Maurer 24

Question 1

अञ्जलि

Answer 1

añjali [noun] [m]

a gesture of reverence or supplication made by placing the palms together

Question 2

अति-√इ (अत्येति)

Answer 2

ati-√i (atyeti) [verb, class 2 P]

go by, go beyond, pass (as in time)

Question 3

अतीत

Answer 3

atīta [ppp]

gone by, gone beyond, past;

past passive participle of ati-√i (atyeti)

Question 4

अधि-√गम् (अधिगच्छति)

Answer 4

adhi-√gam (adhigacchati) [verb, class 1 P]

go up to, arrive at, go to, go unto, approach; attain, obtain;

ppp: adhigata; gerund: adhigamya or adhigatya; negated by an-, hence anadhigata, unapproached

Question 5

अधिप

Answer 5

adhipa [noun] [m]

ruler, lord, overlord, “over-keeper”;

from adhi-√pā (adhipāti) class 2, protect, keep

Question 6

अधि-√पा (अधिपाति)

Answer 6

adhi-√pā (adhipāti) [verb, class 2 P]

protect, keep

Question 7

अनपत्य

Answer 7

anapatya [adjective]

childless

Question 8

अपरं च

Answer 8

aparaṃ ca [conjunction]

“And another thing,” moreover

Question 9

अभि-√सिच् (अभिसिञ्चति)

Answer 9

abhi-√sic (abhisiñcati) [verb, class 6 P]

pour upon, consecrate;

gerund: abhiṣicya

Question 10

अवतरण

Answer 10

avataraṇa [noun] [n]

the act of descending, descent

Question 11

अव​-√तॄ (अवतरति)

Answer 11

ava-√tṝ (avatarati) [verb, class 1 P]

descend, alight, go down, get down, get down from, come down (to earth);

ppp: avatirṇa; gerund: avatirya; causative: avatārayati, cause to descend, bring down, take down/off; future of causative: tārayiṣyati

Question 12

अव-√सद् (अवसीदति)

Answer 12

ava-√sad (avasīdati) [verb, class 1 P]

settle or sink down; come to naught; (can also be: despair)

Question 13

आ-√चर् (आचरति)

Answer 13

ā-√car (ācarati) [verb, class 1 P]

practice, engage in, go to, set about

Question 14

आत्मज

Answer 14

ātmaja [noun] [m]

son

Question 15

आ-√धा (आदधति)

Answer 15

ā-√dhā (ādadhati) [verb, class 3 P]

place or put on (+locative); entrust to; take on, assume;

gerund: ādhāya

Question 16

आ-√भाष् (आभाषते)

Answer 16

ā-√bhāṣ (ābhāṣate) [verb, class 1 Ā]

call on, invite;

perfect: ābabhāṣe;
gerund: ābhāṣya

Question 17

इक्ष्वाकु

Answer 17

ikṣvāku [proper noun] [m]

Ikṣvāku, the founder of the so-called “solar” race of kings who ruled Ayodhyā;

in the plural it means the descendants of Ikṣvāku, including Sagara and his lineage

Question 18

इन्द्रिय

Answer 18

indriya [noun] [n]

sense, organs of sense, a sense organ

Question 19

ईश्वर

Answer 19

īśvara [noun] [m]

lord, master; (can also be: god)

Question 20

ऊर्ध्व

Answer 20

ūrdhva [adjective]

upright, elevated

Question 21

कालधर्म

Answer 21

kāladharma [noun] [m]

law of time;

with √gam (gacchati), go, die (literally “go to the law of time”)

Question 22

कुल​

Answer 22

kula [noun] [n]

family; (also: birth, lineage)

Question 23

√क्लिद् (क्लिद्यति)

Answer 23

√klid (klidyati) [verb, class 4 P]

be or become wet;

ppp: klinna, moistened;
causative: kledayati, causes to be wet, makes wet, moistens

Question 24

क्लिन्न

Answer 24

klinna [ppp]

moistened;

ppp of √klid (klidyati)

Question 25

गोकर्ण

Answer 25

gokarṇa [proper noun] [m] **Gokarṇa**, a **place of pilgrimage** sacred to Śiva on the Malabar Coast

Question 26

घोर

Answer 26

ghora [adjective] ## Footnote **terrible, frightful, awful, dreadful, horrible**

Question 27

√चिन्त् (चिन्तयति)

Answer 27

√cint (cintayati) [verb, class 10 P] **think, consider, reflect, worry;** gerund: cintayitvā

Question 28

चिन्ता

Answer 28

cintā [noun] [f] ## Footnote **care, worry, anxiety, concern, anxious thought**

Question 29

√जन् (जायते, प्ल् जायन्ते)

