Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Basic 6 Nāgarī

Question 1

√ब्रू

Answer 1

(II bravīti or MID brūte) ‘speak, say’

Question 2

√भक्ष्

Answer 2

(I bhakṣati, X bhakṣayati) ‘eat’

Question 3

√भज्

Answer 3

(I bhajati) ‘distribute’, (bhajate) ‘receive, partake of’

Question 4

√भञ्ज्

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(VII bhanakti) ‘break, shatter’

Question 5

भय-

Answer 5

(n.) ‘fear’

Question 6

भर्तृ-

Answer 6

(m.) ‘husband’

Question 7

भवन-

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(n.) ‘dwelling, house’

Question 8

भवत्-

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(m.) ‘you, Sir’ (polite form of address), used with 3rd-person verb

Question 9

भार्या-

Answer 9

(f.) ‘wife’

Question 10

भाव-

Answer 10

(m.) ‘being; state, condition; true state, reality’

Question 11

√भाष्

Answer 11

(I bhāṣate) ‘speak, say’

Question 12

√भी

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(III bibheti) ‘fear, be afraid of’ (+ ABL)

Question 13

भुज-

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

Question 14

√भू

Answer 14

(I bhavati) ‘be, become’

Question 15

भूत-

Answer 15

(n.) ‘(living) being; demon’

Question 16

भूमि-

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(f.) ‘earth; land, ground’

Question 17

भूयः

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(ind) ‘again’

Question 18

भूषण-

Answer 18

(n.) ‘ornament, decoration’

Question 19

भृशम्

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(ind) ‘strongly, greatly, very much’

Question 20

√भ्रम्

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(I bhramati) ‘wander, roam’

Question 21

भ्रातृ-

Answer 21

(m.) ‘brother’

Question 22

मणि-

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(m.) ‘jewel’

Question 23

मण्डल-

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(n.) ‘circle’

Question 24

मति-

Answer 24

(f.) ‘mind; thinking’

Question 25

मद्-

Answer 25

(pron) stem form of aham

Question 26

मधु-

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

Question 27

मधुर-

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(adj) ‘sweet, pleasant, charming’

Question 28

मध्य-

Answer 28

(n.) ‘middle, center’

Question 29

√मन्

Answer 29

(IV manyate) ‘think’

Question 30

मनस्-

Answer 30

(n.) ‘mind; heart’

Question 31

मन्त्र-

Answer 31

(n.) ‘prayer; Vedic hymn; plan’

Question 32

मन्त्रिन्-

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(m.) ‘counselor, minister’

Question 33

मन्द-

Answer 33

(adj) ‘slow; weak’

Question 34

महन्त्-

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(adj) ‘big, great’ (mahā- at beginning of compound)

Question 35

महा-आत्मन्-

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(adj) ‘magnanimous, noble’

Question 36

मही-

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(f.) lit. ‘the great one’: ‘the earth’

Question 37

मा

Answer 37

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

Question 38

मातृ-

Answer 38

(m.) ‘mother’

Question 39

मात्र-

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

Question 40

मित्र-

Answer 40

(n.) ‘friend’

Question 41

मुख-

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(n.) ‘face; mouth’

Question 42

मुख्य-

Answer 42

(adj) ‘main, chief’

Question 43

√मुच्

Answer 43

(VI muñcati) ‘free, release’

Question 44

मुनि-

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(m.) ‘sage, seer’

Question 45

मुहुर्

Answer 45

(ind) ‘in a moment; for a moment’

Question 46

मुहूर्त-

Answer 46

(n.) ‘moment’

Question 47

मूर्धन्-

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(m.) ‘head’

Question 48

मूल-

Answer 48

(n.) ‘root’

Question 49

√मृ

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(VI mriyate) ‘die’ (mṛta- ‘dead')

Question 50

मृग-

Answer 50

(m.) ‘deer; forest animal’

Question 51

मृत्यु-

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(m.) ‘death’