Vocabulary Chapter 36 Flashcards
√वृष् (I वर्षति, -ते)
‘to rain’
derived noun: वर्षा-, वृष्टि- (f.) ‘rain’
√सेव् (I सेवते, -ति)
‘to attend, frequent (a place);
to serve’
√त्रा (IV त्रायते; II त्राति)
‘to rescue, protect’
√दिश् (VI दिशति)
‘to show, point out’
सुर- (m.)
‘god’
cp. सूर्य- (m.) ‘sun’ (Chap. 14)
असुर- (m.)
‘demon’
ईश- (m.)
‘lord, master’
अप्सरस्- (f.)
‘heavenly nymph’
From अप् ‘water’ + √सृ ‘to flow, run, to glide’.
राक्षस- (m.)
‘demon’
बाहु- (m.)
‘arm’
स्कन्ध- (m.)
‘shoulder (of a person);
trunk (of a tree);
branch/division (of an army)’
ऋषभ- (m.)
‘bull’
e.g. पुरुषर्षभ ‘excellent man’ (lit. ‘man-bull’, ‘bull among men’)
गति- (f.)
‘gait, walk;
path’
(→ √गम्)
विक्रम- (m.)
‘walk, motion;
way, manner’
from √क्रम् (I क्रमति, -ते; क्रामति, -ते) ‘to walk, stride’ → Chap. 25
अनिल- (m.)
‘wind’
→ √अन् (II अनिति) ‘to breathe’, cp. Lat. animus
