Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Pañcama Aṃśa, Aṣṭāviṃśa Adhyāya · Back to chapter

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

ādade(आददे)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + dade

ā- (“unto, fully”) + dade.

balaṃ(बलं)

strength

bala: strength, force (from bal, “to be strong”).

cāpa(चाप)

bow

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

deva(देव)

shining one

Inflected from deva. From div, “to shine.” A shining one; a god as a shining being, not a generic “God.”

dvija(द्विज)

twice-born

dvi-ja “twice-born.” dvija-uttama: upmost of the twice-born.

dvijottama(द्विजोत्तम)

twice-born

dvi-ja “twice-born.” dvija-uttama: upmost of the twice-born.

ekaṃ(एकं)

one

eka: one. The one, a single.

jitaḥ(जितः)

victory

ji (“to conquer”); substantive: victory.

jitaṃ(जितं)

victory

ji (“to conquer”); substantive: victory.

karmaṇā(कर्मणा)

action

Inflected karma, from kṛ, “to do.” Deeds; in the doing; of action.

katham(कथम्)

how

ka- + tham: “how?”

keśavaḥ name(केशवः)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

keśa (“hair”) + -va: having fine hair; or slayer of Keśin. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

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.

madhusūdanaḥ name(मधुसूदनः)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

Madhu (a demon’s name) + sūdana (sūd, “to kill”). Slayer of Madhu. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

mahat(महत्)

great

mahat: great. From mah, “to be great.”

nāmna(नाम्न)

name

Inflected from nāmna. nāman: name, from a root of bending/marking. The name.

param(परम्)

beyond

para: beyond, further, other. As a neuter noun often “what is beyond.”

pradyumnaḥ(प्रद्युम्नः)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + dyumnaḥ

pra- (“forth, forward”) + dyumnaḥ.

pradyumno(प्रद्युम्नो)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + dyumno

pra- (“forth, forward”) + dyumno.

prāha(प्राह)

spoken forth

pra-vac, “to speak forth.” Spoken forth; he has said forth.

prakāśaṃ(प्रकाशं)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + kāśaṃ

pra- (“forth, forward”) + kāśaṃ.

sa(स)

he

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

(सा)

she

Nominative feminine of tad: “she, that.”

saḥ(सः)

he

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

sahasram(सहस्रम्)

a thousand

sahasra: a thousand.

sahasraṃ(सहस्रं)

a thousand

sahasra: a thousand.

samutthāya(समुत्थाय)

sam- (“together”) + utthāya

sam- (“together”) + utthāya.

sapta(सप्त)

seven

saptan: seven.

sarvaṃ(सर्वं)

all

sarva: whole, all. The entire, not a leftover.

sarve(सर्वे)

all

Nominative plural of sarva: “all.”

sarveṣāṃ(सर्वेषां)

of all

Genitive plural of sarva: of all.

satya(सत्य)

being-true

Inflected from satya. From sat, “being” (as, “to be”). Being-true; what is as it is.

satyaṃ(सत्यं)

being-true

From sat, “being” (as, “to be”). Being-true; what is as it is.

śrutvā(श्रुत्वा)

hearing

From śru, “to hear.” Hear!; hears; having heard; heard.

sucāruṃ(सुचारुं)

su- (“well, good”) + cāruṃ

su- (“well, good”) + cāruṃ.

sudeṣṇaṃ(सुदेष्णं)

su- (“well, good”) + deṣṇaṃ

su- (“well, good”) + deṣṇaṃ.

suṣeṇaṃ(सुषेणं)

su- (“well, good”) + ṣeṇaṃ

su- (“well, good”) + ṣeṇaṃ.

tadā(तदा)

then

ta- + dā: “at that time, then.”

taṃ(तं)

him

Accusative masculine of tad: “him, that.”

tān(तान्)

them

Accusative plural of tad: “them.”

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.”

teṣāṃ(तेषां)

of them

Genitive plural of tad: “of them.”

vākyam(वाक्यम्)

speech

From vac, “to speak.” Speech; a speaking.

varaḥ(वरः)

best

From vṛ, “to choose.” The chosen; the best. Vocative: O best.

varam(वरम्)

best

From vṛ, “to choose.” The chosen; the best. Vocative: O best.

vivāhe(विवाहे)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + vāhe

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + vāhe.

ya(य)

who

Inflected from ya. Nominative singular of yad: “who, which.”

yādava(यादव)

Of the Yadu line

Inflected from yādava. Of the Yadu line.