Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Basic 1 Flashcards by Julio d'Escrivan

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agni- (m.)

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‘fire’

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agra- (n.)

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foremost part: ‘front, top, tip, peak etc.’

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agrataḥ (ind)

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‘in front’; (+ Gen) ‘in front of, before’

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añjali- (m.)

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cupped hands as a sign of greeting or respect

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kṛta-añjali- (adj)

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‘with cupped hands, with respectful greeting’

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ataḥ (ind)

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‘from this’: ‘hence’

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atra (ind)

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‘here; in this matter; in this world’

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atha (ind)

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‘then’

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adya (ind)

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‘today’

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adhi-pa- (m.)

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‘lord, ruler’

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anta- (m.)

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‘end’

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antaḥ-pura- (n.)

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‘harem, female apartments’

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anya- (pron adj)

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‘(an)other’

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api (ind)

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(1) (postposed) ‘even, also’
(2) (at beg. of sentence) marks yes/no question

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amātya- (m.)

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‘minister’

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ambara- (n.)

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‘clothes; sky, atmosphere’

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ayam/idam- (pron)

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‘he/she/it; this; that’

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araṇya- (n.)

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‘forest, wilderness’

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artha- (m.)

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‘aim, purpose;

cause, motive;

advantage, use;

thing, wealth’

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aśva- (m.)

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‘horse’

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asura- (m.)

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‘asura, demon’

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as (√II asti)

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‘be’

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asau/adas- (pron)

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‘he/she/it; this, that’

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astra- (n.)

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‘(throwable) weapon’

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√ah

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‘say’

(Perf: āha ‘he said’, āhuḥ ‘they said’

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aham (pron)

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‘I’ (stem form mad-)

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vayam

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Nom Pl of aham: ‘we’

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ākāra- (ifc)

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‘looking like, resembling’

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ākāśa- (m.)

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‘sky; space, atmosphere’

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ākula- (adj)

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‘filled with;

confused’

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ātma-ja- (m.)

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‘son’

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ātman-

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(m.) ‘soul, self’;

(refl pron) ‘oneself’

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ādi- (m.)

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‘beginning’; (ifc) ‘etc, and so on’

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√āp, pra-√āp (V (pr)āpnoti)

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‘get, reach, obtain’

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ābharaṇa- (n.)

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‘ornament, decoration’

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āyudha- (n.)

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‘weapon’

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ārta- (adj)

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‘afflicted, pained’

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āśrama- (m.)

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‘hermitage; the four stages of a brahmin’s life’

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āsana- (n.)

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‘sitting’: ‘position, seat, dwelling’

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√ās (II āste)

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‘sit; exist, live’

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āhāra- (m.)

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‘food; livelihood’

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√i (II eti)

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‘go’

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itaḥ (ind)

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‘hence’

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iti (ind)

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marks end of clause or direct speech/thought

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idānīm (ind)

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‘now’

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indra- (m.)

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Indra (the god); (ifc) ‘leader, leading, best’

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iva (ind)

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‘like, as; as it were’

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√iṣ (irreg icchati)

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‘want, wish, seek’ (iṣṭa-)

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iha (ind)

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‘here, in this world’

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√īkṣ (I īkṣate)

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‘see’

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īkṣaṇa- (n.)

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‘eye; look, view’