| 释义 |
‖ Swarga, n. Hinduism.|ˈswʌrgə|
Also 8 Surgam, Swerga, 9– Svarga, and with lower-case initial.
[a. Skr. Svarga.]
Heaven, paradise; spec. the heaven presided over by Indra, where virtuous souls reside before reincarnation.
1734Ceremonies & Religious Customs III. 396 Very few have so good an opinion of their purity, as to imagine it will absolutely entitle them to a place..in Surgam. 1788Asiatick Researches I. 239 Hindus believe, that, when a soul leaves its body, it..ascends to Swerga, or the first heaven, or is driven down to Narac, the region of serpents, or assumes on earth the form of some animal. 1795Ibid. IV. 210 I may meet Arundhati..and reside in Swarga. 1817tr. Dubois's Descr. People of India iii. vii. 485 The Swarga, another blissful residence, is situated in the air, and has Devendra for its king. 1887W. J. Wilkins Mod. Hinduism 480 Swarga, the heaven of Indra, is..described in the Mahābhārata. It is situated on Mount Meru. 1919S. Cave Redemption Hindu & Christian iii. 63 Verily the moon is the door of the Svarga (i.e. the heavenly world). 1970R. K. Narayan in Oxf. Bk. Short Stories (1981) 397 If you could find five rupees and a quarter, you would pay off an ancient debt and then could apply for admission to swarga. |