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brahma satyaṃ jagat mithyā, jīvo brahmaiva nāparah: Sid Harth

brahmasatyajanmithyaa: Sid Harth

Indian Philosophy: Sid Harth
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Adi Shankara

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Adi Shankara

Adi Shankaracharya statue

Date of Birth 788 CE

Place of birth Kalady, Kerala, India

Birth Shankara

Date of death 820 CE[1]

Place of death Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, India

Guru/Teacher Govinda Bhagavatpada

Philosophy Advaita Vedanta

Titles/Honors Introduced Advaita Vedanta, Hindu Revivalism, Founded Dashanami Sampradaya, Shanmata

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Adi Guru Shri Gaudapadacharya, the grand guru of Shri ShankaracharyaAdi Shankara (Devanāgarī: आदि शङ्कर, Malayalam: ആദി ശങ്കരന്‍ )Ādi Śaṅkara, pronounced [aːd̪i ɕaŋkərə]); (788 CE - 820 CE), also known as Śaṅkara Bhagavatpādācārya and Ādi Śaṅkarācārya, was an Indian philosopher who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta, a sub-school of Vedanta. His teachings are based on the unity of the soul and Brahman, in which Brahman is viewed as without attributes. He hailed from Kalady of present day Kerala.

Shankara travelled across India and other parts of South Asia to propagate his philosophy through discourses and debates with other thinkers. He founded four mathas ("monasteries"), which helped in the historical development, revival and spread of Advaita Vedanta. Adi Shankara is believed to be the organizer of the Dashanami monastic order and the founder of the Shanmata tradition of worship.

His works in Sanskrit, all of which are extant today, concern themselves with establishing the doctrine of Advaita (Nondualism). He also established the importance of monastic life as sanctioned in the Upanishads and Brahma Sutra, in a time when the Mimamsa school established strict ritualism and ridiculed monasticism. Shankara represented his works as elaborating on ideas found in the Upanishads, and he wrote copious commentaries on the Vedic Canon (Brahma Sutra, Principal Upanishads and Bhagavadgita) in support of his thesis. The main opponent in his work is the Mimamsa school of thought, though he also offers some arguments against the views of some other schools like Samkhya and certain schools of Buddhism that he was familiar with.

Life

Traditional accounts of Adi Shankara's life can be found in the Shankara Vijayams, which are poetic works that contain a mix of biographical and legendary material, written in the epic style. The most important among these biographies are the Mādhavīya Śaṅkara Vijayaṃ (of Mādhava, c. 14th century), the Cidvilāsīya Śaṅkara Vijayaṃ (of Cidvilāsa, c. between 15th century and 17th century), and the Keraļīya Śaṅkara Vijayaṃ (of the Kerala region, extant from c. 17th century).[2][3]

Birth and childhood

The birth place of Adi Shankara at Kalady

Adi Sankara Keerthi Sthampa Mandapam, Kalady, KeralaShankara was born to Kaippilly Sivaguru Namboodiri and Aryamba Antharjanam in or near Kaladi in central Kerala. According to lore, it was after his parents, who had been childless for many years, prayed at the Vadakkunnathan temple, Thrissur that Sankara was born under the star Thiruvathira.[4][5]

His father died while Shankara was very young. Shankara's upanayanaṃ, the initiation into student-life, was performed at the age of five. As a child, Shankara showed remarkable scholarship, mastering the four Vedas by the age of eight.[6]

Sannyasa

From a young age, Shankara was inclined towards sannyasa, but it was only after much persuasion that his mother finally gave her consent.[7] Shankara then left Kerala and travelled towards North India in search of a guru. On the banks of the Narmada River, he met Govinda Bhagavatpada, the disciple of Gaudapada. When Govinda Bhagavatpada asked Shankara's identity, he replied with an extempore verse that brought out the Advaita Vedanta philosophy. Govinda Bhagavatapada was impressed and took Shankara as his disciple.[8]

The guru instructed Shankara to write a commentary on the Brahma Sutras and propagate the Advaita philosophy. Shankara travelled to Kashi, where a young man named Sanandana, hailing from Chola territory in South India, became his first disciple. According to legend, while on his way to the Vishwanath Temple, Sankara came upon an untouchable accompanied by four dogs. When asked to move aside by Shankara's disciples, the untouchable replied: "Do you wish that I move my ever lasting Ātman ("the Self"), or this body made of flesh?" Realizing that the untouchable was none other than god Shiva himself, and his dogs the four Vedas, Shankara prostrated himself before him, composing five shlokas known as Manisha Panchakam.[9][10]

At Badari he wrote his famous Bhashyas ("commentaries") and Prakarana granthas ("philosophical treatises"). [11][12]

Meeting with Mandana Mishra

One of the most famous debates of Adi Shankara was with the ritualist Mandana Mishra. Madana Mishra's guru was the famous Mimamsa philosopher, Kumarīla Bhaṭṭa. Shankara sought a debate with Kumarīla Bhaṭṭa and met him in Prayag where he had buried himself in a slow burning pyre to repent for sins committed against his guru: Kumarīla Bhaṭṭa had learned Buddhist philosophy from his Buddhist guru under false pretenses, in order to be able to refute it. Learning anything without the knowledge of one's guru while still under his authority constitutes a sin according to the Vedas.[13] Kumarīla Bhaṭṭa thus asked Adi Shankara to proceed to Mahiṣmati (known today as Mahishi Bangaon, Saharsa in Bihar)[14] to meet Maṇḍana Miśra and debate with him instead.

After debating for over fifteen days, with Maṇḍana Miśra's wife Ubhaya Bhāratī acting as referee, Maṇḍana Miśra accepted defeat.[15] Ubhaya Bhāratī then challenged Adi Shankara to have a debate with her in order to 'complete' the victory. She asks the questions in "kamasutra" in which sankaracharya has no knowledge since he is a true celibate and sanyasi,So he uses the art of "parakaya pravesa" and his soul joins a dead body of a king.And he acquires all the knowledge of "art of love" from the queen from questionnaire.Finally Ubhaya Bhāratī allowed Maṇḍana Miśra to accept sannyasa with the monastic name Sureśvarācārya, as per the agreed rules of the debate.[16]

Missionary tour

Sharada temple at Sringeri Sharada Peetham, SringeriAdi Shankara then travelled with his disciples to Maharashtra and Srisailam. In Srisailam, he composed Shivanandalahari, a devotional hymn in praise of Shiva. The Madhaviya Shankaravijayam says that when Shankara was about to be sacrificed by a Kapalika, the god Narasimha appeared to save Shankara in response to Padmapada's prayer to him. As a result, Adi Shankara composed the Laksmi-Narasimha stotra.[17]

He then travelled to Gokarṇa, the temple of Hari-Shankara and the Mūkambika temple at Kollur. At Kollur, he accepted as his disciple a boy believed to be dumb by his parents. He gave him the name, Hastāmalakācārya ("one with the amalaka fruit on his palm", i.e., one who has clearly realised the Self). Next, he visited Śṛngeri to establish the Śārada Pīṭham and made Toṭakācārya his disciple.[18]

After this, Adi Shankara began a Dig-vijaya (tour of conquest) for the propagation of the Advaita philosophy by controverting all philosophies opposed to it. He travelled throughout India, from South India to Kashmir and Nepal, preaching to the local populace and debating philosophy with Hindu, Buddhist and other scholars and monks along the way.

With the Malayali King Sudhanva as companion, Shankara passed through Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Vidarbha. He then started towards Karnataka where he encountered a band of armed Kapalikas. King Sudhanva, with his Nairs, resisted and defeated the Kapalikas. They safely reached Gokarna where Shankara defeated in debate the Shaiva scholar, Neelakanta.

