स्वामिन्

Noun

स्वामिन् • (svāmin) m

1. an owner, proprietor, master, lord or owner of (genitive, locative, or comp.) (Mn. MBh. &c)
2. a chief, commander (of an army) (Vikr. Subh.)
3. a husband, lover (dual "husband and wife") (Āpast. Mn. MBh. &c)
4. a king, prince (in drama used as a form of address, same as देव (deva))
5. a spiritual, preceptor, learned Brahman or Pandit (used as a title)
6. the image or temple of a god (often ifc. » श्रीदर (śrīdara), विष्णु-सेव् (viṣṇu-sev) &c.)
7. a name (Yājñ. L. Cat.)
   1. name of स्कन्द (skanda)
   2. name of विष्णु (viṣṇu)
   3. name of शिव (śiva)
   4. name of गरुड (garuḍa)
   5. name of the मुनि वात्स्यायन (muni vātsyāyana)
   6. name of the 11th अर्हत् (arhat) of the past उत्सर्पिणी (utsarpiṇī)
   7. name of various authors