Maurer 24 Flashcards
अञ्जलि
añjali [noun] [m]
a gesture of reverence or supplication made by placing the palms together
अति-√इ (अत्येति)
ati-√i (atyeti) [verb, class 2 P]
go by, go beyond, pass (as in time)
अतीत
atīta [ppp]
gone by, gone beyond, past;
past passive participle of ati-√i (atyeti)
अधि-√गम् (अधिगच्छति)
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
अधिप
adhipa [noun] [m]
ruler, lord, overlord, “over-keeper”;
from adhi-√pā (adhipāti) class 2, protect, keep
अधि-√पा (अधिपाति)
adhi-√pā (adhipāti) [verb, class 2 P]
protect, keep
अनपत्य
anapatya [adjective]
childless
अपरं च
aparaṃ ca [conjunction]
“And another thing,” moreover
अभि-√सिच् (अभिसिञ्चति)
abhi-√sic (abhisiñcati) [verb, class 6 P]
pour upon, consecrate;
gerund: abhiṣicya
अवतरण
avataraṇa [noun] [n]
the act of descending, descent
अव-√तॄ (अवतरति)
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
अव-√सद् (अवसीदति)
ava-√sad (avasīdati) [verb, class 1 P]
settle or sink down; come to naught; (can also be: despair)
आ-√चर् (आचरति)
ā-√car (ācarati) [verb, class 1 P]
practice, engage in, go to, set about
आत्मज
ātmaja [noun] [m]
son
आ-√धा (आदधति)
ā-√dhā (ādadhati) [verb, class 3 P]
place or put on (+locative); entrust to; take on, assume;
gerund: ādhāya
आ-√भाष् (आभाषते)
ā-√bhāṣ (ābhāṣate) [verb, class 1 Ā]
call on, invite;
perfect: ābabhāṣe;
gerund: ābhāṣya
इक्ष्वाकु
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
इन्द्रिय
indriya [noun] [n]
sense, organs of sense, a sense organ
ईश्वर
īśvara [noun] [m]
lord, master; (can also be: god)
ऊर्ध्व
ūrdhva [adjective]
upright, elevated
कालधर्म
kāladharma [noun] [m]
law of time;
with √gam (gacchati), go, die (literally “go to the law of time”)
कुल
kula [noun] [n]
family; (also: birth, lineage)
√क्लिद् (क्लिद्यति)
√klid (klidyati) [verb, class 4 P]
be or become wet;
ppp: klinna, moistened;
causative: kledayati, causes to be wet, makes wet, moistens
क्लिन्न
klinna [ppp]
moistened;
ppp of √klid (klidyati)
गोकर्ण
gokarṇa [proper noun] [m]
Gokarṇa, a place of pilgrimage sacred to Śiva on the Malabar Coast
घोर
ghora [adjective]
terrible, frightful, awful, dreadful, horrible
√चिन्त् (चिन्तयति)
√cint (cintayati) [verb, class 10 P]
think, consider, reflect, worry;
gerund: cintayitvā
चिन्ता
cintā [noun] [f]
care, worry, anxiety, concern, anxious thought
√जन् (जायते, प्ल् जायन्ते)
√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
जन
jana [noun] [m]
person, man;
as collective noun, people; folk
जलक्रिया
jalakriyā [noun] [f]
a water ceremony offered to the dead
ज्येष्ठ
jyeṣṭha [superlative adjective]
eldest (G);
best, principal, oldest (M);
comparative = jyāyas, elder; (also: best, excellent)
√तप् (तपति/ते)
√tap (tapati/te) [verb, class 1 P / Ā]
burn, give out heat, be hot, suffer,
especially undergo or practice religious austerities;
transitive and intransitive
तपाधन
tapādhana [adjective]
rich in austerities (tapas)
√तॄ (तरति/ते) & (तिरति/ते)
√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
तेजस्
tejas [noun] [n]
splendor (G);
Maurer has: literally “point” or “tip,” tip of flame, flame, glow, splendor, majesty, brilliance, lustre, brightness, heat
दिलीप
dilīpa [proper noun] [m]
Dilīpa, son of Aṃśumat and father of Bhagīratha
दिव
diva [noun] [n]
heaven, sky
दीर्घ
dīrgha [adjective]
long
दुहितृ
duhitṛ [noun] [f]
daughter
निश्चय
niścaya [noun] [m]
determination, resolve; fixed opinion; decision; certainty; conviction
पञ्चतपस्
pañcatapas [adjective]
“having five fires,”
referring to an ascetic who sits amid four fires arranged at the four directions, while the sun is overhead
पर
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]