Answer 29

√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 30

जन

Answer 30

jana [noun] [m] **person, man;** as collective noun, people; folk

Question 31

जलक्रिया

Answer 31

jalakriyā [noun] [f] ## Footnote **a water ceremony offered to the dead**

Question 32

ज्येष्ठ

Answer 32

jyeṣṭha [superlative adjective] **eldest** (G); **best, principal, oldest** (M); comparative = jyāyas, elder; (also: best, excellent)

Question 33

√तप् (तपति/ते)

Answer 33

√tap (tapati/te) [verb, class 1 P / Ā] **burn, give out heat, be hot, suffer,** especially **undergo or practice religious austerities;** transitive and intransitive

Question 34

तपाधन

Answer 34

tapādhana [adjective] **rich in austerities** (tapas)

Question 35

√तॄ (तरति/ते) & (तिरति/ते)

Answer 35

√tṝ (tarati/te) & (tirati/te) [verb, class 1 and 6 P/Ā] **cross over, get across; escape;** gerund: tirtvā; causative: tārayati, causes to get across or escape; liberates

Question 36

तेजस्

Answer 36

tejas [noun] [n] **splendor** (G); Maurer has: literally **"point" or "tip," tip of flame, flame, glow, splendor, majesty, brilliance, lustre, brightness, heat**

Question 37

दिलीप

Answer 37

dilīpa [proper noun] [m] **Dilīpa**, son of Aṃśumat and father of Bhagīratha

Question 38

दिव

Answer 38

diva [noun] [n] ## Footnote **heaven, sky**

Question 39

दीर्घ

Answer 39

dīrgha [adjective] ## Footnote **long**

Question 40

दुहितृ

Answer 40

duhitṛ [noun] [f] ## Footnote **daughter**

Question 41

निश्चय

Answer 41

niścaya [noun] [m] ## Footnote **determination, resolve; fixed opinion; decision; certainty; conviction**

Question 42

पञ्चतपस्

Answer 42

pañcatapas [adjective] "**having five fires**," referring to an **ascetic who sits amid four fires arranged at the four directions, while the sun is overhead**

Question 43

पर

Answer 43

para [adjective] **distant, next, highest, supreme, chief, extreme;** at the end of a bahuvrīhi compound, "**having ... as the chief thing**," "**wholly devoted to or absorbed in ...**" [declined like the demonstrative pronouns, i.e., saḥ, tat, sā]

Question 44

परम

Answer 44

parama [adjective] ## Footnote **supreme, highest; farthest; extreme; chief, main**

Question 45

प्रजा​

Answer 45

prajā [noun] [f] **offspring, children, subjects of a kingdom or realm** (in plural)

Question 46

प्रपितामह

Answer 46

prapitāmaha [noun] [m] **great-grandfather** (pra = great or grand in family relationships)

Question 47

प्र-√सद् (प्रसीदति)

Answer 47

pra-√sad (prasīdati) [verb, class 1 P] **be pleased or glad, appeased, be pacified; be gracious to; be favorable, be kindly disposed, have pity on; settle down, become tranquil**; causative: prasādayati, "causes or makes glad or gracious to one, appeases, propitiates," make calm, propitiate; infinitive: prasādayitum

Question 48

√प्री (प्रीयते)

