Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Basic 6

Question 1

√brū (II bravīti, brūte)

Answer 1

‘speak, say’

Question 2

√bhakṣ (I bhakṣati, X bhakṣayati)

Answer 2

‘eat’

Question 3

√bhaj

Answer 3

(I bhajati) ‘distribute’,

(bhajate) ‘receive, partake of’

Question 4

√bhañj (VII bhanakti)

Answer 4

‘break, shatter’

Question 5

bhaya- (n.)

Answer 5

‘fear’

Question 6

bhartṛ- (m.)

Answer 6

‘husband’

Question 7

bhavana- (n.)

Answer 7

‘dwelling, house’

Question 8

bhavat- (m.)

Answer 8

‘you, Sir’ (polite form of address),

used with 3rd-person verb

Question 9

bhāryā- (f.)

Answer 9

‘wife’

Question 10

bhāva- (m.)

Answer 10

‘being; state, condition; true state, reality’

Question 11

√bhāṣ (I bhāṣate)

Answer 11

‘speak, say’

Question 12

√bhī (III bibheti)

Answer 12

‘fear, be afraid of’ (+ Abl)

Question 13

bhuja- (m.)

Answer 13

‘hand, arm; trunk (of an elephant); branch (of a tree)’

Question 14

√bhū (I bhavati)

Answer 14

‘be, become’

Question 15

bhūta- (n.)

Answer 15

‘(living) being; demon’

Question 16

bhūmi- (f.)

Answer 16

‘earth; land, ground’

Question 17

bhūyaḥ (ind)

Answer 17

‘again’

Question 18

bhūṣaṇa- (n.)

Answer 18

‘ornament, decoration’

Question 19

bhṛśam (ind)

Answer 19

‘strongly, greatly, very much’

Question 20

√bhram (I bhramati)

Answer 20

‘wander, roam’

Question 21

bhrātṛ- (m.)

Answer 21

‘brother’

Question 22

maṇi- (m.)

Answer 22

‘jewel’

Question 23

maṇḍala- (n.)

Answer 23

‘circle’

Question 24

mati- (f.)

Answer 24

‘mind’

Question 25

madhu-

Answer 25

(adj) ‘sweet’;
(n. ) ‘honey, nectar, any sweet liquid;

liquor, any intoxicating drink’

Question 26

madhura- (adj)

Answer 26

‘sweet, pleasant, charming’

Question 27

madhya- (n.)

Answer 27

‘middle, center’

Question 28

√man (IV manyate)

Answer 28

‘think’

Question 29

manas- (n.)

Answer 29

‘mind; heart’

Question 30

mantra- (n.)

Answer 30

‘prayer; Vedic hymn; plan’

Question 31

mantrin- (m.)

Answer 31

‘counselor, minister’

Question 32

manda- (adj)

Answer 32

‘slow, weak’

Question 33

mahant- (adj)

Answer 33

‘big, great’

(mahā- at beginning of compounds)

Question 34

mahā-ātman- (adj)

Answer 34

‘magnanimous, noble’

Question 35

mahī- (f.)

Answer 35

lit. ‘the great one’: ‘the earth’

Question 36

mā (ind)

Answer 36

‘don’t’ (+ imperative or injunctive/unaugmented aorist)

Question 37

mātṛ- (f.)

Answer 37

‘mother’

Question 38

mātra- (n.)

Answer 38

‘measure, quantity’; (ifc) ‘just, only’

Question 39

mitra- (n.)

Answer 39

‘friend’

Question 40

mukha- (n.)

Answer 40

‘face, mouth’

Question 41

mukhya- (adj)

Answer 41

‘main, chief’

Question 42

√muc (VI muncati)

Answer 42

‘free, release’

Question 43

muni- (m.)

Answer 43

‘sage, seer’

Question 44

muhur (ind)

Answer 44

‘in a moment, for a moment’

Question 45

muhūrta- (n.)

Answer 45

‘moment’

Question 46

mūrdhan- (m.)

Answer 46

‘head’

Question 47

mūla- (n.)

Answer 47

‘root’

Question 48

√mṛ (IV mriyate)

Answer 48

‘die’ (mṛta- ‘dead’)

Question 49

mṛga- (m.)

Answer 49

‘deer; forest animal’

Question 50

mṛtyu- (m.)

Answer 50

‘death’