Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Tṛtīya Aṃśa, Daśama Adhyāya · Back to chapter

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

adhikāṅgīṃ(अधिकाङ्गीं)

adhi- (“over, concerning, unto”) + kāṅgīṃ

adhi- (“over, concerning, unto”) + kāṅgīṃ.

āśritya(आश्रित्य)

leaning-on

ā-śri, “to lean toward.” A leaning-on; having taken lean-on (refuge as leaning).

dattvā(दत्त्वा)

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.

hrasva(ह्रस्व)

short

Inflected from hrasva. hrasva: short.

icchāmi(इच्छामि)

I wish

From iṣ, “to wish.” I wish.

icchan(इच्छन्)

wishes

From iṣ, “to wish.” Wishes; wish.

jāta(जात)

is born

Inflected from jāta. From jan, “to be born.” Is born; born.

kālaṃ(कालं)

time

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

maharṣi(महर्षि)

great seer

Inflected from maharṣi. mahā + ṛṣi: great seer.

nāma(नाम)

name

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

naraḥ(नरः)

a man

nara: a man, a human being (as mortal person).

nisargato(निसर्गतो)

ni- (“down, in”) + sargato

ni- (“down, in”) + sargato.

nityā(नित्या)

continual

Inflected from nityā. Continual; in-dwelling as constant.

para(पर)

beyond

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

parivarjayet(परिवर्जयेत्)

pari- (“around”) + varjayet

pari- (“around”) + varjayet.

parivrāḍ(परिव्राड्)

pari- (“around”) + vrāḍ

pari- (“around”) + vrāḍ.

pitā(पिता)

father

pitṛ: father (the protector/nourisher).

prāpya(प्राप्य)

reaching

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

pūrṇa(पूर्ण)

full

Inflected from pūrṇa. From pṝ, “to fill.” Filled, full.

saha(सह)

with

Inflected from saha. Indeclinable: “with, together.”

saṃhatabhruvam(संहतभ्रुवम्)

saṃ- (“together”) + hatabhruvam

saṃ- (“together”) + hatabhruvam.

samyagūḍhaṃ(सम्यगूढं)

sam- (“together”) + yagūḍhaṃ

sam- (“together”) + yagūḍhaṃ.

sarvam(सर्वम्)

all

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

sukhoccāryaṃ(सुखोच्चार्यं)

su- (“well, good”) + khoccāryaṃ

su- (“well, good”) + khoccāryaṃ.

svayam(स्वयम्)

oneself

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

tathā(तथा)

so

ta- + thā: “in that way, so.”

upacāraṃ(उपचारं)

upa- (“near, toward”) + cāraṃ

upa- (“near, toward”) + cāraṃ.

vāpi(वापि)

or even

vā “or” + api “even.”

vikalāṅgīm(विकलाङ्गीम्)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + kalāṅgīm

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + kalāṅgīm.

viprān(विप्रान्)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + prān

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + prān.

yajña(यज्ञ)

offering

Inflected from yajña. From yaj, “to offer, to worship, to stretch toward the gods.” The offering. Not merely “sacrifice” as killing.