Vocabulary Chapter 36 REVERSE Flashcards
‘to rain’
√वृष् (I वर्षति, -ते)
derived noun: वर्षा-, वृष्टि- (f.) ‘rain’
‘to attend, frequent (a place);
to serve’
√सेव् (I सेवते, -ति)
‘to rescue, protect’
√त्रा (IV त्रायते; II त्राति)
‘to show, point out’
√दिश् (VI दिशति)
‘god’ vs. ‘demon’
(formed from the same root)
सुर- (m.)
vs.
असुर- (m.)
cp. सूर्य- (m.) ‘sun’ (Chap. 14)
‘lord, master’
ईश- (m.)
‘heavenly nymph’
अप्सरस्- (f.)
From अप् ‘water’ + √सृ ‘to flow, run, to glide’.
‘demon’
(individual word, not related to ‘god’)
राक्षस- (m.)
‘arm’
बाहु- (m.)
‘shoulder (of a person);
trunk (of a tree);
branch/division (of an army)’
स्कन्ध- (m.)
‘bull’
(3 syllables)
ऋषभ- (m.)
e.g. पुरुषर्षभ ‘excellent man’ (lit. ‘man-bull’, ‘bull among men’)
‘gait, walk;
path’
गति- (f.)
(→ √गम्)
‘walk, motion;
way, manner’
विक्रम- (m.)
from √क्रम् (I क्रमति, -ते; क्रामति, -ते) ‘to walk, stride’ → Chap. 25
‘wind’
a-stem
अनिल- (m.)
→ √अन् (II अनिति) ‘to breathe’, cp. Lat. animus
(ADJ) ‘true’;
(n.) truth’
सत्य-
