Epic and Narrative Sanskrit Vocabulary: Further 3 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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cāpa- (m./n.)

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‘bow’ (the weapon)

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cārin- (adj, ifc)

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‘moving, walking; doing’

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cāru- (adj)

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‘pleasing, lovely’

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citta- (n.)

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‘mind, heart’

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cintā- (f.)

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‘thought, worry’

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cira- (adj)

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‘long, far’

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cīra- (n.)

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‘birch bark, clothes made from birch bark’

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√cud (I codati, X codayati)

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‘impel, urge on’

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cet (ind)

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‘if’

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√cyu (I cyavate, -ti)

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‘move; move away from: lose, disappear’

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chāyā- (f.)

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‘shadow, shade’

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12
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jagat- (n.)

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‘world’

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jananī- (f.)

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‘mother’

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janman- (n.)

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‘birth, incarnation’

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jaya- (m.)

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‘victory, triumph’

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jñāna- (n.)

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‘knowledge, wisdom’

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√jval (I jvalati)

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‘burn brightly, blaze’

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tattva- (n.)

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‘that-ness’: ‘truth; reality, facts’

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√taḍ (X tāḍayati)

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‘beat, strike, wound; strike (a musical instrument)’

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20
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tapasvin-

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(adj)/(m.) ‘ascetic’

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tamas- (n.)

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‘darkness; mental darkness: heaviness, ignorance’

22
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taru- (m.)

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‘tree’

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tādṛśa- (adj)

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‘such’

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tāpasa- (m.)

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‘ascetic’

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tārā-, tārakā- (f.)
'star'
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tīrtha- (n.)
'(sacred/ritual) bathing place'
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ava-√tṝ (I avatarati)
'go down, descend'; Caus 'take down/off'
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toraṇa- (n.)
'arch, doorway, portal'
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√tras (I trasati, IV trasyati)
'tremble, be afraid'
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tridaśa- (m.)
'thirty'
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trailokya- (n.)
'the three worlds': 'the entire world'
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√tvar (I tvarate, -ti)
'rush, move with speed'
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darpa- (m.)
'pride, arrogance'
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dina- (m./n.)
'day'
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divasa- (m.)
'day'
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diṣṭi- (f.)
'good fortune, happiness'
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dur-ātman- (adj)
'evil-natured, bad'
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dur-labha- (adj)
'difficult to take/get'
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√duṣ (IV duṣyati)
'become bad, be corrupted; be wrong'
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duhitṛ- (f.)
'daughter'
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dūra- (adj)
'distant, far'
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dṛḍha- (adj)
'firm'
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dṛṣṭi- (f.)
'sight, view'
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deha- (m.)
'body'
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daiva-
(adj) 'divine', (n. ) fate'
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daivata- (n.)
'deity'
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dyuti- (f.)
'splendor, brightness, majesty'
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dharaṇī- (f.)
'the earth'
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dhārmika- (adj)
'righteous, virtuous, just'
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√dhṛ (I dharati, dhārayati)
'hold, keep, use'