Vokabeln Maurer Chapter 20

Question 1

अन्य

Answer 1

adj. other.

Question 2

अपत्य

Answer 2

n. offspring, child.

Question 3

अपर

Answer 3

adj. other

Question 4

अप्रज

Answer 4

adj. literally ‘having non-offspring’, i.e., not having offspring, without
offspring

Question 5

अप्रतिम

Answer 5

adj. ‘having no match’, unmatched [formed like अप्रज above]

Question 6

अयोध्या

Answer 6

f. Ayodhyā, an ancient city of India, nowadays usually written Oudh
by imitative spelling, located on the Sarayu (सरयू) River. It was the
capital of Rama, hero of the Ramayana. The name means literally ‘the unfightable or irresistible one’ (the f. of the negatived gerundive of √युध्‌ ’fight’).

Question 7

असमञ्ज

Answer 7

m. Asamañja, the son of Sagara by Keśinī. The name means
‘unbecoming, good-for-nothing’(I)

Question 8

अहित

Answer 8

n. ‘non-welfare’, harm

Question 9

आ-√राध्

Answer 9

राधयति, caus, of राधते, class I), propitiate; honor; ppp. आराधित,
(having been) propitiated, honored.

Question 10

उत-√पद्

Answer 10

(पद्यते, class IV), go forth, arise, come into existence, be produced;
caus. उत्पादयति, ’causes to go forth’, causes to come into existence,
produces

Question 11

केशिनी

Answer 11

Keśinī, a wife of King Sagara of Ayodhyā, daughter of the king of
Vidarbha and mother of the wicked Asamañja. The name means ’she who has (fine) hair’.

Question 12

ख्यात

Answer 12

ppp. √ख्या (ख्याति, class II, ’be known, be named’), named, called

Question 13

गर्भ

Answer 13

m. embryo, child, offspring.

Question 14

गृहीत

Answer 14

ppp. √ग्रह् (गृह्वाति, class IX), (having been) gotten

Question 15

छन्द

Answer 15

m. pleasure, desire, will.

Question 16

√जन्

Answer 16

(जायते, class TV), be bom; the active forms of this verb, like the future जनिष्यति, are transitive, hence ’beget, bring forth, produce’

Question 17

√ज्ञा

Answer 17

(जानाति, class IX), know; infin. ज्ञातुम

Question 18

ज्येष्ठ

Answer 18

adj. best, principal; oldest

Question 19

तुम्ब

Answer 19

m. a gourd

Question 20

दुरात्मन्

Answer 20

adj. ill-natured

Question 21

द्वितीय

Answer 21

adj. second

Question 22

निर्भिन्न

Answer 22

ppp. (भिनत्ति, class VII), split open

Question 23

निर्वासित

Answer 23

ppp. of caus. निस-√वस् (वसति, class I), caused to stay abroad’, expelled.

Question 24

पत्नी

Answer 24

f. a wife.

Question 25

पुर

Answer 25

n. a city

Question 26

पौर

Answer 26

m. a townsman, citizen

Question 27

प्र-√आप्

Answer 27

(आप्नोति, class V), gain, obtain.

Question 28

प्र-√क्षिप्

Answer 28

(क्षिपति, class VI), throw or cast out or away प्र).

Question 29

√प्रछ्

Answer 29

(पृच्छति, class VI), ask

Question 30

प्रति-√पद्

Answer 30

(पद्यते, class IV), step toward, attain, get

Question 31

प्र-√नम्

Answer 31

(पर्मति, class I), bow before, make obeisance before (+ acc.)

Question 32

प्र-√हस्

Answer 32

(हसति, class I), laugh aloud (प्र)

Question 33

भृगु

Answer 33

m. Bh.rgu, a great sage.

Question 34

√मज्ज

Answer 34

(मज्जति, class I), sink, submerge

Question 35

यशस्विन्

Answer 35

adj. possessing glory, glorious.

Question 36

युक्त

Answer 36

ppp. √युज् (युनक्ति, class VII, 'join, connect'), engaged upon (+ loc.)

Question 37

रहित

Answer 37

ppp. √रह् (रहति, class I), 'separated from', devoid of

Question 38

स्पयौवन

Answer 38

n. beauty and youth

Question 39

लाभ

Answer 39

m. the act of getting, acquisition.

Question 40

वंशकर

Answer 40

adj. making a family, propagating a family or dynastic line

Question 41

वचस्

Answer 41

n. speech; words

Question 42

वर

Answer 42

m. a gift or boon

Question 43

वर्ष

Answer 43

m. (sometimes n.) a year

Question 44

विना

Answer 44

postp. without (+ instr.)

Question 45

विनिःसृत

Answer 45

ppp. वि-निः-√सृ (सिसर्ति, class III), gone forth (निः) hither and thither (वि).

Question 46

विलम्ब

Answer 46

m. delay

Question 47

√वृत

Answer 47

(वर्तते, class I), turn, move, take place [v. note 6, chapter 20]

Question 48

शत

Answer 48

n. a hundred

Question 49

शिरा्

Answer 49

n. the head

Question 50

षष्टि

Answer 50

f. sixty

Question 51

सत्य

Answer 51

adj. true; as n. the truth

Question 52

सरयू

Answer 52

f. Sarayū, the river beside which is situated the city of अयोध्या

Question 53

सहस्र

Answer 53

n. a thousand

Question 54

सुता

Answer 54

f. a daughter

Question 55

सुमति

Answer 55

f. Sumati, a wife of Sagara, daughter of Aristanemi and sister of Suparna. The name means 'She who has good intelligence (मति), wise'

Question 56

सुमहत्

Answer 56

adj. very great

Question 57

संपूर्ण

Answer 57

adj. filled, fulfilled, [strictly ppp. √पृ (पिपर्ति, class in 'fill')]

Question 58

हिमवत्

Answer 58

m. Himavat or the Himālaya mountain; the name means ’having snow (हिम)', i.e., 'snowy'.