Proceeding to Saurashtra (the ancient Kambhoja)[19] and having visited the shrines of Girnar, Somnath and Prabhasa and explaining the superiority of Vedanta in all these places, he arrived at Dwarka. Bhaṭṭa Bhāskara of Ujjayini, the proponent of Bhedābeda philosophy, was humbled. All the scholars of Ujjayini (also known as Avanti) accepted Adi Shankara's philosophy.

He then defeated the Jainas in philosophical debates at a place called Bahlika. Thereafter, the Acharya established his victory over several philosophers and ascetics in Kamboja (region of North Kashmir), Darada (Dabistan) and many regions situated in the desert and crossing mighty peaks, entered Kashmir. Later, he had an encounter with a tantrik, Navagupta at Kamarupa.[20]

Accession to Sarvajnapitha

Statue of Adi Shankara at his Samadhi Mandir, behind Kedarnath Temple, in Kedarnath, IndiaAdi Shankara visited Sarvajñapīṭha (Sharada Peeth) in Kashmir (now in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir).[21] The Madhaviya Shankaravijayam states this temple had four doors for scholars from the four cardinal directions. The southern door (representing South India) had never been opened, indicating that no scholar from South India had entered the Sarvajna Pitha. Adi Shankara opened the southern door by defeating in debate all the scholars there in all the various scholastic disciplines such as Mimamsa, Vedanta and other branches of Hindu philosophy; he ascended the throne of Transcendent wisdom of that temple.[22]

Towards the end of his life, Adi Shankara travelled to the Himalayan area of Kedarnath-Badrinath and attained videha mukti ("freedom from embodiment"). There is a samadhi mandir dedicated to Adi Shankara behind the Kedarnath temple. However, there are variant traditions on the location of his last days. One tradition, expounded by Keraliya Shankaravijaya, places his place of death as Vadakkunnathan temple in Thrissur, Kerala.[23] The followers of the Kanchi kamakoti pitha claim that he ascended the Sarvajñapīṭha and attained videha mukti in Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu).

Dates

At least two different dates have been proposed for Shankara:

788–820 CE: This is the mainstream scholarly opinion, placing Shankara in mid to late 8th century CE. These dates are based on records at the Śṛṅgeri Śāradā Pīṭham, which is the only matha to have maintained a relatively unbroken record of its Acharyas; starting with the third Acharya, one can with reasonable confidence date the others from the 8th century to the present.[24] The Sringeri records state that Shankara was born in the 14th year of the reign of "VikramAditya", but it is unclear as to which king this name refers. Though some researchers identify the name with Chandragupta II (4th. c. CE), modern scholarship accepts the VikramAditya as being from the Chalukya dynasty of Badami, most likely Vikramaditya II (733–746 CE),[25] which would place him in the middle of the 8th c.[24] The date 788–820 is also among those considered acceptable by Swami Tapasyananda, though he raises a number of questions.[26] It is also acceptable to Keay.[27]

509–477 BCE: This dating, more than a millennium ahead of all others, is based on records of the heads of the Shankara Maṭhas at Dwaraka matha and Puri matha and the fifth Peetham at Kanchi.[28] However, such an early date is not consistent with the fact that Shankara quotes the Buddhist logician Dharmakirti, who finds mention in Huen Tsang (7th c.).[24] Also, his near-contemporary Kumarila Bhatta is usually dated ca. 8th c. CE. Most scholars feel that due to invasions and other discontinuities, the records of the Dwarka and Puri mathas are not as reliable as those for Sringeri.[24] Thus, while considerable debate exists, the pre-Christian Era dates are usually discounted, and the most likely period for Shankara is during the 8th c. CE.

Mathas

विद्याशंकर मंदिर (Vidyashankara temple) at Sringeri Sharada Peetham, SringeriAdi Shankara founded four Maṭhas (Sanskrit: मठ) to guide the Hindu religion. These are at Sringeri in Karnataka in the south, Dwaraka in Gujarat in the west, Puri in Orissa in the east, and Jyotirmath (Joshimath) in Uttarakhand in the north. Hindu tradition states that he put in charge of these mathas his four main disciples: Sureshwaracharya, Hastamalakacharya, Padmapadacharya, and Totakacharya respectively. The heads of the mathas trace their authority back to these figures. Each of the heads of these four mathas takes the title of Shankaracharya ("the learned Shankara") after the first Shankaracharya. The table below gives an overview of the four Amnaya Mathas founded by Adi Shankara and their details.[29]

Śishya Maṭha Mahāvākya Veda Sampradaya

Hastāmalakācārya Govardhana Pīṭhaṃ Prajñānam brahma (Brahman is Knowledge) Rig Veda Bhogavala

Sureśvarācārya Śārada Pīṭhaṃ Aham brahmāsmi (I am Brahman) Yajur Veda Bhūrivala

Padmapādācārya Dvāraka Pīṭhaṃ Tattvamasi (That thou art) Sama Veda Kitavala

Toṭakācārya Jyotirmaṭha Pīṭhaṃ Ayamātmā brahma (This Atman is Brahman) Atharva Veda Nandavala

Philosophy and religious thought

Main article: Advaita Vedanta . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta

The Hamsa (Sanskrit: "swan") is an important motif in Advaita Vedanta. Its symbolic meanings are: firstly; upon verbally repeating hamsa, it becomes soham (Sanskrit, "I am That"). Secondly, even as a hamsa lives in water its feathers are not sullied by it, a liberated Advaitin lives in this world full of Maya but is untouched by its illusion. Thirdly, a monk of the Dashanami order is called a Paramahamsa ("supreme hamsa")Advaita ("non-dualism") is often called a monistic system of thought. The word "Advaita" essentially refers to the identity of the Self (Atman) and the Whole (Brahman[30]). Advaita Vedanta says the one unchanging entity(Brahman) alone is existing- Changing entities do not have absolute existence like the waves have no existence other than the ocean.The key source texts for all schools of Vedānta are the Prasthanatrayi– the canonical texts consisting of the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras.

Adi Shankara was the first in its tradition to consolidate the siddhānta ("doctrine") of Advaita Vedanta. He wrote commentaries on the Prasthana Trayi. A famous quote from Vivekacūḍāmaṇi, one of his prakarana granthas that succinctly summarises his philosophy is:

Brahma satyaṃ jagat mithyā, jīvo brahmaiva nāparah

Brahman is the only truth, the spatio-temporal world is an illusion, and there is ultimately no difference between Brahman and individual self.

Advaita Vedanta is based on śāstra ("scriptures"), yukti ("reason") and anubhava ("experience"), and aided by karmas ("spiritual practices").[31] This philosophy provides a clear-cut way of life to be followed. Starting from childhood, when learning has to start, the philosophy has to be realised in practice throughout one's life even up to death. This is the reason why this philosophy is called an experiential philosophy, the underlying tenet being "That thou art", meaning that ultimately there is no difference between the experiencer and the experienced (the world) as well as the universal spirit (Brahman). Among the followers of Advaita, as well those of other doctrines, there are believed to have appeared Jivanmuktas, ones liberated while alive. These individuals (commonly called Mahatmas, great souls, among Hindus) are those who realised the oneness of their self and the universal spirit called Brahman.

Adi Shankara's Bhashyas (commentaries) on the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras are his principal works. Although he mostly adhered to traditional means of commenting on the Brahma Sutra, there are a number of original ideas and arguments to establish that the essence of Upanishads is Advaita. He taught that it was only[citation needed] through direct knowledge that one could realize the Brahman.

