ind. A particle meaning ‘may it be well with (one)’, ‘fare- well,’ ‘hail’, ‘adieu’ (with dat.); svasti bhavate Ś. 2; svastyastu te R. 5. 17; it is also used in expressing one's approbation; (often used at the beginning of letters). Comp. ayanaṃ 1. a means of securing prosperity.

2. the averting of evil by the recitation of mantras or per- formance of expiatory rites.

3. the benediction of a Brāhmaṇa after...

n. f. (nom. svast/i, t/is; acc. svast/i, t/im; instr. svast/i, ty/ā; dat. svast/aye; loc. svast/au; instr. svast/ibhis; also personified as a goddess, and sometimes as Kala1 kalā cf. svasti-devī), well-being, fortune, luck, success, prosperity RV.; VS.;... ind. well, happily, successfully (also = may it be well with thee! hail! health! adieu! be it! a term of salutation [ esp. in the beginning of letters ] or of...