सर्ग [ sarga ] [ sárga ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) . ; fr. √ [ sṛj ] ) letting go , discharging , voiding (as excrement) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

starting (a race-horse) , racing Lit. RV.

a herd let loose from a stable , any troop or host or swarm or multitude Lit. ib. Lit. Rājat.

a draught of air , gust of wind Lit. RV.

a stream , gush , rush , downpour (of any fluid ; acc. with √ [ kṛ ] , " to cast or strike down " Lit. RV.)

a dart , shot Lit. ib.

emission or creation of matter , primary creation (as opp. to [ pratisarga ] " secondary creation " ) , creation of the world (as opp. to its [ pralaya ] " dissolution " , and [ sthiti ] , " maintenance in existence " ; 9 different creations are enumerated in Lit. BhP. iii , 10 , 13 ; [ ā sargāt ] , " from the creation or beginning of the world " ; [ sarge ] " in the created world " ) Lit. Up. Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

a created being , creature (with [ daiva ] " a divine creation " , " a god " ) Lit. Ragh.

begetting , procreation Lit. MBh.

origin Lit. BhP.

offspring , a child Lit. ib.

nature , natural property , disposition , tendency Lit. Bhag. v , 19

effort , exertion , resolution , resolve , will Lit. Ragh. Lit. Śiś.

a section , chapter , book , canto (esp. in an epic poem)

assent , agreement Lit. L.

fainting (= [ moha ] ) Lit. L.

implement of war Lit. MBh. xi , 2165 ( Lit. Nīlak.)

= [ visarga ] , the aspiration at the end of a word Lit. Cat.

N. of Śiva Lit. MBh.

of a son of Rudra Lit. Pur.