Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Basic 4 Flashcards

This list is from the forthcoming 'Introductory Sanskrit Reader'. Its aim is to give students who have finished an introductory Sanskrit course a good basic vocabulary and get you started on your journey towards reading Sanskrit texts with fluency.

1
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tejas- (n.)

A

‘brilliance, brightness; blaze, heat’

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2
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tena (ind)

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‘by this’: ‘thus’

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3
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√tyaj (I tyajati)

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‘leave, abandon’

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4
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tri- (num)

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‘three’

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5
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tvam (pron)

A

‘you’

(tvayā Ins Sg,

te GenDat Sg,

tvad- stem form)

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6
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dakṣiṇa- (adj)

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‘southern; right (vs. left); clever, able’

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7
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daṇḍa- (m.)

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‘stick; punishment’

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8
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darśana- (n.)

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‘sight, view; world-view, philosophy, religion’

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9
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daśa- (num)

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‘ten’

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10
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√dah (I dahati)

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‘burn’

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11
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√dā (III dadāti)

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‘give’

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ā-√dā (III ādadāti)

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‘take, receive’,

Abs ādāya lit. ‘having taken’: ‘with’

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13
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dānava- (m.)

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‘dānava, demon’

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14
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dāra- (m., usually Pl)

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‘wife’

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15
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dāruṇa- (adj)

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‘harsh, rough’

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16
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divya- (adj)

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‘divine, heavenly’

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17
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√diś (VI diśati)

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‘show, point out’

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18
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diś- (f.)

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‘direction’; diśaḥ ‘the directions’: ‘the entire world’

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19
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dīna- (adj)

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‘miserable, wretched’

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20
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√dīp (IV dīpyate)

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‘shine, glow, burn’

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21
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dīrgha- (adj)

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‘long, tall’

22
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duḥkha-

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(n. ) ‘unhappiness’,
(adj) ‘unhappy’

23
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duḥkhita- (adj)

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‘unhappy’

24
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dūta- (m.)

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‘messenger’

25
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√dṛś (irreg paśyati)

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‘see’,

Caus darśayati ‘show’

26
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deva- (m.)

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‘god, deity; lord, master’,

in Voc ‘your highness, my lord’

27
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devatā- (f.)

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‘deity’

28
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devī- (f.)

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‘goddess; mistress’,

in Voc ‘milady’

29
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deśa- (m.)

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‘land, country’

30
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√dru (I dravati)

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‘run’

31
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druma- (m.)

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‘tree’

32
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dvāra- (m.)

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‘door; gateway’

33
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dvi- (num)

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‘two’

34
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dhana- (n.)

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‘possessions; wealth’

35
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dhanus- (n.)

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‘bow’ (the weapon)

36
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dharma- (m.)

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‘morality, righteousness;

(religious/caste-based) duty, obligation;

dharma’

37
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√dhā (III dadhāti)

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‘put’ (hita-)

38
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vi-√dhā (III vidadhāti)

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‘perform, do, arrange’

39
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abhi-√dhā (III abhidadhāti)

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‘utter, say’

40
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dhī-mant- (adj)

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‘intelligent’

41
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√dhṛ (X dhārayati)

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‘hold, carry’

42
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na (ind)

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‘not’

43
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nagara- (n.), nagarī- (f.)

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‘city, town’

44
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nadī- (f.)

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‘river’

45
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nara- (m.)

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‘man’

46
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nāga- (m.)

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‘snake’

47
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nātha- (m.)

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‘protector; lord, husband’

48
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nānā (ind or pref)

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‘variously, differently’

49
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nāma (ind)

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‘named, called; indeed’

50
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nāman- (n.)

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‘name’, (ifc) ‘called’