Quelle & Urheberrecht
Glossary Sanskrit–English
Compiled from the word lists of Alois Payer's Sanskrit course.
अ
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| अखिल | akhila | 3 | seamless, whole | 52 |
| अगार | agāra | n | house, home | 36 |
| अग्नि | agni | m | Fire, God Agni | 2 |
| अजिन | ajina | n | antelope skin, esp. the skin of the black antelope (blackbuck : Antilope cervicapra L. ). Originally occurred througho | 51 |
| अञ्जलि | añjali | m | the two hands placed high together in reverence | 36 |
| अञ्ज् | añj | 7P | anoint, smear | 31 |
| अटवी | aṭavī | f | forest | 51 |
| अणु | aṇu | — | thin, fine, very small ; m.: atom | 25 |
| अतस् | atas | — | from there, then, therefore, hence (Pronominal stem a- "this" + Ablative suffix -tas) | 24 |
| अति | ati | — | over, beyond (in space, in time, in number, in quantity, in order, in power, in intensity), exceedingly | 41 |
| अतिथि | atithi | m | guest | 51 |
| अथवा | athavā | — | or (preposed) | 15 |
| अद्य | adya | — | today | 48 |
| अधि | adhi | — | over, on, up, with reference to | 20 |
| अधिक | adhika | — | superfluous, additional, greater, better, extraordinary | 23 |
| अधिक | adhika | 3 | additional, surplus, extraordinary | 43 |
| अध्यक्ष | adhyakṣa | m | supervisor, department head ; eyewitness | 24 |
| अनगार्य | anagārya | n | homelessness of a Buddhist monk or novice | 36 |
| अनसूया | anasūyā | f | Non-murmuring, envylessness | 16 |
| अनु | anu | — | after, along, over - to, along, according to, towards, behind - from | 36 |
| अनुकृ | anukṛ | — | to imitate, to follow | 36 |
| अनुगम् | anugam | — | to follow someone, to walk along | 36 |
| अनृशंस्य | anṛśaṃsya | n | Non-maliciousness | 16 |
| अनेक | aneka | 3 | many (not some) | 42 |
| अन्त | anta | m | end, limit | 18 |
| अन्तरे | antare | Adv | meanwhile | 42 |
| अन्तर् | antar | Adv | inside, within; postposition with Gen. Loc. (, ): inside, in the middle; postposition with Gen. Abl. (, ): out of | 52 |
| अन्यथा | anyathā | Adv | otherwise, wrongly, incorrectly | 25 |
| अन्यद् | anyad | 3 | another (declension like ) | 43 |
| अन्योन्य | anyonya | 3 | mutually, each other | 52 |
| अपवर्ग | apavarga | m | end, liberation | 20 |
| अपोह | apoha | m | negation ( + ) | 24 |
| अभि | abhi | — | be-, after - towards, to - towards, against, in - into, with regard to, on, over, at | 24 |
| अभि | abhi | — | to, after - to, to - from, to - to, against, into - into, with regard to, on, over, at | 36 |
| अभिगम् | abhigam | — | to go towards, to approach | 36 |
| अभिनिवेष | abhiniveṣa | m | inclination, tenacity, insistence; specifically: attachment to the body as if it were something one's own | 5 |
| अभ्यन्तर | abhyantara | 3 | located inside, nearest; m. the nearest relative, native | 51 |
| अमुत्र | amutra | Adv | there, thither | 52 |
| अरण्य | araṇya | n | wilderness, forest | 51 |
| अरि | ari | m | enemy (according to Thieme, Der Fremdling im Ṛgveda: originally = stranger) | 15 |
| अर्जुन | arjuna | m | Arjuna, one of the five sons of . Hero in the (see Basham, Wonder pp. 409 - 414) | 42 |
| अर्थ | artha | — | for the sake of ..., in order to | 19 |
| अर्ध | ardha | 3 | half, m.n. half | 15 |
| अर्ह | arha | — | "You should") | 22 |
| अर्हन्त् | arhant | — | a worthy one. In Buddhism and Jainism: someone who has attained final liberation | 22 |
| अलंकार | alaṃkāra | m | ornament, means of adornment (in poetry) | 24 |
| अलम् | alam | Adverb | enough, sufficient, equal to (someone, something); with Dative: enough for, sufficient for, equal to; with Instrumental: | 24 |
| अल्प | alpa | 3 | small, little | 43 |
| अव | ava | — | down, downward, away, off- | 40 |
| अवज्ञान | avajñāna | n | disregard | 29 |
| अवतार | avatāra | m | (Descender, Descent) Incarnation of a god, esp. Viṣṇu's 10 incarnations (see Basham, Wonder pp. 304 - 309) | 40 |
| अवनि | avani | f | earth | 49 |
| अविद्या | avidyā | f | ignorance, non-knowledge | 5 |
| अशोक | aśoka | 3 | free from grief; aśoka tree = Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Wilde; name of the emperor Aśoka ( ) (ca. 304 – 232 BCE) | 38 |
| अश् | aś | 9P | to eat, to consume | 30 |
| असित | asita | — | dark, black | 20 |
| अस्मिता | asmitā | f | "I-am-ness", i.e., the (false) belief: I am the one who sees, etc | 3 |
| अहिंसा | ahiṃsā | f | not causing harm to anyone, non-injury, non-violence | 16 |
| अह् | ah | — | to say, to speak | 36 |
आ
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| आख्यान | ākhyāna | n | narrative | 24 |
| आजीव | ājīva | m | livelihood | 16 |
| आटोप | āṭopa | m | vanity, pride | 42 |
| आत्मन् | ātman | m | self, own person, innermost essence. Philosophical and in liberation doctrines: the absolute in the individual, of which | 38 |
| आदर | ādara | m | consideration, attention, respect | 49 |
| आदर्श | ādarśa | m | mirror | 52 |
| आदाय | Absol. | — | with Acc.: accompanied by, with | 33 |
| आदि | ādi | m | beginning | 18 |
| आदित्य | āditya | m | sun; pl.: Āditya : a specific class of gods | 50 |
| आदृत | ādṛta | 3 | esteemed | 36 |
| आनन्द | ānanda | m | bliss, joy | 43 |
| आन्वीक्षिकी | ānvīkṣikī | f | Philosophy (the science that arrives at its conclusions through logically correct reasoning) | 3 |
| आपण | āpaṇa | m | market | 43 |
| आपान | āpāna | — | drinking bout | 51 |
| आम् | ām | — | yes | 43 |
| आयुर्वेद | āyurveda | m | the traditional medical system of India | 49 |
| आयुस् | āyus | n | lifespan (the full lifespan, one can live if nothing comes in between) | 49 |
| आर्य | ārya | 3 | Aryan, noble; m. Aryan (self-designation of the Sanskrit-speaking ancient Indians, literally: hospitable (Thieme)); Nobl | 15 |
| आश्रम | āśrama | m | hermitage, stage of life, phase of life (namely as , , and possibly as ; see Basham, Wonder p. 159f.) | 20 |
