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.
cāpa- (m./n.)
‘bow’ (the weapon)
cārin- (adj, ifc)
‘moving, walking; doing’
cāru- (adj)
‘pleasing, lovely’
citta- (n.)
‘mind, heart’
cintā- (f.)
‘thought, worry’
cira- (adj)
‘long, far’
cīra- (n.)
‘birch bark, clothes made from birch bark’
√cud (I codati, X codayati)
‘impel, urge on’
cet (ind)
‘if’
√cyu (I cyavate, -ti)
‘move; move away from: lose, disappear’
chāyā- (f.)
‘shadow, shade’
jagat- (n.)
‘world’
jananī- (f.)
‘mother’
janman- (n.)
‘birth, incarnation’
jaya- (m.)
‘victory, triumph’
jñāna- (n.)
‘knowledge, wisdom’
√jval (I jvalati)
‘burn brightly, blaze’
tattva- (n.)
‘that-ness’: ‘truth; reality, facts’
√taḍ (X tāḍayati)
‘beat, strike, wound; strike (a musical instrument)’
tapasvin-
(adj)/(m.) ‘ascetic’
tamas- (n.)
‘darkness; mental darkness: heaviness, ignorance’
taru- (m.)
‘tree’
tādṛśa- (adj)
‘such’
tāpasa- (m.)
‘ascetic’
tārā-, tārakā- (f.)
‘star’
tīrtha- (n.)
‘(sacred/ritual) bathing place’
ava-√tṝ (I avatarati)
‘go down, descend’;
Caus ‘take down/off’
toraṇa- (n.)
‘arch, doorway, portal’
√tras (I trasati, IV trasyati)
‘tremble, be afraid’
tridaśa- (m.)
‘thirty’
trailokya- (n.)
‘the three worlds’: ‘the entire world’
√tvar (I tvarate, -ti)
‘rush, move with speed’
darpa- (m.)
‘pride, arrogance’
dina- (m./n.)
‘day’
divasa- (m.)
‘day’
diṣṭi- (f.)
‘good fortune, happiness’
dur-ātman- (adj)
‘evil-natured, bad’
dur-labha- (adj)
‘difficult to take/get’
√duṣ (IV duṣyati)
‘become bad, be corrupted; be wrong’
duhitṛ- (f.)
‘daughter’
dūra- (adj)
‘distant, far’
dṛḍha- (adj)
‘firm’
dṛṣṭi- (f.)
‘sight, view’
deha- (m.)
‘body’
daiva-
(adj) ‘divine’,
(n. ) fate’
daivata- (n.)
‘deity’
dyuti- (f.)
‘splendor, brightness, majesty’
dharaṇī- (f.)
‘the earth’
dhārmika- (adj)
‘righteous, virtuous, just’
√dhṛ (I dharati, dhārayati)
‘hold, keep, use’