Vokabeln Maurer Chapter 18

Question 1

अंश

Answer 1

m. a portion or part.

Question 2

अग्र

Answer 2

n. a tip, top.

Question 3

अचल

Answer 3

adj. unmoving, immobile. [अ- ’not’ + चल ’moving’]

Question 4

अचल

Answer 4

m. a mountain. [Literally ’the unmoving one’, see अचल adj. above]

Question 5

अज

Answer 5

adj. unborn. [अ- + ज ’born’ from √जन् (जायते, class IV), ’be bom’]

Question 6

अधिष्ठान

Answer 6

n. a standing-place or base of support.

Question 7

अनन्तशेष

Answer 7

m. Anantaśe.sa, name of the great serpent upon which Visnu
reclines during periods of cosmic absorption.

Question 8

अनादु

Answer 8

adj. ’having no beginning’, beginningless,
(अन्- ’not’ + आदि ’beginning’]

Question 9

अभि-√पीड्

Answer 9

press upon (पीडयति, class X)

Question 10

अमृत

Answer 10

n. the nectar or drink of immortality.
{Literally ’that which is immortal’, the thing which produces a certain effect being said to possess it’; cf. Shakespeare’s ‘all the drowsy syrups of the world’, ‘insane root’ and ‘sweet oblivious antidote’]

Question 11

अशक्त

Answer 11

adj. unable, अ- ’not’ + शक्त,
ppp. √शक् (शक्नोति class V) ’be able’]

Question 12

आ-√रभ्

Answer 12

(रभते, class I) begin
[Literally ’grasp, take hold of, then ’undertake, make an effort to do sth.’]

Question 13

आर्स्

Answer 13

adj. afflicted, distressed, fallen into misfortune, [ppp. (आ-√ऋ (ऋचछति, class VI), literally ’come to’, but pregnantly with negative implication, ’come to misfortune, gotten or fallen into trouble’ etc.]

Question 14

आविस्

Answer 14

adv. in view;
prefixed to √भू (भवति, class I), ’be in view’, become manifest, appear.

Question 15

उत्तर

Answer 15

adj. northern.
[Literally ‘upper, higher’]

Question 16

उत्पत्ति

Answer 16

f. arising, birth, origin.

Question 17

उदधि

Answer 17

m. the ocean, sea.

Question 18

उद-√हृ

Answer 18

(हरति, class I) take up, lift up, raise;
ppp. उद्धृत, infin. उद्धृर्तुम, gerund उद्धृत्य

ह् is replaced by ध्, the combin. ud-h.r (उद-हृ) become ud-dh.r (उद्धृ)

Similarly, initial ह् after ग्, ड् and ब् is changed respectively to घ्, ढ् and भ्.

Question 19

उपकार

Answer 19

m. help, assistance.

Question 20

उपकारिन्

Answer 20

adj. helping, assisting.

Question 21

उपबृंहण

Answer 21

n. the act of making strong, invigoration

Belebung

Question 22

उपरि

Answer 22

postp. above (+ gen.).

Question 23

ओजस्

Answer 23

n. strength, power.

Question 24

ओषधी

Answer 24

f. an herb or plant.

Question 25

कर्तव्य

Answer 25

n. what has to be done. [gerundive of √कृ 'do’ used as a noun]

Question 26

कारण

Answer 26

n. cause (as opposed to कार्य ’effect’).

Question 27

कुर्म

Answer 27

m. a tortoise.

Question 28

केवलम्

Answer 28

adv. only; न केवलं...परन्तु, not only . . . but also.

Question 29

गण

Answer 29

m. a group, crowd, host,

Question 30

गिरि

Answer 30

m. a mountain,

Question 31

तावत्

Answer 31

adj. so much, so many.

Question 32

दुःसह

Answer 32

adj. difficult to bear, intolerable.

Question 33

नि-√मज्ज्

Answer 33

(मज्जति, class I), sink down, submerge.

Question 34

निवास

Answer 34

m. an abode. (Aufenthalt)

Question 35

निवृत्ति

Answer 35

f. a ’turning away from’, abstention, cessation. | Enthaltung, Einstellung Beenden

Question 36

नेत्र

Answer 36

n. a cord or rope (by which a churning-stick is made to turn). | [Literally a ’leader or conductor’, from √नी (नयति, class I) ’lead’]

Question 37

पुच्छ

Answer 37

m. a tail.

Question 38

पुनःप्राप्ति

Answer 38

f. re-gaining.

Question 39

पुरुष

Answer 39

m. soul or spirit.

Question 40

प्रकृति

Answer 40

f. primal matter (as opposed to पुरुष ’soul or spirit’). | Urmaterie

Question 41

प्रक्षिप्य

Answer 41

gerund प्र-√क्षिप् (क्षिपति, class VI), having cast or thrown away. | cast away - wegwerfen (ausgiessen)

Question 42

प्रचोदित

Answer 42

ppp. of causative of प्र-√चुद् (चोदति, class I), driven or pressed on, impelled, urged.

Question 43

प्रतिज्ञाय

Answer 43

gerund पति-√ज्ञा (जानाति , class IX), having promised.

Question 44

प्रथमम्

Answer 44

adv. firstly, first of all.

Question 45

बृहत्

Answer 45

lofty, high' [Etymologically a present active participle of √बृह् (बृहति, class VI) 'be strong or tall', which, like महत् has lost its verbal character]

Question 46

भुजंगम

Answer 46

m. a serpent. [Literally 'going in curves or coils भुज']

Question 47

भ्रमण

Answer 47

n. turning around, revolution.

Question 48

√मथ् or √मन्थ्

Answer 48

(मैति, -ते, class I), agitate, stir, churn (as a firestick to produce a fire, or a rod to make butter); ppp. मथित, inf मथितुम्.

Question 49

मन्थान

Answer 49

m. a churning-stick (Rührlöffel, Butterstab)

Question 50

मन्दर

Answer 50

m. Mandara, the name of a sacred mountain.

Question 51

मर्दन

Answer 51

n. crushing; grinding; friction.

Question 52

महाभाग

Answer 52

m. eminent, illustrious; venerable. [Literally 'whose lot or portion is great', hence 'fortunate' etc.]

Question 53

यन्त्र

Answer 53

n. a means or implement for holding, a prop.

Question 54

√याच्

Answer 54

(याचति, class I), ask someone (acc.) for something (acc.).

Question 55

याच्ञा

Answer 55

f. a request.

Question 56

योजन

Answer 56

n. a measure of distance, said to be about nine miles.

Question 57

वर

Answer 57

adj. choice, excellent; *at end of tatpurusa cpd.* best of such-and-such, the best such-and-such.

Question 58

वासुकि

Answer 58

m. Vāsuki; the name of the serpent-king used by the gods and demons when they churned the ocean.

Question 59

विनष्ट

Answer 59

ppp. वि-√नश् (नश्यति, class IV), perished, come to naught, (verstorben, zu Nichts gekommen)

Question 60

विनाश

Answer 60

m. destruction

Question 61

वैकुण्ठ

Answer 61

m. Vaiku.n.tha, name of Vi.s.nu's heaven.

Question 62

शय्या

Answer 62

f. a bed or couch.

Question 63

√शी

Answer 63

(शेते, class II), recline, lie, lie down, rest, sleep.

Question 64

शैल

Answer 64

m. a mountain.

Question 65

संवेष्टय

Answer 65

gerund of causative of सम-√विष्ट् (वेष्टते, class I, 'wind oneself about'), 'having caused to wind itself about’, having wound around. (umwickeln, gewickelt um)

Question 66

सकल

Answer 66

adj. all.

Question 67

संगृह्य

Answer 67

gerund सं-√ग्रह् (गृह्वाति, class IX), having gathered together.

Question 68

समुच्छित

Answer 68

ppp. सम-उद-√श्रि (श्रयति, class I), raised up, hence high.

Question 69

समुद्र

Answer 69

m. the ocean, sea

Question 70

समेत

Answer 70

ppp. सम्-आ-√इ class n), come together with, joined with.

Question 71

√सह्

Answer 71

(सहते, class I), bear, endure, tolerate

Question 72

सहित

Answer 72

adj. united with or accompanied by (+ instr.).

Question 73

सुर

Answer 73

m. a god.

Question 74

स्थिति

Answer 74

f. 'standing', hence, staying or remaining in a condition, continued existence (of the universe, until its absorption).

Question 75

स्थिर

Answer 75

adj. firm, steady.

Question 76

स्थान

Answer 76

n. a place or spot.

Question 77

हेतु

Answer 77

m. cause.