Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Basic 1 Nāgarī

Question 1

अग्नि-

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(m.) ‘fire’

Question 2

अग्र-

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(n.) foremost part: ‘front, top, tip, peak etc.’

Question 3

अग्रतः

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(ind) ‘in front’; (+ GEN) ‘in front of, before’

Question 4

अञ्जलि-

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(m.) cupped hands as a sign of greeting

Question 5

कृत-ञ्जलि-

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(adj) ‘with cupped hands, with respectful greeting’

Question 6

अतः

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(ind) ‘from this’: ‘hence’

Question 7

अत्र

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(ind) ‘here; in this matter; in this world’

Question 8

अथ

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(ind) ‘then’

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अद्य

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(ind) ‘today’

Question 10

अधि-प-

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(m.) ‘lord, ruler’

Question 11

अन्त-

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(m.) ‘end’

Question 12

अन्तः-पुर-

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(n.) ‘harem, female apartments’

Question 13

अन्य-

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(pron adj) ‘(an)other’

Question 14

अपि

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(1) (ind) ‘even, also’ (postp); (2) (ind) turns preceding interrogative into indefinite

Question 15

अमात्य-

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(m.) ‘minister’

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अम्बर-

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(n.) ‘clothes; sky, atmosphere’

Question 17

अयम्/इदम्-

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(pron) ‘he/she/it; this, that’

Question 18

अरण्य-

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(n.) ‘forest; wilderness’

Question 19

अर्थ-

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(m.) ‘aim, purpose; cause, motive; advantage, use; thing, wealth’

Question 20

√र्ह्

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(I arhati) ‘merit, be able, ought’

Question 21

अश्व-

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(m.) ‘horse’

Question 22

असुर-

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(m.) ‘asura, demon’

Question 23

√स्

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(II asti) ‘be’

Question 24

असौ/दस्-

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(pron) ‘he/she/it; this, that’

Question 25

अस्त्र-

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(n.) ‘(throwable) weapon’

Question 26

√ह्

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‘say’ (especially in 3rd SG/PL PERF āha/āhuḥ)

Question 27

अहम्

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(pron) ‘I'

Question 28

आकार-

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(ifc) ‘looking like, resembling’

Question 29

आकाश-

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(m.) ‘space, atmosphere’

Question 30

आकुल-

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(adj) ‘filled with; confused’

Question 31

आत्मज-

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(m.) ‘son’

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आत्मन्-

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(m.) ‘the soul, self’; (refl pron) ‘oneself’

Question 33

आदि-

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(m.) ‘beginning’;

Question 34

आनन-

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(n.) ‘mouth, face’

Question 35

√आप्, प्र-√आप्

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(V (pr)āpnoti) ‘get, reach, obtain'

Question 36

आभरण-

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(n.) ‘ornament, decoration’

Question 37

आयुध-

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(n.) ‘weapon’

Question 38

आर्त-

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(adj) ‘afflicted, pained’

Question 39

आश्रम-

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(m.) ‘hermitage; one of the four stages of a brahmin’s life’

Question 40

आसन-

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(n.) ‘sitting’: ‘position, seat, dwelling’

Question 41

√आस्

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(II āste) ‘sit; exist, live'

Question 42

आहार-

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(m.) ‘food; livelihood’

Question 43

√इ

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(II eti) ‘go’

Question 44

इतः

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(ind) ‘hence’

Question 45

इति

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(ind) marks end of clause or direct speech/thought

Question 46

इदानीम्

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(ind) ‘now’

Question 47

इन्द्र-

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(m.) Indra (the god), (ifc) ‘leader, leading, best’

Question 48

इव

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(ind) ‘like, as; as it were’

Question 49

√इष्

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(VI icchati) ‘want, wish, seek’ (iṣṭa-)

Question 50

इह

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(ind) ‘here; in this world’

Question 51

√ईक्ष्

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(I īkṣate) ‘see'

Question 52

ईक्षण-

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(n.) ‘eye; look, view’

Question 53

ईदृश-

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(adj) ‘such, of such a kind’