Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Further 2 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.
uttara- (adj)
‘higher; northern; left (vs. right); later’
utsāha- (m.)
‘firmness, fortitude’
udaka- (n.)
‘water’
udyāna- (n.)
‘garden’
upari (ind)
‘up; upwards; additional, further’
ura-ga- (m.)
lit. ‘chest-goer’: ‘snake’
uras- (n.)
‘chest, breast, bosom’
ekadā (ind)
‘once’
ojas- (n.)
‘strength, vigor’
kaccit (ind)
‘maybe; I fear/hope/suppose’
kaṇṭha- (m.)
‘throat, neck’
kamala- (n.)
‘lotus’
karṇa- (m.)
‘ear’
kalā- (f.)
‘part, small parth, 1/16th’
kalpa- (adj)
‘proper; fit, able; equal to’
kāka- (m.)
‘crow’
kāma-rūpin- (BV adj)
‘whose shape is as they desire’: ‘shapeshifting’
kārin- (adj, mostly ifc)
‘doing, making, producing’
kārmuka- (n.)
‘bow’ (the weapon)
kiṃtu (ind)
‘but’ (= tu)
kīrti- (f.)
‘fame, good reputation’
kuñjara-
(m.) ‘elephant’, (ifc) ‘pre-eminent’
kutaḥ (ind)
‘wherefrom? why?’
√kup (IV kupyati)
‘be angry’
kuśala-
(adj) ‘right, proper suitable’;
(n. ) ‘well-being, happiness’
kusuma- (n.)
‘flower, blossom’
kṛtsna- (adj)
‘whole, entire’
kṛṣṇa- (adj)
‘black, dark’
kovida- (adj)
‘knowing, skilled’
√kram (I kramati, -te, krāmati, -te)
‘walk, step, advance’
kriyā- (f.)
‘doing, action; religious action; ceremony, sacrifice’
√krīḍ (I krīḍati)
‘play, sport, amuse oneself’
√krudh (IV krudhyati)
‘become/be angry’
krūra- (adj)
‘cruel, fierce’
√kṣam (kṣamate, -ti)
‘put up with; forgive’
kṣama- (adj)
‘competent, able, fit for’
kha- (n.)
‘body opening: mouth, ears, nostrils etc; open space, the sky, ether’
khaḍga- (m.)
‘sword, scimitar’
√khād (I khādati)
‘eat’
-ga- (adj, ifc)
‘going (to a place), being (in a place)’
gandha- (m.)
‘smell, fragrance’
garbha- (m.)
‘center, interior, womb; embryo, fetus’
gir- (f.)
‘speech, language, voice’
guhā-
(f.) ‘hiding place’, (ind) ‘secretly’
grāma- (m.)
‘village’
√cakṣ (II caṣṭe)
‘see, look at’
cana (ind)
turns preceding interrogative into an indefinite
candana- (m./n.)
‘sandalwood’
camū- (f.)
‘army’
√cal/car (I calati/carati)
‘walk, move’