Adi Shankara's opponents accused him of teaching Buddhism in the garb of Hinduism, because his non-dualistic ideals seemed rather radical to contemporary Hindu philosophy. However, although Advaita proposes the theory of Maya, explaining the universe as a "trick of a magician", Adi Shankara and his followers see this as a consequence of their basic premise that Brahman alone is real. Their idea of Maya emerges from their belief in the reality of Brahman, as opposed to Buddhist doctrines of emptiness, which emerge from the empirical Buddhist approach of observing the nature of reality.

Historical and cultural impact

Schools

Samkhya · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samkhya

Yoga · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Yoga

Nyaya · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyaya

Vaisheshika · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaisheshika

Purva Mimamsa · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimamsa

Vedanta (Advaita · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedanta

Vishishtadvaita · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishishtadvaita

Dvaita · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvaita

Achintya Bheda Abheda) . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achintya_Bheda_Abheda

Persons
Ancient

Gautama · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksapada_Gautama

Jaimini · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaimini

Kanada · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanada

Kapila · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapila

Markandeya · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markandeya

Patañjali · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pata%C3%B1jali

Valmiki · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valmiki

Vyasa .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyasa

Medieval

Adi Shankara · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Shankara

Basava · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basavanna

Dnyaneshwar · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnyaneshwar

Chaitanya · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu

Gangesha Upadhyaya · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangesha_Upadhyaya

Gaudapada · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudapada

Jayanta Bhatta · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayanta_Bhatta

Kabir · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabir

Kumarila Bhatta · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kum%C4%81rila_Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADa

Madhusudana · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhus%C5%ABdana_Sarasvat%C4%AB

Madhva · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhvacharya

Namdeva · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namdev

Nimbarka · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbarka

Prabhakara · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabh%C4%81kara

Raghunatha Siromani · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghunatha_Siromani

Ramanuja · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanuja

Vedanta Desika · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedanta_Desika

Tukaram · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tukaram

Tulsidas · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsidas

Vachaspati Mishra · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81caspati_Mi%C5%9Bra

Vallabha . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallabha_Acharya

Modern

Aurobindo · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo

Coomaraswamy · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Coomaraswamy

Dayananda Saraswati · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayananda_Saraswati

Gandhi · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi

Krishnananda · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnananda

Narayana Guru · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narayana_Guru

Prabhupada · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada

Ramakrishna · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramakrishna

Ramana Maharshi · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi

Radhakrishnan · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radhakrishnan

Sivananda · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivananda

Vivekananda · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivekananda

Yogananda . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogananda

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Shankara developed a monastic order on the Buddhist model, and also borrowed concepts from Buddhist philosophy.[32]

Pande (1994: p.255) identifies the entwined relationship of Buddhism and the view of Shankara:

The relationship of Śaṅkara to Buddhism has been the subject of considerable debate since ancient times. He has been hailed as the arch critic of Buddhism and the principal architect of its downfall in India. At the same time he has been described as a Buddhist in disguise. Both these opinions have been expressed by ancient as well as modern authors--scholars, philosophers, historians and sectaries.[33]

While Shankara is given credit for the defeat of Buddhism in Hindu literature, he was in fact active after Buddhism had almost entirely faded from prominence. In particular, he was not a contemporary of the last great Indian Buddhist philosopher, Dharmakirti. When Shankara came north to the intellectual centers there, he borrowed many of the ideas that had been formulated by Buddhist philosophers of the past.[34]

In his exposition that the world is an illusion, Shankara borrowed arguments from Madhyamaka and Yogacara, though he disagreed with them on some matters.[35] Despite this, Shankara described the Buddha as an enemy of the people.[36]

At the time of Adi Shankara's life, Hinduism was increasing in influence in India at the expense of Buddhism and Jainism. Hinduism was divided into innumerable sects, each quarreling with the others. The followers of Mimamsa and Sankhya philosophy were atheists, insomuch that they did not believe in God as a unified being. Besides these atheists, there were numerous theistic sects. There were also those who rejected the Vedas, like the Charvakas.

Adi Shankara held discourses and debates with the leading scholars of all these sects and schools of philosophy to controvert their doctrines. He unified the theistic sects into a common framework of Shanmata system. In his works, Adi Shankara stressed the importance of the Vedas, and his efforts helped Hinduism regain strength and popularity. Many trace the present worldwide domination of Vedanta to his works. He travelled on foot to various parts of India to restore the study of the Vedas.

Even though he lived for only thirty-two years, his impact on India and on Hinduism was striking. He reintroduced a purer form of Vedic thought. His teachings and tradition form the basis of Smartism and have influenced Sant Mat lineages.[37] He is the main figure in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta. He was the founder of the Daśanāmi Sampradāya of Hindu monasticism and Ṣaṇmata of Smarta tradition. He introduced the Pañcāyatana form of worship.

Adi Shankara, along with Madhva and Ramanuja, was instrumental in the revival of Hinduism. These three teachers formed the doctrines that are followed by their respective sects even today. They have been the most important figures in the recent history of Hindu philosophy. In their writings and debates, they provided polemics against the non-Vedantic schools of Sankhya, Vaisheshika etc. Thus they paved the way for Vedanta to be the dominant and most widely followed tradition among the schools of Hindu philosophy. The Vedanta school stresses most on the Upanishads (which are themselves called Vedanta, End or culmination of the Vedas), unlike the other schools that gave importance to the ritualistic Brahmanas, or to texts authored by their founders. The Vedanta schools hold that the Vedas, which include the Upanishads, are unauthored, forming a continuous tradition of wisdom transmitted orally. Thus the concept of apaurusheyatva ("being unauthored") came to be the guiding force behind the Vedanta schools. However, along with stressing the importance of Vedic tradition, Adi Shankara gave equal importance to the personal experience of the student. Logic, grammar, Mimamsa and allied subjects form main areas of study in all the Vedanta schools.

Regarding meditation, Shankara refuted the system of Yoga and its disciplines as a direct means to attain moksha, rebutting the argument that it can be obtained through concentration of the mind. His position is that the mental states discovered through the practices of Yoga can be indirect aids to the gain of knowledge, but cannot themselves give rise to it. According to his philosophy, knowledge of brahman springs from inquiry into the words of the Upanishads, and the knowledge of brahman that shruti provides cannot be obtained in any other way.[38] Moreover, Shankara was committed to the caste system.[39] He also believed that the most important access to highest truth was Vedic texts, and that access to these liberating texts should be socially restricted to upper-caste males.[40]

It has to be noted that it is generally considered that for Shankara the Absolute Reality is attributeless and impersonal, while for Madhava and Ramanuja, the Absolute Truth is Vishnu. This has been a subject of debate, interpretation, and controversy since Shankara himself is attributed to composing the popular 8th century Hindu devotional composition Bhaja Govindam (literal meaning, "Worship Govinda"). This work of Adi Shankara is considered as a good summary of Advaita Vedanta and underscores the view that devotion to God, Govinda, is not only an important part of general spirituality, but the concluding verse drives through the message of Shankara: "Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, Oh fool! Other than chanting the Lord’s names, there is no other way to cross the life's ocean". Bhaja Govindam invokes the almighty in the aspect of Vishnu; it is therefore very popular not only with Sri Adi Shankaracharya's immediate followers, the Smarthas, but also with Vaishnavas and others.

A well known verse, recited in the Smarta tradition, in praise of Adi Shankara is:

श्रुति स्मृति पुराणानामालयं करुणालयं

नमामि भगवत्पादशंकरं लॊकशंकरं

Śruti smṛti purāṇānāṃālayaṃ karuṇālayaṃ

Namāmi Bhagavatpādaśaṅkaraṃ lokaśaṅkaraṃ

I salute the compassionate abode of the Vedas, Smritis and Puranas known as Shankara Bhagavatpada, who makes the world auspicious.

