# स्वेच्छामृत्यु (svecchāmṛtyu)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/svechchhamrityu

स्वेच्छामृत्यु (svecchāmṛtyu) is a Sanskrit word meaning dying at will, an epithet of Bhishma. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Epithet of Bhīṣma, One who dies at their own will.

- **Etymology:** E. स्वेच्छा wish, and मृत्यु death — E. svecchā wish, and mṛtyu death
- **SLP1:** `svecCAmftyu`  **IAST:** svecchāmṛtyu  **Devanagari:** स्वेच्छामृत्यु
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svecch%C4%81m%E1%B9%9Btyu
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/svechchhamrityu/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Epithet of Bhīṣma (5 definitions)
- An epithet of Bhishma  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > स्वे (sve) च्छा (cchā) — मृत्यु (—mṛtyu) m. N. of Bhīṣma (who had received from his father the power of fixing the time of his own death), Pañcar. [ ID=258450 ]
- Bhishma  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्वेच्छा (svecchā) मृत्यु (mṛtyu) (svecchāmṛtyu) [Printed book page 966 ] स्वेच्छा (svecchā) मृत्यु (mṛtyu) (svecchāmṛtyu) m. ( - त्युः (-tyuḥ) ) BHĪṢMA. E. स्वेच्छा (svecchā) wish, and मृत्यु (mṛtyu) death. [ ID=43830 ]
- Bhishma  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्वेच्छामृत्यु (svecchāmṛtyu) [Printed book page 890-b ] स्वेच्छा - मृत्यु (svecchā-mṛtyu) ( त्युः ) ((tyuḥ)) 2. m. Bhishma. [ ID=43639 ]
- an epithet of Bhishma  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्वेच्छामृत्यु (svecchāmṛtyu) [Printed book page 819-14 ] स्व - इच्छा (sva-icchā) ˚ मृत्यु (˚mṛtyu) m. an epithet of Bhīshma. [ ID=42605 ]
- Bhishma  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्वेच्छा (svecchā) मृत्यु (mṛtyu) (svecchāmṛtyu) [Printed book page 825-a ] स्वेच्छा (svecchā) मृत्यु (mṛtyu) (svecchāmṛtyu) m. ( - त्युः (-tyuḥ) ) BHĪṢMA. E. स्वेच्छा (svecchā) self-will, मृत्यु (mṛtyu) death. [ ID=46426 ]

### One who dies at their own will (1 definition)
- dying at will  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H4) [Printed book page 1277,3] स्वे (sve) च्छा (cchā) — मृत्यु (—mṛtyu) mfn. having death in o° 's own power, dying at o° 's own will [ ID=258449 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; 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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