लिंगोपासनारहस्य Flashcards

primarily vocabulary associated with Swami Karpatri's essay of the same name (though, in my excitation, I've conflated here some extra vocabulary discovered while dictionary surfing)

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परिष्कृत

A

refined, sophisticated

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निर्णय

A

decision, judgement
(निर्णय करना = to decide)
(Eng. from Ltn. de- = off, caedere = to cut)

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निधि

A

treasury, receptacle

syn. कोश, गञ्ज

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जबकी

A

whereas

eg/ x है जबकी… = whereas X, …

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अधिकतर

A

mostly
(अधिक = more, further)
(syn. बहुधा, अकसर, आम तौर पर)

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बढ़ने के

A

increasingly

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पतला करना

A

to dilute (to make thin, weak)

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मिलाना

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to mix, mingle

syn. मिश्रण करना, मिश्रिवत करना, संयुक्त करना

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बहुधा

A

frequently, mostly

syn. अधिकतर

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तनु

A

thin, attenuated, dilute, slim

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सुष्कर

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difficult, hard, impossible

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पौष्टिक

A

nourishing, wholesome

√पौष् = पुष्टौ to nourish. = धारणे to support

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पेचीदा

A

intricate, complicated

syn. जटिल = complex, sophisticated

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विषय

A

subject

syn. समस्य. cf/ विषय वस्तु subject matter

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प्रजा

A

public, people

syn. लोग, जनता, जन, समान्य मनुष्य

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मामला

A

matters, affairs, concerns

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होना चाहिए

A

should be, must be, ought to be

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दुरभाग्य

A

misfortune

भाग्य = fortune. √भज् to divide

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दुर्भोध

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difficult to understand, abstruse, unitelligible

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होने के कारण

A

due to…, because of…

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परिष्कृत

A

sophisticated

syn. जटिल, अत्याधुनिक [in the sense of modern. आधुनिक = modern

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आधुनिक

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modern, new, recent, present day

Skt. अधुना = at this time

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जटिल

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sophisticated, intricate, complex

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साहित्य

A

literary

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राजनीति

A

politics
(नीति = manner of conducting oneself)
(राज्य का = political)

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प्रचलित

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popular, in vogue, regular, general

चलित = gone

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साधारण

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ordinary

syn. आम, प्रचलित

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परन्तु

A

but

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अवसर

A

opportunity

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बाध

A

obstacle

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इसके अतिरिक्त

A

apart from that, as well as that, moreover

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अंश

A

part, factor

cf/ अंशु = minute particle, point or end, ray or beam, end of a thread

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लोकवाद

A

worldly talk, rumour, gossip

cf/ अपवाद = rumour, slander, abuse. प्रवाद = slander, abuse

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प्रवाद

A

slander, abuse.

syn. अपवाद. cf/ लोकवाद = gossip, worldly talk

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संसृष्ट

A

united, commingled

lit: flowed together

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द्वारा

A

by means of, by way of, by, through, from

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अनुसार

A

accordingly

lit. ‘flowing on from’

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स्वरूप

A

nature, character

lit. ‘own form

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वैषयिक

A

sensual, pertaining to objects of the senses

40
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वारण

A

opposing, distinct

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आदि

A

etc.

42
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जड़ता

A

inertness, insentience, unconsciousness < stupidity, dullness

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सत्ता

A

existence, existent

44
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वही

A

that very one. the same. self-same. identical

45
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आकार

A

form, shape, size

46
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अचिन्त्य

A

inconceivable

Tib. བསམ་མི་ཁྱབ་པ

47
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अपनी

A

its, theirs, his, hers, ours

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होते हुए भी

A

despite, notwithstanding

49
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अपने आप

A

myself, oneself, itself, ourselves

Also: automatically, spontaneously, personally

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मुहावरा

A

phrase, idiom

51
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अभ्यास

A

practice

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दैनिक

A

daily

53
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बीच बचाव

A

mediation, intervention

बचाव rescue > बचाना to rescue. बीच middle, intervening

54
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बीच का

A

middle, intermediate, mean, between

55
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साधारण

A

mediocre, ordinary
(syn. मामूली ordinary, average, customary.
सामान्य = general, universal, commonplace, insignificant
सामान्य शिक्षा = general education