See also: History of Hinduism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hinduism

Adi Shankara begins his Gurustotram or Verses to the Guru with the following Sanskrit Sloka, that has become a widely sung Bhajan:

Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Deva Maheshwara. Guru Sakshath Parambrahma, Tasmai Shri Gurave Namaha. (tr: Guru is the creator Brahma, Guru is the preserver Vishnu, Guru is the destroyer Shiva. Guru is directly the supreme spirit — I offer my salutations to this Guru.)

Works

For more details on this topic, see Works of Adi Shankara.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_of_Adi_Shankara

Adi Shankara's works deal with logically establishing the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta as he saw it in the Upanishads. He formulates the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta by validating his arguments on the basis of quotations from the Vedas and other Hindu scriptures. He gives a high priority to svānubhava ("personal experience") of the student. His works are largely polemical in nature. He directs his polemics mostly against the Sankhya, Buddha, Jaina, Vaisheshika and other non-vedantic Hindu philosophies.

Traditionally, his works are classified under Bhāṣya ("commentary"), Prakaraṇa grantha ("philosophical treatise") and Stotra ("devotional hymn"). The commentaries serve to provide a consistent interpretation of the scriptural texts from the perspective of Advaita Vedanta. The philosophical treatises provide various methodologies to the student to understand the doctrine. The devotional hymns are rich in poetry and piety, serving to highlight the relationship between the devotee and the deity.

Adi Shankara wrote Bhashyas on the ten major Upanishads, the Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita. In his works, he quotes from Shveshvatara, Kaushitakai, Mahanarayana and Jabala Upanishads, among others. Bhashyas on Kaushitaki, Nrisimhatapani and Shveshvatara Upanishads are extant but the authenticity is doubtful.[41] Adi Shankara's is the earliest extant commentary on the Brahma Sutras. However, he mentions older commentaries like those of Dravida, Bhartrprapancha and others.[42]

In his Brahma Sutra Bhashya, Adi Shankara cites the examples of Dharmavyadha, Vidura and others, who were born with the knowledge of Brahman acquired in previous births. He mentions that the effects cannot be prevented from working on account of their present birth. He states that the knowledge that arises out of the study of the Vedas could be had through the Puranas and the Itihasas. In the Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya 2.2, he says:[43]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma_Sutra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Dharmavyadha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidura

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puranas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itihasa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taittiriya_Upanishad

Sarveśāṃ cādhikāro vidyāyāṃ ca śreyah: kevalayā vidyāyā veti siddhaṃ

It has been established that everyone has the right to the knowledge (of Brahman) and that the supreme goal is attained by that knowledge alone.

Among the independent philosophical treatises, only Upadeśasāhasrī is accepted as authentic by modern academic scholars. Many other such texts exist, among which there is a difference of opinion among scholars on the authorship of Viveka Chudamani. The former pontiff of Sringeri Math, Shri Shri Chandrashekhara Bharati III has written a voluminous commentary on the Viveka Chudamani.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viveka_Chudamani

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Bharati_III

Adi Shankara also wrote commentaries on other scriptural works, such as the Vishnu sahasranāma and the Sānatsujātiya.[44] Like the Bhagavad Gita, both of these are contained in the Mahabhārata.

Film

In 1983 a film directed by G. V. Iyer named Adi Shankaracharya was premiered, the first film ever made entirely in Sanskrit language in which all of Adi Shankaracharya's works were compiled.[45][46]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._V._Iyer

See also

List of Advaita Vedanta-related topics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Advaita_Vedanta-related_topics

Shri Gaudapadacharya Mutt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shri_Gaudapadacharya_Mutt

Adi Shri Gauḍapādāchārya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudapada

Shri Govinda Bhagavatpadacharya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govinda_Bhagavatpada

Mandukya Upanishad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandukya_Upanishad

Advaita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita
Notes

^ Sharma, Chandradhar (1962). "Chronological Summary of History of Indian Philosophy". Indian Philosophy: A Critical Survey. New York: Barnes & Noble. p. vi.

^ Vidyasankar, S.. "The Sankaravijaya literature". http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/sankara-vijayam.html. Retrieved 2006-08-23.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. viii.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 14.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 17.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 28–29.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 40–50.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 51–56.

^ Adi Shankara. "Manisha Panchakam". http://www.celextel.org/adisankara/manishapanchakam.html. Retrieved 2006-08-04.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 57–62.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 62–63.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 70–73.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 77–80.

^ "Pilgrimages- Maheshwar". http://www.1upindia.com/pilgrimages/maheshwar.html. Retrieved 2006-06-26.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 81–104.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 117–129.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 130–135.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 136–150.

^ See Link: [1]. Archived 2009-10-24.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 160–185.

^ "Photos of Sharada Temple (Sarvajna Pitha), Sharda, PoK". http://closing.photos.yahoo.com/uk/photos_closed.php. Retrieved 2006-06-26.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. 186–195.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya. xxv-xxxv.

^ a b c d Vidyasankar, S.. "Determining Shankara's Date — An overview of ancient sources and modern literature". http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/dating-Sankara.html. Retrieved 2006-06-26.

^ K. A. Nilakantha Sastry, A History of South India, 4th ed., Oxford University Press, Madras, 1976.

^ Tapasyananda, Swami (2002). Shankara-Dig-Vijaya. pp. xv-xxiv.

^ The dating of 788–820 is accepted in Keay, p. 194.

^ "(53) Chronological chart of the history of Bharatvarsh since its origination". encyclopedia of authentic hinduism. http://encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org/articles/53.3.htm. This site claims to integrate characters from the epics into a continuous chronology. They present the list of Dwarka and Kanchi Acharya's, along with their putative dates. However, the succession of Acharya's at these two mathas were often disrupted by geopolitical realities, and these records are not considered as reliable as the Sringeri chronology. Also, such an early date would be in conflict with much else in Indian chronology. According to these revisionist models, these are the actual dates, and it is other collateral dates, such as the date of Buddha (which serves as an anchor for modern academic history of India), that need to be moved back.

^ "Adi Shankara's four Amnaya Peethams". Archived from the original on 2006-06-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20060626233820/http://www.sringerisharadapeetham.org/html/History/amnaya.html. Retrieved 2006-08-20.

^ Brahman is not to be confused with Brahma, the Creator and one-third of the Trimurti along with Shiva, the Destroyer and Vishnu, the Preserver.

^ See "Study the Vedas daily. Perform diligently the duties ("karmas") ordained by them" from Sadhana Panchakam of Adi Shankara http://www.sankaracharya.org/sadhana_panchakam.php

^ Peter Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhism. Cambridge University Press, 1990, page 140.

^ Govind Chandra Pande (1994). Life and thought of Śaṅkarācārya. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 8120811046, 9788120811041. Source: [2] (accessed: Friday March 19, 2010), p.255 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xKJCLHc1mAQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=sramana&f=false

^ Randall Collins, The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change. Harvard University Press, 2000, pages 239-240.

^ Randall Collins, The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change. Harvard University Press, 2000, page 248.

^ Peter Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhism. Cambridge University Press, 1990, page 140.

^ Ron Geaves (March 2002). From Totapuri to Maharaji: Reflections on a Lineage (Parampara). 27th Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, Oxford.

^ Anantanand Rambachan, The limits of scripture: Vivekananda's reinterpretation of the Vedas. University of Hawaii Press, 1994, pages 124, 125: [3]. http://books.google.com/books?id=b9EJBQG3zqUC&pg=PA124&dq=brahma+as+opposed+to+brahman&lr=#v=onepage&q=brahma%20as%20opposed%20to%20brahman&f=false

^ Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy: Irigaray to Lushi chunqiu, Volume 5. Taylor & Francis 1998, page 460.

^ Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy: Irigaray to Lushi chunqiu, Volume 5. Taylor & Francis 1998, page 460.

^ Vidyasankar, S. "Sankaracarya". http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/sankara.html. Retrieved 2006-07-24.

^ Mishra, Godavarisha. "A Journey through Vedantic History -Advaita in the Pre-Sankara, Sankara and Post- Sankara Periods" (pdf). http://www.ochs.org.uk/downloads/classes/gmishra02mmas04.pdf. Retrieved 2006-07-24.

^ Subbarayan, K. "Sankara, the Jagadguru". http://www.svbf.org/sringeri/journal/vol1no3/sankara.html. Retrieved 2006-07-24.

^ Johannes Buitenen (1978). The Mahābhārata (vol. 3). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226846652 http://books.google.com/books?id=wFtXBGNn0aUC&pg=PA182&dq=sanatsujatiya&cd=19#v=onepage&q=sanatsujatiya&f=false

^ Adi Shankaracharya, (1983), IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085138/

^ Complete Movie on Youtube, YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ePzneq-Wnk&feature=PlayList&p=41A0CAF8DFA3924F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=42

References

Isayeva, Natalia (1993). Shankara and Indian Philosophy. Albany: State University of New York Press (SUNY).

Keay, John (2000). India: A History. New York: Grove Press. ISBN 0-8021-3797-0.

Mudgal, S.G. (1975). Advaita of Shankara: A Reappraisal. New Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass.

Swami, Tapasyananda (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya: The Traditional Life of Sri Sankaracharya by Madhava-Vidyaranya. India: Sri Ramakrishna Math. ISBN 81-7120-434-1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapasyananda

Greaves, Ron (March 2002). From Totapuri to Maharaji: Reflections on a Lineage (Parampara). 27th Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, Oxford.

Further reading

Ingalls, Daniel H. H. (1954). "Saṃkara's Arguments Against the Buddhists". Philosophy East and West (Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press) 3 (4): 291–306. doi:10.2307/1397287. http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/ew27155.htm.

External links

Wikisource has original works written by or about: Adi Shankara http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Adi_Shankara

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Adi Shankara http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Adi_Shankara

Works

Complete Works of Adi Shankara http://www.sankara.iitk.ac.in/

Advaita Vedanta Anusandhana Kendra http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/

Complete works of Adi Shankara http://www.shankaracharya.org/

Advaita Vedanta Library (Archived 2009-10-24) http://www.webcitation.org/5kmBtb1bg

Some major works of Adi Shankaracharya http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_misc_shankara/doc_z_misc_shankara.html

Adi Sankara's Books http://www.celextel.org/adisankara/

Shastra Nethralaya, Rishikesh http://www.shastranethralaya.org/

Historical

"Guru Parampara of Sringeri Sharada Peetham". Archived from the original on 2006-06-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20060619031752/http://www.sringerisharadapeetham.org/html/History/guruparampara.html.

Sankara's date supporting the 788–820 CE date http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/dating-Sankara.html

Material supporting the 509–477 BCE dates (PDF) http://www.easterntradition.org/original%20sankaracarya.pdf

Life and teachings

Brief life history of Adi Shankara with informative additional links

http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/sankara-life.html

Adi Śańkara—short introduction to his life & philosophy (by Peter J. King)

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/authors/shankara.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Peter_J._King

Biography of Shankara by Swami Sivananda http://www.dlshq.org/saints/sankara.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Sivananda

Mathas

Shringeri Sharada Peetham http://www.sringeri.net/

Preceded by

'Bhagawan Govinda Bhagavat Pada'' Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham

?–820(videha-mukti) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagadguru_of_Sringeri_Sharada_Peetham

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videha-mukti
Succeeded by

Sureshwaracharya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sure%C5%9Bvara

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Shankara

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देवनागरी-लेखनम् (Writing in Devanagari)

अद्य ज्वलिता विद्यालयात् अस्माकं मित्रस्य राजस्य गृहे अगच्छत्। तां नयितुं यदा अहं राजवर्यस्य गृहम् अगच्छम् तदा सः मम कथं सङ्गणित्रे देवनागरी-लिप्यां लेखितुं शक्नोमि इति पृष्टवान्। अहं तं (Itranslator2003) कथं उपयोगं करणीयम् इति अकथयम्।

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- Miriam 10:49 am on October 9, 2007 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you please tell me how to write ‘forgiveness’ in sanskrit?
  I have seen it written several different ways.
  Thank you, Miriam
- Himanshu Pota 9:15 pm on October 9, 2007 Permalink | Reply
  
  क्षमा – forgiveness
  - Crystal 3:37 pm on November 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    How do you write Beautiful Mistake
    - S. L. Abhyankar 11:59 am on November 16, 2009 Permalink
      
      प्रमादोऽपि मोहनोऽयम् । To be read as “pramaado-pi mohano-yam” meaning, “This mistake also is charming”.
      
      Lord Krishna played many pranks लीला. Those pranks were quite annoying. Yet everyone was so charmed by Krishna’s naughtiness, that Krishna got the epithet मोहन the charmer.
      Maybe, He always intended to give the message, even by His childhood pranks, that life is too short to spend it stuped in sullen, sulky thoughts. Enjoy it playfully, happily, even if with “Beautiful mistakes”!!
  - bay 1:02 pm on December 4, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    plzzzzzz help….
    how do you write “love kills slowly” in sankrit
    - slabhyankar 4:46 pm on December 7, 2009 Permalink
      
      अनुरक्तिः कालघाती ।
      अनुरक्तिः = involved feeling of love
      There would be many synonyms for “love”
      अनुरागः अनुरक्तिः प्रणयः प्रीतिः सौहार्दं प्रेम स्नेहः दोहदम् ।
      I thought it good to choose such word which will cause slow killing. I think अनुरक्तिः fits most appropriately.
      कालघाती = one that causes slow death
      OR
      अनुरक्तिः मरणाय शनैः शनैः ।
      मरणाय शनैः शनैः । = for slow death.
      This would be some poetic way of saying “Involved feeling of love is a sure dose for slow death.”
      
      Actually प्रायोपवेशनम् is a practice of fasting unto death by one’s own will. In turn प्रायोपवेशनम् is slow killing of oneself by oneself. Since अनुरक्तिः also is a feeling harboured by oneself, and since harbouring of अनुरक्तिः would give same effect as of प्रायोपवेशनम् another idiomatic translation of “love kills slowly” would be अनुरक्तिः प्रायोपवेशनम् खलु ।
      
      The story-line of the poem Meghadootam by Kaalidaas is of a Yaksha who was exiled by Lord Kuber to distant hills of Ramagiri and was hence pining due to his love for his wife. Devoid of all discretion, he thinks it fit to ask a cloud to carry his message to his wife. So, love causes first, loss of all discretion. And “loss of discretion causes total loss.” In Bhagavadgeetaa the entire sequence of degradation of mind leading to total loss is summarised as follows.
      क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः |
      स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ||२-६३||
      Main advice of Bhagavadgeetaa is hence to do all Karmas “unattached” and to look at all relations also unattached. Love is opposite of being “unattached” and would hence “kill” !!!
  - stezinha 2:04 pm on July 3, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Please could you tell me how to write the mantra “Baba nam kevalam in sanskrit?
    - अनिल कुमार 2:51 pm on July 10, 2010 Permalink
      
      बाबा नम केवलम्
- rodrigo 3:51 am on October 20, 2007 Permalink | Reply
  
  how can i write Psychedelic trance in devanagari?
  thanks
- rodrigo 3:52 am on October 20, 2007 Permalink | Reply
  
  can you send me in my e-mail de traduction of Psychedelic trance?
  thanks
- Gope 9:13 am on December 20, 2007 Permalink | Reply
  
  Himanshu – I understand that the modern form of Punjabi scripture is derived from the Devanagari writing of Sanskrit. Can you please show me how to write “Avtar” is Devanagari. Also, if you are able, can you please also show me how to write “Avtar” in Punjabi?
  
