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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Svâhâ}}'''. A customary exclamation meaning “May it be perpetuated” or rather, “so be it”. When used at ancestral sacrifices (Brahmanic), it means “ May the race be perpetuated!”
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Svâhâ}}'''. A customary exclamation meaning “May it be perpetuated” or rather, “so be it”. When used at ancestral sacrifices (Brahmanic), it means “ May the race be perpetuated!”


{{Quote source HPB TG|Svaha}}
{{Quote source HPB TG|Svaha}}

Latest revision as of 10:42, 8 October 2026

H. P. Blavatsky

Svâhâ. A customary exclamation meaning “May it be perpetuated” or rather, “so be it”. When used at ancestral sacrifices (Brahmanic), it means “ May the race be perpetuated!”

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Svaha