Dolā (Swing)
Dolā · dolā, “the swing”
Grammar: feminine noun; a swing or cradle.
Meaning: the swing (in Telugu, ūyala) or the swing-pavilion that is made for Śrī Hari as a gift.
In the scriptures: In the Sāvitrī Upākhyāna of the Prakṛti Khaṇḍa of the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, the swing is one of the gifts whose fruit is Vaikuṇṭha. One who builds a swing-pavilion for Śrī Hari lives in Vaikuṇṭha for a manvantara (Chapter 26). One who has a swing made for Śrī Hari dies on a pūrṇimā at brāhma-muhūrta and attains mukti. He lives happily in this world, then after death goes to Vaikuṇṭha and lives happily there for a hundred manvantaras. The text adds that a dāna made on the Uttara Phalgunī nakshatra is very special and gives double fruit, and that Brahmā Deva declared that he lives until the end of the kalpa (Chapter 27).
Related terms: Vaikuṇṭha · Dāna · Manvantara
Sources
- Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapters 26–27