Maurer 5

Question 1

अधम

Answer 1

adhama [adjective]

lowest

Question 2

अधि-√गम् (अधिगच्छति)

Answer 2

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 3

अधुना

Answer 3

adhunā [adverb]

now

Question 4

अनुसार

Answer 4

anusāra [noun] [m]

a going after, following; conformity, accordance;

if in instrumental (anusareṇa) with genitive as quasi-postposed, then ‘in accordance with,’ or literally ‘due to the following of’

Question 5

आ-√चर् (आचरति)

Answer 5

ā-√car (ācarati) [verb, class 1 P]

practice, engage in, go to, set about

Question 6

उषित्वा

Answer 6

uṣitvā [verb, gerund]

having stayed, having abided, remained;

gerund of √vas (vasati) to dwell

Question 7

कश्चिद्

Answer 7

kaścid [indefinite adjective]

“a certain,” a/an,

also could have double meaning of “an extraordinary” per Hareesh

Question 8

काल​

Answer 8

kāla [noun] [m]

time, Death

Question 9

किमर्थम्

Answer 9

kimartham [interrogative adverb]

why?

Question 10

क्रिया

Answer 10

kriyā [noun] [f]

action, doing, performance; rite, ceremony

Question 11

क्षय

Answer 11

kṣaya [noun] [m]

destruction, ruin, decay, loss;

acc + √kṛ ‘make a destruction of,’ bring an end, exhaust

Question 12

गत्वा

Answer 12

gatvā [verb, gerund]

having gone,

gerund of √gam (gacchati)

Question 13

√चिन्त् (चिन्तयति)

Answer 13

√cint (cintayati) [verb, class 10 P]

think, consider, reflect, worry;

gerund: cintayitvā

Question 14

छाया

Answer 14

chāyā [noun] [f]

shade, shadow

Question 15

√जन् (जायते, प्ल् जायन्ते)

Answer 15

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

be born, arise;

Maurer says active forms of this verb are transitive, hence “beget, bring forth, produce;”

perfect: jajñe; aorist: ajahiṣṭa; aorist of causative: ajījanat

Question 16

तु

Answer 16

tu [conjunction]

but

[never begins a sentence]

Question 17

दरिद्र​​​​

Answer 17

daridra [adjective]

poor

Question 18

दीर्घ

Answer 18

dīrgha [adjective]

long

Question 19

ध्यान​​

Answer 19

dhyāna [noun] [n]

meditation

Question 20

नर​​

Answer 20

nara [noun] [m]

man

Question 21

नरक

Answer 21

naraka [noun] [m, n]

hell

Question 22

नि-√सद् (निषीदति)

Answer 22

ni-√sad (niṣīdati) [verb, class 1 P]

sit down, be seated;

M points to sandhi change, s becoming ṣ

Question 23

पण्डिततम

Answer 23

paṇḍitatama [superlative adjective]

most learned

Question 24

पर

Answer 24

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 25

परम

Answer 25

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

Question 26

पाप​

Answer 26

pāpa [adjective] **bad, evil** [noun] [n] **sin, wrong, evil deed;** as (m) **a bad man**

Question 27

बहु

Answer 27

bahu [adjective] ## Footnote **much, many**

Question 28

मध्यम

Answer 28

madhyama [adjective] ## Footnote **middling**

Question 29

मन्दभाग्य

Answer 29

mandabhāgya [adjective] ## Footnote **having little luck, unfortunate**

Question 30

यद् or यत्

Answer 30

yad or yat [relative pronoun] ## Footnote **who, what, which, that**

Question 31

वचन​

Answer 31

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

Question 32

√वद् (वदति)

Answer 32

√vad (vadati) [verb, class 1 P] **speak, say, say to** (+ accusative of person addressed); future: vadiṣyati; aorist: avādīt

Question 33

√विद् (विन्दति)

Answer 33

√vid (vindati) [verb, class 6 P] **find;** perfect: viveda; aorist:avidat, avidata; gerund: vittvā

Question 34

√विद् (वेत्ति)

Answer 34

√vid (vetti) [verb, class 2P] **know, recognize;** ppp: vidita, infiitive: veditum or vettum, gerund: viditvā, having known; perfect: veda, knows - present meaning!; causative: vedayati, let know, inform

Question 35

विद्या

Answer 35

vidyā [noun] [f] ## Footnote **knowledge, learning; wisdom; scholarship, the sciences**

Question 36

वृक्ष

Answer 36

vṛkṣa [noun] [m] ## Footnote **a tree**

Question 37

शुभ

Answer 37

śubha [adjective] [n] **good, beautiful, pleasant, agreeable;** as neuter noun: **good fortune**

Question 38

समीप

Answer 38

samīpa [noun] [n] **vicinity; nearness, presence;** locative samīpe + genitive = **near**

Question 39

सुकृत

Answer 39

sukṛta [noun] [n] ## Footnote **a meritorious deed**

Question 40

स्वग्राम​​

Answer 40

svagrāma [noun] [m] ## Footnote **one's own village**

Question 41

स्वयम्

Answer 41

svayam [indeclinable] **oneself, by one's self, to one's self;** used reflexively and applicable to all persons, i.e., himself, herself, yourself, etc.

Question 42

स्वर्ग​

Answer 42

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