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svasti ~ svāsti /swaˈsɗiː → suəˈsɗiː/ A4520     †[Mod. Khmer សួស្តី swstī /suəˈsɗɤːy/ ``n. well-being, happiness, prosperity, good fortune, glory''; Sanskrit svasti `well-being, fortune, luck, success, prosperity' and `a term of salutation, esp. at beginning of letters ...', < pfx su-, + asti, stem and nom. sg. of asti, third-person sg. of √as `to be'; cf. Thai สวัสดี /sawàtdii/1 ]. definitions 1 n., interj. as opening benediction: well-being! good fortune! references svāsti: K.99N:1 (A.D. 932, C VI:107); K.192:1 (A.D. 956, C VI:128); K.240S:5 (A.D. 968/77, C III:76); K.258A:57 (post-A.D. 1107, C IV:175); K.254B:1 (A.D. 1129, C III:180); K.350:11 (A.D. 978-1077, C VI:187); svasti: passim, 36 occurrences. citations siddhi svasti (K.291N:1), `Fulfillment! Well-being!' or `Success [and] good fortune!'. śrī siddhi svasti jaya (K.270S/2°a:3, N/1°:1), `Glory! Success! Well-being! Victory!' notes 1 McFarland, 830a: `a salutation; a word of welcome, blessing, welfare, prosperity, fortune, good luck ... '.