Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Pañcama Aṃśa, Caturviṃśa Adhyāya · Back to chapter

English lines use these phrases for common nouns. Only names (people, deities, epithets) stay in Sanskrit in the translation.

acyuta name(अच्युत)

Unfallen; he who does not fall away

Inflected from acyuta. a- (“not”) + cyuta (cyu, “to fall, to drop”). Unfallen; he who does not fall away.

bhagavān(भगवान्)

the Lord

bhaga (“share, portion, majesty,” from bhaj “to share”) + -vant “possessing.” One who has the share of majesty. The Lord as the one possessed of majesty, not a first name.

cāpa(चाप)

bow

Inflected from cāpa. dhanus: bow. cāpa also bow.

durdarśaḥ(दुर्दर्शः)

dur- (“ill, hard”) + darśaḥ

dur- (“ill, hard”) + darśaḥ.

govindaḥ name(गोविन्दः)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

go (“cow, cattle, earth, ray”) + vinda (vid, “to find”). Finder of cows; also finder of the earth. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

jagat(जगत्)

the moving world

Inflected from jagat. From gam, “to go” (intensive): that which keeps going, the moving world.

jñātvā(ज्ञात्वा)

knowing

From jñā, “to know.” Having known; knows; to-be-known.

kim(किम्)

what

Neuter interrogative: “what? why?”

kiṃ(किं)

what

Neuter interrogative: “what? why?”

kṛṣṇa(कृष्ण)

Vocative: O Kṛṣṇa

Inflected from kṛṣṇa. kṛṣṇa: dark, black. From kṛṣ, “to draw, to drag,” or as the dark colour. The dark one. Vocative: O Kṛṣṇa.

lokān(लोकान्)

world

From lok, “to see”: a seen-world.

nara(नर)

a man

Inflected from nara. nara: a man, a human being (as mortal person).

pitā(पिता)

father

pitṛ: father (the protector/nourisher).

pratibhāti(प्रतिभाति)

prati- (“back, against, toward each”) + bhāti

prati- (“back, against, toward each”) + bhāti.

prayayau(प्रययौ)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + yayau

pra- (“forth, forward”) + yayau.

punar(पुनर्)

again

Adverb: “again, back.”

sa(स)

he

Nominative singular masculine of tad: “he, that one.”

saḥ(सः)

he

Nominative singular masculine of tad: “he, that one.”

samaṃ(समं)

even

sama: same, even, equal. Evenness.

saṃdeśaiḥ(संदेशैः)

saṃ- (“together”) + deśaiḥ

saṃ- (“together”) + deśaiḥ.

smarati(स्मरति)

remembering

From smṛ, “to remember.” Remembering; remembers; having remembered; remember along (anu-smṛ).

sukhaṃ(सुखं)

ease

su- (“well, good”) + kha (“axle-hole, space”). Well-fitting; ease. Not a thin “happiness.”

tadā(तदा)

then

ta- + dā: “at that time, then.”

tataḥ(ततः)

then

From tad + tas: “from that, then.”

tathā(तथा)

so

ta- + thā: “in that way, so.”

tatra(तत्र)

there

ta- + tra: “in that place, there.”