Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Caturtha Aṃśa, Aṣṭādaśa Adhyāya · Back to chapter

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

catvāraḥ(चत्वारः)

four

catur: four.

dhṛti(धृति)

holding-fast

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

dvau(द्वौ)

two

dvi: two. Dual forms “these two.”

ete(एते)

these

Nominative plural of etad: “these.”

gata(गत)

going

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

karṇa name(कर्ण)

The chariot-warrior

Inflected from karṇa. karṇa: ear. Born with earrings (kuṇḍala), named from the ear. The chariot-warrior.

nāma(नाम)

name

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

pañca(पञ्च)

five

pañcan: five.

trayaḥ(त्रयः)

three

tri: three.

vijayaṃ(विजयं)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + jayaṃ

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + jayaṃ.

vijayaś(विजयश्)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + jayaś

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + jayaś.

viṣaya(विषय)

sense-object

Inflected from viṣaya. vi- + si “to throw”: what is thrown before one; a sense-object, a domain.