Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Basic 4 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.
tejas- (n.)
‘brilliance, brightness; blaze, heat’
tena (ind)
‘by this’: ‘thus’
√tyaj (I tyajati)
‘leave, abandon’
tri- (num)
‘three’
tvam (pron)
‘you’
(tvayā Ins Sg,
te GenDat Sg,
tvad- stem form)
dakṣiṇa- (adj)
‘southern; right (vs. left); clever, able’
daṇḍa- (m.)
‘stick; punishment’
darśana- (n.)
‘sight, view; world-view, philosophy, religion’
daśa- (num)
‘ten’
√dah (I dahati)
‘burn’
√dā (III dadāti)
‘give’
ā-√dā (III ādadāti)
‘take, receive’,
Abs ādāya lit. ‘having taken’: ‘with’
dānava- (m.)
‘dānava, demon’
dāra- (m., usually Pl)
‘wife’
dāruṇa- (adj)
‘harsh, rough’
divya- (adj)
‘divine, heavenly’
√diś (VI diśati)
‘show, point out’
diś- (f.)
‘direction’; diśaḥ ‘the directions’: ‘the entire world’
dīna- (adj)
‘miserable, wretched’
√dīp (IV dīpyate)
‘shine, glow, burn’
dīrgha- (adj)
‘long, tall’
duḥkha-
(n. ) ‘unhappiness’,
(adj) ‘unhappy’
duḥkhita- (adj)
‘unhappy’
dūta- (m.)
‘messenger’
√dṛś (irreg paśyati)
‘see’,
Caus darśayati ‘show’
deva- (m.)
‘god, deity; lord, master’,
in Voc ‘your highness, my lord’
devatā- (f.)
‘deity’
devī- (f.)
‘goddess; mistress’,
in Voc ‘milady’
deśa- (m.)
‘land, country’
√dru (I dravati)
‘run’
druma- (m.)
‘tree’
dvāra- (m.)
‘door; gateway’
dvi- (num)
‘two’
dhana- (n.)
‘possessions; wealth’
dhanus- (n.)
‘bow’ (the weapon)
dharma- (m.)
‘morality, righteousness;
(religious/caste-based) duty, obligation;
dharma’
√dhā (III dadhāti)
‘put’ (hita-)
vi-√dhā (III vidadhāti)
‘perform, do, arrange’
abhi-√dhā (III abhidadhāti)
‘utter, say’
dhī-mant- (adj)
‘intelligent’
√dhṛ (X dhārayati)
‘hold, carry’
na (ind)
‘not’
nagara- (n.), nagarī- (f.)
‘city, town’
nadī- (f.)
‘river’
nara- (m.)
‘man’
nāga- (m.)
‘snake’
nātha- (m.)
‘protector; lord, husband’
nānā (ind or pref)
‘variously, differently’
nāma (ind)
‘named, called; indeed’
nāman- (n.)
‘name’, (ifc) ‘called’