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आश्चर्य

A

surprise

57
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किराया

A

rent

58
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रूढ़

A

conventional, stereotypical

59
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जन्म

A

birth

syn. संभव, उत्पत्ति, फैदा, रूढ़
(ant. मौत, मृत्यु, अंत, नाश, विनाश)

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मौत

A

death

syn. मृत्यु
(ant. जन्म)

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उच्चारण

A

pronunciation

62
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संज्ञा - क्रिया

A

nouns and verbs

syn. नाम noun

63
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ईर्ष्या

A

envy
(ईर्ष्यालु = envious)
(Ltn. in-videre = to look askance at. to envy)

64
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कृपा

A

tenderness, compassion
(कृपालु = kind)
(कृपासिन्धु extremely/oceanically compassionate)

65
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अनुकूल

A

friendly

syn. दोस्ताना, मित्रवत, मित्रतापूर्ण, स्नेहशील, दयालु, कृपालु

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मित्रवत

A

friendly

syn. दोस्ताना, अनुकूल, मित्रतापूर्ण, स्नेहशील, दयालु, कृपालु

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बातचीत

A

conversation, dialogue, discussion, negotiation

बात = thing, matter, talking point

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स्नेहशील

A

affectionate

(स्नेह = affection, love

69
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समानार्थ

A

synonym, equivalent

lit. same meaning

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समाप्त हो गया

A

finished

71
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भाषाई

A

linguistic

72
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अनुवाद

A

translation

अनु = following after. वाद = speech

73
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धाराप्रवाह

A

fluent

syn. प्रवाहशील, वाकपटु

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वाकपटु

A

fluent
(syn. धाराप्रवाह, प्रवाहशील)
(पटु = expert, adept, clever. cf/ पटुमति = clever-minded)

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आसानी

A

ease
(आसानि से = easily, readily, down-to-earth)
(आसान = easy, simple, manageable, convenient)

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सरल

A

simple
(syn. आसान)
(near syn. सादा = plain. सीधा-सादा = straight-forward)

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प्रतिबंधित

A

restricted

syn. सीमित, प्रतिबद्ध, घिरा हुआ

78
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सीमित

A

bounded, finite, enclosed, restricted

> सीम = border, seam. सीमा = limit, border, boundary, margin

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प्रकट

A

evident, manifest, plain, clear
(प्र + कृत)
(cf. भान appearance, प्रतीत apparent. cf/ भानु = the sun)

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भान

A

manifest, apparent
(cf/ भानु = the sun. √भा = दिपौ = to shine, to appear. भा = light)
(syn. प्रतीत apparent. प्रकट evident, clear, obvious)

81
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प्रतीत

A

manifest, clear, evident. proved, established. called, renowned.
(प्रति + इत। इत = remembered)

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भेंट

A

meeting

syn. प्रतियोगिता

83
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प्रतियोगिता

A

meeting

syn. भेंट

84
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बिताना

A

to spend, to pass.

85
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अन्यत्र

A

elsewhere

86
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प्रधान

A

principle, pre-eminent

cf/ प्रधान मन्त्रि = prime minister

87
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हर

A

(the) destroyer. Epithet of Shiva
(cf. हरि Vishnu)
(√हृ = हरणे to take away. = हरणं देशन्तर प्रापणं to take to another place)

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भ्रष्टाचार

A

corruption

भ्रष्ट = fallen, corrupted, depraved, decayed

89
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आसक्ति

A

attraction, devotion

√सज् - सज्ज् - सञ्ज = to stick

90
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मुख्यत

A

primarily

मुख्य = primary

91
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बुदबुदाना

A

to mutter, murmer, mumble.
to patter (like rain, like footsteps), to bubble
to effervesce (> Ltn. fervēre = to boil)
(बुदबुद =bubble. बुदबुदा = bubble, murmer)

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बुतपरस्त

A

heathen. lit. idolater

बुत = idol. परस्त = pro- ie/ ‘for’

93
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मूर्ति विज्ञा

A

iconography

94
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मूर्ति भंजन

A

iconoclasm

भंजन = breaking, splitting. √भज = to divide(?)

95
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अतिरिक्त

A

additionally, furthermore, extra,

96
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तमीश्वर

A
the moon (lit. Lord of the Night)
(तमी = the night. तमस = darkness. √तम = ग्लानौ to be exhausted)