लिंगोपासनारहस्य Flashcards
primarily vocabulary associated with Swami Karpatri's essay of the same name (though, in my excitation, I've conflated here some extra vocabulary discovered while dictionary surfing) (96 cards)
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परिष्कृत
A
refined, sophisticated
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निर्णय
A
decision, judgement
(निर्णय करना = to decide)
(Eng. from Ltn. de- = off, caedere = to cut)
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निधि
A
treasury, receptacle
syn. कोश, गञ्ज
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जबकी
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whereas
eg/ x है जबकी… = whereas X, …
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अधिकतर
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mostly
(अधिक = more, further)
(syn. बहुधा, अकसर, आम तौर पर)
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बढ़ने के
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increasingly
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पतला करना
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to dilute (to make thin, weak)
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मिलाना
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to mix, mingle
syn. मिश्रण करना, मिश्रिवत करना, संयुक्त करना
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बहुधा
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frequently, mostly
syn. अधिकतर
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तनु
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thin, attenuated, dilute, slim
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सुष्कर
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difficult, hard, impossible
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पौष्टिक
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nourishing, wholesome
√पौष् = पुष्टौ to nourish. = धारणे to support
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पेचीदा
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intricate, complicated
syn. जटिल = complex, sophisticated
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विषय
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subject
syn. समस्य. cf/ विषय वस्तु subject matter
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प्रजा
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public, people
syn. लोग, जनता, जन, समान्य मनुष्य
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मामला
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matters, affairs, concerns
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होना चाहिए
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should be, must be, ought to be
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दुरभाग्य
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misfortune
भाग्य = fortune. √भज् to divide
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दुर्भोध
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difficult to understand, abstruse, unitelligible
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होने के कारण
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due to…, because of…
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परिष्कृत
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sophisticated
syn. जटिल, अत्याधुनिक [in the sense of modern. आधुनिक = modern
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आधुनिक
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modern, new, recent, present day
Skt. अधुना = at this time
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जटिल
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sophisticated, intricate, complex
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साहित्य
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literary
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राजनीति
politics
(नीति = manner of conducting oneself)
(राज्य का = political)
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प्रचलित
popular, in vogue, regular, general
| चलित = gone
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साधारण
ordinary
| syn. आम, प्रचलित
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परन्तु
but
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अवसर
opportunity
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बाध
obstacle
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इसके अतिरिक्त
apart from that, as well as that, moreover
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अंश
part, factor
| cf/ अंशु = minute particle, point or end, ray or beam, end of a thread
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लोकवाद
worldly talk, rumour, gossip
| cf/ अपवाद = rumour, slander, abuse. प्रवाद = slander, abuse
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प्रवाद
slander, abuse.
| syn. अपवाद. cf/ लोकवाद = gossip, worldly talk
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संसृष्ट
united, commingled
| lit: flowed together
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द्वारा
by means of, by way of, by, through, from
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अनुसार
accordingly
| lit. 'flowing on from'
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स्वरूप
nature, character
| lit. 'own form
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वैषयिक
sensual, pertaining to objects of the senses
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वारण
opposing, distinct
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आदि
etc.
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जड़ता
inertness, insentience, unconsciousness < stupidity, dullness
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सत्ता
existence, existent
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वही
that very one. the same. self-same. identical
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आकार
form, shape, size
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अचिन्त्य
inconceivable
| Tib. བསམ་མི་ཁྱབ་པ
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अपनी
its, theirs, his, hers, ours
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होते हुए भी
despite, notwithstanding
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अपने आप
myself, oneself, itself, ourselves
| Also: automatically, spontaneously, personally
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मुहावरा
phrase, idiom
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अभ्यास
practice
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दैनिक
daily
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बीच बचाव
mediation, intervention
| बचाव rescue > बचाना to rescue. बीच middle, intervening
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बीच का
middle, intermediate, mean, between
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साधारण
mediocre, ordinary
(syn. मामूली ordinary, average, customary.