| आसन | āsana | n | the sitting, seat; also: yogic sitting postures | 17 |
| आस् | ās | 2Ā | to sit | 17 |
| आह | āha | — | to say, to speak | 36 |
इ
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| इत्थम् | ittham | Adv | in this way, thus | 43 |
| इन्द्र | indra | m | prince, first, best among ; king of gods Indra | 15 |
| इन्द्रिय | indriya | n | power, sense organ | 24 |
| इव | iva | — | as if, like (in comparisons: = "a man like a tiger", "a tiger-like man" | 15 |
| इष् | iṣ | — | to send | 42 |
| इह | iha | Adv | here, here on earth, hither; now. Before nouns in the locative () synonymous with | 50 |
ई
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ईक्ष् | īkṣ | — | see | 20 |
| ईक्ष् | īkṣ | 1Ā | to see, (to) behold, to look at | 36 |
| ईश्वर | īśvara | m | Lord, ruler, god (monotheistic) | 2 |
उ
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| उत | uta | — | and, also, or | 49 |
| उत्तम | uttama | 3 | highest, best | 43 |
| उत्साद | utsāda | m | Destruction | 51 |
| उदक | udaka | n | water | 18 |
| उदक | udaka | n | water | 38 |
| उद् | ud | — | up, upward, out, out- | 20 |
| उद् | ud | — | up, upward, aloft, out, out- | 29 |
| उपमा | upamā | f | comparison | 33 |
| उपहार | upahāra | m | offering, sacrifice, gift | 51 |
| उपाध्याय | upādhyāya | m | teacher | 36 |
| उपेक्षा | upekṣā | f | Non-regard, equanimity | 3 |
ऊ
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ऊह | ūha | m | consideration, argumentation | 24 |
| ऊहापोह | ūhāpoha | m | discussion of the pros and cons | 24 |
ऋ
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ऋतु | ṛtu | m | periodic process, season, time period, menstruation, time during which the woman is fertile and has a right to intercour | 51 |
| ऋध् | ṛdh | — | thrive | 20 |
ए
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| एकत्र | ekatra | Adv | at one place | 51 |
| एव | eva | — | emphasizes the preceding, often corresponds in German to the emphasis, a kind of emoticon <!>, e.g. "only the tr | 15 |
ओ
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ओष्ठ | oṣṭha | m | lip | 20 |
औ
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| औपकारिक | aupakārika | 3 | - : useful | 24 |
क
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| कदली | kadalī | f | banana tree (Musa sp.) | 52 |
| कन्या | kanyā | f | young girl, daughter, maiden | 41 |
| कम् | kam | 10Ā | to love | 28 |
| कर | kara | — | doing, making, causing | 20 |
| करुणा | karuṇā | f | Compassion, pity | 3 |
| कर्गल | kargala | n | paper | 43 |
| कर्मन् | karman | n | to 8U: action, deed, work; sacred work, sacrificial act; karma: past action, which later brings its fruits (e.g., in reb | 38 |
| कर्मविपाक | karmavipāka | m | ripening of deeds = the good and bad consequences of deeds in previous existences (to –) | 38 |
| कलत्र | kalatra | — | Wife, female | 51 |
| कला | kalā | f | art | 49 |
| कल्प | kalpa | m | ordinance, custom, ritual; World Period (from ) | 50 |
| कल्पना | kalpanā | f | The forming in thought, the assumption of something non-existent in reality, fiction | 40 |
| कल्याण | kalyāṇa | 3 | beautiful | 50 |
| कवि | kavi | m | Poet | 2 |
| काम | kāma | m | wish, desire, desired gift, sensual pleasure, love; the god of love Kāma | 5 |
| कामम् | kāmam | — | according to wish, according to one's heart's desire | 22 |
| काल | kāla | m | time, (right) moment ; fate, death ; god of death Kāla | 15 |
| कालन | kālana | n | Forest | 51 |
| कियत् | kiyat | 3 | how big | 43 |
| किल्बिष | kilbiṣa | n | guilt, insult, sin | 25 |
| कु | ku | — | as the first member of compounds: bad | 50 |
| कुप्य | kupya | n | forest product, metal (not precious metal) | 24 |
| कुमार | kumāra | m | prince | 42 |
| कुमार | kumāra | m | Child, youth, prince; epithet of / Murugan = முருகன் = മുരുകന് / Subrahmanya = ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ | 48 |
| कुमारी | kumārī | f | Girl, daughter | 48 |
| कुल | kula | n | herd, multitude, race, lineage, family | 15 |
| कुलूहल | kulūhala | n | curiosity, interest | 49 |
| कृ | kṛ | — | bow, revere, greet | 24 |
| कृतम् | kṛtam | — | = "It is done with the anger = desist from anger!" | 24 |
| कृत्स्न | kṛtsna | 3 | whole, complete | 49 |
| केवलम् | kevalam | Adv | only, alone, completely | 41 |
| कोविद | kovida | 3 | experienced in ( ) | 52 |
| कौमर | kaumara | n | Childhood | 48 |
| कौशिक | kauśika | m | owl | 51 |
| क्रमयति | kramayati | — | br | 35 |
| क्रमितुम् | kramitum | — | br | 35 |
| क्रमिष्यति | kramiṣyati | — | br | 35 |
| क्रम् | kram | 1U | to stride, to go | 35 |
| क्रम्यते | kramyate | — | br | 35 |
| क्रा | PPP | — | br | 35 |
| क्रिया | kriyā | f | action, sacred action, sacrificial action, ceremony (to 8) | 20 |
| क्री | krī | 9U | to buy | 30 |
| क्रूर | krūra | 3 | raw, cruel | 51 |
| क्रोध | krodha | m | anger | 5 |
| क्लेश | kleśa | m | torment, plague | 5 |
| क्षत्रिय | kṣatriya | m | Kṣatriya (aristocratic and military class) | 2 |
| क्षत्रिया | kṣatriyā | f | female Kṣatriya | 3 |
| क्षत्रियी | kṣatriyī | f | wife of a Kṣatriya | 3 |
| क्षमा | kṣamā | f | Patience, forbearance, leniency | 16 |
| क्षिप् | kṣip | 6P | to throw, to hurl | 49 |
| क्षिप्त | kṣipta | — | br | 32 |
| क्षिप्यते | kṣipyate | — | br | 32 |
| क्षेपयति | kṣepayati | — | br | 32 |
| क्षेप्स्यति | kṣepsyati | — | br | 32 |
| क्षेम | kṣema | n | Calm, peace, well-being, secure possession | 16 |
| कॢप् | kḷp | 1Ā | to be in proper order, to fit (Loc.) ; to take shape, to form ; to resolve to, to condescend to (Dative) | 40 |
ख
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| खन् | khan | 1U | to dig | 51 |
| खिल | khila | m | fallow field, wasteland | 52 |
