Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Basic 8 Nāgarī

Question 1

वन-

Answer 1

(n.) ‘forest’

Question 2

√वन्द्

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(I vandati/-te) ‘praise, honor, do homage’

Question 3

वर्ण-

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(m.) ‘color’: ‘complexion, appearance, beauty; caste’

Question 4

वर्ष-

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(m.) ‘rain; the rains, rainy season; the seasons, year’

Question 5

वश-

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(m.) ‘authority, power’

Question 6

√वस्

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(I vasati) ‘live, dwell’

Question 7

वा

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(ind) ‘or’

Question 8

वाच्-

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(f.) ‘voice, speech’

Question 9

वानर-

Answer 9

(m.) ‘forest’

Question 10

वायु-

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(m.) ‘wind’

Question 11

विक्रम-

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(m.) ‘stride, gait; courage, valor’

Question 12

√विद्

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(II vetti) ‘know’; CAUS vedayati ‘let know, inform’

Question 13

-विद्-

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(adj, ifc) ‘knowing’

Question 14

विद्या-

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(f.) ‘knowledge, wisdom; scholarship, the sciences’

Question 15

विना

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(ind) ‘without’ (+ ACC or INS)

Question 16

विपुल-

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(adj) ‘large, extensive’

Question 17

विविध-

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(adj) ‘various, different’

Question 18

वीर-

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(m.) ‘hero’

Question 19

वीर्य-

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(n.) ‘heroism, valor, strength’

Question 20

वीर्य-वत्-

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(adj) ‘heroic, valorous’

Question 21

√वृ

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(V vṛṇoti/vṛṇute) ‘cover: conceal; obstruct’

Question 22

√वृ

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(IX vṛṇāti, vṛṇīte, X varayati, vārayati) ‘choose’

Question 23

वृक्ष-

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(m.) ‘tree’

Question 24

√वृत्

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(I vartate) ‘turn; take place, happen’

Question 25

वेग-

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(m.) ‘stream, flood’

Question 26

वेगेन, वेगात्

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(ind) ‘swiftly, fast’

Question 27

वै

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(ind) ‘indeed’

Question 28

व्यसन-

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(n.) ‘attachment/devotion to; passion; crime, evil’

Question 29

व्याघ्र-

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(m.) ‘tiger’

Question 30

व्रत-

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(n.) ‘oath; vow’

Question 31

√शक्

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(V śaknomi) ‘be strong; (+ INF) be able to’

Question 32

शक्ति-

Answer 32

(f.) ‘power; ability’

Question 33

शक्य-

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(adj) ‘strong; able’

Question 34

शक्र-

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(adj) ‘powerful, mighty’; (m.) ‘Indra’

Question 35

शत-

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(n.) ‘hundred’

Question 36

शत्रु-

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(m.) ‘enemy’

Question 37

शब्द-

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(m.) ‘sound, noise’

Question 38

शर-

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(m.) ‘arrow’

Question 39

शरीर-

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(n.) ‘body’

Question 40

शस्त्र-

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(n.) ‘weapon’

Question 41

शार्दूल-

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(m.) ‘tiger’

Question 42

शास्त्र-

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(n.) ‘instruction; treatise; scholarship’

Question 43

शिरस्-

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(n.) ‘head’

Question 44

शिला-

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(f.) ‘stone, rock, crag’

Question 45

√शी

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(II śete) ‘lie, lie down’

Question 46

शीघ्रम्

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(ind) ‘quickly’

Question 47

शूर-

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(m.) ‘hero’

Question 48

शूल-

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(m.) ‘dart; lance, stake’

Question 49

शैल-

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(m.) ‘rock, crag, hill, mountain’

Question 50

शोक-

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(m.) ‘grief’