Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit Svāti; Svātī is also attested.
Monier-Williams records Svāti as the star Arcturus and a mansion name, explicitly leaving its derivation unknown. Independence is a later interpretive theme; it should not be supplied as a settled literal translation.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: svāti (University of Hyderabad) ↗
How we know · epistemology
Attested stellar name and practitioner symbolism
The stellar name is documented but its derivation remains uncertain in the cited dictionary. Wind and independence belong to the declared symbolic reading; they cannot be inferred as measured psychological traits.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: svāti (University of Hyderabad) ↗Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa, Yajurvedic verses 32–35 / Rigvedic verses 25–28, in Indian Astronomy: A Source-book §12.10.1 ↗
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