सर्ग

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From the root सृज् (sṛj).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ́ɾ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐɾ.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 (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) an epithet of Shiva
2. (Hinduism, Purana) a name of a son of Rudra

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सर्ग (sarga)
	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.