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.

1
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vana- (n.)

A

‘forest’

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√vand (I vandati, -te)

A

‘praise, honor, do homage’

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3
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varṇa- (m.)

A

‘color’:

‘complexion, appearance, beauty;

caste’

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4
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varṣa- (m.)

A

‘rain’; the rains, rainy season; the seasons, year’

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5
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vaśa- (m.)

A

‘authority, power’

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6
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√vas (I vasati)

A

‘live, dwell’

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7
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vā (ind)

A

‘or’ (postposed)

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8
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vāc- (f.)

A

‘voice, speech’

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9
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vānara- (m.)

A

‘monkey’

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10
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vāyu- (m.)

A

‘wind’

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11
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vikrama- (m.)

A

‘stride, gait; courage, valor’

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12
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√vid (II vetti)

A

‘know’;

Caus vedayati ‘let know, inform’

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13
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-vid- (adj, ifc)

A

‘knowing’

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14
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vidyā- (f.)

A

‘knowledge, wisdom; scholarship, the sciences’

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15
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vinā (ind)

A

‘without’ (+ Acc or Ins)

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16
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vipula- (adj)

A

‘large, extensive’

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17
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vividha- (adj)

A

‘various, different’

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18
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vīra- (m.)

A

‘hero’

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19
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vīrya- (n.)

A

‘heroism, valor, strength’

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20
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vīrya-vat- (adj)

A

‘heroic, valorous’

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21
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√vṛ (V vṛnoti, vṛṇute)

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‘cover: conceal, obstruct’

22
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√vṛ (IX vṛṇāti, vṛṇīte, X varayati, vārayati)

A

‘choose’

23
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vṛkṣa- (m.)

A

‘tree’

24
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√vṛt (I vartate)

A

‘turn; take place, happen’

25
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vega- (m.)

A

‘stream, flood’

26
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vegena, vegāt (ind)

A

‘swiftly, fast’

27
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vai (ind)

A

‘indeed’

28
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vyasana- (n.)

A

‘attachment/devotion to; passion; crime, evil’

29
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vyāghra- (m.)

A

‘tiger’

30
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vrata- (n.)

A

‘oath, vow’

31
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√śak (V śaknomi)

A

‘be strong’, (+ Inf) ‘be able to’

32
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śakti- (f.)

A

‘power, ability’

33
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śakya- (adj)

A

‘strong; able’

34
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śakra-

A

(adj) ‘powerful, mighty’,
(m. ) Indra

35
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śata- (n.)

A

‘hundred’

36
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śatru- (m.)

A

‘enemy’

37
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śabda- (m.)

A

‘sound, noise’

38
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śara- (m.)

A

‘arrow’

39
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śarīra- (n.)

A

‘body’

40
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śastra- (n.)

A

‘weapon’

41
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śārdūla- (m.)

A

‘tiger’

42
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śāstra- (n.)

A

‘instruction; treatise; scholarship’

43
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śiras- (n.)

A

‘head’

44
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śilā- (f.)

A

‘stone, rock, crag’

45
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√śī (II śete)

A

‘lie, lie down’

46
Q

śīghram (ind)

A

‘quickly’

47
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śūra- (m.)

A

‘hero’

48
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śūla- (m.)

A

‘dart; lance, stake’

49
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śaila- (m.)

A

‘rock, crag, hill, mountain’

50
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śoka- (m.)

A

‘grief’