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.

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vana- (n.)

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‘forest’

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√vand (I vandati, -te)

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‘praise, honor, do homage’

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varṇa- (m.)

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‘color’:

‘complexion, appearance, beauty;

caste’

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varṣa- (m.)

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

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vaśa- (m.)

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‘authority, power’

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√vas (I vasati)

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‘live, dwell’

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vā (ind)

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‘or’ (postposed)

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8
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vāc- (f.)

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‘voice, speech’

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vānara- (m.)

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‘monkey’

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10
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vāyu- (m.)

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‘wind’

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vikrama- (m.)

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‘stride, gait; courage, valor’

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√vid (II vetti)

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‘know’;

Caus vedayati ‘let know, inform’

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-vid- (adj, ifc)

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‘knowing’

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vidyā- (f.)

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‘knowledge, wisdom; scholarship, the sciences’

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15
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vinā (ind)

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‘without’ (+ Acc or Ins)

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vipula- (adj)

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‘large, extensive’

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vividha- (adj)

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‘various, different’

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18
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vīra- (m.)

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‘hero’

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vīrya- (n.)

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‘heroism, valor, strength’

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vīrya-vat- (adj)

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‘heroic, valorous’

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√vṛ (V vṛṇoti, vṛṇute)

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‘cover: conceal, obstruct’

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

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‘choose’

23
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vṛkṣa- (m.)

A

‘tree’

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√vṛt (I vartate)

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‘turn; take place, happen’

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vega- (m.)
'stream, flood'
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vegena, vegāt (ind)
'swiftly, fast'
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vai (ind)
'indeed'
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vyasana- (n.)
'attachment/devotion to; passion; crime, evil'
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vyāghra- (m.)
'tiger'
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vrata- (n.)
'oath, vow'
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√śak (V śaknomi)
'be strong', (+ Inf) 'be able to'
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śakti- (f.)
'power, ability'
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śakya- (adj)
'strong; able'
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śakra-
(adj) 'powerful, mighty', (m. ) Indra
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śata- (n.)
'hundred'
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śatru- (m.)
'enemy'
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śabda- (m.)
'sound, noise'
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śara- (m.)
'arrow'
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śarīra- (n.)
'body'
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śastra- (n.)
'weapon'
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śārdūla- (m.)
'tiger'
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śāstra- (n.)
'instruction; treatise; scholarship'
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śiras- (n.)
'head'
44
śilā- (f.)
'stone, rock, crag'
45
√śī (II śete)
'lie, lie down'
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śīghram (ind)
'quickly'
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śūra- (m.)
'hero'
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śūla- (m.)
'dart; lance, stake'
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śaila- (m.)
'rock, crag, hill, mountain'
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śoka- (m.)
'grief'