Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Basic 3 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. (50 cards)
gandharva- (m.)

gandharva (a celestal musician)
√gam (irreg gacchati)

‘go’
ā-√gam (irreg āgacchati)

‘come’
gātra- (n.)

‘limb’
giri- (m.)

‘hill, mountain’
guṇa- (m.)

‘quality; good quality, virtue’
guru- (m.)

‘(spiritual) teacher’
gṛdhra- (m.)

‘vulture’
gṛha- (m.)

‘house’
go- (m./f.)

‘cow; cattle’
√gra(b)h (IX gṛ(b)hṇāti

‘take, seize’
ghora- (adj)

‘horrible’
ca (ind)

‘and’ (postposed)
cakṣus- (n.)

‘eye’
catur- (num)

‘four’
candra- (m.)

‘moon’
√cal/car (I calati/carati)

‘move, go’
√ci (V cinoti)

‘arrange; pile up’
cit (ind)

turns preceding interrogative into indefinite
citra- (adj)

‘bright, clear; variegated, many-colored; various’
√cint (X cintayati)

‘think; worry’
ciram, cirāt (ind)

‘long, for a long time’
cetas- (n.)

‘thought; mind’
√chid (VII chinatti)

‘cut, destroy, break’

























