Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Tṛtīya 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.

ādarāt(आदरात्)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + darāt

ā- (“unto, fully”) + darāt.

āraktāś(आरक्ताश्)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + raktāś

ā- (“unto, fully”) + raktāś.

cāpa(चाप)

bow

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

dattaṃ(दत्तं)

gives

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

etān(एतान्)

these

Inflected from etān. Accusative plural of etad: “these.”

jātās(जातास्)

is born

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

jāyate(जायते)

is born

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

nityaṃ(नित्यं)

continual

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

nivārayet(निवारयेत्)

ni- (“down, in”) + vārayet

ni- (“down, in”) + vārayet.

pratyakṣalavaṇāni(प्रत्यक्षलवणानि)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + tyakṣalavaṇāni

pra- (“forth, forward”) + tyakṣalavaṇāni.

purā(पुरा)

formerly

Indeclinable: “formerly, of old.”

sa(स)

he

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

surā(सुरा)

shining one

sura: a shining one, a god. Parallel to deva (div, “to shine”).

tathā(तथा)

so

ta- + thā: “in that way, so.”

vivarjayet(विवर्जयेत्)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + varjayet

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + varjayet.

yaḥ(यः)

who

Nominative singular of yad: “who, which.”

yatra(यत्र)

where

ya- + tra: “in which place, where.”