puissance

• Le choix qui se pose désormais à l'Union est brutal: la soumission ou l'affirmation de sa puissance, aucun —  Open Europe blog
• Thou art he whose object are all crowned with fruition, of themselves and without waiting for the puissance (derivable from penances). —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
• Saluting thee, and worshipping thee with bent head, I ask thee this, viz., what the puissance is of my penances and what the high blessedness is that is thine! —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
• Knowing of his puissance, the sacrificing gods thought of Vasishtha and made him their priest in imagination. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
• Behold duly, O son, what the puissance is of myself when I become gratified with any one. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

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