Goldmans 17 Flashcards
अनुज
anuja [noun] [m]
younger brother;
literally “born after”
अनु-जन् (अनुजायते)
anu-jan (anujāyate) [verb, class 4 Ā]
be born after
अभि-√षिच् (अभिषिञ्चति)
abhi-√ṣic (abhiṣiñcati) [verb, class 6 P]
anoint, consecrate
आदितः
āditaḥ [indeclinable]
from the beginning
आ+√नी (आनियति)
ā-√nī (āniyati) [verb, class 1 P]
bring, fetch, bring to (+ accusative)
आ-√श्रि (आश्रयति)
ā-√śri (āśrayati) [verb, class 1 P]
have recourse to, be subect to (G);
lean or rest on; happen to, befall, come to, accrue to (M)
उत्तर
uttara
[noun] [n] reply
[adjective] later, superior (G); northern (M, who says: literally “upper, higher”) (also: left, as opposed to right; later)
√एध् (एधते)
√edh (edhate) [verb, class 1 Ā]
grow
कण्ठ
kaṇṭha [noun] [m]
throat
कन्दर
kandara [noun] [n]
a cave
कृते
kṛte [indeclinable]
on account of, for the sake of
(used with the genitive or at the end of a compound)
चतुर्थ
caturtha [ordinal number]
fourth
तावत्
tāvat [indeclinable]
so long, to that extent, meanwhile
द्विज
dvija [noun] [m] (m)
usually used to indicate the priestly caste of the Brāhmaṇas; literally,‘twice-born,’ a term applied to a member of the upper three classes of Hindu society, because when they receive the sacred thread, they are said to go through a second birth. Also, any animal born of an egg is also called dvija, twice-born.
धिक्
dhik [indeclinable]
“damn!”
particle expressing anger or contempt - “damn!” is given as an acceptable approximation;
the Goldmans give dhik tvām as an example of use, that is, “damn you!”
नरक
naraka [noun] [m, n]
hell
नायक
nāyaka [noun] [m]
leader
नि-√युज् (नियुनक्ति)
ni-√yuj (niyunakti) [verb, class 7 P]
fasten on, set (a trap), install, appoint (with dative or locative); enjoin something (accusative) upon someone (locative)
निर्वासित
nirvāsita [ppp]
exiled, expelled; “caused to stay abroad”;
past passive participle of the causative of nir-√vas (G), nis-√vas (M)
परिवृत्त
parivṛtta [adjective]
surrounded
(spelled parivṛta at back of book, parivṛtta in chapter)
पुत्रक
putraka [noun] [m]
boy, son (G); little son, dear son (M)
प्रति-आ-√या (प्रत्यायाति)
prati-ā-√yā (pratyāyāti) [verb, class 2 P]
come back to, return
प्रभृति
prabhṛti [indeclinable]
starting from …;
at the end of a compound, after indeclinable, or the ablative. Examples: janmaprabhṛti, from birth on; adyaprabhṛti, from today onward.
प्रमुख
pramukha [adjective]
foremost
प्रसादक
prasādaka [adjective]
propitiating
बद्ध
baddha [ppp]
bound;
past passive participle of √bandh (badhnāti)
√बन्ध् (बध्नाति)
√bandh (badhnāti) [verb, class 9 P]
bind, fasten, tie, catch;
gerund: baddhvā
बल
bala [noun] [n]
power, strength
मन्दिर
mandira [noun] [n]
house, palace
मातुल
mātula [noun] [m]
maternal uncle
मृत
mṛta [ppp]
dead;
past passive participle of √mṛ (marati) die
रक्त
rakta [ppp]
reddened,
past passive participle of √raj (rajyati), class 4
रज्जु
rajju [noun] [f]
rope or cord
रथ
ratha [noun] [m]
a chariot
राजगृह
rājagṛha [proper noun]
Rājagṛha, capital city of the Kekeyas
√रुद् (रोदिति)
√rud (roditi) [verb, class 2 P]
weep, cry, howl, lament
लक्ष्मी
lakṣmī [noun] [f]
fortune, prosperity; beauty, loveliness, splendor, lustre
(adds ḥ in the nominative)
As a proper noun: lakṣmī [f] Lakṣmī, the goddess
वदन
vadana [noun] [n]
face, mouth; speaking
वसिष्ठ
vasiṣṭha [proper noun]
Vasiṣṭha, one of the great brahman rṣi-s of Indian tradition
Sometimes seen as Vaśiṣṭha
विद्वांस्
vidvāṃs [noun] [m]
learned man, wise;
vidvajjana (m) wise people
विपरीत
viparīta [ppp]
perverse, contrary, false, contrary to rule, wrong; adverse, inauspicious, turned around, reversed;
ppp of vi-pari-√i
वि-√लप् (विलपति)
vi-√lap (vilapati) [verb, class 1 P]
lament
विवासित
vivāsita [adjective]
exiled
वृत्त
vṛtta [ppp]
happened;
past passive participle of √vṛt (vartate);
“news report” when used as masculine noun
व्याघ्र
vyāghra [noun] [m]
tiger; at the end of a compound, = “best of”
सेना
senā [noun] [f]
army
-स्थ
-stha [adjectival suffix]
standing (at the end of a compound only) (G);
M calls this a “verbal” of √sthā meaning situated, being (in a place)
स्व
sva [adjective]
one’s own;
commonly used as a prior member of a karmadhāraya compound, such as svaputra, his son
स्वर्ग
svarga [noun] [m]
heaven; (also: sky)