Dictionary meanings for svan from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. (svanati) 1 To sound, make a noise; pūrṇāḥ parośca sasvanuḥ Bk. 14. 3; veṇavaḥ kīcakāste syurye sva- naṃtyaniloddhatāḥ Bk.
2 To hum (as a bee); Ś. 1. 24.
3 To sing. Caus. (svanayati-te) 1 To cause to resound
2 To sound.
3 To adorn (svānayati in this sense).
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
cl.1 P. (Dha1tup. xix, 79) svanati (mc. also te; pf. sasvāna, 3. pl. sasvanuḥ [ Gr. also svenuḥ ] MBh. &c; aor. asvanīt, svānīt RV. [ for aor. P. sv/ani, see adhi- and anu-ṣvan ]; fut. svanitā, svaniṣyati Gr.; inf. svanitum ib.), to sound, make any noise,... See tuvi-ṣv/an. 162284 1280,2 258910 m. (ifc. f (U).) sound, noise (in the older language applied to the roar of wind, thunder, water &c; in later l language to...