| ख्या | khyā | 2P | see, become visible ; name, explain, communicate | 24 |
| ख्या | khyā | 2P | to reject, to disdain | 44 |
ग
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| गम् | gam | — | encounter, reach, attain | 20 |
| गर्भ | garbha | — | "interior", e.g | 19 |
| गर्भगृह | garbhagṛha | — | Volwahsen, A.: India : Buildings of the Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. -- Munich, 1968) | 19 |
| गर्ह् | garh | 1Ā | to scold, to blame | 51 |
| गापयति | gāpayati | — | br | 35 |
| गास्यति | gāsyati | — | br | 35 |
| गीत | gīta | — | br | 35 |
| गीयते | gīyate | — | br | 35 |
| गुप्त | gupta | 3 | protected, sheltered | 29 |
| गुरु | guru | 3 | heavy, significant, worthy of veneration | 2 |
| गुर्वी | gurvī | f | fem. from guru | 3 |
| गृह | gṛha | n | House | 10 |
| गृहस्थ | gṛhastha | 3 | located in the house; m. householder (someone who is in the 2nd ) | 29 |
| गृहीत | gṛhīta | — | br | 32 |
| गृह्यते | gṛhyate | — | br | 32 |
| गै | gai | 1P | to sing, to recite in a singing tone, to proclaim in verse | 35 |
| गोदान | godāna | n | giving of cows / of a cow; second hair-cutting ceremony (a ) | 25 |
| ग्रस् | gras | 1Ā | to consume, to devour | 29 |
| ग्रह | graha | m | grasping, grasper, crocodile, wandering star | 46 |
| ग्रहण | grahaṇa | n | grasping | 24 |
| ग्रहीष्यति | grahīṣyati | — | br | 32 |
| ग्रह् | grah | 9U | seize, grasp, take hold of | 46 |
| ग्राहयति | grāhayati | — | br | 32 |
| ग्लै | glai | 1P | to feel reluctance, to fade away | 36 |
घ
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| घात | ghāta | m | killing | 17 |
| घृत | ghṛta | n | melted butter, ghee ( / گھی / ঘী) | 33 |
| घ्रा | ghrā | 1P | to smell something | 36 |
च
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| चक्र | cakra | n | wheel | 52 |
| चक्राम | cakrāma | — | br | 35 |
| चक्ष् | cakṣ | 2Ā | to see | 50 |
| चतुर्थ | caturtha | 3 | fourth | 15 |
| चर | cara | m | the mobile = animals (in contrast to plants) | 22 |
| चरित्र | caritra | n | custom, habit, customary law ; conduct | 48 |
| चर् | car | — | to practice a vow, especially sexual abstinence) | 22 |
| चल् | cal | 1P | to set in motion | 42 |
| चाण्डाल | cāṇḍāla | — | lowest level of the Dalits | 49 |
| चाययति | cāyayati | — | br | 32 |
| चि | ci | 5U | to heap up, to collect | 36 |
| चित | cita | — | br | 32 |
| चित्त | citta | n | Consciousness, thinking, mind | 16 |
| चिन्तापर | cintāpara | 3 | absorbed in thought | 42 |
| चिन्त् | cint | — | to think, to ponder | 51 |
| चीयते | cīyate | — | br | 32 |
| चुर् | cur | — | to steal | 28 |
| चेत् | cet | — | if; provided that (never stands at the beginning of a sentence) | 30 |
| चेष्ट् | ceṣṭ | — | move | 20 |
| चेष्यति | ceṣyati | — | br | 32 |
| चौल | caula | n | ceremony () of hair cutting (at the age of 3 years) | 24 |
| च्यु | cyu | 1Ā | to move, to move forward, to fall down | 52 |
छ
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| छन्न | channa | n | blanket, hiding place | 49 |
| छिद् | chid | 7U | cut off | 31 |
ज
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| जगौ | jagau | — | br | 35 |
| जटा | jaṭā | f | braid of hair (ascetic hairstyle) | 51 |
| जन्मन् | janman | n | birth | 43 |
| जव | java | 3 | fast, hurried | 43 |
| जाति | jāti | f | birth, kind, caste (to as caste see Basham, Wonder, p. 148ff.) | 15 |
| जाया | jāyā | f | wife | 48 |
| जीव | jīva | m | life, individual soul | 30 |
| जीव् | jīv | — | to live | 16 |
| जीव् | jīv | 1P | to live | 30 |
| ज्ञा | jñā | 9U | to know, to recognize, to know, to understand | 30 |
| ज्ञा | jñā | 9U | recognize, understand | 31 |
| ज्ञा | jñā | — | to approve, to promise; Ā: to answer, to confirm, to assert, to recognize | 42 |
| ज्ञा | jñā | — | to command, to order | 43 |
| ज्ञाति | jñāti | m | (blood-)relative (relatives are those whom one knows!) | 30 |
| ज्ञान | jñāna | n | knowledge | 18 |
| ज्ञान | jñāna | n | knowledge, wisdom, understanding (esp. of the "higher" truths in religion and philosophy) | 30 |
त
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| तत्त्व | tattva | n | true nature, truth, reality ( + = this-ness) | 24 |
| तनु | tanu | — | slender | 20 |
| तनूकृ | tanūkṛ | — | reduce, weaken | 20 |
| तन्त्र | tantra | n | String ; Loom, warp, fabric ; Basis, norm, rule ; Doctrine, textbook ; Tantra ; Magic formula ; Means, trick, medicine ; | 48 |
| तरय | taraya | 3 | threefold, consisting of three parts | 51 |
| तर्हि | tarhi | — | then, at that time; therefore, thus | 43 |
| तात | tāta | m | papa | 42 |
| तावत् | tāvat | Adv | as long | 42 |
| तिल | tila | m | sesame (seed) (Sesamum indicum L.) | 34 |
| तीक्ष्ण | tīkṣṇa | 3 | "wild", sharp, pointed, strict, fierce, sharp-tongued | 29 |
| तीर्थ | tīrtha | n | Ford, sacred bathing place, pilgrimage site | 40 |
| तीर्थङ्कर | tīrthaṅkara | m | Ford-maker (beyond suffering) = the 24 teachers of the Jains | 40 |
| तुद् | tud | 6U | to strike | 40 |
| तुल् | tul | — | to weigh | 43 |
| तुल्य | tulya | 3 | equal, comparable () | 51 |
| तुष् | tuṣ | 4P | be content, be satisfied with (, , , ) | 46 |
| तृण | tṛṇa | n | blade of grass | 24 |
| तॄ | tṝ | 1P | to cross over, to cross, to save oneself from someone (Acc. = to cross someone) | 40 |
| त्याग | tyāga | m | abandonment, renunciation, avoidance | 25 |
| त्रयी | trayī | f | triad; in particular, the three Vedas (Ṛgveda, Sāmaveda, Yajurveda) | 5 |
| त्रि | tri | 3 | three | 52 |
| त्रिपिष्टप | tripiṣṭapa | n | Indra's heaven | 52 |
| त्रिवर्ग | trivarga | m | group of three (e.g. , , ; or: , , ; or: , , ) | 52 |
| त्रै | trai | 1Ā | to protect, to save | 52 |
| त्वर् | tvar | 1Ā | to hasten | 49 |
द
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| दण्ड | daṇḍa | m | stick, rod, punishment | 18 |
