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.

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tejas- (n.)

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‘brilliance, brightness; blaze, heat’

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tena (ind)

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‘by this’: ‘thus’

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√tyaj (I tyajati)

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‘leave, abandon’

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tri- (num)

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‘three’

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tvam (pron)

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‘you’

(tvayā Ins Sg,

te GenDat Sg,

tvad- stem form)

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dakṣiṇa- (adj)

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‘southern; right (vs. left); clever, able’

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daṇḍa- (m.)

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‘stick; punishment’

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darśana- (n.)

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‘sight, view; world-view, philosophy, religion’

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daśa- (num)

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‘ten’

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√dah (I dahati)

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‘burn’

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√dā (III dadāti)

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‘give’

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ā-√dā (III ādadāti)

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‘take, receive’,

Abs ādāya lit. ‘having taken’: ‘with’

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dānava- (m.)

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‘dānava, demon’

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dāra- (m., usually Pl)

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‘wife’

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dāruṇa- (adj)

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‘harsh, rough’

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divya- (adj)

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‘divine, heavenly’

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√diś (VI diśati)

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‘show, point out’

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diś- (f.)

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‘direction’; diśaḥ ‘the directions’: ‘the entire world’

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dīna- (adj)

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‘miserable, wretched’

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√dīp (IV dīpyate)

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‘shine, glow, burn’

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dīrgha- (adj)

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‘long, tall’

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duḥkha-

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(n. ) ‘unhappiness’,
(adj) ‘unhappy’

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duḥkhita- (adj)

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‘unhappy’

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dūta- (m.)

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‘messenger’

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√dṛś (irreg paśyati)
'see', Caus darśayati 'show'
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deva- (m.)
'god, deity; lord, master', in Voc 'your highness, my lord'
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devatā- (f.)
'deity'
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devī- (f.)
'goddess; mistress', in Voc 'milady'
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deśa- (m.)
'land, country'
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√dru (I dravati)
'run'
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druma- (m.)
'tree'
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dvāra- (m.)
'door; gateway'
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dvi- (num)
'two'
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dhana- (n.)
'possessions; wealth'
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dhanus- (n.)
'bow' (the weapon)
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dharma- (m.)
'morality, righteousness; (religious/caste-based) duty, obligation; dharma'
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√dhā (III dadhāti)
'put' (hita-)
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vi-√dhā (III vidadhāti)
'perform, do, arrange'
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abhi-√dhā (III abhidadhāti)
'utter, say'
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dhī-mant- (adj)
'intelligent'
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√dhṛ (X dhārayati)
'hold, carry'
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na (ind)
'not'
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nagara- (n.), nagarī- (f.)
'city, town'
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nadī- (f.)
'river'
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nara- (m.)
'man'
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nāga- (m.)
'snake'
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nātha- (m.)
'protector; lord, husband'
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nānā (ind or pref)
'variously, differently'
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nāma (ind)
'named, called; indeed'
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nāman- (n.)
'name', (ifc) 'called'