Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Pañcama Aṃśa, Caturdaśa Adhyāya · Back to chapter

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

ekaṃ(एकं)

one

eka: one. The one, a single.

hata(हत)

striking

Inflected from hata. From han, “to strike, to slay.” Strikes; is struck; to slay; having slain.

janārdana name(जनार्दन)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

Inflected from janārdana. jana (“people,” jan “to be born”) + ardana (ard, “to agitate, to distress”). Agitator of people; or destroyer of the wicked among men. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

kadācit(कदाचित्)

at some time

kadā + cid: “at some time, perhaps.”

keśavaḥ name(केशवः)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

keśa (“hair”) + -va: having fine hair; or slayer of Keśin. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

kṛṣṇa(कृष्ण)

Vocative: O Kṛṣṇa

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

madhusūdanaḥ name(मधुसूदनः)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

Madhu (a demon’s name) + sūdana (sūd, “to kill”). Slayer of Madhu. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

pradoṣārdhe(प्रदोषार्धे)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + doṣārdhe

pra- (“forth, forward”) + doṣārdhe.

pralambakaṇṭho(प्रलम्बकण्ठो)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + lambakaṇṭho

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

punaḥ(पुनः)

again

Adverb: “again, back.”

purā(पुरा)

formerly

Indeclinable: “formerly, of old.”

sa(स)

he

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

sadā(सदा)

always

sa- + dā: “always, at every time.”

samado(समदो)

sam- (“together”) + ado

sam- (“together”) + ado.

tam(तम्)

him

Accusative masculine of tad: “him, that.”

tataḥ(ततः)

then

From tad + tas: “from that, then.”

tatas(ततस्)

then

From tad + tas: “from that, then.”

udvegakārakaḥ(उद्वेगकारकः)

ud- (“up, out”) + vegakārakaḥ

ud- (“up, out”) + vegakārakaḥ.

yaḥ(यः)

who

Nominative singular of yad: “who, which.”

yathā(यथा)

as

ya- + thā: “in which way, as.”