The Sanskrit terms Śvāgaṇika and Śvagaṇika can be transliterated into English as Svaganika or Shvaganika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Śvagaṇika (श्वगणिक) refers to “hunting by means of dogs”, and represents one of the eight subdivisions of Hunting (mṛgayā) which in turn represents one of the eighteen Addictions or Vices (vyasana), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “Hunting by packs of dogs (śvagaṇika) is that in which dogs are let loose at hares and other animals in arid tracts. In this success or otherwise depends upon the jumping of the hares and their falling into the dogs’ mouths. By their jumps and rebounds they produce abundance of laughter. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śvāgaṇika (श्वागणिक).—A dog-keeper, one living by keeping dogs.

Derivable forms: śvāgaṇikaḥ (श्वागणिकः).

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Śvagaṇika (श्वगणिक).—

1) a hunter.

2) a dog feeder.

Derivable forms: śvagaṇikaḥ (श्वगणिकः).

Śvagaṇika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śvan and gaṇika (गणिक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śvagaṇika (श्वगणिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A hunter. mf.

(-kaḥ-kā) 1. A dog-feeder. 2. One carried by dogs. E. śva a dog, gaṇa a number, ṭhan aff.

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Śvāgaṇika (श्वागणिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A hunter. mf. (-kaḥ-kī) 1. A dog-keeper, one who lives by feeding or keeping dogs. 2. One who rides or is drawn by dogs. E. śvagaṇa a number of dogs, ṭhañ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śvagaṇika (श्वगणिक):—[=śva-gaṇika] [from śva > śvan] mf(ī)n. accompanied by a pack of h°, [Prāyaścitta-tattva]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a hunter, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] mf(ī). a dog feeder

4) [v.s. ...] m. one who is drawn by d°, [ib.]

5) Śvāgaṇika (श्वागणिक):—[from śvan] mf(ī)n. ([from] śva-gaṇa) = śva-gaṇika, [Yājñavalkya [Scholiast or Commentator]] (cf. [Pāṇini 4-4, 11]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śvagaṇika (श्वगणिक):—[śva-gaṇika] (kaḥ) 1. m. A hunter. m. f. (ī) Dog-feeder; one carried by dogs.

2) Śvāgaṇika (श्वागणिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A hunter. m. f. (ī) A dog-keeper; one drawn by dogs.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shvaganika in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shva, Shvan, Ganika.

Full-text: Ganika, Mrigaya.

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