  If anyone else other than Himanshu is able to assist, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
- yogendra man shrestha 7:19 am on March 7, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Is there a any web site that i can send an e-mail on devanagari
  thanx
- samra 6:52 am on March 30, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi can u pease tell me how to write Ganesha in Sanskrit (devanagari) please
- Shahlini 12:47 am on April 8, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi can you tell me how to write my name “Shalini” in sanskrit please.
  
  Thank you.
- Himanshu Pota 12:07 am on April 11, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  शालिनी – Shalini
- nico 10:10 pm on April 16, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  How can i Write my name (nico) in sankrit??
  
  thanks
- mehru 10:19 am on May 6, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  can you help me how to write me name ^Mehru^ in sanskrit please?
  
  thankyou
- Himanshu Pota 1:00 am on May 7, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  मेहरू|
- Ambar 11:00 pm on May 13, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  could you please tell me that how can i write (Ambar) in sanskrit?
  
  Thanks
- nico 5:18 am on May 14, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi Himanshu Pota…could you help me please?
  how can i write my name in Sanskrit??
  
  thank you.
  nico
- Sangeeta 6:04 am on May 15, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi can you tell me how to write my name “Sangeeta” in sanskrit please.
  
  Thanks.
- Ramesh Balaganchi 6:34 pm on May 15, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  This is how your name is written in Sanskrit
  Amber= अम्बर
  
  Nico= निको
  
  Sangeeta= सङ्गीता
- Ramesh Balaganchi 6:42 pm on May 15, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Mr Yogendra man shrestha, you can send email in Devanagari virtually from any website which offers email service. For the you need to download and install Baraha IME 1.0 in your computer from http://www.baraha.com. After installation you must start the baraha IME 1.0 utility and then you must choose Sanskrit as your choice in the list of languages offered. then open your inbox and type devanagari message in the place provided and hit the send button. It is as simple as that.
- Saajida 11:04 pm on May 17, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi could you please show me how to write ‘vanessa’ in sanskrit. Thank you.
- rameshbalaganchi 5:00 am on May 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  sure, why not? Are you learning Sanskrit? or just want to know how to write it?
  This is how Vanessa is written in Sansrkrit
  वानेसा
- nikhilarora 9:53 am on June 3, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello. I am creating a piece of artwork and am trying to incorporate sanskrit into it. I would greatly appreciate it if you could let me know how to write: sanskara, sankalp, and sangha in Sanskrit? Thanks so much for the help.
- Himanshu Pota 11:04 pm on June 5, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  संस्कारः – sankalpa
  सङ्कल्पः – sankalpa
  सङ्घः – sangha
- Toya 6:06 pm on June 7, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  hello,
  i LOVE ur site. can you PLEASE PLEASE tell me how to write:
  
  TOY in Sanskrit
  and
  HEAL in Sanskrit
  
  thank you soo much
  Toya
- Sanskrit Writing Websites 5:59 pm on June 13, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
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- Himanshu Pota 9:50 pm on June 15, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  kriDanakam – क्रिडनकम् – Toy
  svastha bhava – स्वस्थः भव – Heal
  
  These things can also be looked at: http://spokensanskrit.de/
- Neil 6:09 am on June 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Its amazing you are able to write like this. I’ve been trying for quite some time now to have someone write the following for me in sanskrit:
  
  “happiness is a journey, not a destination”
  
  can that be translated? Thanks so much
- Tiffany 7:49 am on June 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Will you please tell me how to write the name Alex and the word lotus in sanskrit?
  Thank you!
- marisa 1:03 pm on June 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi i was wondering if you could tell me how to write firefly in sanskrit? thank you so muchh
- Chaundra 4:18 pm on June 21, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  I was wondering how you would write Chaundra in sanskrit?
- Himanshu Pota 8:33 pm on June 21, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  चौन्द्र – Chaundra
- Chaundra 6:16 pm on June 22, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Is that still the same way you write it if you’re a female?
- Himanshu Pota 9:52 am on June 23, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  चौन्द्रा – chaundraa
  Normally in Sanskrit feminine words take a long ‘a’ or ‘i’.
- Martina 11:03 pm on June 23, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  can you please tell me how to write “pratyahara” in sanskrit?
  Thanks!
  Martina
- ian evans 10:34 pm on June 24, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  how do you write alexandra in sanskrit?
- jessica 1:19 pm on June 29, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you please write Karma in sanskrit?
  Thank You!
- Himanshu Pota 11:00 pm on June 29, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  कर्म – karma
- Mateusz 12:11 am on June 30, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi.
  my name is Mateusz.
  it means gift of god.
  i found, that Indian male name meaning that its Devadutt.
  but i cant find how will it be written in sanskrit.
  can somebody help me?
- Mateusz 1:40 am on June 30, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  i found it.thx
- Martina 6:20 pm on July 11, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  can you please write PRATYAHARA in sanskrit?
  Thanks!
- Nana 6:23 pm on July 11, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello!
  Can you please write the names “ANNA” and “HENRY” in sanskrit!
  Thanks!
- Stepahnie 7:34 am on July 16, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  I WILL LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO WRITE “Stephanie” in sandskrip, and also ” fear in god”.
- Stephanie 8:34 am on July 16, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Stephanie in sandscript???
- Stephanie 8:35 am on July 16, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  migue
- Juan Miguel 8:37 am on July 16, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Juan Miguel in sandscript please!
- Himanshu Pota 9:03 pm on July 17, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Pratyahara – प्रत्याहार
  स्टेफनी – Stephanie
  ईश्वरे भयम् – fear in god
  हूआन मिगुएल – Juan Miguel
- Becky 7:57 pm on August 3, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Which version of mauna sanskrit is the one with the spiritual connotation?
- ian evans 9:13 pm on August 4, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  could you please tell me how do you write ‘alexandra’ in sanskrit?
- Gregory Sullivan 9:41 pm on August 4, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  I was wondering how I would write my first name (Gregory) in sanscript?
  Any information you may have would be very helpful
  Thank you and have a peaceful day .
  Please have a look at my web page if you so wish
  http://www.pbase.com/GregorySullivan
  Gregory Sullivan
- Rob 8:29 pm on August 6, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  could you please tell me how to write ‘Jess’ and ‘Jessica’ in sanskirt?
  
  Many Thanks
- Himanshu Pota 10:32 pm on August 7, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Jessica – जेसिका
  Jess – जेस
- nancy 12:30 am on August 9, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  i was wondering what the phrase:
  
  “to thine own self be true”
  
  would be like, translated in sanskrit. Thanks!
- Surya 7:39 am on August 16, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can someone please show me how to write “Sofia” in sanskrit? Thank you for your help and response!
- Cate 2:30 pm on August 16, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  how do you write “stop hoping and start believing” in Sanskrit?
- Posha 2:27 am on August 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  how do you spell/write “Posha Rai” in sanskrit please?
  
  thanks much
- Posha 2:29 am on August 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  and also how do you spell/write “Posha Rai” in hindi please?
  
  thanks again
- Posha 2:40 am on August 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  please can you email me at my address for both my requests, screenshots in a big enough size so that i can print it for my tattoo that i intend to get; as for some reason i cannot install the baraha program
  
  thanks much
- rajiv 7:25 am on August 26, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  whats “Rajiv” in sanskrit
- Nikita 8:27 pm on August 27, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  can u write my name “Nikita” in sanskrit…plz
- Jaye 10:37 am on August 28, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi, can please write my husband-to-be name in Sanskrit.
  Want to tattoo it on my body.
  
