Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Basic 3 Flashcards
This list is from the forthcoming 'Introductory Sanskrit Reader'. Its aim is to give students who have finished an introductory Sanskrit course a good basic vocabulary and get you started on your journey towards reading Sanskrit texts with fluency.
gandharva- (m.)

gandharva (a celestal musician)
√gam (irreg gacchati)

‘go’
ā-√gam (irreg āgacchati)

‘come’
gātra- (n.)

‘limb’
giri- (m.)

‘hill, mountain’
guṇa- (m.)

‘quality; good quality, virtue’
guru- (m.)

‘(spiritual) teacher’
gṛdhra- (m.)

‘vulture’
gṛha- (m.)

‘house’
go- (m./f.)

‘cow; cattle’
√gra(b)h (IX gṛ(b)hṇāti

‘take, seize’
ghora- (adj)

‘horrible’
ca (ind)

‘and’ (postposed)
cakṣus- (n.)

‘eye’
catur- (num)

‘four’
candra- (m.)

‘moon’
√cal/car (I calati/carati)

‘move, go’
√ci (V cinoti)

‘arrange; pile up’
cit (ind)

turns preceding interrogative into indefinite
citra- (adj)

‘bright, clear; variegated, many-colored; various’
√cint (X cintayati)

‘think; worry’
ciram, cirāt (ind)

‘long, for a long time’
cetas- (n.)

‘thought; mind’
√chid (VII chinatti)

‘cut, destroy, break’
-ja- (adj, ifc)

‘born, arising from’
jana- (m.)

‘person’, Pl ‘people’
√jan (IV jāyate)

‘be born, arise; give birth’
jala- (n.)

‘water’
jāla- (n.)

‘net’
√ji (I jayati)

‘win; defeat’
√jīv (I jīvati)

‘live, be alive’
jīvita- (n.)

‘life’
-jña- (adj, ifc)

‘knowing’
√jñā (IX jānāti)

‘know’, Caus jñāpayati ‘let know, tell’
jyeṣṭha- (adj)

‘best; excellent’
tat

(1) (pron) NomAcc Sg Ntr of saḥ/tad-
(2) (ind) ‘thus’
(3) tad- stem form of saḥ/tad-
tataḥ (ind)

‘then’
tatra (ind)

‘there’
tathā (ind)

‘thus’
tadā (ind)

‘then’
√tap (IV tapyate)

‘be hot; suffer, practice religious austerities’
tapas- (n.)

‘suffering; religious austerities, penance’
tala- (n.)

‘surface, level; surface at the foot of (tree, mountain etc)’
tasmāt (ind)

‘thus; therefore’, + Comp ‘than that’
tāta (m., in Voc)

term of affection towards a junior or senior
tāvat (ind)

‘so/that long; to such an extent; meanwhile’
tīkṣṇa- (adj)

‘harsh, rough, rude’
tīra- (n.)

‘bank (of a river)’
tu (ind)

‘but’ (postposed)
tulya- (adj)

‘equal, comparable’