| दण्डनीति | daṇḍanīti | f | politics (a Tatpuruṣa compound from daṇḍa m. = "staff, power, rule, punishment" and nīti f. = "right guidance") | 5 |
| दरैद्र | daraidra | — | poor | 20 |
| दा | dā | 3U | to give | 33 |
| दान | dāna | n | giving, gift, generosity | 33 |
| दायक | dāyaka | — | giving, bestowing | 20 |
| दार | dāra | m | wife | 25 |
| दास | dāsa | m | slave, serf, servant | 15 |
| दासी | dāsī | f | female slave, serf, servant | 15 |
| दिन | dina | n | day | 43 |
| दिवानिशम् | divāniśam | Adverb | by day and by night | 48 |
| दिव्य | divya | 3 | heavenly, divine | 52 |
| दिश् | diś | — | to show, to instruct, to command | 17 |
| दिष्टि | diṣṭi | f | instruction, happy coincidence | 17 |
| दिष्ट्या | diṣṭyā | — | (lit.: by a happy coincidence) O happy coincidence (exclamation of joy and bliss) | 17 |
| दिह् | dih | 2U | to smear, to anoint | 51 |
| दीर्घ | dīrgha | 3 | long | 49 |
| दुहितृ | duhitṛ | f | daughter | 42 |
| दुह् | duh | — | to milk | 17 |
| दूत | dūta | m | messenger, envoy | 42 |
| देव | deva | m | Celestial being, god; prince, king | 2 |
| देवता | devatā | f | deity (abstract and concrete) | 3 |
| देवी | devī | f | goddess, esp. Durgā f. = , the consort of Śiva = | 3 |
| देवृ | devṛ | m | Brother of the husband (brother-in-law of the wife) | 42 |
| देश | deśa | m | place, location, country, region | 50 |
| द्रव्य | dravya | n | object, property, material possession, money | 25 |
| द्रु | dru | 1P | to run, to hasten | 46 |
| द्रुह् | druh | 4P | to harm | 49 |
| द्विज | dvija | m | "Twice-born" (initiates of the upper three classes: Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya) | 2 |
| द्विजाति | dvijāti | 3 | twice-born | 5 |
| द्विधा | dvidhā | — | twofold, in two parts | 42 |
| द्वेष | dveṣa | m | hatred | 5 |
| द्वेष | dveṣa | — | hatred | 13 |
ध
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| धर्म | dharma | m | that which is firm and holds fast = Dharma | 25 |
| धा | dhā | — | to place, to set, to allot | 33 |
| धान्य | dhānya | n | threshed grain | 25 |
| धीर | dhīra | 3 | firm, steadfast, continuous, persistent | 52 |
| धृ | dhṛ | 1U | hold, keep firm | 25 |
| धेनु | dhenu | f | (milk) cow | 3 |
| ध्यै | dhyai | 1P | to imagine, to think | 49 |
| ध्रुव | dhruva | 3 | firm, unchangeable | 50 |
न
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ननान्दृ | nanāndṛ | f | Sister of the husband | 42 |
| ननाश | nanāśa | — | br | 35 |
| नन्दिन् | nandin | 3 | characterized by (special) joy, joyful; m. name of the mount () of the (a bull) | 44 |
| नन्द् | nand | 1P | to rejoice in () | 44 |
| नप्तृ | naptṛ | m | grandson | 42 |
| नमस् | namas | n | bowing, reverence, greeting (declension later). Greeting formula | 24 |
| नम् | nam | — | bend | 20 |
| नम् | nam | 1P | bend, bow, incline, nod | 46 |
| नवग्रह | navagraha | m | the nine wandering stars (not planets!) (s. Basham, Wonder p. 493) | 46 |
| नशिष्यति | naśiṣyati | — | br | 35 |
| नश् | naś | 4P | to perish, to be destroyed, to disappear | 35 |
| नाभि | nābhi | f | navel | 20 |
| नामन् | nāman | n | name | 38 |
| नाशयति | nāśayati | — | br | 35 |
| नि | ni | — | downwards, down, into, backwards | 20 |
| नि | ni | — | downwards, down, into, backwards | 24 |
| नि | ni | — | downwards, down, into, backwards | 46 |
| निखिल | nikhila | 3 | complete, whole | 52 |
| नित्य | nitya | — | constant, steadfast, eternal | 25 |
| नित्यम् | nityam | Adv | always, constantly, ever | 25 |
| निरोध | nirodha | m | Stopping, bringing to a standstill | 16 |
| निर्वाण | nirvāṇa | n | extinguishing, nirvāṇa | 38 |
| निश्चित | niścita | 3 | decided, fixed | 43 |
| निषेक | niṣeka | m | sprinkling, fertilization, liquid, ejaculation, ceremony at conception | 50 |
| निस् | nis | — | out, away, out, forth, from, away, without - from | 52 |
| नी | nī | — | lead away, instruct, educate | 25 |
| नृप | nṛpa | m | "protector of men" = king | 20 |
| नृशंस्य | nṛśaṃsya | n | Malice, baseness | 16 |
| नोचेत् | nocet | — | if not, otherwise | 43 |
| न्याय | nyāya | m | rule, principle, method, judgment (juridical), logic (from ni + i + a) | 25 |
| न्याय | nyāya | m | norm, rule, right manner; method, logic (from + ) | 29 |
प
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| पञ्जर | pañjara | n | cage | 49 |
| पण्डित | paṇḍita | — | clever, knowledgeable (in) | 19 |
| पण्डित | paṇḍita | 3 | clever, wise, learned | 50 |
| पण्य | paṇya | 3 | for sale; n.: goods, trade | 43 |
| पद | pada | n | step, location, place | 13 |
| पर | para | 3 | (declension like ) distant, foreign, higher than (), utmost, highest; other, foreign, hostile; m.: foreigner | 52 |
| परंपरा | paraṃparā | f | uninterrupted series | 52 |
| परम | parama | 3 | farthest, highest ; : better than, higher than | 49 |
| परम् | param | Adv | to a high degree, on that account, later, but, however | 52 |
| परलौकिक | paralaukika | — | pertaining to the beyond, otherworldly | 20 |
| परि | pari | — | around, about (place, time), about | 29 |
| परिचय | paricaya | m | acquaintance | 49 |
| परिचित | paricita | 3 | familiar, known | 51 |
| परिनिर्वाण | parinirvāṇa | n | perfect extinguishing, perfect liberation (at the death of a Buddha or Arhat) | 38 |
| परिव्राजक | parivrājaka | m | wanderer, wandering monk, pilgrim | 29 |
| पशु | paśu | m | domesticated livestock, cattle (collective noun) | 3 |
| पश्चात्ताप | paścāttāpa | m | regret | 43 |
| पा | pā | — | to drink (traditionally counted in the 1st class) | 13 |
| पात्र | pātra | n | Venerable, Master, Worthy One | 40 |
| पाद | pāda | m | foot, a quarter, verse line | 13 |
| पालयति | pālayati | — | also synonymous with | 29 |
| पितामह | pitāmaha | m | Paternal grandfather | 42 |
| पितामही | pitāmahī | f | Paternal grandmother | 42 |
