གཞི་ཚུགས་

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གཞི་ཚུགས། (Wyl. gzhi tshugs ) Pron.: shyi tsuk

  • Skt. स्वाहा, svāhā, Pron.: svaha. From Sanskrit: prob. fr. 5. | and | hail! hail to! may a blessing rest on! (with | an exclamation used in making oblations to the gods | with | or | and | an oblation (offered to Agni, Indra) or Oblation personified (as a daughter of Daksha and wife of Agni | she is thought to preside over burnt-offerings | her body is said to consist of the four Vedas, and her limbs are the six Añgas or members of the Veda | she is represented also as a wife of the Rudra Paśu-pati [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW