Vokabeln Maurer Chapter 17 Flashcards
अतः परम्
adv. phrase, from then on, henceforth
अति
adv. prefixed to nouns and adjectives to express excess;
अतिदर्प
excessive pride
अतिक्रुद्ध
excessively angry
अधिपति
m. an overlord or supreme head
अप-√गम्
(गच्छति , class I), go off.
अपहृत्य
gerund अप-√हृ (हरति, class I), having taken off or away
अपतीर्य
gerund अप-√तृृ (तरति, class I), having descended, alighted, gotten
down.
√अवधीर्
(अवधीरयति, class X), disrespect, disregard, hold in contempt.
अवमान
m. disrespect, contempt
आकृष्ट
ppp. आ-कृष् (कर्षति, class I), drawn toward, attracted
आद्य
adj. first; at end of apposidonal bahuvrīhi ‘having . . . as first, i.e.,
beginning with, so-and-so etc
आध्मात
ppp. आ-√ध्मा (धमति, class I), puffed up
आ-√या
(याति, class II) ‘come’. [The adverbial prefix आ-, as often with verbs of motion, reverses the meaning of the root √या ‘go’, hence आयाति ’he comes’; the third person plural is आयान्ति, whence the strong stem of the present participle is आयान्त्, the weak stem आयात्]
उपहत
ppp. उप-√हन् (हन्ति, class II), hit, hurt; afflicted, pained.
ऐरावत
m. Airāvata, name of Indra’s elephant.
ऐश्वर्य
n. supremacy, power
कर
m. the trunk (of an elephant).
कल्प
m. epoch, age
कारुण्य
n. compassion, kindness
√क्षम्
(क्षमते, class I), forgive, pardon; fut. क्षमिष्ये
क्षय
m. ruin, decay, destruction; loss.
√क्षिप
(क्षिपति, class VI), throw, cast, toss
गज
m. an elephant.
गृहीत्वा
gerund √ग्रह् (गृह्णाति, class IX), having seized, grasped or taken
ततः प्रभृति
adv. phrase, from then on, from that time on.
तपस्
n. heat; deep concentration or meditation, religious austerity, [from √तप् (तपति, class I) ’bum, give out heat; cf. Latin tepidus ’warm’, whence English ’tepid’]
तेजस्
n. brilliance, lustre; splendor; majesty. [Etymologically तेजस् means
‘sharpness’, then ‘sharp edge’ as of a knife, then ‘tip or point’ as of a
flame, whence the meanings given.]
त्रैलोक्य
n. the three worlds
दान
n. the act of giving, charity.
दुर्वासस्
m. Durvasas, a sage famous for his irascible nature and predilection for imposing curses for slight offences. [literally ‘badly clad, naked’]
दैत्य
m. Daitya, name of one of a class of demons.
द्विष्
m. enemy
निर्लक्ष्मीक
adj. without or devoid of splendor, lustre.
न्यस्त
ppp. नि-√अस् (अस्यति, class IV), cast or thrown down
परन्तु
conj. but
पराजित
ppp. परा-√ज (जयते, class I), (having been) overcome or conquered.
परि-√भम्
(भाम्यति, class IV), wander about, roam.
परिश्रानत
ppp. परि-√श्रम् (श्राम्यति, class IV), fatigued.
पितामह
m. grandsire.
पृष्ठ
n. the back.
पुरोगम
adj. going before, leading, then as m. noun, a leader; at end of
appositional bahuvrihi ‘having . . . as leader’, i.e., led by . ..
पूरर्व
adj. former, preceding [declined according to the pronominal
declension, that is, like except for the nominative/accusative
neuter, which is pūrvam, not pūrvat].
प्र-णि-√पत्
(पतति, class I), fall down (नि) before (प्र) someone out of respect.
[नि becomes णि due to the cerebralizing influence of the र् of प्र]
प्र-√पद्
(पद्यते, class IV), go forth, go unto, resort to.
प्रभाव
m. power, might.
प्र-√सद्
(सीदति, class I), be pleased or glad, be gracious to; hence, causative प्रसादयति ’causes or makes glad or gracious to one, appeases, propitiates’; infin. प्रसादयितुम्
बलवत्
adj. having or possessing strength (बल).
ब्रह्मन्
m. the god Brahma, regarded as the ’grandsire’ or creator of the
worlds. [On this stem and its declension, v. Lesson Eighteen]
भगवत्
adj. ‘possessing fortune’, fortunate; prosperous, glorious; venerable, august, holy.
भुवन
n. the world. [A synonym of लोक, but literally ‘being’ from √भू then a
‘living creature, man, mankind’]
√मन्
(मन्यते, class IV), think.
महत्
adj. great.
माला
f. a garland. [स्रज् and माला are synonymous.]
यत्न
m. effort, exertion. (Anstrengung)
रक्षस्
n. an evil being or demon.
लक्ष्मी
f. prosperity; beauty, loveliness; splendor, lustre. [Unlike words of
the नदी or देवी type, लक्ष्मा adds -h in the nominative: लक्ष्मी ].
लोभ
m. greed, avarice. (Gier, Habsucht)
वर्चस्
n. vital power, energy; brilliance, lustre.
वासव
m. Vāsava, a name of Indra as chief of the Vasus, a class of gods
mentioned in the Rgveda, but of vague function and character.
means literally ‘relating to or derived from the Vasus’ and used as a noun denotes one who is connected with the Vasus in some way, whence the specific application to Indra as their chief.]
विद्याधरी
f. one of a class of fairies or supernatural beings, possessed of
vague magical powers. [विद्याधरी is the f. of विद्याधर, the male
counterpart, the literal meaning of which is ‘bearing or possessing
knowledge’, i.e., some sort of esoteric or magical knowledge.]
विनास
m. ruin, destruction,
विप्र
m. a priest.
विरहित
ppp. वि-√रह् (रहति class I), deprived of, free of, devoid of.
शक्र
m. Śakra, a name of Indra. [Literally the ‘powerful one’]
शाप
m. a curse.
शिरास्
n. the head.
सत्यवाद
m. truth-speaking.
समस्त
adj. whole, all.
स्कन्ध
m. the shoulder.
स्रज्
f. a garland.
हस्तिन्
m. an elephant. [Literally the ‘(beast) having a hand’, i.e., a trunk]
