svaha

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(idea) by whizkid (6.2 y) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Sat Jun 17 2000 at 3:30:28

Sanskrit for "may it be", similar to the Hebrew "Amen". Used in that sense at the end of the Heart Sutra: Gate, gate, paragate, parasamgate, Bodhi. Svaha!

(idea) by Psyicide (2.2 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Jul 26 2001 at 21:44:04

Svaha is a Swahili and Amerindian (according to Charles de Lint) word for the sound between thunder and lightning.

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