Vokabeln Maurer Chapter 17

Question 1

अतः परम्

Answer 1

adv. phrase, from then on, henceforth

Question 2

अति

Answer 2

adv. prefixed to nouns and adjectives to express excess;

Question 3

अतिदर्प

Answer 3

excessive pride

Question 4

अतिक्रुद्ध

Answer 4

excessively angry

Question 5

अधिपति

Answer 5

m. an overlord or supreme head

Question 6

अप-√गम्

Answer 6

(गच्छति , class I), go off.

Question 7

अपहृत्य

Answer 7

gerund अप-√हृ (हरति, class I), having taken off or away

Question 8

अपतीर्य

Answer 8

gerund अप-√तृृ (तरति, class I), having descended, alighted, gotten
down.

Question 9

√अवधीर्

Answer 9

(अवधीरयति, class X), disrespect, disregard, hold in contempt.

Question 10

अवमान

Answer 10

m. disrespect, contempt

Question 11

आकृष्ट

Answer 11

ppp. आ-कृष् (कर्षति, class I), drawn toward, attracted

Question 12

आद्य

Answer 12

adj. first; at end of apposidonal bahuvrīhi ‘having . . . as first, i.e.,
beginning with, so-and-so etc

Question 13

आध्मात

Answer 13

ppp. आ-√ध्मा (धमति, class I), puffed up

Question 14

आ-√या

Answer 14

(याति, class II) ‘come’. [The adverbial prefix आ-, as often with verbs of motion, reverses the meaning of the root √या ‘go’, hence आयाति ’he comes’; the third person plural is आयान्ति, whence the strong stem of the present participle is आयान्त्, the weak stem आयात्]

Question 15

उपहत

Answer 15

ppp. उप-√हन् (हन्ति, class II), hit, hurt; afflicted, pained.

Question 16

ऐरावत

Answer 16

m. Airāvata, name of Indra’s elephant.

Question 17

ऐश्वर्य

Answer 17

n. supremacy, power

Question 18

कर

Answer 18

m. the trunk (of an elephant).

Question 19

कल्प

Answer 19

m. epoch, age

Question 20

कारुण्य

Answer 20

n. compassion, kindness

Question 21

√क्षम्

Answer 21

(क्षमते, class I), forgive, pardon; fut. क्षमिष्ये

Question 22

क्षय

Answer 22

m. ruin, decay, destruction; loss.

Question 23

√क्षिप

Answer 23

(क्षिपति, class VI), throw, cast, toss

Question 24

गज

Answer 24

m. an elephant.

Question 25

गृहीत्वा

Answer 25

gerund √ग्रह् (गृह्णाति, class IX), having seized, grasped or taken

Question 26

ततः प्रभृति

Answer 26

adv. phrase, from then on, from that time on.

Question 27

तपस्

Answer 27

n. heat; deep concentration or meditation, religious austerity, [from √तप् (तपति, class I) ’bum, give out heat; cf. Latin tepidus ’warm', whence English ’tepid']

Question 28

तेजस्

Answer 28

n. brilliance, lustre; splendor; majesty. [Etymologically तेजस् means 'sharpness', then 'sharp edge' as of a knife, then 'tip or point' as of a flame, whence the meanings given.]

Question 29

त्रैलोक्य

Answer 29

n. the three worlds

Question 30

दान

Answer 30

n. the act of giving, charity.

Question 31

दुर्वासस्

Answer 31

m. Durvasas, a sage famous for his irascible nature and predilection for imposing curses for slight offences. [literally 'badly clad, naked']

Question 32

दैत्य

Answer 32

m. Daitya, name of one of a class of demons.

Question 33

द्विष्

Answer 33

m. enemy

Question 34

निर्लक्ष्मीक

Answer 34

adj. without or devoid of splendor, lustre.

Question 35

न्यस्त

Answer 35

ppp. नि-√अस् (अस्यति, class IV), cast or thrown down

Question 36

परन्तु

Answer 36

conj. but

Question 37

पराजित

Answer 37

ppp. परा-√ज (जयते, class I), (having been) overcome or conquered.

