Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Pañcama Aṃśa, Ekādaśa Adhyāya · Back to chapter

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

adha(अध)

below

Inflected from adha. Indeclinable: “below.”

ājñaptāḥ(आज्ञप्ताः)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + jñaptāḥ

ā- (“unto, fully”) + jñaptāḥ.

anya(अन्य)

another

Inflected from anya. Nominative singular of anya: “another.”

āruhya(आरुह्य)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + ruhya

ā- (“unto, fully”) + ruhya.

atra(अत्र)

here

a- + tra: “in this place.” Here.

dvija(द्विज)

twice-born

dvi-ja “twice-born.” dvija-uttama: upmost of the twice-born.

ekaṃ(एकं)

one

eka: one. The one, a single.

etad(एतद्)

this

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

etat(एतत्)

this

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

gaṇaṃ(गणं)

troop

gaṇa: a troop, a flock, a counted group.

imam(इमम्)

this

Accusative masculine of idam: “this.”

kāraṇam(कारणम्)

the causing

From kṛ: the causing; a cause as that which makes.

kṛṣṇa(कृष्ण)

Vocative: O Kṛṣṇa

Inflected from kṛṣṇa. kṛṣṇa: dark, black. From kṛṣ, “to draw, to drag,” or as the dark colour. The dark one. Vocative: O Kṛṣṇa.

kṛṣṇaḥ(कृष्णः)

Vocative: O Kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa: dark, black. From kṛṣ, “to draw, to drag,” or as the dark colour. The dark one. Vocative: O Kṛṣṇa.

nāma(नाम)

name

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

paras(परस्)

beyond

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

paritrāte(परित्राते)

pari- (“around”) + trāte

pari- (“around”) + trāte.

punar(पुनर्)

again

Adverb: “again, back.”

saṃvartakaṃ(संवर्तकं)

saṃ- (“together”) + vartakaṃ

saṃ- (“together”) + vartakaṃ.

sarvaṃ(सर्वं)

all

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

sudurbuddhir(सुदुर्बुद्धिर्)

su- (“well, good”) + durbuddhir

su- (“well, good”) + durbuddhir.

sunivāteṣu(सुनिवातेषु)

su- (“well, good”) + nivāteṣu

su- (“well, good”) + nivāteṣu.

surendreṇa(सुरेन्द्रेण)

su- (“well, good”) + rendreṇa

su- (“well, good”) + rendreṇa.

tadā(तदा)

then

ta- + dā: “at that time, then.”

taṃ(तं)

him

Accusative masculine of tad: “him, that.”

tān(तान्)

them

Accusative plural of tad: “them.”

tataḥ(ततः)

then

From tad + tas: “from that, then.”

tatas(ततस्)

then

From tad + tas: “from that, then.”

teṣāṃ(तेषां)

of them

Genitive plural of tad: “of them.”

tiryak(तिर्यक्)

across

Indeclinable: “across, horizontally.”

vacanaṃ(वचनं)

speech

From vac, “to speak.” Speech; a speaking.

vipra(विप्र)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + pra

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + pra.

vismitamukhair(विस्मितमुखैर्)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + smitamukhair

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + smitamukhair.

vivatsāś(विवत्साश्)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + vatsāś

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + vatsāś.

yaḥ(यः)

who

Nominative singular of yad: “who, which.”