| पितृ | pitṛ | m | father | 42 |
| पितृव्य | pitṛvya | m | Father's brother (paternal uncle) | 42 |
| पिशित | piśita | n | (prepared) meat | 51 |
| पीड् | pīḍ | 10P | to press, torment; to distress, besiege, plague | 52 |
| पुत्र | putra | m | son | 42 |
| पुनः | punaḥ | — | repeatedly | 30 |
| पुनर् | punar | Adverb | again, back, but | 24 |
| पुनर् | punar | — | again, repeatedly, back, once more; however, but (before voiced sounds except r-: ) | 29 |
| पुनर् | punar | — | again, repeatedly, back, once more, on the contrary, but | 30 |
| पुनर्भव | punarbhava | m | rebirth | 30 |
| पुरतस् | puratas | — | in front, before, in front of | 43 |
| पुरा | purā | Adv | once, formerly | 42 |
| पुरुष | puruṣa | m | human being, man, servant | 15 |
| पुष्कल | puṣkala | 3 | splendid, magnificent, abundant | 15 |
| पुस्तक | pustaka | m | Manuscript, Book | 40 |
| पू | pū | 9U | to purify | 30 |
| पूजा | pūjā | f | honor, honorable reception, religious worship (Pūjā) | 15 |
| पूज् | pūj | 10P | to honor, to revere | 29 |
| पृथिवी | pṛthivī | f | earth | 36 |
| पृथु | pṛthu | — | wide, broad, large | 20 |
| पृष्ठ | pṛṣṭha | n | back, rear side | 36 |
| पृष्ठम् | pṛṣṭham | — | behind | 36 |
| पॄ | pṝ | 3P | to fill, to fulfill | 33 |
| प्रकृति | prakṛti | f | (to + ) basic form, natural state, nature; primal matter, prime substance | 42 |
| प्रजा | prajā | f | procreation, birth, offspring | 29 |
| प्रजापति | prajāpati | m | lord of creatures, creator god | 36 |
| प्रज्ञा | prajñā | f | wisdom, knowledge | 25 |
| प्रणिधान | praṇidhāna | n | application, effort, attention against, helpfulness, reflection, vow | 20 |
| प्रति | prati | — | back, against, against - towards | 44 |
| प्रति | prati | — | to - towards, after, with regard to, in relation to | 52 |
| प्रतिमा | pratimā | f | portrait, image | 24 |
| प्रतिमा | pratimā | f | image, likeness | 33 |
| प्रदान | pradāna | n | giving, donating; gift, donation | 25 |
| प्रधान | pradhāna | 3 | principal, best; n.: the most important | 52 |
| प्रभृति | prabhṛti | f | beginning | 18 |
| प्रव्रज्या | pravrajyā | f | the going forth from home into homelessness; ceremony by which one becomes a Buddhist novice (Pali: ) | 44 |
| प्रसङ्ग | prasaṅga | m | attachment, inclination ; opportunity | 48 |
| प्रसूति | prasūti | f | birth, offspring | 48 |
| प्राणान्तिक | prāṇāntika | 3 | fatal, bringing death, life-long | 51 |
| प्रिय | priya | — | dear, loving, friendly | 30 |
| प्री | prī | 9U | to delight, to please; to love, to be inclined towards someone | 36 |
ब
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| बन्दी | bandī | f | Captive, plunder | 51 |
| बन्ध् | bandh | 9P | bind, tie up | 31 |
| बलि | bali | m | Payment, donation, tribute | 51 |
| बाण | bāṇa | m | arrow, target | 42 |
| बाधना | bādhanā | f | distress, plague, torment | 20 |
| बाह्य | bāhya | 3 | located outside, abroad, foreign | 51 |
| ब्रह्मचर्य | brahmacarya | — | sexual abstinence, celibate way of life | 22 |
| ब्रह्मन् | brahman | n | the absolute, the Veda (according to Thieme originally: the formulated truth, from which "formulator of truth") | 38 |
| ब्राह्मण | brāhmaṇa | m | Brahmin (priestly class) | 2 |
| ब्राह्मणी | brāhmaṇī | f | Brahmana woman | 3 |
| ब्रू | brū | — | to speak, to say (something to someone: double accusative) | 17 |
भ
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| भक्ति | bhakti | — | love and respect for a personal god. see Basham, Wonder p. 332f.) | 21 |
| भञ्ज् | bhañj | 7P | (to) break (something) | 31 |
| भद्र | bhadra | 3 | good, happy; vocative: my dear! | 43 |
| भय | bhaya | n | fear, dread; danger (the subjective and the objective side) | 33 |
| भर्तृ | bhartṛ | m | sustainer, nourisher, husband | 42 |
| भार | bhāra | m | burden | 28 |
| भार | bhāra | m | burden | 33 |
| भार्या | bhāryā | f | "that which is to be maintained" = wife | 20 |
| भार्या | bhāryā | f | wife ( = gerundive to : to be carried, to be sustained, entitled to support) | 42 |
| भावना | bhāvanā | f | meditative unfolding (to causative) | 20 |
| भिक्षा | bhikṣā | f | begged alms, begging food | 51 |
| भिक्ष् | bhikṣ | — | to beg | 21 |
| भिद् | bhid | 7U | split | 31 |
| भी | bhī | 3P | to fear (Abl., Gen.) | 33 |
| भुजंग | bhujaṃga | m | Snake | 51 |
| भुजङ्ग | bhujaṅga | m | snake | 41 |
| भुज् | bhuj | 7U | enjoy (e.g., food; "to enjoy the earth" = to rule the earth) | 31 |
| भू | bhū | — | (to become around someone = to encircle =) to master, to conquer; to disregard, to despise | 29 |
| भू | bhū | 1P | arise, exist | 31 |
| भू | bhū | — | to encircle, to master, to conquer | 46 |
| भू | bhū | — | to recognize, to feel, to perceive, to experience | 52 |
| भृ | bhṛ | 3U | to carry, to bring; to sustain, to nourish | 33 |
| भृत्य | bhṛtya | m | subordinate, servant | 28 |
| भोस् | bhos | — | exclamation of address, e.g.: hey, heda, oh, ei, hello, hi! often not translatable. This particle has a special sandhi: | 46 |
| भ्रंश | bhraṃśa | m | falling away | 46 |
| भ्रम् | bhram | 1P | to wander, to roam | 46 |
| भ्रातृ | bhrātṛ | m | Brother | 42 |
म
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| मणि | maṇi | m | Jewel | 51 |
| मत्स्य | matsya | m | fish | 29 |
| मद | mada | m | intoxication, sensual intoxication = sensual pleasure | 25 |
| मद | mada | m | also "must" of an elephant (in Musth) | 51 |
| मद् | mad | — | rejoice, be intoxicated by something (Instr., Gen., Loc.) | 25 |
| मधु | madhu | n | honey, sweet drink, mead (honey wine) | 51 |
| मध्य | madhya | — | middle; n. middle | 20 |
| मनु | manu | m | human being, man; name of the father of the human race (to 4Ā) | 38 |
| मनुष्य | manuṣya | m | human being | 38 |
| मन् | man | — | disregard, despise | 50 |
