स्वर्गवासी svargvāsī

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n.

Earlier definition

Definition

Late, deceased.
Inhabitant of heaven.

Usual translation

resident of heaven

Origin of the definition

svarg-vāsī, vulg. svarg-bāsī, adj. & s.m. Dwelling in heaven; heavenly, celestial; — an inhabitant of heaven.

स्वर्ग svarga swarg (nm) paradise, heaven, abode of gods; ~गत dead, expired, late; ~गमन dying, death; ~च्युत fallen from heaven; ~जित् one who has conquered the heaven/paradise; —तरु the celestial tree—generally called कल्पवृक्ष; ~धाम/पुरी/लोक see स्वर्ग; ~नदी see -स्वगँगा; -लाभ acquiring a place in the heaven; death, dying, passing away; ॰करना to pass away, to die; ~वधू a nymph; fairy; ~वाणी an oracle; ~वास heavenly abode—death; ~॰होना to die, to pass away; ~वासी late; ~स्थ/स्थित dead, late; —की गुलामी से नरक का राज भला it is better to rule in hell than to serve in heaven, better be the head of an ass than tail of a horse; —सिधारना to die; to pass away.

वासी vāsī (sanskrit)

A dweller, an inhabitant.