Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Further 1 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.
aṅka- (m.)
‘waist; lap; bosom’
acala-
(adj) ‘immovable’,
(m. ) ‘mountain’,
(f. ) ‘the earth’
atha vā (ind)
‘or rather’
a-dharma- (m.)
‘non-dharma, lawlessness’
adhike- (adj)
‘further; stronger; excellent’
adhi-pati- (m.)
‘overlord, ruler’
anala- (m.)
‘fire’
anila- (m.)
‘wind’
anīka- (n.)
‘face; appearance’
anuja- (m.)
‘after-born’: ‘younger brother’
anuttama- (adj)
‘excellent, best’
aneka- (adj)
‘not one’: ‘many, much’
antara-
(adj) ‘inner, interior’,
(ifc) other, another’
anna- (n.)
‘food’
anyathā (ind)
‘otherwise, in a different manner’
anyonya- (adj)
‘one another, mutual’
anvita (adj)
‘accompanied by; having, possessing’
apsaras- (f.)
‘apsaras’ (a heavenly nymph)
abhimukha- (adj)
‘having the face towards’: ‘facing’
abhiṣeka- (m.)
‘religious bathing, ablution’
abhra- (n.)
‘(thunder)cloud; rainy weather’
ambhas- (n.)
‘water’
ari- (m.)
‘enemy’
arka- (m.)
‘sun’
arṇava- (m./n.)
‘the sea’
ardha-
(adj) ‘half’, (m.) ‘a half, a part’
arha- (adj)
‘deserving, worthy of; obliged to (+ Inf); able to (+ Inf)’
alam (ind)
‘enough of’ (+ Ins)
alam-√kṛ (VIII alaṃkaroti)
‘adorn, decorate’
alpa- (adj)
‘small’
avaśyam (ind)
‘necessarily; certainly’
aśani- (f./m.)
thunderbolt; flash of lightning’
aśru- (n.)
‘tear, crying’
ni-√as (X nyasayati, I nyasati)
‘take off; give up, resign’
ahar-/ahan- (n.)
‘day’
aho (ind)
expresses (positive or negative) surprise: ‘oh! ah!’
āgamana- (n.)
‘coming, arrival’
āditya- (m.)
‘sun’
ānanda- (m.)
‘happiness, joy’
āpad- (f.)
‘accident’
āyus- (n.)
‘(long) life, energy’
ālaya- (m.)
‘house, dwelling’
ālāpa- (m.)
‘conversation, communication’
āśu- (adj)
‘fast, quick’
āhava- (m.)
‘war, battle’
ity-ādi- (adj)
‘and so on, etc.’
indriya- (n.)
‘sense, sense organ’
pra-√iṣ (IV preṣyati)
‘urge on, impel, send; invite’
iṣu- (m./f.)
‘arrow’
ugra- (adj)
‘powerful, violent, terrible’