Improve your Sanskrit Vocabulary - C Rama Devi

We come across a number of Sanskrit words in our daily life.  More often than not, we might like to know the correct meaning of such words.  Here is a small exercise for you to test your knowledge of such words.

1.  Chindanthi:  a. to cut;  b.  to join; c. to jump; d. to think; e. to contemplate.

2.  Anusochanam: a. to worry; b. to weep; c. to live along with some one;  d. to think; e. to die along with another.

3.  Thrayathe:  a.  to save; b. to repay; c. to kill; d. to love; e. to cut into pieces.

4.  Sangam: a. to combine; b. a society; c. to have interest in certain things; d. a place where rivers join; e. to make into half.

5.  Sukrutham: a. a good deed; b. name of a seer; c. heaven; d. a celestial being; e. One who goes to hell.

Answers

1. a; 2. b; 3. a; 4.c; 5. a

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