masculine · sagga 2.1 · sagga 1.1
heaven
a place of happiness; heaven
Sagga [Vedic svarga, svar + ga] 1. heaven, the next world, popularly conceived as a place of happiness and long life (cf. the popular etymology of "suṭṭhu-aggattā sagga" Pv-a 9; "rūpādīhi visayehi suṭṭhu aggo ti saggo" Vism 427); usually the kāmāvacara-devaloka, sometimes also the 26 heavens (Thig-a 74). Sometimes as sagga ṭhāna (cf. °loka), e.g. Ja VI 210. — Vin I 223; D II 86; III 52, 146 f.; M I 22, 483; S I 12; A I 55 f., 292 f.; II 83 f.; III 244, 253 f.; IV 81; V 135 f.; Snp 224 (locative plural saggesu); It 14; Pv I 1 3 ; Vism 103, 199. -āpāya heaven and hell Thig 63; Snp 647; -ārohaṇa (-sopāna) (the stairs) leading to heaven (something like Jacob's ladder) Vism 10; -kathā discourse or talk about heaven Vin I 15 (cf. anupubbikathā) -kāya the heavenly assembly (of the gods) Ja VI 573; -dvāra heaven's gate Vism 57; -patha = sagga Ja I 256; -pada heavenly region, heaven Ja II 5; IV 272 (= saggaloka); -magga the way to heaven Ja VI 287; Dhp-a I 4; -loka the heaven world M I 73; Ja IV 272; -saṃvattanika leading to heaven D III 66.
【陽】 快樂的地方，天堂。~kāya,【陽】 天上的集會。~magga,【陽】 登天之路。~loka,【陽】 天上世界。~saṃvattanika,【形】 導致登天的。
(masc, masc) relinquishment Construction: √sajj > sagg + a
(adj, adj) heavenly place of happiness, heaven Construction: √sar + ga
(masc, masc, abstr) heaven; paradise Construction: √sar + ga