Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Further 4 Flashcards by Julio d'Escrivan

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dhvaja- (m.)

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‘banner, flag’

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na-ga- (m.)

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lit. ‘non-going’: ‘mountain’

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√nad (I nadati)

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‘sound; thunder, roar’

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nāda- (m.)

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‘loud sound, roaring’

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nanu (ind)

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‘surely, indeed’

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nabhas- (n.)

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‘sky’

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√nam (I namati)

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‘bow, bend’ (nata-)

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√naś (IV naśyati)

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‘perish, die; be lost, be destroyed’ (naṣṭa-)

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nārī- (f.)

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‘woman’

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nija- (adj)

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‘one’s own, native’

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nidrā- (f.)

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‘sleep’

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nibha- (adj, ifc)

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‘resembling, like’

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nimitta- (n.)

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‘sign, omen; cause, reason’

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niveśana- (n.)

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‘entrance; house, dwelling’

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niśā- (f.)

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‘night; vision, dream’

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niścaya- (m.)

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‘certainty, conviction’

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nīla- (adj)

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‘dark, especially dark blue/green’

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nṛ-pati- (m.)

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‘lord of men’: ‘king’

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netra- (n.)

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‘eye’

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pakṣa- (m.)

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‘wing’

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pattra- (n.)

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‘wing, feather; leaf, letter, document’

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patnī- (f.)

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‘wife’

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paraṃ-tapa- (m.)

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‘burner (= destroyer) of the enemy’

(epithet of epic heroes)

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paraspara- (adj, mostly used adverbially)

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‘one another, each other, mutually’

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parāyaṇa- (n.)

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‘final aim; last resort, main object’

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parigha- (m.)

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‘iron bar; iron club; any kind of obstacle’

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√palāy (I palāyate)

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‘flee; escape’

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√pāl (X pālayati)

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‘protect’

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paścāt (ind)

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‘behind’ (+ Abl or Gen)

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paścima- (adj)

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‘behind, later, last’

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pāna- (n.)

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‘drinking; a drink’

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pārśva- (n.)

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‘side, nearness, proximity’

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pārśvāt (ind)

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‘away from, by means of, through’

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pāśa- (m.)

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‘snare, trap, noose’

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pitā-maha, mahāpita- (m.)

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‘grandfather’

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√pīḍ (X pīḍayati)

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‘press, squeeze; harm; neglect’

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puraḥ (ind)

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‘before, in front of’

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puro-hita- (m.)

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lit. ‘put in front’: ‘domestic priest’

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√puṣ

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‘flourish, bloom’

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puṣpa- (n.)

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‘flower’

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puṣpita- (adj)

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‘flowering, in bloom; fully developed’

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√pṛ

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‘fill’

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pūrṇa- (adj)

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‘full of, filled with’ (+ Gen or Ins)

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prakṛti- (f.)

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‘original form; nature, character’

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prathama- (pron adj)

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‘foremost, first’

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pradakṣiṇa- (adj)

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‘on the right: auspicious, favorable’

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prabhāva- (m.)

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‘power, strength’

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pramadā- (f.)

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‘woman, young woman’

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pramāṇa- (n.)

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‘measure, standard’

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prākāra- (m.)

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‘wall, fence, enclosure’