  Name: Arjunan
  
  Thanks alot
- Himanshu Pota 8:16 pm on September 1, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  अर्जुनन् – Arjunan
- Jaye 12:13 pm on September 2, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  So happy to receive your mail regarding my hubby’s name.
  Could you kindly also write the following names in sanskrit?
  
  1) Jaye Tan
  2) Tan Bee Tin
  3) Chen Meizhen
- paco 2:42 am on September 4, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  hey can any one help me … write my name un devanagari or sanscrit please … also the name andrea in devanagari or sanscrit please!!!
- Himanshu Pota 10:33 am on September 4, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  paco valencia – पेको वेलेन्शिया
  andrea – एन्ड्रीय
- rajiv 8:14 am on September 7, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  “Rajiv” in sanskrit please
- Himanshu Pota 9:49 pm on September 7, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  राजीव
- Michael 3:23 am on September 8, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  WOW how cool,
  
  Can you show me “love” this script is so beautiful!
  Thanks!
- Lincoln James 8:10 pm on September 9, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you write ” Leaving this body I wish to be forgiven. ” and “Lincoln” in Sanskrit.
  
  -Lincoln.
- Radhika 1:26 pm on September 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi i was just wondering if someone could show me how to write my name, Radhika, in sanskrit.. thank you!
  
  haribol =]
- Gerardo 3:40 pm on September 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  please any one of you, could to write my name in devanagari is sound like Loo-ees ,Heh-rar-doh, Bah-ree-jas ,Oh-reh-goh
- crystal 3:21 am on September 20, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  can you tell me how to write “in god i trust” in sanskrit
  Thank!
- charlotte 3:05 pm on September 22, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi there,
  
  I’m working on a project and wonder if you can translate the below phrases? So amazing! Thank you!
  
  -the sound of my soul
  -shangri-la
  -carpe diem
  
  And lastly, what is the number “2″ ?
  
  THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- jennifer 4:54 am on September 23, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  could you tell how to write SAT CHIT ANANDA and MOKSHA
  thanks!!!
  - Jenn 12:38 pm on November 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    सैट चित अनंदा
    sat chit ananda
    
    मोक्ष
    moksha
    - S. L. Abhyankar 9:18 pm on November 23, 2009 Permalink
      
      SAT CHIT ANAND = सत् चित् आनन्द
      सत् + चित् + आनन्द = सच्चिदानन्द = SATCHIDAANAND
- chinti 11:19 am on October 10, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  can someone translate the following in sanskrit writing?
  - matthew
  -trust
  -chandni
  -stock
  -man
- Sue Jordan 11:01 pm on October 15, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi Himanshu Pota, would you be able to show me what ‘God is Love’ and ‘Sue’ is in Sanskrit please?
- Naomi 11:24 pm on November 4, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  would you be able to translate ‘DULAI’ into sanskrit writing please? Thank you,
  
  Naomi
- tiffany 7:27 pm on November 10, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  um i wanted to know how to write Tiffany loves peter in sanskrit
- Naomi 10:54 pm on November 11, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  would you be able to translate ‘DULAI’ into sanskrit writing please? Thank you, again.
  
  Naomi
- Isa 2:32 pm on November 30, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  same as Jennifer, i would like to know how to write sat-chit-ananda in sanskrit…
  
  It’s such a beautiful concept of spiritual perfection, i’m talking about it in a religion-quest for god speech at college… I would love to have it written, please—
- de 6:34 am on December 3, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  HI,can anyone tell me how to write
  “Good takes care of me”
  
  thankss!!!
- de 6:35 am on December 3, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  oh…if you culd send to my email in a m size…
  i wanna get a tattoo just like Rihanna’s…
  THANK YOU SOOO VERY MUCH!!
  
  dhs_9@hotmail.com
- ian evans 12:28 am on December 12, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Could you please help? I want to know how you write ‘Alexandra’ in Sanskrit?
  
  Thanks,
  
  Ian
- Minea 4:56 am on December 27, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can anyone please help? I would like to know how to write the name “Snjezana” in Sanskrit (the pronounciation is “Snyeh-Shah-Nah”. Thank you so much!
- raghu 8:16 am on January 3, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi,
  Can any one let me know how to read and write with stress..I am getting confused in using the single line on top, down and 2 lines on top..please refer any document or weblink where i can find the info regarding this..
  Thanks in advance for your help..
  Regards,
  Raghu
- Diarra 8:32 am on January 5, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi can you tell me how to write first born in sanskrit.
- Nadia 3:10 pm on January 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello. I would greatly appreciate it if you could let me know how to write: “I love you now and forever ” and also my name Nadia Berenice in Sanskrit? . Thanks so much for the help.
- Stacie 5:24 am on January 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  I was wondering if anyone could write “he’ll never put more on me than I can bare” in sanskrit for me please. I wanted to get a tattoo of it on thursday so I would really appreciate it if you could get it to me before then.
  
  Thank you
- Lola 2:21 am on January 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  squirrel, dreamer, monkey, potato and biscuit in sanskrit please. thank you
- lisha 2:23 am on January 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  ” the bisciut will only dare to be just a biscuit when it is with its true friend the potato
- lisha 2:23 am on January 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  please tanslate the above saying thanks
- Stacie 3:50 am on January 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  I was wondering if anyone could write “he’ll never put more on me than I can bare” or “he will never put more on me than I can bare” in sanskrit for me please. I wanted to get a tattoo of it on thursday so I would really appreciate it if you could get it to me before then.
  
  Thank you
- अनिल कुमार 3:50 am on January 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you please show me how to write “Avtar” is Devanagari.
  अवतार
  
  Also, if you are able, can you please also show me how to write “Avtar” in Punjabi?
  ਅਵਤਾਰ
  
  Is there a any web site that i can send an e-mail on devanagari
  http://utopianvision.co.uk/services/hindimessage/
  Also you can use rediffmail to send emails in lot of Indian languages.
  
  hi can u pease tell me how to write Ganesha in Sanskrit (devanagari) please
  गणेश
  
  How can i Write my name (nico) in sankrit??
  निको with short i sound as in “slick”
  नीको with long i sound as in “sleek”
  
  Will you please tell me how to write the name Alex and the word lotus in sanskrit?
  एलेक्स
  
  can you please tell me how to write “pratyahara” in sanskrit?
  प्रतिहार (pratihaaar)
  प्रत्यहारा (pratya-haara) – not quite sure if such a word exists though
  
  how do you write alexandra in sanskrit?
  अलक्षेंद्रा (feminine)
  
  Can you please write the names “ANNA” and “HENRY” in sanskrit!
  Anna = एना (pronounced “ayna”)
  Henry = हेनरी
  
  I WILL LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO WRITE “Stephanie” in sandskrip, and also ” fear in god”.
  स्टेफनी = Stephanie
  
  I was wondering how I would write my first name (Gregory) in sanscript?
  ग्रेगरी = Gregory
  
  Can someone please show me how to write “Sofia” in sanskrit? Thank you for your help and response!
  सोफिया
  
  how do you spell/write “Posha Rai” in sanskrit please?
  पोशा राय
  
  whats “Rajiv” in sanskrit
  राजीव
  
  can u write my name “Nikita” in sanskrit…plz
  निकिता
  
  So happy to receive your mail regarding my hubby’s name.
  Could you kindly also write the following names in sanskrit?
  