सामान्य = general, universal, commonplace, insignificant
सामान्य शिक्षा = general education
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आश्चर्य
surprise
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किराया
rent
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रूढ़
conventional, stereotypical
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जन्म
birth
| syn. संभव, उत्पत्ति, फैदा, रूढ़
(ant. मौत, मृत्यु, अंत, नाश, विनाश)
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मौत
death
| syn. मृत्यु
(ant. जन्म)
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उच्चारण
pronunciation
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संज्ञा - क्रिया
nouns and verbs
| syn. नाम noun
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ईर्ष्या
envy
(ईर्ष्यालु = envious)
(Ltn. in-videre = to look askance at. to envy)
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कृपा
tenderness, compassion
(कृपालु = kind)
(कृपासिन्धु extremely/oceanically compassionate)
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अनुकूल
friendly
| syn. दोस्ताना, मित्रवत, मित्रतापूर्ण, स्नेहशील, दयालु, कृपालु
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मित्रवत
friendly
| syn. दोस्ताना, अनुकूल, मित्रतापूर्ण, स्नेहशील, दयालु, कृपालु
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बातचीत
conversation, dialogue, discussion, negotiation
| बात = thing, matter, talking point
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स्नेहशील
affectionate
| (स्नेह = affection, love
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समानार्थ
synonym, equivalent
| lit. same meaning
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समाप्त हो गया
finished
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भाषाई
linguistic
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अनुवाद
translation
| अनु = following after. वाद = speech
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धाराप्रवाह
fluent
| syn. प्रवाहशील, वाकपटु
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वाकपटु
fluent
(syn. धाराप्रवाह, प्रवाहशील)
(पटु = expert, adept, clever. cf/ पटुमति = clever-minded)
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आसानी
ease
(आसानि से = easily, readily, down-to-earth)
(आसान = easy, simple, manageable, convenient)
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सरल
simple
(syn. आसान)
(near syn. सादा = plain. सीधा-सादा = straight-forward)
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प्रतिबंधित
restricted
| syn. सीमित, प्रतिबद्ध, घिरा हुआ
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सीमित
bounded, finite, enclosed, restricted
| > सीम = border, seam. सीमा = limit, border, boundary, margin
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प्रकट
evident, manifest, plain, clear
(प्र + कृत)
(cf. भान appearance, प्रतीत apparent. cf/ भानु = the sun)
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भान
manifest, apparent
(cf/ भानु = the sun. √भा = दिपौ = to shine, to appear. भा = light)
(syn. प्रतीत apparent. प्रकट evident, clear, obvious)
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प्रतीत
manifest, clear, evident. proved, established. called, renowned.
(प्रति + इत। इत = remembered)
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भेंट
meeting
| syn. प्रतियोगिता
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प्रतियोगिता
meeting
| syn. भेंट
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बिताना
to spend, to pass.
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अन्यत्र
elsewhere
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प्रधान
principle, pre-eminent
| cf/ प्रधान मन्त्रि = prime minister
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हर
(the) destroyer. Epithet of Shiva
(cf. हरि Vishnu)
(√हृ = हरणे to take away. = हरणं देशन्तर प्रापणं to take to another place)
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भ्रष्टाचार
corruption
| भ्रष्ट = fallen, corrupted, depraved, decayed
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आसक्ति
attraction, devotion
| √सज् - सज्ज् - सञ्ज = to stick
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मुख्यत
primarily
| मुख्य = primary
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बुदबुदाना
to mutter, murmer, mumble.
to patter (like rain, like footsteps), to bubble
to effervesce (> Ltn. fervēre = to boil)
(बुदबुद =bubble. बुदबुदा = bubble, murmer)
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बुतपरस्त
heathen. lit. idolater
| बुत = idol. परस्त = pro- ie/ 'for'
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मूर्ति विज्ञा
iconography
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मूर्ति भंजन
iconoclasm
| भंजन = breaking, splitting. √भज = to divide(?)
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अतिरिक्त
additionally, furthermore, extra,
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तमीश्वर
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the moon (lit. Lord of the Night)
(तमी = the night. तमस = darkness. √तम = ग्लानौ to be exhausted)
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