Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Dvitīya Aṃśa, Pañcama Adhyāya · Back to chapter

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

āhlādakāriṇaḥ(आह्लादकारिणः)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + hlādakāriṇaḥ

ā- (“unto, fully”) + hlādakāriṇaḥ.

ārādhya(आराध्य)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + rādhya

ā- (“unto, fully”) + rādhya.

atibhogibhiḥ(अतिभोगिभिः)

ati- (“beyond”) + bhogibhiḥ

ati- (“beyond”) + bhogibhiḥ.

atiśubhrāṇi(अतिशुभ्राणि)

ati- (“beyond”) + śubhrāṇi

ati- (“beyond”) + śubhrāṇi.

cāpa(चाप)

bow

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

diśaḥ(दिशः)

direction

diś: direction, quarter of the sky.

dvija(द्विज)

twice-born

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

eṣa(एष)

this one

Masculine of etad: “this one.”

gacchanti(गच्छन्ति)

going

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

gata(गत)

going

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

guṇānāṃ(गुणानां)

strands

guṇa: strand, constituent thread of experience.

hita(हित)

beneficial

Inflected from hita. From dhā, “to place”: well-placed, beneficial.

jagat(जगत्)

the moving world

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

jāyate(जायते)

is born

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

jñāyate(ज्ञायते)

is known

Passive of jñā: it is known.

kāla(काल)

time

Inflected from kāla. kāla: time; also “the dark, the calculating.” Time as what counts out and cuts off.

kas(कस्)

who

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

madhye(मध्ये)

middle

madhya: middle.

muhuḥ(मुहुः)

again and again

Indeclinable: “again and again.”

nāradaḥ(नारदः)

traditionally)

Nārada, the seer (nara + da, “giver to men,” traditionally).

nitalaṃ(नितलं)

ni- (“down, in”) + talaṃ

ni- (“down, in”) + talaṃ.

phalam(फलम्)

fruit

Fruit; the produce of a deed (from a root of bursting/ripening). Result as fruit, not a score.

prabhāṃ(प्रभां)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + bhāṃ

pra- (“forth, forward”) + bhāṃ.

prabhāvaś(प्रभावश्)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + bhāvaś

pra- (“forth, forward”) + bhāvaś.

prāha(प्राह)

spoken forth

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

rudra name(रुद्र)

” The howler; Rudra, later a name of Śiva

Inflected from rudra. From rud, “to howl, to cry.” The howler; Rudra, later a name of Śiva.

rūpam(रूपम्)

form

rūpa: form, outward shape (what is seen). Not “beauty” first.

sa(स)

he

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

saṃkarṣaṇātmako(संकर्षणात्मको)

saṃ- (“together”) + karṣaṇātmako

saṃ- (“together”) + karṣaṇātmako.

sarvān(सर्वान्)

all

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

śiras(शिरस्)

head

Inflected from śiras. śiras: head. mūrdhan: head, peak.

suprabhāḥ(सुप्रभाः)

su- (“well, good”) + prabhāḥ

su- (“well, good”) + prabhāḥ.

sutalaṃ(सुतलं)

su- (“well, good”) + talaṃ

su- (“well, good”) + talaṃ.

svayaṃ(स्वयं)

oneself

sva + yam: by oneself; of one’s own accord.

tadā(तदा)

then

ta- + dā: “at that time, then.”

tāmasī(तामसी)

of darkness

Of tamas: belonging to darkness.

tattvataḥ(तत्त्वतः)

that-ness

tad + tva: that-ness; the being-that of a thing. tattvataḥ: from that-ness, in reality as that.

teṣu(तेषु)

in them

Locative plural of tad: “in them.”

uttamam(उत्तमम्)

upmost

ud- (“up”) + tama (superlative). The upmost, the highest.

vijṛmbhate(विजृम्भते)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + jṛmbhate

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + jṛmbhate.

vistāra(विस्तार)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + stāra

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + stāra.

vitalaṃ(वितलं)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + talaṃ

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + talaṃ.

yadā(यदा)

when

ya- + dā: “at which time, when.”

yaḥ(यः)

who

Nominative singular of yad: “who, which.”

yāti(याति)

going

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

yatra(यत्र)

where

ya- + tra: “in which place, where.”