Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Tṛtīya Aṃśa, Navama Adhyāya · Back to chapter

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

ācāryeṇāvagāhitāḥ(आचार्येणावगाहिताः)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + cāryeṇāvagāhitāḥ

ā- (“unto, fully”) + cāryeṇāvagāhitāḥ.

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.

ahaṃkāro(अहंकारो)

aham (“I”) + kāra (“making,” from kṛ). I-making; the making of “I.”

asya(अस्य)

of this

Genitive of idam: “of this.”

atithir(अतिथिर्)

ati- (“beyond”) + thir

ati- (“beyond”) + thir.

avagāhed(अवगाहेद्)

ava- (“down, off”) + gāhed

ava- (“down, off”) + gāhed.

bālaḥ(बालः)

childish

bāla: young, not full-grown; then “childish” as not ripe in knowing.

bhayam(भयम्)

fear

From bhī, “to fear.” Fear.

dattvā(दत्त्वा)

gives

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

doṣa(दोष)

fault

Inflected from doṣa. From duṣ, “to spoil.” A fault; a spoiling.

etāṃ(एतां)

this

Accusative of etad: this.

gacchati(गच्छति)

going

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

gacchet(गच्छेत्)

going

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

jagat(जगत्)

the moving world

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

jāyate(जायते)

is born

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

juhoti(जुहोति)

pours the offering

From hu, “to pour the offering.” Pours; having poured; poured.

kāle(काले)

time

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

kāryaṃ(कार्यं)

what-is-to-be-done

Gerundive of kṛ: what is to be done; the effect as “that which is to-be-made.”

krodhas(क्रोधस्)

anger

From krudh, “to be angry.” Anger as a heating-up against.

lokān(लोकान्)

world

From lok, “to see”: a seen-world.

muniḥ(मुनिः)

silent thinker

From man, “to think,” or maun “silence.” The thinker / the silent one.

nirdhūtamatsaraḥ(निर्धूतमत्सरः)

nir- (“out, without”) + dhūtamatsaraḥ

nir- (“out, without”) + dhūtamatsaraḥ.

niyataś(नियतश्)

ni- (“down, in”) + yataś

ni- (“down, in”) + yataś.

param(परम्)

beyond

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

paramaṃ(परमं)

highest

Superlative of para, “beyond, further.” The furthest, the highest.

parivrāḍ(परिव्राड्)

pari- (“around”) + vrāḍ

pari- (“around”) + vrāḍ.

parivrāḍbrahmacāriṇaḥ(परिव्राड्ब्रह्मचारिणः)

pari- (“around”) + vrāḍbrahmacāriṇaḥ

pari- (“around”) + vrāḍbrahmacāriṇaḥ.

prabho(प्रभो)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + bho

pra- (“forth, forward”) + bho.

prajāpati(प्रजापति)

master of offspring

Inflected from prajāpati. prajā (“offspring,” pra-jan) + pati (“master, husband”). Master of offspring; the progenitor.

prāpnoti(प्राप्नोति)

reaching

pra- āp, “to reach, to obtain.” Having reached; reaches.

prāpya(प्राप्य)

reaching

pra- āp, “to reach, to obtain.” Having reached; reaches.

praśāntaḥ(प्रशान्तः)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + śāntaḥ

pra- (“forth, forward”) + śāntaḥ.

pratikūlaṃ(प्रतिकूलं)

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

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

pratinivartate(प्रतिनिवर्तते)

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

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

puṇyam(पुण्यम्)

merit

puṇya: auspicious, meritorious (from puṇ/pūṣ related “to thrive”). Merit as what thrives.

puruṣo(पुरुषो)

the Person

Often analysed as pūr “filling” or pur “citadel” + śī “to lie”: the one who lies in the stronghold (the body). The Person, as against prakṛti the making-forth.

sa(स)

he

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

sama(सम)

even

Inflected from sama. sama: same, even, equal. Evenness.

saṃdhye(संध्ये)

saṃ- (“together”) + dhye

saṃ- (“together”) + dhye.

samijjalādikaṃ(समिज्जलादिकं)

sam- (“together”) + ijjalādikaṃ

sam- (“together”) + ijjalādikaṃ.

samyak(सम्यक्)

rightly

sam- + añc: “together-going, rightly, fully.”

sarvān(सर्वान्)

all

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

sarveṣāṃ(सर्वेषां)

of all

Genitive plural of sarva: of all.

śāśvata(शाश्वत)

everlasting

Inflected from śāśvata. From śaśvat “ever.” Everlasting as “through the ages,” still not akṣara.

śiṣya(शिष्य)

pupil

Inflected from śiṣya. From śās, “to instruct.” One to be instructed; a pupil.

sthita(स्थित)

standing

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

sthitaḥ(स्थितः)

standing

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

śuciḥ(शुचिः)

clean

From śuc, “to gleam.” Bright, clean.

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.”

tyajet(त्यजेत्)

leaving

From tyaj, “to leave.” Having left; one leaves; one should leave.

ubhe(उभे)

both

ubha: both.

vedaṃ(वेदं)

veda

From vid, “to know.” Knowledge; the Veda.

viprāḥ(विप्राः)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + prāḥ

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + prāḥ.

yas(यस्)

who

Nominative singular of yad: “who, which.”

yathā(यथा)

as

ya- + thā: “in which way, as.”