Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

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

ājahāra(आजहार)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + jahāra

ā- (“unto, fully”) + jahāra.

āropitety(आरोपितेत्य्)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + ropitety

ā- (“unto, fully”) + ropitety.

āropya(आरोप्य)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + ropya

ā- (“unto, fully”) + ropya.

ayam(अयम्)

this

Masculine of idam: “this one.”

bhaya(भय)

fear

Inflected from bhaya. From bhī, “to fear.” Fear.

dhṛtiḥ(धृतिः)

holding-fast

From dhṛ, “to hold.” Holding-fast; firmness as a holding.

diśaḥ(दिशः)

direction

diś: direction, quarter of the sky.

eṣa(एष)

this one

Inflected from eṣa. Masculine of etad: “this one.”

etāṃ(एतां)

this

Accusative of etad: this.

etat(एतत्)

this

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

ete(एते)

these

Nominative plural of etad: “these.”

gīyate(गीयते)

is sung

Passive of gai, “to sing.” It is sung.

idam(इदम्)

this

Neuter of idam: “this” (near).

idaṃ(इदं)

this

Neuter of idam: “this” (near).

kālena(कालेन)

time

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

mṛta(मृत)

dies

Inflected from mṛta. From mṛ, “to die.” Dies; dead.

nāma(नाम)

name

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

nirūpitety(निरूपितेत्य्)

nir- (“out, without”) + ūpitety

nir- (“out, without”) + ūpitety.

pariṇāmam(परिणामम्)

pari- (“around”) + ṇāmam

pari- (“around”) + ṇāmam.

pitā(पिता)

father

pitṛ: father (the protector/nourisher).

praviveśa(प्रविवेश)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + viveśa

pra- (“forth, forward”) + viveśa.

punas(पुनस्)

again

Adverb: “again, back.”

rājña(राज्ञ)

king

Inflected from rājña. From rāj, “to shine, to rule.” The shining ruler; a king.

ratham(रथम्)

chariot

ratha: chariot, the going-vehicle (from ram/ṛ “to go”).

sa(स)

he

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

(सा)

she

Nominative feminine of tad: “she, that.”

śaibya name(शैब्य)

The man Śaibya

Inflected from śaibya. Descendant of Śibi. The man Śaibya.

samyag(सम्यग्)

sam- (“together”) + yag

sam- (“together”) + yag.

ṣaṭ(षट्)

six

ṣaṣ: six.

śatam(शतम्)

a hundred

śata: a hundred.

śreṣṭhaḥ(श्रेष्ठः)

most excellent

Superlative of śrī-related “excellent.” The most excellent.

śrutvā(श्रुत्वा)

hearing

From śru, “to hear.” Hear!; hears; having heard; heard.

tataḥ(ततः)

then

From tad + tas: “from that, then.”

teṣāṃ(तेषां)

of them

Genitive plural of tad: “of them.”

upayeme(उपयेमे)

upa- (“near, toward”) + yeme

upa- (“near, toward”) + yeme.

vijayinaṃ(विजयिनं)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + jayinaṃ

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + jayinaṃ.

yas(यस्)

who

Nominative singular of yad: “who, which.”