Answer 48

``` √prī (prīyate) (prīṇāti / prīṇīte) [verb, class 4 Ā verb, class 9 P / Ā] ``` **be pleased, be favorably inclined to, be glad or content** (Ā or middle); **propitiate** (P or active); ppp: prīta; gerund: prītvā; perfect: piprāya, pipriye; aorist: apraiṣīt

Question 49

बाहु

Answer 49

bāhu [noun] [m] ## Footnote **the forearm, arm**

Question 50

ब्रह्मन्

Answer 50

brahman [noun] [m] **the god Brahmā** (who is regarded as the grandsire or creator of the worlds); for declension see M 18; Brahmā, Śiva, and Viṣṇu make up the trimūrti or triad when neuter, refers to brahman, the ultimate reality

Question 51

भगवत्

Answer 51

bhagavat [adjective] **possessing (good) fortune, fortunate, prosperous, glorious, venerable, august** (applies to Brahmā), **holy, blessed, lordly, heavenly**

Question 52

भगीरथ

Answer 52

bhagīratha [proper noun] [m] **Bhagīratha**, son of Dilīpa and great grandson of Sagara

Question 53

भस्मन्

Answer 53

bhasman [noun] [n] ## Footnote **ashes**

Question 54

मधुर

Answer 54

madhura [adjective] ## Footnote **sweet, honeyed, pleasant, charming**

Question 55

मनोरथ

Answer 55

manoratha [noun] [m] **wishing to fight** (M ch 24); or just **a wish, desire** (M ch 26)

Question 56

मन्न्रिन्

Answer 56

mannrin [noun] [m] ## Footnote **a counsellor or minister**

Question 57

महारथ

Answer 57

mahāratha [noun] [m] ## Footnote **great warrior**

Question 58

मासाहार

Answer 58

māsāhāra [adjective] ## Footnote **eating but once a month**

Question 59

√यज् (यजति)

Answer 59

√yaj (yajati/te) [verb, class 1 P or Ā] **sacrifice, worship, honor;** gerund: iṣṭvā

Question 60

यज्ञ

Answer 60

yajña [noun] [m] **a sacrifice, a ritual offering to the gods** (a Vedic sacrifice)

Question 61

√याच् (याचति/ते)

Answer 61

√yāc (yācati/te) [verb, class 1 P /Ā] **request, ask; ask someone** (accusative) **for something** (accusative)

Question 62

रत

Answer 62

rata [ppp] **delighted, attached** (emotionally), **taking pleasure in, devoted to**; ppp of √ram (ramate)

Question 63

√रम् (रमते)

Answer 63

√ram (ramate) [verb, class 1 Ā] **enjoy, make love, take pleasure in;** (also: **delight, make happy**)

Question 64

राज्य

Answer 64

rājya [noun] [n] **kingly rule, kingly power, kingdom** (with √kṛ: to rule, reign)

Question 65

√रुच् (रोचते)

Answer 65

√ruc (rocate) [verb, class 1 Ā] **be pleasing to** (+ dative) (G); **shine, be bright; appear beautiful**, hence **please** (M); causative: rocayati, chooses someone as (with two accusatives); perfect: rocayāmāsa

Question 66

√लभ् (लभते)

Answer 66

√labh (labhate) [verb, class 1 Ā] **get, receive, obtain, acquire, gain, take; find;** + svarga = **attain heaven, go to heaven**; perfect: lebhe; infinitive: labdhum

Question 67

वर्ष

Answer 67

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

Question 68

विश्रुत

Answer 68

viśruta [ppp] **heard of far and wide, famous, well known, known;** then **known as, called** (+ nominative); ppp of vi-√śru

Question 69

√वृ (वृणीते)

Answer 69

√vṛ (vṛṇīte) [verb, class 9 Ā] **choose, select** (as a boon); same meaning in causative, which is: varayati

Question 70

व्याघि

Answer 70

vyāghi [noun] [m] ## Footnote **disease, sickness**

Question 71

शूलिन्

Answer 71

śūlin [adjective] **possessing a trident**; epithet of **Śiva**

Question 72

संतति

Answer 72

saṃtati [noun] [f] **continuation** (of one's family), i.e., **offspring**

Question 73

सर्वलोककृत्

Answer 73

sarvalokakṛt [noun] [m] ## Footnote **maker or creator of the whole world**

Question 74

सलिल

Answer 74

salila [noun] [n] **water**; (also: **rainwater, rain**)

Question 75

सुत

Answer 75

suta [noun] [m] **son;** comes from ppp of √sū, produce, bear, generate - the ppp literally meaning "generated, born" (sutā = daughter)

Question 76

सुतप्त

Answer 76

sutapta [adjective] **very hot** (from tapta, the ppp of √tap, burn); very severe (said of austerities)

Question 77

सुता

Answer 77

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

Question 78

सुदारुण

Answer 78

sudāruṇa [adjective] **very terrible** (G); **very hard, very severe** (M)

Question 79

सुप्रसन्न

Answer 79

suprasanna [adjective] **well disposed, very favorably disposed;** su = very + ppp of pra-√sad (prasīdati) be favorable, be kindly disposed

Question 80

सुप्रीतः

Answer 80

suprītaḥ [adjective] **very pleased, well disposed;** su = very + ppp of √prī (prīyate), be pleased, be favorably inclined to

Question 81

सुधार्मिक

Answer 81

sudhārmika [adjective] ## Footnote **very virtuous**

Question 82

सुर

Answer 82

sura [noun] [m] **a god**

Question 83

सुव्रत

Answer 83

suvrata [adjective] ## Footnote **having a good vow or good vows;** **strict in observing vows, very religious**

Question 84

√सू (सूते)

Answer 84

√sū (sūte) [verb, class 2 Ā] ## Footnote **produce, bear, generate**

Question 85

स्थित

Answer 85

sthita / sthitaḥ [ppp] **standing** (G); literally **having stood, standing** (as opposed to going or moving), **firm, settled, constant, invariable**; also: stand but with a very attenuated meaning, not "having stood," but simply **"being"** (M) ppp of √sthā

Question 86

स्वर्ग​

Answer 86

svarga [noun] [m] **heaven**; (also: **sky**)

Question 87

हिमवत्

Answer 87

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