Maurer 20

Question 1

अन्य

Answer 1

anya [adjective]

other

[declined like the demonstrative pronouns, i.e., saḥ, tat, sā]

Question 2

अपत्य

Answer 2

apatya [noun] [n]

offspring, child

Question 3

अप्रज

Answer 3

apraja [adjective]

childless

(Goldmans’ note says: “from aprajā as bahuvrīhi”);

Maurer says: literally “having non-offspring”

Question 4

अप्रतिम

Answer 4

apratima [adjective]

having no match, unmatched, unequaled

Question 5

अयोध्या​

Answer 5

ayodhyā [proper noun] [f]

Ayodhyā, Daśaratha’s capital city;

M says it’s today usually written Oudh and ayodhyā literally means “the unfightable or irresistible one”

Question 6

असमञ्ज

Answer 6

asamañja [proper noun] [m]

Asamañja, the son of Sagara by Keśinī;

means “unbecoming, good-for-nothing”

Question 7

अहित

Answer 7

ahita [noun] [n]

non-welfare; harm

Question 8

आ-√राध् (आराधयति)

Answer 8

ā-√rādh (ārādhayati) [verb, class 1 P]

propitiate, honor;

ppp: ārādhita, meaning having been propitiated, honored

Question 9

उत्-√पद् (उत्पद्यते)

Answer 9

ut-√pad (utpadyate) [verb, class 4 Ā]

be born, arise (G);

go forth, arise, come into existence, be produced (M);

causative: utpādayati (causes to go forth, or come into existence; produces)

Question 10

केशिनी

Answer 10

keśinī [proper noun] [f]

Keśinī, a wife of King Sagara of Ayodhyā, daughter of the king of Vidarbha and mother of the wicked Asamañja. The name means “she who has fine hair.”

Question 11

√ख्या (ख्याति)

Answer 11

√khyā (khyāti) [verb, class 2 P]

be known, be named

Question 12

ख्यात

Answer 12

khyāta [ppp]

named, called;

ppp of √khyā (khyāti) be known, named

Question 13

गर्भ

Answer 13

garbha [noun] [m] womb (M16);

embryo, child, offspring (M20) (can also be: center, interior)

Question 14

गृहीत

Answer 14

gṛhīta [ppp]

taken, (having been) seized;

ppp of √grah (gṛhṇāti)

Question 15

छन्द

Answer 15

chanda [noun] [m]

pleasure, desire, will

Question 16

√जन् (जायते, प्ल् जायन्ते)

Answer 16

√jan (jāyate, pl jāyante) [verb, class 4 Ā]

be born, arise;

M says active forms of this verb (like future janiṣyati) are transitive, hence “beget, bring forth, produce;” perfect: jajñe; aorist: ajahiṣṭa; aorist of causative: ajījanat

Question 17

√ज्ञा (जानाति)

Answer 17

√jñā (jānāti / jānīte) [verb, class 9 P / Ā]

know; come to know, learn; notice; perceive;

infinitive: jñātum; gerund: jṇātvā; causative: jñāpayati, let know, tell

Question 18

ज्येष्ठ

Answer 18

jyeṣṭha [superlative adjective]

eldest (G); best, principal, oldest (M);

comparative = jyāyas, elder; (also: best, excellent)

Question 19

तुम्ब

Answer 19

tumba [noun] [m]

a gourd

Question 20

दुरात्मन्

Answer 20

durātman [adjective]

ill-natured (evil-natured, bad)

Question 21

द्वितीय

Answer 21

dvitīya [ordinal number]

second

Question 22

निर्भीन्न

Answer 22

nirbhīnna [ppp]

split-open;

ppp of nis-√bhid (nirbhinatti)

Question 23

निर्वासित

Answer 23

nirvāsita [ppp]

exiled, expelled; “caused to stay abroad”;

past passive participle of the causative of nir-√vas (G), nis-√vas (M)

Question 24

निस्-√भिद् (निर्भिनत्ति)

Answer 24

nis-√bhid (nirbhinatti) [verb, class 7 P]

split open;

gerund: nirbhidya

Question 25

पत्नी

Answer 25

patnī [noun] [f] ## Footnote **a wife**

Question 26

पुर

Answer 26

pura [noun] [n] ## Footnote **city**

Question 27

√पॄ (पिपर्ति)

Answer 27

√pṝ (piparti) [verb, class 3 P] **fill;** also in class 9 (pṛṇāti)

Question 28

पौर

Answer 28

paura [noun] [m] ## Footnote **townsman, citizen**

Question 29

प्र-√आप् (प्राप्नोति)

Answer 29

pra-√āp (prāpnoti) [verb, class 5 P] **get, aquire, obtain, receive, attain** (listed under √prāp in back of G)

Question 30

प्र-√क्षिप् (प्रक्षिपति)