| मन्त्रिन् | mantrin | 3 | advisory; m.: advisor, councilor, minister | 50 |
| मरण | maraṇa | n | dying, death | 15 |
| मल | mala | m | dirt, blemish | 52 |
| मही | mahī | f | earth, ground, soil | 20 |
| मही | mahī | — | the Great One) | 32 |
| मा | mā | 3Ā | to measure | 33 |
| मांस | māṃsa | n | meat | 51 |
| मातामह | mātāmaha | m | Maternal grandfather | 42 |
| मातामही | mātāmahī | f | Maternal grandmother | 42 |
| मातुल | mātula | m | Mother's brother (maternal uncle) | 42 |
| मातुलानी | mātulānī | f | Wife of the mother's brother (mother's brother's wife) | 42 |
| मातृ | mātṛ | f | mother | 42 |
| मात्रा | mātrā | f | measure, limitation | 18 |
| मात्स्य | mātsya | 3 | belonging to the fish (to fish) | 29 |
| मान | māna | m | assessment, reputation, fame, honor, pride, conceit, sense of inferiority; (one measures oneself against others) | 25 |
| मार | māra | m | the personified evil, the personified temptation/manipulation, devil | 52 |
| मार्यादा | māryādā | f | boundary | 51 |
| मिह् | mih | 1P | urinate, piss, ejaculate | 38 |
| मुदिता | muditā | f | Joy, specifically sympathetic joy (opposite of envy) | 3 |
| मुहूर्त | muhūrta | m | moment, instant, right moment | 49 |
| मूल | mūla | n | root | 25 |
| मूल्य | mūlya | n | value, price | 43 |
| मृ | mṛ | — | to die (according to Indian grammarians: 6 Ā) | 15 |
| मृगया | mṛgayā | f | hunting | 51 |
| मृति | mṛti | f | dying, death | 15 |
| मृत्यु | mṛtyu | m | death; personified: god of death | 15 |
| मृदु | mṛdu | 3 | gentle, mild, soft; slow, weak | 29 |
| मेघ | megha | m | cloud ("seicher") | 38 |
| मेधा | medhā | f | Wisdom, Intellect, Thought | 40 |
| मैत्री | maitrī | f | friendship, friendliness, friendly goodwill | 5 |
य
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| यज्ञ | yajña | m | sacrifice | 10 |
| यत् | yat | 1Ā | to strive for (, , ) | 44 |
| यत्न | yatna | m | effort, exertion | 44 |
| यथा | yathā | Adv | how, as if | 29 |
| यदि | yadi | — | if | 25 |
| यदि | yadi | — | if | 30 |
| यदि | yadi | — | if | 46 |
| यद्यपि | yadyapi | — | even if, although | 30 |
| यद्येवम् | yadyevam | — | if it is so, under these circumstances | 30 |
| यम् | yam | 1P | to hold, to carry; to offer, to grant; to hold together, to bind, to rein, to conquer | 44 |
| या | yā | 2P | to go, to travel | 44 |
| यातृ | yātṛ | m | Wife of the husband's brother | 42 |
| यान | yāna | n | going, path, vehicle | 44 |
| याम | yāma | m | night watch (each three hours) | 52 |
| यावत् | yāvat | Adv | how long, during | 42 |
| युज् | yuj | 7U | to yoke, to hitch, to fasten; Ā also: to strain (= to exert oneself), to connect with, to concentrate on (Locative, ) | 31 |
| योग | yoga | m | Harnessing, connection, union, acquisition; Yoga | 16 |
| योषित् | yoṣit | f | young woman, girl | 51 |
| यौवन | yauvana | n | Youth | 48 |
र
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| रक्त | rakta | — | dyed, red | 20 |
| रभ् | rabh | 1Ā | to grasp | 44 |
| रम् | ram | 1Ā | to stand still, to rest, to linger; to take pleasure, to delight | 29 |
| रहस् | rahas | n | secret, solitude | 50 |
| राग | rāga | m | (red) color, passion, love | 5 |
| राग | rāga | m | also: color, red color | 51 |
| राजन् | rājan | m | king (on kingship in India see Basham, Wonder pp. 82–94). As the final member of a compound (esp. ) usually: - m. (like | 38 |
| राज्ञी | rājñī | f | queen, wife of a king | 38 |
| राज्य | rājya | 3 | royal; n. kingdom, kingship, rule | 38 |
| रिष् | riṣ | 1P | be harmed, fail, be damaged | 50 |
| रुत | ruta | n | screaming | 51 |
| रुद् | rud | — | to weep, to howl | 17 |
| रुद्र | rudra | m | (the howler =) the storm god Rudra | 17 |
| रुधिर | rudhira | n | Blood | 51 |
| रुध् | rudh | 7U | stop, bring to a standstill, hold back = enclose, cover | 31 |
| रुह् | ruh | 1P | climb, ascend | 46 |
| रुह्यते | ruhyate | — | br | 32 |
| रूढ | rūḍha | — | br | 32 |
| रे | re | — | Hey! You there! | 43 |
| रोक्ष्यति | rokṣyati | — | br | 32 |
| रोहयति | rohayati | — | br | 32 |
ल
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| लक्षण | lakṣaṇa | n | feature, sign, attribute | 20 |
| लघु | laghu | 3 | easy (not heavy, not difficult), fast, short (in expression) | 48 |
| लम्ब् | lamb | 1Ā | to hang down from (), to hang on () | 46 |
| लिप् | lip | 6U | smear, daub | 25 |
| लिप्ति | lipti | f | smearing, writing, script | 25 |
| लीला | līlā | f | jest, play | 42 |
| लुप् | lup | 6U | break, destroy | 50 |
| लोकयिष्यति | lokayiṣyati | — | br | 32 |
| लोकित | lokita | — | br | 32 |
| लोक्यते | lokyate | — | br | 32 |
| लोभ | lobha | m | greed, avarice | 5 |
| लौल्य | laulya | n | greed, lustfulness | 52 |
व
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| वञ्चक | vañcaka | m | fraudster | 43 |
| वणिज् | vaṇij | m | merchant | 43 |
| वत्स | vatsa | m | calf, young, child; voc.: my dear | 43 |
| वत्स्यति | Fut.: | — | br Pass.: PPP: Inf | 27 |
| वद् | vad | — | to greet formally, to address | 36 |
| वद् | vad | 1P | to say back = to answer | 44 |
| वन | vana | n | Forest | 51 |
| वपुस् | vapus | n | beauty, form of the body (declension see later) | 20 |
| वर | vara | 3 | best | 43 |
| वर | vara | m | wish | 49 |
| वर | vara | 3 | best | 52 |
| वर्ग | varga | m | section, division, group | 52 |
| वर्ण | varṇa | m | Color, birth class (aspiration) | 2 |
| वर्ण | varṇa | m | color, genus, caste | 5 |
| वर्ष | varṣa | n | rain, rainy season, year | 25 |
| वश् | vaś | 2P | to want, to command, to desire | 52 |
| वसन्त | vasanta | m | ("shining" =) spring (March to May) | 27 |
| वसिष्यते | Fut.: | — | br PPP: Inf | 27 |
| वसु | vasu | n | wealth, treasure, property, possession | 27 |
| वस् | vas | 1P | to stay, to dwell (with locative of the person with whom one dwells) | 27 |
