Lesson One Vocabulary Flashcards by Dirk Johnson

āghāta- (m.)

feeling of hatred, striking, killing

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anātha-piṇḍada- (m.)

name of a wealthy merchant, close lay disciple of Buddha

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an-utpāda- (m.)

non-arising

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ārāma- (m.)

pleasure park, monastery

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ārya-pudgala- (m.)

noble person

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asattva- (m.)

non-sentient being

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bhallika- (m.)

name of merchant, one of 1st 2 lay disciples of Buddha

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bodhisattva- (m-)

being on way to enlightenment; aspiring for enlightenment for self and all others

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buddha- (m.)

enlightened one

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deva- (m.)

god, divine being; prince/king; as Voc: “your majesty, your honor”

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dharma- (m.)

doctrine, factors of existence, truth, virtue, teachings of Buddha, etc.

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ghaṭa- (m.)

pot, vase

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guṇa- (m.)

virtue, quality

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kāya- (m.)

body, group

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krodha- (m.)

anger

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kṣaṇa- (m.)

moment, shortest unit of time

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loka- (m.)

world

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mahāsattva- (m.)

great being

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manuṣya- (m.)

human being

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mārga- (m.)

path
(nirodha and mārga are 3rd & 4th of Noble Truths)

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maudgalyāyana- (m.)

name of a chief arhat
(foremost in psychic powers)

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nirodha- (m.)

cessation, extinction, suppression

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pakṣa- (m.)

side, party, faction

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prasāda- (m.)

deep conviction

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pudgala- (m.)

person

śabda- (m.)

sound

samaya- (m.)

coming together, juncture, time

saṃsāra- (m.)

cycle of births and deaths

saṃskāra- (m.) Pl: saṃskārāḥ

a conditioning, a conditioning force

saṅgha- / saṃgha- (m.)

the Buddhist Sangha, assembly, multitude

śāriputra- (m.)

name of a chief arhat (foremost in wisdom)

sattva- (m.)

sentient being

skandha- (m.)

aggregate, heap

śrāvaka- (m.)

listener, disciple

svabhāva- (m.)

self-nature, intrinsic existence

tathāgata- (m.)

thus gone one/thus come one (epithet of Buddha)

trapusa- (m.)

name of merchant who was one of first two lay disciples of Buddha

upāsaka- (m.)

male lay Buddhist

utpāda- (m.)

arising, coming up/out

vaṇija- (m.)

merchant

vy-upaśama- (m.)

calm, calming down, appeasement

yoniśo-manasikāra / yoniśo-manaskāra- (m.)

correct/systematic mental application

agra- (adj)

foremost, highest, best, supreme

akuśala- (adj)

unwholesome, unskillful

an-āgata- (adj)

future

an-anuśtruta- (adj)

unheard of, has not been heard (before)

anitya- (adj)

impermanent

atīta- (adj)

past

āveṇika- (adj)

unique, unshared

avyākṛta- (adj)

not explained, not defined

eka- (adj)

one, single

duḥkha- (adj)

painful, sorrowful, unsatisfactory

gambhīra- (adj)

profound

kuśala- (adj)

wholesome, skillful

madhyama-

middle

paścima- (adj)

after, later

prathama - (adj)

first

praty-utpanna- (adj)

present

priya- (adj)

beloved, dear to, dear, liked

pūjita- (adj)

honored

pūrva- (adj)

previous, earlier

saṃskṛta- (adj)

conditioned, compounded, composite

śreṣṭha- (adj)

best, supreme, most excellent, superior

sukha- (adj)

happy

śūnya- (adj)

empty

svabhāva-śūnya- (adj)

inherently empty, intrinsically empty

trividha- (adj)

of three types/forms

api (ind)

also, too, even, even though, although

ca (ind)

and

na (ind)

negative particle (not)

vā (ind)

or, whether

-vat (ind)

like (x-vat : like x)

vata / bata

indeed, certainly

ekasmin samaye (adv)

at one time, at a certain time

pūrvam (adv)

previously

dva (num)

two, both dvayoḥ (m. Du Gen) "of the two"

Lesson One Vocabulary Flashcards

This contains the vocabulary, in stem or root form, from Lesson One of Reading Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, An Elementary Grammatical Guide, Rev. 3, by Bhikkhu KL Dhammajoti (77 cards)