Answer 30

pra-√kṣip (prakṣipati) [verb, class 6 P] ## Footnote **throw or cast out or away**

Question 31

√प्रछ् or √प्रच्छ् (पृच्छति)

Answer 31

√prach or √pracch (pṛcchati) [verb, class 6 P] **ask, ask about** (+ accusative); gerund: pṛṣṭvā; ppp: pṛṣṭa; infinitive: praṣṭum; G has √pracch; M has √prach; sanskritdictionary.com shows both; aorist: aprakṣīt

Question 32

प्रति-√पद् (प्रतिपद्यते)

Answer 32

prati-√pad (pratipadyate) [verb, class 4 Ā] **step toward, attain, get, receive, recover, get back, return to;** perfect: pratipapāda (plural, pratipede)

Question 33

प्र-√नम् (प्रणमति)

Answer 33

pra-√nam (praṇamati) [verb, class 1 P] **bow before, make obeisance before** (+ accusative)

Question 34

प्र-√हस् (प्रहसति)

Answer 34

pra-√has (prahasati) [verb, class 1 P] **ridicule** (G); **laugh aloud** (M), **burst into laughter**

Question 35

भृगु

Answer 35

bhṛgu [proper noun] [m] ## Footnote **Bhṛgu, a great sage**

Question 36

√मज्ज् (मज्जति)

Answer 36

√majj (majjati) [verb, class 1 P] ## Footnote **sink, submerge**

Question 37

यशस्विन्

Answer 37

yaśasvin [adjective] ## Footnote **possessing glory, glorious, celebrated, famous, splendid, beautiful**

Question 38

रहित

Answer 38

rahita [adjective] **separated from, devoid of, missing,** especially at the end of a compound); example: jalarahita = without water

Question 39

रूपयौवन

Answer 39

rūpayauvana [noun] [n] ## Footnote **beauty and youth**

Question 40

लाभ​

Answer 40

lābha [noun] [m] ## Footnote **the act of getting, attainment, acquisition**

Question 41

वचस्

Answer 41

vacas [noun] [n] ## Footnote **speech, words**

Question 42

वंशकर

Answer 42

vaṃśakara [adjective] ## Footnote **making a family, propagating a family or dynastic line**

Question 43

वर

Answer 43

vara [noun] [m] ## Footnote **boon, wish, gift, choice**

Question 44

वर्ष

Answer 44

varṣa [noun] [m, n] ## Footnote **a year**

Question 45

विना

Answer 45

vinā [indeclinable] **without** (+ instrumental) postposed

Question 46

वि-निः-√सृ

Answer 46

vi-niḥ-√sṛ [verb, class 3 P] ## Footnote **go forth hither and thither**

Question 47

विनिःसृत

Answer 47

viniḥsṛta [ppp] **gone forth hither and thither;** ppp of vi-niḥ-√sṛ

Question 48

विलम्ब

Answer 48

vilamba [noun] [m] ## Footnote **delay**

Question 49

√वृत् (वर्तते)

Answer 49

√vṛt (vartate) [verb, class 1 Ā] ## Footnote **turn, move, take place, happen**

Question 50

शत १००

Answer 50

śata 100 [number] ## Footnote **one hundred**

Question 51

शिर

Answer 51

śiras [noun] [n] **head** (see declensions for s stems - nom/acc = śiraḥ)

Question 52

षष्टिः षष्टि ६०

Answer 52

ṣaṣṭiḥ ṣaṣṭi 60 [number] [f] ## Footnote **sixty**

Question 53

सत्य

Answer 53

satya [adjective] [n] ## Footnote **real, true**

Question 54

सत्य

Answer 54

satya [noun] [n] ## Footnote **truth, reality**

Question 55

सरयू

Answer 55

sarayū [proper noun] [f] **Sarayū,** the river beside the city of Ayodhyā

Question 56

सहस्र १०००

Answer 56

sahasra 1000 [number] [n] ## Footnote **a thousand**

Question 57

सुता

Answer 57

sutā [noun] [f] **daughter,** feminine version of the ppp of √sū, see suta

Question 58

सुमति

Answer 58

sumati [proper noun] [f] **Sumati, wife of Sagara**, daughter of Ariśṭanemi and sister of Suparṇa; name means "she who has good intelligence, wise" and she had 60,000 sons

Question 59

सुमहत्

Answer 59

sumahat [adjective] ## Footnote **very great**

Question 60

हिम

Answer 60

hima [noun] [m] ## Footnote **snow, cold, winter**

Question 61

हिमवत्

Answer 61

himavat [proper noun] [m] **Himavat, or the Himālaya mountain;** the name means "having snow" or "snowy"; also refers to Himavat, the Himālaya personified as father of Pārvatī, Śiva's wife, also called daughter of the mountain, and also the father of Gaṅga, the Ganges River