[svacchaṃdasya bhāvaḥ ṣyañ] The power of following one's own will or fancy, wilfulness, indepen- dence; kanyāpradānaṃ svācchaṃdyādāsuro dharma ucyate Ms. 3. 31. (svācchaṃdyena, svācchaṃ- dyatas mean ‘wilfully’, ‘voluntarily’).