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svarga

svar—ga , see below.

svargá (or suvargá), mfn. going or leading to or being in light or heaven, heavenly, celestial (with loká m. or pl. = ‘the world of light, heavens’), [AV.] &c. &c.

svargá m. heaven, the abode of light and of the gods, heavenly bliss, (esp.) Indra's heaven or paradise (to which the souls of virtuous mortals are transferred until the time comes for their re-entering earthly bodies; this temporary heaven is the only heaven of orthodox Brāhmanism; it is supposed to be situated on mount Meru q.v.; acc. with √ gā, ā-√ sthā, or ā-√ pad, ‘to go to heaven’, ‘die’), [RV.] only [x, 95, 18]; [AV.] &c. &c.

a partic. Ekāha, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

N. of a son of the Rudra Bhīma, [VP.]

&c. See p. 1281, col. 2.