Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit

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Decks in this class (101)

Devanāgarī Characters
1,
2,
3
47  cards
Devanāgarī Characters: Vowels (Independent)
1,
2,
3
14  cards
Devanāgarī Characters: Stops
1,
2,
3
25  cards
Devanāgarī Characters: Remaining Consonants
1,
2,
3
8  cards
Devanāgarī Characters: Dependent Vowels
1,
2,
3
14  cards
Devanāgarī Characters: difficult conjunct consonants and dṛ
1,
2,
3
11  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 3
Bharati 1,
Bodhati 2,
Smarati 3
18  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 4
Bh 1,
Sm 2,
H 3
13  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 5
Nagaram n 1,
Puram n 2,
Grama m 3
27  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 6
Puru a m 1,
Isvara m 2,
N pa m 3
20  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 7
Ji 1,
Ni 2,
Dru 3
23  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 8
1,
2,
3
28  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 9
F 1,
F 2,
F 3
19  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 10
1,
2,
3
29  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 12
I 1,
M n 2,
M 3
15  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 13
F 1,
F 2,
F 3
14  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 14
M 1,
M 2,
M 3
29  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 15
M 1,
F 2,
N 3
17  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 16
M 1,
M 2,
N 3
13  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 17
I 1,
I 2,
Iv 3
23  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 18
Ii 1,
Ii 2,
3
17  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 19
Ii 1,
Ii 2,
Ii i 3
19  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 21
I 1,
2,
3
20  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 22
Pron 1,
Pron 2,
Pron 3
14  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 23
1,
2,
3
25  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 24
I iv 1,
N 2,
N 3
23  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 25
Adj 1,
Adj 2,
Adj 3
15  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 26
M 1,
M 2,
M 3
19  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 27
I 1,
Vi 2,
M 3
11  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 28
I 1,
I 2,
I 3
8  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 29
F 1,
M 2,
M 3
25  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 30
I 1,
I 2,
I 3
15  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 31
Ii iv 1,
Ii i 2,
I 3
12  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 33
I irreg 1,
Ii 2,
Vi 3
13  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 34
I 1,
Ii 2,
Iv 3
20  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 35
1,
2,
3
4  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 36
I 1,
I 2,
Iv ii 3
18  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 37
1,
2
2  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 38
I 1,
N 2,
Adj 3
6  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 39
I or 1,
I 2,
Ii i 3
3  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 40
Go 1,
Dyo 2,
Path 3
4  cards
Masculine and neuter a-stem nouns
Deva 1,
Deva 2,
Devam 3
20  cards
ā-stem nouns: senā- (fem.) 'army'
Sena 1,
Sene 2,
Senam 3
14  cards
ī-stems: nadī- (fem.) 'river'
Nadi 1,
Nadi 2,
Nadim 3
16  cards
Root ī-stems: dhī- (fem.) 'thought'
Dhi 1,
Dhiyam 2,
Dhiya 3
10  cards
ū-stems: vadhū- (fem.) 'bride'
Vadhu 1,
Vadhu 2,
Vadhum 3
15  cards
Root ū-stems: bhū- (fem.) 'earth'
Bhu 1,
Bhuvam 2,
Bhuva 3
14  cards
Dental Stems: marut- 'wind' (masc.) and āpad- 'fall, accident' (fem.)
Marut 1,
Marutam 2,
Maruta 3
26  cards
Palatal Stems
Vak 1,
Vacam 2,
Vaca 3
28  cards
as-stems
Mana 1,
Manasa 2,
Manase 3
18  cards
us-stems
Cak u 1,
Cak u a 2,
Cak u e 3
17  cards
an-stems
Raja 1,
Rajan 2,
Rajanam 3
33  cards
in-stems
Gami 1,
Gami 2,
Gamin 3
17  cards
i-stems: agni- 'fire' (masc.) -- For fem. and ntr, see below!
Agni 1,
Agne 2,
Agnim 3
16  cards
u-stems: dhanu- 'bow' (masc) -- For fem. and ntr., see below!
Dhanu 1,
Dhano 2,
Dhanum 3
16  cards
ṛ-stems: netṛ- 'leader' (masc.); NomVocAcc of pitṛ- 'father' (masc), mātṛ- 'mother' (fem.)
Neta 1,
Pita 2,
Mata 3
28  cards
ant-, mant-/vant-stems
San 1,
Sat 2,
Santam 3
18  cards
aham
Aham 1,
Mam 2,
Maya 3
18  cards
tvam
Tvam 1,
Tvam 2,
Tvaya 3
17  cards
saḥ/tad- 'he, she, it; that'
Sa 1,
Tam 2,
Tena 3
29  cards
ayam/idam
Ayam 1,
Imam 2,
Anena 3
29  cards
i-stems: vāri- 'water' (ntr.)
Vari 1,
Vari a 2,
Vari e 3
13  cards
i-stems: mati- 'mind' (fem.)
Mati 1,
Mate 2,
Matim 3
16  cards
u-stems: madhu- 'honey' (ntr.)
Madhu 1,
Madhuna 2,
Madhune 3
13  cards
u-stems: dhenu- 'cow' (fem.)
Dhenu 1,
Dheno 2,
Dhenum 3
16  cards
Frequent external consonant sandhi (of final -t, -n, -m)
T vowel 1,
T voiced stop except j h h 2,
T j 3
25  cards
External vowel sandhi
A a a a 1,
A a i i 2,
A a u u 3
71  cards
External visarga sandhi
Vowel 1,
K kh 2,
G gh 3
41  cards
bharati (I) in the present indicative
Bharami 1,
Bharasi 2,
Bharati 3
9  cards
bharati (I) in the imperfect indicative
Abharam 1,
Abhara 2,
Abharat 3
9  cards
bharati (I) in the present potential
Bhareyam 1,
Bhare 2,
Bharet 3
9  cards
Consonant-Stem Endings (Masc. and Fem.)
1,
Am 2,
A 3
13  cards
Future Tense Forms
Remember some non-straightforward future forms more easily.
36  cards
Perfect Tense Forms
To familiarise you with difficult-to-recognise perfect forms
27  cards
Non-finite forms
To familiarise you with non-straightforward ta-participles and absolutives
54  cards
Devanāgarī Characters REVERSE
1,
2,
3
94  cards
Devanāgarī Characters: Vowels (Independent) REVERSE
Au 1,
O 2,
Ai 3
28  cards
Devanāgarī Characters: Stops REVERSE
1,
2,
3
50  cards
Devanāgarī Characters: Remaining Consonants REVERSE
1,
2,
3
16  cards
Devanāgarī Characters: Dependent Vowels REVERSE
1,
2,
3
28  cards
Devanāgarī Characters: difficult conjunct consonants and dṛ REVERSE
1,
2,
3
22  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 3 REVERSE
He carries 1,
He awakens understands 2,
He remembers 3
18  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 4 REVERSE
To bear carry 1,
To remember 2,
To take 3
13  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 5 REVERSE
City town 1,
City town 2,
Village 3
27  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 6 REVERSE
Man servant 1,
Master lord 2,
King leader 3
20  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 7 REVERSE
I jayati to win conquer 1,
I nayati to lead 2,
I dravati to run 3
23  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 8 REVERSE
I to burn 1,
I to live be alive 2,
I to live in a place 3
28  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 9 REVERSE
Hope desire wish 1,
Story 2,
Girl daughter 3
19  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 10 REVERSE
Across over beyond 1,
Above over on on to 2,
After along toward 3
29  cards
Thematic Middle Secondary: Imperfect
Abhare 1,
Abharatha 2,
Abharata 3
9  cards
Basic Sanskrit Vocabulary 1/20
This list is from the forthcoming 'Introductory Sanskrit Reader'. Its aim is to give students who have finished an introductory Sanskrit course a good basic vocabulary and get them started on their journey towards reading Sanskrit texts with fluency.
50  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 3 NĀGARĪ ONLY
1,
2,
3
18  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 4 NĀGARĪ ONLY
1,
2,
3
13  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 5 NĀGARĪ ONLY
N 1,
N 2,
M 3
27  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 6 NĀGARĪ ONLY
M 1,
M 2,
M 3
20  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 7 NĀGARĪ ONLY
1,
2,
3
23  cards
Vocabulary Chapter 28 COPY
I 1,
I 2,
I 3
7  cards
Athematic verbs: √i (Class II) 'to go' in the Present
Emi 1,
E i 2,
Eti 3
9  cards
Athematic verbs: √āp (Class V) 'to reach' in the Present
Apnomi 1,
Apno i 2,
Apnoti 3
9  cards
Regular perfect active of √viś
Vivesa 1,
Vivesitha 2,
Vivisiva 3
8  cards
Regular perfect middle of √viś
Vivise 1,
Vivisi e 2,
Vivisivahe 3
8  cards

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