Question 38

परि-√भम्

Answer 38

(भाम्यति, class IV), wander about, roam.

Question 39

परिश्रानत

Answer 39

ppp. परि-√श्रम् (श्राम्यति, class IV), fatigued.

Question 40

पितामह

Answer 40

m. grandsire.

Question 41

पृष्ठ

Answer 41

n. the back.

Question 42

पुरोगम

Answer 42

adj. going before, leading, then as m. noun, a leader; at end of appositional bahuvrihi 'having . . . as leader’, i.e., led by . ..

Question 43

पूरर्व

Answer 43

adj. former, preceding [declined according to the pronominal declension, that is, like except for the nominative/accusative neuter, which is pūrvam, not pūrvat].

Question 44

प्र-णि-√पत्

Answer 44

(पतति, class I), fall down (नि) before (प्र) someone out of respect. [नि becomes णि due to the cerebralizing influence of the र् of प्र]

Question 45

प्र-√पद्

Answer 45

(पद्यते, class IV), go forth, go unto, resort to.

Question 46

प्रभाव

Answer 46

m. power, might.

Question 47

प्र-√सद्

Answer 47

(सीदति, class I), be pleased or glad, be gracious to; hence, causative प्रसादयति ’causes or makes glad or gracious to one, appeases, propitiates’; infin. प्रसादयितुम्

Question 48

बलवत्

Answer 48

adj. having or possessing strength (बल).

Question 49

ब्रह्मन्

Answer 49

m. the god Brahma, regarded as the ’grandsire’ or creator of the worlds. [On this stem and its declension, v. Lesson Eighteen]

Question 50

भगवत्

Answer 50

adj. 'possessing fortune', fortunate; prosperous, glorious; venerable, august, holy.

Question 51

भुवन

Answer 51

n. the world. [A synonym of लोक, but literally 'being' from √भू then a 'living creature, man, mankind']

Question 52

√मन्

Answer 52

(मन्यते, class IV), think.

Question 53

महत्

Answer 53

adj. great.

Question 54

माला

Answer 54

f. a garland. [स्रज् and माला are synonymous.]

Question 55

यत्न

Answer 55

m. effort, exertion. (Anstrengung)

Question 56

रक्षस्

Answer 56

n. an evil being or demon.

Question 57

लक्ष्मी

Answer 57

f. prosperity; beauty, loveliness; splendor, lustre. [Unlike words of the नदी or देवी type, लक्ष्मा adds -h in the nominative: लक्ष्मी ].

Question 58

लोभ

Answer 58

m. greed, avarice. (Gier, Habsucht)

Question 59

वर्चस्

Answer 59

n. vital power, energy; brilliance, lustre.

Question 60

वासव

Answer 60

m. Vāsava, a name of Indra as chief of the Vasus, a class of gods mentioned in the Rgveda, but of vague function and character. means literally 'relating to or derived from the Vasus' and used as a noun denotes one who is connected with the Vasus in some way, whence the specific application to Indra as their chief.]

Question 61

विद्याधरी

Answer 61

f. one of a class of fairies or supernatural beings, possessed of vague magical powers. [विद्याधरी is the f. of विद्याधर, the male counterpart, the literal meaning of which is 'bearing or possessing knowledge', i.e., some sort of esoteric or magical knowledge.]

Question 62

विनास

Answer 62

m. ruin, destruction,

Question 63

विप्र

Answer 63

m. a priest.

Question 64

विरहित

Answer 64

ppp. वि-√रह् (रहति class I), deprived of, free of, devoid of.

Question 65

शक्र

Answer 65

m. Śakra, a name of Indra. [Literally the 'powerful one’]

Question 66

शाप

Answer 66

m. a curse.

Question 67

शिरास्

Answer 67

n. the head.

Question 68

सत्यवाद

Answer 68

m. truth-speaking.

Question 69

समस्त

Answer 69

adj. whole, all.

Question 70

स्कन्ध

Answer 70

m. the shoulder.

Question 71

स्रज्

Answer 71

f. a garland.

Question 72

हस्तिन्

Answer 72

m. an elephant. [Literally the '(beast) having a hand', i.e., a trunk]