self-existent. [ ID=42694 ]
- 1. Brahman, Vishnu, or Shiva. 2. Time. 3. Love.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्वयंभू (svayaṃbhū) [Printed book page 1096-b ] स्वयंभू (svayaṃbhū) svayaṃbhū, i. e. svayam-bhū- (existing by himself, not created), m. 1. Brahman, Man. 1, 3; 94; Viṣṇu, Śiva, Pañc. i. d. 422 (?). 2. Time. 3. Love. [ ID=16863 ]
- 1. Self-existent. 2. An epithet of Brahman.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्वयंभू (svayaṃbhū) [Printed book page 651 ] स्वयंभू (svayaṃbhū) a. self-existent; m. E. of Brahman. [ ID=38982 ]

### Epithet for Deities and Concepts (1 definition)
- 1. An epithet of Brahman. 2. An epithet of Vishnu. 3. An epithet of Shiva. 4. An epithet of Kala, the deity presiding over time. 5. An epithet of Kamadeva.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्वयम् - भू (svayam-bhū) (II) m. 1. an epithet of Brahman (m.); 2. of Vishṇu; 3. of Śiva; 4. of Kāla, the deity presiding over time; 5. of Kāmadeva. [ ID=42695 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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