| वस्तु | vastu | n | seat, place; reality, real thing, reality, object | 27 |
| वस्तुतस् | vastutas | — | in reality, really | 27 |
| वस्त्र | vastra | n | means to put on = garment, robe, cloth | 27 |
| वह् | vah | 1U | lead, drive, blow (wind) | 25 |
| वा | vā | — | or (postposed) | 15 |
| वा | vā | — | or | 20 |
| वा | vā | 2P | to blow, to breathe | 38 |
| वा | vā | — | either ... or | 45 |
| वा | vā | 2P | to blow, to breathe | 52 |
| वाच्य | vācya | 3 | also: blameworthy | 48 |
| वात | vāta | m | wind | 38 |
| वात | vāta | m | wind | 52 |
| वानप्रस्थ | vānaprastha | m | forest hermit (someone who is in the 3rd ) | 29 |
| वार्त्ता | vārttā | f | livelihood, economics (economy) | 5 |
| विक्ल्प | viklpa | m | Alternative, doubt | 40 |
| विचित्र | vicitra | — | multicolored, various, beautiful, wonderful, strange | 20 |
| विजिज्ञासु | vijijñāsu | 3 | one who wishes to know completely | 52 |
| विज्ञान | vijñāna | n | knowledge, cognition | 25 |
| विद् | vid | 2P | to know, to recognize | 28 |
| विद्या | vidyā | f | knowledge, science | 5 |
| विधि | vidhi | m | order, law, regulation; creation, fate | 20 |
| विधि | vidhi | m | also: fate (from ) | 50 |
| विनय | vinaya | m | removal, education, discipline, Buddhist: monastic discipline, monastic law | 25 |
| विना | vinā | — | without, except (with Acc., Instr., Abl.) | 25 |
| विपणि | vipaṇi | f | shop | 43 |
| विप्र | vipra | m | "trembler" = poet, singer, priest, Brahmin | 20 |
| विभ्रम | vibhrama | m | going back and forth | 46 |
| विलम्ब | vilamba | n | delay, lateness | 43 |
| विवाह | vivāha | m | leading away, marriage of a woman (Instr., saha) (for marriage see Basham, Wonder pp. 166-171) | 25 |
| विशेष | viśeṣa | m | peculiarity, specification, differentia specifica | 23 |
| विशेष | viśeṣa | m | difference, peculiarity | 48 |
| विष | viṣa | n | poison | 41 |
| विष | viṣa | n | Poison | 51 |
| विषय | viṣaya | m | area, region, object, sense object | 20 |
| विष्टि | viṣṭi | f | work, forced labor | 25 |
| विहंग | vihaṃga | m | bird ("going into the airdream - -") | 49 |
| वृज् | vṛj | 7P | to turn, to rotate; to ward off, to exclude | 52 |
| वृत् | vṛt | — | to turn, to turn around, to be (somewhere), to dwell | 16 |
| वृत् | vṛt | — | turn around, return | 20 |
| वृत् | vṛt | — | occur, happen, arise | 24 |
| वृत्त | vṛtta | n | behavior | 24 |
| वृत्ति | vṛtti | f | behavior, activity, way of life | 24 |
| वृद्धि | vṛddhi | f | growth, increase, strengthening (from: vṛdh-ti) | 25 |
| वृध् | vṛdh | 1Ā | to grow, to become greater | 25 |
| वृष् | vṛṣ | 1P | to rain (usually with a -- a god or a cloud) | 50 |
| वेष | veṣa | m | garment, appearance, exterior | 49 |
| वै | vai | — | particle that emphasizes the preceding word: indeed, truly, but | 50 |
| वैश्य | vaiśya | m | Vaiśya (agricultural and merchant class) | 2 |
| वैश्या | vaiśyā | f | female Vaiśya | 3 |
| व्यवहार | vyavahāra | m | activity, conduct, interaction, commerce, business, trade, (legal) process | 52 |
| व्याकरण | vyākaraṇa | n | Grammar (to ) | 48 |
| व्याघ्र | vyāghra | m | tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) (lit.: yawner) | 15 |
| व्याधि | vyādhi | m | illness | 18 |
| व्रज् | vraj | 1P | to stride, to go, to go away | 36 |
| व्रत | vrata | — | a mother promises to dedicate her daughter as a temple prostitute () if her daughter recovers. Important today: fasting; | 22 |
श
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| शंस् | śaṃs | 1P | to praise, to command | 42 |
| शकुनि | śakuni | m | bird | 51 |
| शक्ति | śakti | — | divine power, personified as female companion especially of | 22 |
| शबर | śabara | — | Proper name of a non-Aryan tribe | 51 |
| शब्द | śabda | m | sound, tone, signal sound: word | 18 |
| शयन | śayana | n | couch, bed | 44 |
| शर | śara | m | arrow-shaft, arrow | 42 |
| शरण | śaraṇa | 3 | protecting, shielding; n. protection, refuge, taking refuge | 41 |
| शर्करा | śarkarā | f | sugar (the German "Zucker" goes via Italian zucchero, from there via Arabic sukkar - سكر and Persian äkär - شکر back to | 43 |
| शस्त्र | śastra | — | Cutting tool, cutting weapon, sword, weapon | 16 |
| शासना | śāsanā | f | royal edict, teaching, religion | 41 |
| शास् | śās | 2P | command, teach, punish | 25 |
| शास् | śās | 2P | to reprimand, to control, to command, to teach | 41 |
| शास्त्र | śāstra | n | teaching, treatise | 41 |
| शास्त्रिन् | śāstrin | m | learned, scholar | 41 |
| शिक्षा | śikṣā | f | science, instruction; phonetics | 25 |
| शिवा | śivā | f | (female) jackal (golden jackal = Canis aureus) | 51 |
| शिशु | śiśu | m | child, young | 49 |
| शिष् | śiṣ | 7P | to leave, to leave behind | 51 |
| शिष्य | śiṣya | 3 | to be instructed = student | 41 |
| शी | śī | 2Ā | to lie. This root has in all forms of the present stem strong grade: 1.sg.Ind.Pres.Ā (śe + e). The following forms are p | 44 |
| शीघ्र | śīghra | 3 | quick, rapid | 43 |
| शील | śīla | n | custom, habit, nature, character, good habit = morality | 52 |
| शुचि | śuci | 3 | shining, glowing, fine; m.: purity | 29 |
| शुचि | śuci | 3 | radiant, pure, clear | 38 |
| शुच् | śuc | 1P | (flame, shine); mourn, bewail | 38 |
| शूद्र | śūdra | m | Śūdra (service class) | 2 |
| शूद्रा | śūdrā | f | female Śūdra | 3 |
| शूद्री | śūdrī | f | wife of a Śūdra | 3 |
| शून्य | śūnya | 3 | empty, desolate | 51 |
| शूर | śūra | 3 | brave, heroic ; m.: hero | 18 |
| शोक | śoka | m | grief, sorrow | 38 |
| शोभन | śobhana | 3 | brilliant, splendid, majestic, beautiful, good | 18 |
| शौच | śauca | n | Purification, purity | 16 |
| श्रमयति | śramayati | — | br | 32 |
| श्रमित्वा | śramitvā | — | br | 32 |
| श्रमिष्यते | śramiṣyate | — | br | 32 |
| श्रम् | śram | 4P | toil, become tired | 46 |