परम
parama [adjective]
supreme, highest; farthest; extreme; chief, main
प्रजा
prajā [noun] [f]
offspring, children, subjects of a kingdom or realm (in plural)
प्रपितामह
prapitāmaha [noun] [m]
great-grandfather
(pra = great or grand in family relationships)
प्र-√सद् (प्रसीदति)
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
√प्री (प्रीयते)
√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
बाहु
bāhu [noun] [m]
the forearm, arm
ब्रह्मन्
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
भगवत्
bhagavat [adjective]
possessing (good) fortune, fortunate, prosperous, glorious, venerable, august (applies to Brahmā), holy, blessed, lordly, heavenly
भगीरथ
bhagīratha [proper noun] [m]
Bhagīratha, son of Dilīpa and great grandson of Sagara
भस्मन्
bhasman [noun] [n]
ashes
मधुर
madhura [adjective]
sweet, honeyed, pleasant, charming
मनोरथ
manoratha [noun] [m]
wishing to fight (M ch 24); or just a wish, desire (M ch 26)
मन्न्रिन्
mannrin [noun] [m]
a counsellor or minister
महारथ
mahāratha [noun] [m]
great warrior
मासाहार
māsāhāra [adjective]
eating but once a month
√यज् (यजति)
√yaj (yajati/te) [verb, class 1 P or Ā]
sacrifice, worship, honor;
gerund: iṣṭvā
यज्ञ
yajña [noun] [m]
a sacrifice, a ritual offering to the gods (a Vedic sacrifice)
√याच् (याचति/ते)
√yāc (yācati/te) [verb, class 1 P /Ā]
request, ask; ask someone (accusative) for something (accusative)
रत
rata [ppp]
delighted, attached (emotionally), taking pleasure in, devoted to;
ppp of √ram (ramate)
√रम् (रमते)
√ram (ramate) [verb, class 1 Ā]
enjoy, make love, take pleasure in; (also: delight, make happy)
राज्य
rājya [noun] [n]
kingly rule, kingly power, kingdom (with √kṛ: to rule, reign)
√रुच् (रोचते)
√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
√लभ् (लभते)
√labh (labhate) [verb, class 1 Ā]
get, receive, obtain, acquire, gain, take; find;
+ svarga = attain heaven, go to heaven;
perfect: lebhe; infinitive: labdhum
वर्ष
varṣa [noun] [m, n]
a year
विश्रुत
viśruta [ppp]
heard of far and wide, famous, well known, known;
then known as, called (+ nominative);
ppp of vi-√śru
√वृ (वृणीते)
√vṛ (vṛṇīte) [verb, class 9 Ā]
choose, select (as a boon);
same meaning in causative, which is: varayati
व्याघि
vyāghi [noun] [m]
disease, sickness
शूलिन्
śūlin [adjective]
possessing a trident; epithet of Śiva
संतति
saṃtati [noun] [f]
continuation (of one’s family), i.e., offspring
सर्वलोककृत्
sarvalokakṛt [noun] [m]
maker or creator of the whole world
सलिल
salila [noun] [n]
water; (also: rainwater, rain)
सुत
suta [noun] [m]
son;
comes from ppp of √sū, produce, bear, generate - the ppp literally meaning “generated, born” (sutā = daughter)
सुतप्त
sutapta [adjective]
very hot
(from tapta, the ppp of √tap, burn); very severe (said of austerities)
सुता
sutā [noun] [f]
daughter,
feminine version of the ppp of √sū, see suta
सुदारुण
sudāruṇa [adjective]
very terrible (G); very hard, very severe (M)
सुप्रसन्न
suprasanna [adjective]
well disposed, very favorably disposed;
su = very + ppp of pra-√sad (prasīdati) be favorable, be kindly disposed
सुप्रीतः
suprītaḥ [adjective]
very pleased, well disposed;
su = very + ppp of √prī (prīyate), be pleased, be favorably inclined to
सुधार्मिक
sudhārmika [adjective]
very virtuous
सुर
sura [noun] [m]
a god
सुव्रत
suvrata [adjective]
having a good vow or good vows;
strict in observing vows, very religious
√सू (सूते)
√sū (sūte) [verb, class 2 Ā]
produce, bear, generate
स्थित
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
स्वर्ग
svarga [noun] [m]
heaven; (also: sky)
हिमवत्
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
