Swargan.

/ˈswʌrɡə/

Forms: Also 8 Surgam, Swerga, 1900s– Svarga, and with lower-case initial.

Etymology: < Sanskrit Svarga.

Hinduism.

Heaven, paradise; spec. the heaven presided over by Indra, where virtuous souls reside before reincarnation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian

heaveneOE

other worldOE

paradise?a1425

pantheon?1545

Olympus1582

Hesperidesa1592

tian1613

afterworld1615

Swarga1734

goddery1811

Pure Land1819

Reinga1820

Tir-na-nog1889

Jodo1901

sand-hill1949

1734 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations 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.

1789 Asiatick Researches 1 239 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.

1795 Asiatick Researches 4 210 I may meet Arundhati..and reside in Swarga.

1817 tr. Dubois Descr. People of India iii. vii. 485 The Swarga, another blissful residence, is situated in the air, and has Devendra for its king.

1887 W. J. Wilkins Mod. Hinduism 480 Swarga, the heaven of Indra, is..described in the Mahābhārata. It is situated on Mount Meru.

1919 S. Cave Redemption Hindu & Christian iii. 63 Verily the moon is the door of the Svarga (i.e. the heavenly world).

1970 R. 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	swarga
释义	Swargan. /ˈswʌrɡə/ Forms: Also 8 Surgam, Swerga, 1900s– Svarga, and with lower-case initial. Etymology: < Sanskrit Svarga. Hinduism. Heaven, paradise; spec. the heaven presided over by Indra, where virtuous souls reside before reincarnation. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian heaveneOE other worldOE paradise?a1425 pantheon?1545 Olympus1582 Hesperidesa1592 tian1613 afterworld1615 Swarga1734 goddery1811 Pure Land1819 Reinga1820 Tir-na-nog1889 Jodo1901 sand-hill1949 1734 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations 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. 1789 Asiatick Researches 1 239 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. 1795 Asiatick Researches 4 210 I may meet Arundhati..and reside in Swarga. 1817 tr. Dubois Descr. People of India iii. vii. 485 The Swarga, another blissful residence, is situated in the air, and has Devendra for its king. 1887 W. J. Wilkins Mod. Hinduism 480 Swarga, the heaven of Indra, is..described in the Mahābhārata. It is situated on Mount Meru. 1919 S. Cave Redemption Hindu & Christian iii. 63 Verily the moon is the door of the Svarga (i.e. the heavenly world). 1970 R. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1734
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