| श्रम्यते | śramyate | — | br | 32 |
| श्रान्त | śrānta | — | br | 32 |
| श्रि | śri | 1U | to lean, to lean against, to find support, to go to someone (, ) | 46 |
| श्रुति | śruti | f | hearing, the eternal tradition (designation for the Vedas and Brāhmaṇa's) | 3 |
| श्रेष्ठिन् | śreṣṭhin | m | wealthy merchant | 43 |
| श्रोणि | śroṇi | — | hip | 20 |
| श्वन् | śvan | m | dog | 51 |
| श्वसुर | śvasura | f | Father-in-law (in ancient times: only of the wife) | 42 |
| श्वस् | śvas | — | tomorrow | 48 |
| श्वस्रू | śvasrū | f | Mother-in-law (declension follows later) | 42 |
स
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| संख्या | saṃkhyā | f | counting, enumeration ; n.: one of the six philosophical systems (short: Basham, Wonder p. 326f.) | 24 |
| संपुट | saṃpuṭa | m | can (here: package, bundle) | 43 |
| संयक् | saṃyak | Adv | correct, true, in the proper manner; thoroughly, completely | 50 |
| सकाश | sakāśa | m | presence, presence | 42 |
| सङ्ग | saṅga | m | the attaching to, contact with () | 46 |
| सङ्घ | saṅgha | n | (to - : to strike together): group, multitude, community (e.g. Buddhist) | 41 |
| सज्ज् | sajj | 1P | to hang, to adhere | 48 |
| सञ्ज् | sañj | 1P | to attach, to adhere to () | 46 |
| सत्य | satya | n | truth | 10 |
| सत्वर | satvara | 3 | quick, hurried | 43 |
| सद् | sad | — | sit, settle down | 20 |
| सद् | sad | — | to sit down | 46 |
| सनातन | sanātana | — | eternal, imperishable, constant | 30 |
| सम | sama | 3 | equal, even, similar (with instrumental) | 18 |
| समय | samaya | m | agreement, contract, deadline, date, time | 43 |
| समाधि | samādhi | m | inner collection, highest attention, meditative "absorption" | 20 |
| समाधि | samādhi | m | inner collection, highest attention | 33 |
| समान | samāna | — | equal | 23 |
| समान | samāna | 3 | of the same kind, equal, similar; m.: contemporary | 51 |
| सर्व | sarva | 3 | each, all | 50 |
| सहित | sahita | 3 | united, provided with | 18 |
| साधन | sādhana | m | leading to the goal, effective | 16 |
| साधु | sādhu | 3 | correct, good | 2 |
| साध्वी | sādhvī | f | fem. from sādhu | 3 |
| सामर्थ्य | sāmarthya | n | that which corresponds to its purpose | 25 |
| सामान्य | sāmānya | n | equality, agreement | 23 |
| सायक | sāyaka | m | Arrow | 51 |
| सार | sāra | m | core, marrow, essence, substance | 52 |
| सिंह | siṃha | m | lion (Panthera leo persica) | 15 |
| सीमन् | sīman | f | boundary | 38 |
| सुत | suta | m | son | 38 |
| सुप्ति | supti | f | Sleep, esp. deep sleep | 40 |
| सुष्टु | suṣṭu | 3 | highly praised, excellent, good | 18 |
| सूक्ष्म | sūkṣma | 3 | fine, tiny, subtle | 48 |
| सूर्य | sūrya | m | sun, sun god Sūrya | 38 |
| सूर्य | sūrya | m | sun | 52 |
| सेवा | sevā | f | service, attendance | 52 |
| सेव् | sev | 1Ā | to serve someone (), to attend to, to honor, to love | 52 |
| स्तन | stana | m | breast | 20 |
| स्तु | stu | — | to praise, to extol | 15 |
| स्तुति | stuti | f | praise, hymn of praise | 15 |
| स्तेन | stena | m | thief | 25 |
| स्तेय | steya | n | theft | 25 |
| स्तोत्र | stotra | n | (means of praise =) hymn of praise, hymn | 15 |
| स्त्री | strī | f | woman | 20 |
| स्त्री | strī | f | Woman, wife ; Feminine | 48 |
| स्थविर | sthavira | 3 | old, aged | 48 |
| स्था | sthā | — | to stand apart from, to abstain from, to keep away, to remain, to stand | 42 |
| स्थाविर | sthāvira | n | (high) age | 48 |
| स्पृश् | spṛś | 6P | to touch | 36 |
| स्मृति | smṛti | f | recollection, memory, meditative recollection = mindfulness, tradition (counter-concept to śruti). Encompasses | 3 |
| स्व | sva | 3 | own, his/her/its (my, your, etc.). Declined like . In the Abl./Loc. sg. m.n. and in the Nom. pl. m. it can also be decli | 51 |
| स्वक | svaka | 3 | own (my, your ...) ; m.: member | 36 |
| स्वप् | svap | 2P | to sleep, to go to sleep | 40 |
| स्वप्न | svapna | m | Sleep, dream | 40 |
| स्वभाव | svabhāva | m | being, nature, character | 25 |
| स्वयम् | svayam | — | self, of itself | 49 |
| स्वसृ | svasṛ | f | Sister | 42 |
| स्वस्ति | svasti | f | happiness, salvation (nominal formation from = "it is good") | 24 |
| स्वागत | svāgata | n | welcome (from su-ā-gata) | 24 |
| स्वाध्याय | svādhyāya | m | "self-study", recitation (especially of the Veda), Vedic study | 20 |
ह
| Sanskrit | IAST | Genus | English | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| हन् | han | — | to strike, to kill, to slay | 17 |
| हन् | han | 2P | to strike back | 44 |
| हर | hara | 3 | taking away; m.: the destroyer = epithet of Śiva | 27 |
| हरि | hari | 3 | blond, yellow, green; m. epithet of Viṣṇu (does not belong to the root 1) | 27 |
| हरिष्यति | Fut.: | — | br Pass.: PPP: Inf | 27 |
| हरिहर | harihara | m | Viṣṇu and Śiva united as a single deity | 27 |
| हर्ष | harṣa | m | (raising of body hair), joy | 25 |
| हस्त | hasta | m | hand | 18 |
| हस्तिन् | hastin | m | elephant (Elephas maximus) | 38 |
| हा | hā | 3P | to leave | 33 |
| हिरण्य | hiraṇya | — | golden ; n.: gold, money, wealth | 25 |
| हीन | PPP | — | left by, lacking, deficient | 33 |
| हीनयान | hīnayāna | n | the deficient vehicle (of Buddhism): derogatory term used by the representatives of the "great vehicle", the ; the defic | 33 |
| हु | hu | 3P | to pour into fire (as an offering, esp. melted butter) | 33 |
| हृ | hṛ | 1U | to hold, to carry; to fetch, to take away, to steal | 27 |
| हृदय | hṛdaya | n | heart | 42 |
| हृष् | hṛṣ | 4P | to become stiff: to bristle (hair), to rejoice over (Instr., Acc., Loc.) | 36 |
| हेतु | hetu | m | motive, incitement, cause, reason; , , with Genitive or as the second member of a compound = "for the sake of ..., becau | 24 |
| ह्रस्व | hrasva | 3 | short | 49 |
| ह्वे | hve | — | call, summon | 46 |
