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.
1
Q
tejas- (n.)
A
‘brilliance, brightness; blaze, heat’
2
Q
tena (ind)
A
‘by this’: ‘thus’
3
Q
√tyaj (I tyajati)
A
‘leave, abandon’
4
Q
tri- (num)
A
‘three’
5
Q
tvam (pron)
A
‘you’
(tvayā Ins Sg,
te GenDat Sg,
tvad- stem form)
6
Q
dakṣiṇa- (adj)
A
‘southern; right (vs. left); clever, able’
7
Q
daṇḍa- (m.)
A
‘stick; punishment’
8
Q
darśana- (n.)
A
‘sight, view; world-view, philosophy, religion’
9
Q
daśa- (num)
A
‘ten’
10
Q
√dah (I dahati)
A
‘burn’
11
Q
√dā (III dadāti)
A
‘give’
12
Q
ā-√dā (III ādadāti)
A
‘take, receive’,
Abs ādāya lit. ‘having taken’: ‘with’
13
Q
dānava- (m.)
A
‘dānava, demon’
14
Q
dāra- (m., usually Pl)
A
‘wife’
15
Q
dāruṇa- (adj)
A
‘harsh, rough’
16
Q
divya- (adj)
A
‘divine, heavenly’
17
Q
√diś (VI diśati)
A
‘show, point out’
18
Q
diś- (f.)
A
‘direction’; diśaḥ ‘the directions’: ‘the entire world’
19
Q
dīna- (adj)
A
‘miserable, wretched’
20
Q
√dīp (IV dīpyate)
A
‘shine, glow, burn’
