Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Ṣaṣṭha Aṃśa, Tṛtīya Adhyāya · Back to chapter

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

adhaḥ(अधः)

below

Indeclinable: “below.”

agni(अग्नि)

Fire as the eater and carrier of offerings

Inflected from agni. agni: fire, the driving fire (aṅg/ag, “to drive”). Fire as the eater and carrier of offerings.

atibhairavam(अतिभैरवम्)

ati- (“beyond”) + bhairavam

ati- (“beyond”) + bhairavam.

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.

bhūyas(भूयस्)

again

Comparative of bahu / from bhū: “more, again.”

brahmaṇa(ब्रह्मण)

that-which-is-vast (brahman)

Inflected from brahmaṇa. Neuter of brahman, from bṛh, “to grow, to swell, to be vast.” It names that which is vast — an entity, not a person. The creator god is a different word, Brahmā (masculine). A brāhmaṇa is a person of that class.

dagdhvā(दग्ध्वा)

burns

From dah, “to burn.” Burns.

daśa(दश)

ten

daśan: ten.

dvija(द्विज)

twice-born

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

eṣa(एष)

this one

Inflected from eṣa. Masculine of etad: “this one.”

gacchanti(गच्छन्ति)

going

From gam / yā, “to go.” Goes; they go; having gone; gone; he goes.

harati(हरति)

takes

From hṛ, “to take.” Takes.

jagat(जगत्)

the moving world

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

janārdanaḥ name(जनार्दनः)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

jana (“people,” jan “to be born”) + ardana (ard, “to agitate, to distress”). Agitator of people; or destroyer of the wicked among men. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

jāyate(जायते)

is born

From jan, “to be born.” Is born; born.

jñeyaḥ(ज्ञेयः)

knowing

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

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.

lokās(लोकास्)

world

From lok, “to see”: a seen-world.

mahān(महान्)

great

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

nayati(नयति)

leads

From nī, “to lead.” Leads.

niḥsneham(निःस्नेहम्)

ni- (“down, in”) + ḥsneham

ni- (“down, in”) + ḥsneham.

nimeṣo(निमेषो)

ni- (“down, in”) + meṣo

ni- (“down, in”) + meṣo.

ninādinaḥ(निनादिनः)

ni- (“down, in”) + nādinaḥ

ni- (“down, in”) + nādinaḥ.

nityasya(नित्यस्य)

continual

From ni- (“in, own”) + tya: what is in-dwelling, continual, one’s own as constant. Continually-there; not a calendar “eternal.”

pañca(पञ्च)

five

pañcan: five.

para(पर)

beyond

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

param(परम्)

beyond

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

parārdhadviguṇaṃ(परार्धद्विगुणं)

parā- (“away, forth beyond”) + rdhadviguṇaṃ

parā- (“away, forth beyond”) + rdhadviguṇaṃ.

parārdham(परार्धम्)

parā- (“away, forth beyond”) + rdham

parā- (“away, forth beyond”) + rdham.

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.”

saṃvartakā(संवर्तका)

saṃ- (“together”) + vartakā

saṃ- (“together”) + vartakā.

sapta(सप्त)

seven

saptan: seven.

sarvaṃ(सर्वं)

all

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

sarveṣām(सर्वेषाम्)

of all

Genitive plural of sarva: of all.

śatam(शतम्)

a hundred

śata: a hundred.

śataṃ(शतं)

a hundred

śata: a hundred.

sthānaṃ(स्थानं)

standing

From sthā, “to stand.” Standing-place; stood; having stood; stands.

sthitaḥ(स्थितः)

standing

From sthā, “to stand.” Standing-place; stood; having stood; stands.

suṣupto(सुषुप्तो)

su- (“well, good”) + ṣupto

su- (“well, good”) + ṣupto.

tadā(तदा)

then

ta- + dā: “at that time, then.”

tam(तम्)

him

Accusative masculine of tad: “him, that.”

tān(तान्)

them

Inflected from tān. Accusative plural of tad: “them.”

tataḥ(ततः)

then

From tad + tas: “from that, then.”

tatas(ततस्)

then

From tad + tas: “from that, then.”

tathā(तथा)

so

ta- + thā: “in that way, so.”

tathaiva(तथैव)

likewise

tathā + eva: just so, likewise.

tatra(तत्र)

there

ta- + tra: “in that place, there.”

teṣāṃ(तेषां)

of them

Genitive plural of tad: “of them.”

vāsudeva name(वासुदेव)

Inflected from vāsudeva. Son of Vasudeva (vāsu “good, shining” + deva “shining one”). Patronym of Kṛṣṇa; also “the shining one in whom all dwell.”

vipra(विप्र)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + pra

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + pra.

vyaktaṃ(व्यक्तं)

manifest

vi-añj, “to make clear, to smear forth.” Manifest; made-clear.

yānti(यान्ति)

going

From gam / yā, “to go.” Goes; they go; having gone; gone; he goes.