Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Prathama Aṃśa, Ṣoḍaśa Adhyāya · Back to chapter

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

ākrāntadeho(आक्रान्तदेहो)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + krāntadeho

ā- (“unto, fully”) + krāntadeho.

ākrāntaḥ(आक्रान्तः)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + krāntaḥ

ā- (“unto, fully”) + krāntaḥ.

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.

dattaṃ(दत्तं)

gives

From dā, “to give.” Gives; having given; given.

etad(एतद्)

this

Neuter of etad: “this here.” e- + tad.

etat(एतत्)

this

Neuter of etad: “this here.” e- + tad.

guṇaiḥ(गुणैः)

strands

guṇa: strand, constituent thread of experience.

hata(हत)

striking

Inflected from hata. From han, “to strike, to slay.” Strikes; is struck; to slay; having slain.

icchāmi(इच्छामि)

I wish

From iṣ, “to wish.” I wish.

jagat(जगत्)

the moving world

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

kaḥ(कः)

who

Nominative of kim: “who?” Interrogative stem ka-.

kāraṇaṃ(कारणं)

the causing

From kṛ: the causing; a cause as that which makes.

kim(किम्)

what

Neuter interrogative: “what? why?”

kiṃ(किं)

what

Neuter interrogative: “what? why?”

nirūpitaḥ(निरूपितः)

nir- (“out, without”) + ūpitaḥ

nir- (“out, without”) + ūpitaḥ.

nityaṃ(नित्यं)

continual

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

prahlādaṃ(प्रह्लादं)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + hlādaṃ

pra- (“forth, forward”) + hlādaṃ.

prathame(प्रथमे)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + thame

pra- (“forth, forward”) + thame.

prayuktavān(प्रयुक्तवान्)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + yuktavān

pra- (“forth, forward”) + yuktavān.

punar(पुनर्)

again

Adverb: “again, back.”

purā(पुरा)

formerly

Indeclinable: “formerly, of old.”

sa(स)

he

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

saḥ(सः)

he

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

sahasraṃ(सहस्रं)

a thousand

sahasra: a thousand.

saṃśoṣako(संशोषको)

saṃ- (“together”) + śoṣako

saṃ- (“together”) + śoṣako.

sanātanaḥ(सनातनः)

age-long

sanā + tana: stretching from of old; age-long.

sarvaṃ(सर्वं)

all

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

sthita(स्थित)

standing

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

tatra(तत्र)

there

ta- + tra: “in that place, there.”

vikṣato(विक्षतो)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + kṣato

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + kṣato.

vimatsare(विमत्सरे)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + matsare

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + matsare.

vināśa(विनाश)

complete perishing

Inflected from vināśa. vi- (“apart, fully”) + nāśa (naś, “to perish”). Complete perishing.

vipakṣe(विपक्षे)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + pakṣe

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + pakṣe.

vistarān(विस्तरान्)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + starān

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + starān.

yaḥ(यः)

who

Nominative singular of yad: “who, which.”