# सर्ग
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সৰ্গ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬃᬕ (Balinese script)
* সর্গ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰨𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
* သရ်္ဂ (Burmese script)
* સર્ગ (Gujarati script)
* ਸਰ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦂꦒ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂩𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
* ಸರ್ಗ (Kannada script)
* សគ៌ (Khmer script)
* ສຣ຺ຄ (Lao script)
* സര്ഗ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘨𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᠷᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧈𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐬𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
* ସର୍ଗ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢬ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆫𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖨𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
* සර්‍ග (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩼 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚤𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
* ஸர்க³ (Tamil script)
* సర్గ (Telugu script)
* สรฺค (Thai script)
* ས་རྒ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒩𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨫𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root सृज् (sṛj).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐ́ɾ.ɡɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪ɐɾ.ɡɐ/

### Noun

सर्ग • (sárga) stem, m
* discharging, voiding, letting go or getting rid of (any excrement)
    Synonym: मलत्याग (malatyāga)
* relinquishment, abandoning; giving up; letting go
* nature, natural property; disposition; tendency
* (Hinduism, Vedic) creation; emission or creation of matter
    सर्गक्रम ― sargakrama ― order of creation
** (Hinduism) primary creation
    Antonym: प्रतिसर्ग (pratisarga)
** (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)
** (Hinduism) created world; nature, the universe
    सर्गे ― sarge ― in the created world
    Synonym: सृष्टि (sṛṣṭi)
* creature; created being
    Antonym: दैव (daiva)
* begetting, procreation
* offspring; child
* origin, start, beginning (of something)
* 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)
* stream, gush, rush, downpour (of any fluid)
    सर्गं करोति ― sargaṃ karoti ― to cast or strike down
* (Vedic) horse
** (by extension) starting a horse race
** a herd let loose from a stable
* rush, onset, advance, (of any troop or host or swarm or multitude); sudden attack upon the enemy
* production of arms and ammunition of war
    Synonym: युद्धोपकरणोत्पादन (yuddhopakaraṇotpādana)
* gust of wind; draught of air
* effort, perseverance, exertion
    Synonyms: प्रयत्न (prayatna), चेष्टा (ceṣṭā)
* determination; resolve; resolution; will
    Synonym: संकल्प (saṃkalpa)
* fainting; losing consciousness
    Synonym: मूर्छा (mūrchā)
** (figuratively) infatuation; fainting or swooning (over someone or something)
    Synonyms: मोह (moha), मूर्छा (mūrchā)
* assent, agreement
    Synonym: स्वीकृति (svīkṛti)
* shot; dart
* (grammar) visarga diacritic; an aspiration at the end of a word
    Synonyms: विसर्ग (visarga), ः (ḥ)

#### Derived terms

* उपसर्ग (upasarga)
* विसर्ग (visarga)

#### Descendants

* → Tocharian B: sargga

### Proper noun

सर्ग • (sarga) stem, m
* (Hinduism) an epithet of Shiva
* (Hinduism, Purana) a name of a son of Rudra

#### Declension
### References

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