सर्ग

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From the root सृज् (sṛj).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ́ɾ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐɾ.ɡɐ/

Noun

सर्ग • (sárga) stem, m

1. discharging, voiding, letting go or getting rid of (any excrement)
   • Mb. 13.162.35.राजमार्गे गवां मध्ये धान्यमध्ये च धर्मिणः। नोपसेवन्ति राजेन्द्र सर्गं मूत्रपुरीषयोः॥

   Synonym: मलत्याग (malatyāga)

2. relinquishment, abandoning; giving up; letting go
3. nature, natural property; disposition; tendency
4. (Hinduism, Vedic) creation; emission or creation of matter
   • Bhāg 3.1.28. आराध्य विप्रान् स्मरमादिसर्गे
   • V 1.8. अस्याः सर्गविधौ प्रजापतिरभूच्चन्द्रो नु कान्तिप्रदः

   सर्गक्रम ― sargakrama ― order of creation

   1. (Hinduism) primary creation

      Antonym: प्रतिसर्ग (pratisarga)

   2. (Hinduism) beginning, origin or creation of the world, as opposed to its maintenance and dissolution
      • प्रलयस्थितिसर्गाणां कारणतां गतः Ku.2.6; R. 3.27
      • सर्गो नवविधस्तस्य प्राकृतो वैकृतस्तु यः Bhāg.3.1.13.

      आ सर्गात् ― ā sargāt ― from the beginning of the world

      Antonyms: स्थिति (sthiti), प्रलय (pralaya)

   3. (Hinduism) created world; nature, the universe
      • Bg. 5.19. इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साभ्ये स्थितं मनः

      सर्गे ― sarge ― in the created world

      Synonym: सृष्टि (sṛṣṭi)

5. creature; created being

   Antonym: दैव (daiva)

6. begetting, procreation
7. offspring; child
8. origin, start, beginning (of something)
9. chapter, section, or canto (especially of a poem or an epic)

   सर्गबन्ध महाकाव्यम् ― sargabandha mahākāvyam ― an epic having several cantos

   Synonyms: अध्याय (adhyāya), प्रकरण (prakaraṇa), परिच्छेद (pariccheda)

10. stream, gush, rush, downpour (of any fluid)

    सर्गं करोति ― sargaṃ karoti ― to cast or strike down

11. (Vedic) horse
    1. (by extension) starting a horse race
    2. a herd let loose from a stable
12. rush, onset, advance, (of any troop or host or swarm or multitude); sudden attack upon the enemy
13. production of arms and ammunition of war
    • सर्गाणां चान्ववेक्षणम् Mb.12.59.44. (com. सर्गाणां रथादिनिर्माणानाम्)

    Synonym: युद्धोपकरणोत्पादन (yuddhopakaraṇotpādana)

14. gust of wind; draught of air
15. effort, perseverance, exertion

    Synonyms: प्रयत्न (prayatna), चेष्टा (ceṣṭā)

16. determination; resolve; resolution; will
    • गृहाण शस्त्रं यदि सर्ग एष ते R.3.51;14. 42; Śi.19.38.

    Synonym: संकल्प (saṃkalpa)

17. fainting; losing consciousness

    Synonym: मूर्छा (mūrchā)

    1. (figuratively) infatuation; fainting or swooning (over someone or something)

       Synonyms: मोह (moha), मूर्छा (mūrchā)

18. assent, agreement

    Synonym: स्वीकृति (svīkṛti)

19. shot; dart
20. (grammar) visarga diacritic; an aspiration at the end of a word

    Synonyms: विसर्ग (visarga), ः (ḥ)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सर्ग (sárga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सर्गः sárgaḥ	सर्गौ / सर्गा¹ sárgau / sárgā¹	सर्गाः / सर्गासः¹ sárgāḥ / sárgāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सर्ग sárga	सर्गौ / सर्गा¹ sárgau / sárgā¹	सर्गाः / सर्गासः¹ sárgāḥ / sárgāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सर्गम् sárgam	सर्गौ / सर्गा¹ sárgau / sárgā¹	सर्गान् sárgān
Instrumental	सर्गेण sárgeṇa	सर्गाभ्याम् sárgābhyām	सर्गैः / सर्गेभिः¹ sárgaiḥ / sárgebhiḥ¹
Dative	सर्गाय sárgāya	सर्गाभ्याम् sárgābhyām	सर्गेभ्यः sárgebhyaḥ
Ablative	सर्गात् sárgāt	सर्गाभ्याम् sárgābhyām	सर्गेभ्यः sárgebhyaḥ
Genitive	सर्गस्य sárgasya	सर्गयोः sárgayoḥ	सर्गाणाम् sárgāṇām
Locative	सर्गे sárge	सर्गयोः sárgayoḥ	सर्गेषु sárgeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• उपसर्ग (upasarga)
• विसर्ग (visarga)

Descendants

• → Tocharian B: sargga

Proper noun

सर्ग • (sarga) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) a name of Shiva
2. (Hinduism, Purana) a name of a son of Rudra

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सर्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1183, column 3.