Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Basic 8 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.
vana- (n.)
‘forest’
√vand (I vandati, -te)
‘praise, honor, do homage’
varṇa- (m.)
‘color’:
‘complexion, appearance, beauty;
caste’
varṣa- (m.)
‘rain’; the rains, rainy season; the seasons, year’
vaśa- (m.)
‘authority, power’
√vas (I vasati)
‘live, dwell’
vā (ind)
‘or’ (postposed)
vāc- (f.)
‘voice, speech’
vānara- (m.)
‘monkey’
vāyu- (m.)
‘wind’
vikrama- (m.)
‘stride, gait; courage, valor’
√vid (II vetti)
‘know’;
Caus vedayati ‘let know, inform’
-vid- (adj, ifc)
‘knowing’
vidyā- (f.)
‘knowledge, wisdom; scholarship, the sciences’
vinā (ind)
‘without’ (+ Acc or Ins)
vipula- (adj)
‘large, extensive’
vividha- (adj)
‘various, different’
vīra- (m.)
‘hero’
vīrya- (n.)
‘heroism, valor, strength’
vīrya-vat- (adj)
‘heroic, valorous’