Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Pañcama 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.

ābhoginaṃ(आभोगिनं)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + bhoginaṃ

ā- (“unto, fully”) + bhoginaṃ.

avatāre(अवतारे)

ava- (“down, off”) + tāre

ava- (“down, off”) + tāre.

bāhu(बाहु)

arm

Inflected from bāhu. bāhu: arm.

bāhuḥ(बाहुः)

arm

bāhu: arm.

cāpa(चाप)

bow

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

dve(द्वे)

two

dvi: two. Dual forms “these two.”

dvija(द्विज)

twice-born

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

enaṃ(एनं)

him

Accusative of anaphoric ena-: “him, this one already in view.”

gata(गत)

going

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

gatam(गतम्)

going

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

govinda name(गोविन्द)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

Inflected from govinda. go (“cow, cattle, earth, ray”) + vinda (vid, “to find”). Finder of cows; also finder of the earth. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

govindaḥ name(गोविन्दः)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

go (“cow, cattle, earth, ray”) + vinda (vid, “to find”). Finder of cows; also finder of the earth. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

hata(हत)

striking

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

idam(इदम्)

this

Neuter of idam: “this” (near).

janārdana name(जनार्दन)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

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.

janārdanaḥ name(जनार्दनः)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

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.

keśiniṣūdana(केशिनिषूदन)

slayer of Keśin

Slayer of Keśin.

kim(किम्)

what

Neuter interrogative: “what? why?”

kiṃ(किं)

what

Neuter interrogative: “what? why?”

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.

madhusūdana name(मधुसूदन)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

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

mahat(महत्)

great

mahat: great. From mah, “to be great.”

mukha(मुख)

mouth

Inflected from mukha. mukha: mouth, face, forefront.

nārada(नारद)

Nārada, the seer (nara + da, “giver to men,” traditionally)

Inflected from nārada. Nārada, the seer (nara + da, “giver to men,” traditionally).

niryatnaḥ(निर्यत्नः)

nir- (“out, without”) + yatnaḥ

nir- (“out, without”) + yatnaḥ.

pāda(पाद)

foot

Inflected from pāda. pāda: foot, quarter (pad, “to go”). caraṇa from car, “to move.”

punaḥ(पुनः)

again

Adverb: “again, back.”

puṇḍarīkākṣam name(पुण्डरीकाक्षम्)

Lotus-eyed

puṇḍarīka (“lotus”) + akṣa (“eye”). Lotus-eyed.

sa(स)

he

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

śaraṇaṃ(शरणं)

shelter

śaraṇa: shelter, from śṛ “to break” (a broken-place as refuge) or śri. Refuge as a shelter.

śrutvā(श्रुत्वा)

hearing

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

sthitaḥ(स्थितः)

standing

From sthā, “to stand.” Standing-place; stood; having stood; stands.

svasti(स्वस्ति)

well-being

su (“well”) + asti (“it is”). Well-being; hail.

tadā(तदा)

then

ta- + dā: “at that time, then.”

tataḥ(ततः)

then

From tad + tas: “from that, then.”

teṣāṃ(तेषां)

of them

Genitive plural of tad: “of them.”

vilopyate(विलोप्यते)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + lopyate

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + lopyate.

vināśa(विनाश)

complete perishing

Inflected from vināśa. vi- (“apart, fully”) + nāśa (naś, “to perish”). Complete perishing.

vipro(विप्रो)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + pro

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + pro.

virejatuḥ(विरेजतुः)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + rejatuḥ

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + rejatuḥ.

vismitāḥ(विस्मिताः)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + smitāḥ

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + smitāḥ.

vismitaṃ(विस्मितं)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + smitaṃ

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + smitaṃ.

viveśa(विवेश)

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + veśa

vi- (“apart, asunder”) + veśa.

yasmāt(यस्मात्)

because

Ablative of yad: “from which”; often “because.”

yathā(यथा)

as

ya- + thā: “in which way, as.”