सर्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সৰ্গ (Assamese script)
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• සර්‍ග (Sinhalese script)
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• ས་རྒ (Tibetan script)
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Etymology

From the root सृज् (sṛj).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

सर्ग • (sárga) stem, m

1. discharging, voiding, letting go or getting rid of (any excrement)

   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

   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

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

      Antonyms: स्थिति (sthiti), प्रलय (pralaya)

   3. (Hinduism) created world; nature, the universe

      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

    Synonym: युद्धोपकरणोत्पादन (yuddhopakaraṇotpādana)

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

    Synonyms: प्रयत्न (prayatna), चेष्टा (ceṣṭā)

16. determination; resolve; resolution; will

    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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सर्गः (sárgaḥ)	सर्गौ (sárgau) सर्गा¹ (sárgā¹)	सर्गाः (sárgāḥ) सर्गासः¹ (sárgāsaḥ¹)
vocative	सर्ग (sárga)	सर्गौ (sárgau) सर्गा¹ (sárgā¹)	सर्गाः (sárgāḥ) सर्गासः¹ (sárgāsaḥ¹)
accusative	सर्गम् (sárgam)	सर्गौ (sárgau) सर्गा¹ (sárgā¹)	सर्गान् (sárgān)
instrumental	सर्गेण (sárgeṇa)	सर्गाभ्याम् (sárgābhyām)	सर्गैः (sárgaiḥ) सर्गेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• उपसर्ग (upasarga)
• विसर्ग (visarga)

Descendants

• → Tocharian B: sargga

Proper noun

सर्ग • (sarga) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सर्ग

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सर्गः (sargaḥ)	सर्गौ (sargau)	सर्गाः (sargāḥ)
vocative	सर्ग (sarga)	सर्गौ (sargau)	सर्गाः (sargāḥ)
accusative	सर्गम् (sargam)	सर्गौ (sargau)	सर्गान् (sargān)
instrumental	सर्गेण (sargeṇa)	सर्गाभ्याम् (sargābhyām)	सर्गैः (sargaiḥ)
dative	सर्गाय (sargāya)	सर्गाभ्याम् (sargābhyām)	सर्गेभ्यः (sargebhyaḥ)
ablative	सर्गात् (sargāt)	सर्गाभ्याम् (sargābhyām)	सर्गेभ्यः (sargebhyaḥ)
genitive	सर्गस्य (sargasya)	सर्गयोः (sargayoḥ)	सर्गाणाम् (sargāṇām)
locative	सर्गे (sarge)	सर्गयोः (sargayoḥ)	सर्गेषु (sargeṣu)

References

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