The corpus record — Sanskrit
1. svid ind. ( prob. fr. 5. suid; cf. kuvid) a particle of interrogation or inquiry or doubt, often translatable by ‘do you think?’ ‘perhaps’, ‘pray’, ‘indeed’, ‘any’ ( esp. used after the interrogative ka and its derivatives, e.g. kaḥsvideṣāmbrāhmaṇānāmanūcānatamaḥ, ‘pray who [or ‘who do you think’
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1. سثِد
1. svid ind. ( prob. fr. 5. suid; cf. kuvid) a particle of interrogation or inquiry or doubt, often translatable by ‘do you think?’ ‘perhaps’, ‘pray’, ‘indeed’, ‘any’ ( esp. used after the interrogative ka and its derivatives, e.g. kaḥsvideṣāmbrāhmaṇānāmanūcānatamaḥ, ‘pray who [or ‘who do you think’
2. سثِد
2. svid cl. 1. Ā. 4. P. ( Dhātup. xviii, 4 ; xxvi, 79 ) svedate or svidyati ( Ā. svidyate, Yājñ. ; p. svidyamāna, Suśr. ; pf. siṣveda Gr. ; siṣvide, MBh. ; p. siṣvidāna, RV. ; aor. asvidat, Śiś. ; fut. svettā, svetsyati Gr. ; ind.p. svedam, Br. ), to sweat, perspire, AitĀr. ; ChUp. ; KātyŚr. ; MBh.
3. سثِد
3. svid ( ifc. ) sweating, perspiring, Śiś.
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