Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Basic 7

Question 1

megha- (m.)

Answer 1

‘cloud’

Question 2

yakṣa- (m.)

Answer 2

‘yakṣa’ (semi-divine being, spirit)

Question 3

yajña- (n.)

Answer 3

‘sacrifice’

Question 4

yataḥ (ind)

Answer 4

‘because’

Question 5

yat (ind)

Answer 5

‘that, so that; since; if’

Question 6

yatra (ind)

Answer 6

‘where’

Question 7

yathā (ind)

Answer 7

‘just as’

Question 8

yadā (ind)

Answer 8

‘when’

Question 9

yadi (ind)

Answer 9

‘if’

Question 10

yad-

Answer 10

relative pronoun: ‘what, which, that’

Question 11

√yam (irreg yacchati)

Answer 11

‘hold, hold up, support’

Question 12

yaśas- (n.)

Answer 12

‘honor, glory, fame’

Question 13

√yā (II yāti)

Answer 13

‘go’

Question 14

yāvat (ind)

Answer 14

‘as great/large/much/many; as soon as; until’

Question 15

yuddha- (n.)

Answer 15

‘fight’

Question 16

yūtha-pa- (m.)

Answer 16

‘leader of the herd’

Question 17

yojana- (n.)

Answer 17

‘yojana, league’

(distance of between 7 and 15 miles)

Question 18

√rakṣ (I rakṣati)

Answer 18

‘protect; guard against, watch’

Question 19

rakṣas, rākṣasa- (m., fem rākṣasī-)

Answer 19

‘rākṣasa, demon’

Question 20

raṇa- (m.)

Answer 20

‘pleasure; battle lust; battle’

Question 21

ratna- (n.)

Answer 21

‘jewel, gem’

Question 22

ratha- (m.)

Answer 22

‘chariot’

Question 23

√ram (I ramati/-te)

Answer 23

‘delight, make happy’

Question 24

ramya- (adj)

Answer 24

‘pleasant, beautiful’

Question 25

rasa- (m.)

Answer 25

'essence': 'sap, liquid, juice; pollen; taste, flavor, incl. literary/artistic flavor'

Question 26

rājan- (m., ifc rāja-)

Answer 26

'king'

Question 27

rājya- (n.)

Answer 27

'kingdom; royal power'

Question 28

rātri- (f.)

Answer 28

'night'

Question 29

ripu- (m.)

Answer 29

'enemy'

Question 30

√rud (VI rudati, I rodati, -te)

Answer 30

'cry, howl, lament'

Question 31

√ruh (I rohati)

Answer 31

'climb, go up'

Question 32

rūpa- (n.)

Answer 32

'form; good form, beauty'

Question 33

roṣa- (m.)

Answer 33

'anger, fury; passion'

Question 34

√lap (I lapati)

Answer 34

'wail, lament'

Question 35

√labh (I labhate)

Answer 35

'take; find'

Question 36

ava-/ā-√lok (I ava-/ā-lokate, X ava-/ā-lokayati)

Answer 36

'look at, see, notice'

Question 37

loka- (m.)

Answer 37

'world'

Question 38

ā-√loc (I ālocate)

Answer 38

'consider, reflect on'

Question 39

locana- (n.)

Answer 39

'eye'

Question 40

vacana- (n.), vacas- (n.), vākya- (n.)

Answer 40

anything said: 'word, statement, sentence etc.'

Question 41

√vac (II vakti)

Answer 41

'speak' (ukta-)

Question 42

prati-√vac (II prativakti)

Answer 42

'reply'

Question 43

vajra- (m./n.)

Answer 43

'lightning bolt'

Question 44

√vad (I vadati)

Answer 44

'say, speak'

Question 45

abhi-√vad (I abhivadati, X abhivādayati)

Answer 45

'greet'

Question 46

vadana- (n.)

Answer 46

'speaking; mouth, face'

Question 47

√vadh (I vadhati)

Answer 47

'strike, kill'

Question 48

vadha- (m.)

Answer 48

'killing, murder'