  1) Jaye Tan
  2) Tan Bee Tin
  3) Chen Meizhen
  
  1) जये तान
  2) तान बी तिन
  3) चेन माईजेन
  
  Can you write ” Leaving this body I wish to be forgiven. ” and “Lincoln” in Sanskrit.
  लिंकन
  
  Hi i was just wondering if someone could show me how to write my name, Radhika, in sanskrit.. thank you!
  राधिका
  
  could you tell how to write SAT CHIT ANANDA and MOKSHA
  सत् चित् आनंद (separately) or सच्चिदानंद (combined form)
  Moksha = मोक्ष
  
  would you be able to translate ‘DULAI’ into sanskrit writing please? Thank you,
  दुलाई
- Alex S. 6:25 am on January 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you Please write ALEX in sanskrit.
  Thank You!
- Stella 4:29 am on February 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  I was wondering if you could write the phrase, “To be forgotten is worse than death” for me. Thanks!
- अनिल कुमार 12:15 pm on February 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Alex: एलेक्स
- Stephanie 12:40 pm on February 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  I would love to know how to have BEAUTIFUL and DAUGHTERS written in Sanskrit. (they would be separate words) like:
  
  DAUGHTERS
  
  BEAUTIFUL
  
  Its has a lot of meaning to me and would love to know.
  
  ~Stephanie
- Stephanie 12:41 pm on February 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  And if possible; not to ask too much
  
  WISDOM
  
  STRENGTH
  
  In Sanskrit. I was told I would have to find a Monk to get the correct writing; I never would have time to go running around and all these words have a lot of meaning to me; and the writing of Sanskrit is very beautiful to me.
  
  Thank you for your time!
  
  ~Stephanie
- अनिल कुमार 5:01 pm on February 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Daughters: ? (sorry still learning, don’t know the plural form)
  Beautiful: सुंदर
  Wisdom: प्रज्ञान
  Strength: शक्ति
- Stephanie 7:25 am on February 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thank you
  
  Do you know the singular form?
  
  DAUGHTER ……. I have 3 girls; so Im trying to come up with something meaningful and of course my girls are just that!
  
  Thank you again for your help.
- अनिल कुमार 7:31 am on February 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Daughter’s singular form in Sanskrit is पुत्री . Maybe Himanshu can shed more light on this one.
- andy 5:34 pm on February 18, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  could you help me please write these names in sanskrit..
  
  ANDY HIDAYAT
  EVOLET
  JUNO
  
  and please send them to my email, thanks
  - ANDY -
- fallinguphill 3:16 pm on February 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  hey!
  
  i love your page!
  
  would you be so kind to translate these name in Sanskrit?
  
  1)Antoinette
  2)Naomi
  
  Thank you! really appreciated it =)
- anna 3:05 pm on March 11, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you please give me the word Believe & Love in sanskit.
  
  thank you
  - Himanshu Pota 6:52 pm on March 11, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    I believe – अहं श्रद्धां करोमि – aham shraddhaam karomi
    He believes – सः श्रद्धां करोति – sah shraddhaam karoti
    We believe – ते श्रद्धां कुर्वन्ति – te shraddhaam kurvanti
    Love – प्रेमः – premah
- felipe momo 12:54 pm on March 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  hey, can you tell me whats the sanskrit translation for Strengh and for Independence?
- felipe momo 12:55 pm on March 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  also, i was thinking about the word “Thought” in sanskrit
- DeCarla 11:18 am on March 17, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can u please telll me how to write in sanskrit
  
  To thine own self be true
- monica 2:25 pm on March 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  hey!
  i would really love to get a tattoo that says:
  
  love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired
  
  could you tell me how to write it in sanskrit??
  thank you so much!
- Charlotte 9:48 pm on March 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi can u tell me what the following is written in sanskrit i would really appreciate it
  
  truth beauty freedom and love
  
  the greatest thing you will ever learn is just to love and be loved in return
  
  many thanks
  - Himanshu Pota 3:01 pm on March 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    truth beauty freedom and love
    सत्यम् सौन्दर्यः मुक्तिः प्रेमः
    
    the greatest thing you will ever learn is just to love and be loved in return
    भवान् यत् श्रेयः ज्ञानं शिक्षिष्यते तत् प्रियकरः प्रियकारः च भवतु इति|
  - Baptiste Lecordier 12:51 pm on September 26, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    
    nature boy sanskrit ;; i m thinking of getting that in a tatoo
- JD 10:09 pm on March 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  could you translate my name please
  
  jetinder
  - Himanshu Pota 6:43 am on March 27, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    The sanskrit word is jitendra – जितेन्द्र – one who has won or has mastery over all the senses. I suppose another meaning could be the best of all the victors,
    
    Himanshu
- Steph 11:19 am on March 28, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  i was wondering if u could tell my what Nancy is in sanskrit that was my grandma’s name and if you could also show me how to write “To love is to live so live life to love” and what form of beautiful is abhiraama and what form of dangerous is agha there is so many thanx =D
- Rod 10:30 pm on March 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi,
  can you show me how to write Swami Samatananda in Sanskrit characters please? Thank you very much. Rod
- अनिल कुमार 3:51 pm on March 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  @Steph:
  Nancy = नैन्सी / नैंसी
  (both are the same, but notice the small dot above the line in the second form)
  
  @Rod:
  Swami = स्वामी
  Samatananda = समतानंद:
- Cristain 8:34 pm on April 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi,
  does anyone knows the poem “Look to this day”??
  I’m searching for a translation in sanskrit, but I can’t find. Can someone please help me to translate it:
  
  Look to this day!
  For it is life, the very life of life.
  In its brief course
  Lie all the verities and realities of your existence:
  The bliss of growth;
  The glory of action;
  The splendor of achievement;
  
  For yesterday is but a dream,
  And tomorrow is only a vision;
  But today, well lived, makes every yesterday
  a dream of happiness,
  And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
  Look well therefore to this Day!
- Florencia 2:04 am on April 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi Himanshu Pota…could you help me please?
  how can i write my name in Sanskrit??
  
  thank you.
  
  Florencia
- अनिल कुमार 6:13 am on April 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Florencia = फ्लोरेंसिया
  (Note the small dot above the line, don’t miss it!)
- heimir 4:39 am on April 21, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  I was wondering how my name would look in Sanskrit.
  It is Heimir.
  
  With thanks and hope for response.
  - Himanshu Pota 2:13 pm on April 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Heimir – हेमीर
- Charlotte 6:48 am on April 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello please could you tell me what
  “Live the life you love, love the life you live” is in sanskrit writting please. Many thanks! Hope to hear a response
  - Himanshu Pota 2:09 pm on April 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Live the life you love, love the life you live
    यत् जीवनम् इष्टं तत् जीव, यत् जीवति तत् प्रीयस्व – yat jiivanam iShTam tat jiiva, yat jiivati tat priiyasva.
- Alex 12:00 am on May 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi,
  
  I read the name Alex in Sanskrit. Would you write down the translation in Sanskrit of the name Alexander?
  
  I’ve already found an example in the Indian Wikipedia:
  
  अलेक्ज़ांडर (http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2)
  
  Is that correct? Could you also tell me how it is pronounced? Is it pronounced like “Sikander” or the Latin form “Alexander”?
  
  I’m looking forward to your feedback!
  
  Greetings from Cologne/Germany, Alex
- kiara 9:57 am on May 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi, I really want to translate my name into Sanskrit. please help me. thank you.
  
  kiara
  - Himanshu Pota 1:26 pm on May 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    किआरा – kiaaraa
- अनिल कुमार 12:08 pm on May 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  @Alex
  Alexander’s Indian name is Sikandar, written as “सिकंदर”
  
  Curiously, he also goes by a similar sounding name “Alakshendra” written as “अलक्षेंद्र”
  
  The first of these two is more popular, so you might want to go with Sikandar
  
  @Kiara:
  Kiara = कियारा
  - Himanshu Pota 1:29 pm on May 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    I think कियारा is better.
- kiara 10:39 am on May 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  thanks for helping me out. I really appreciate it.
- Serena 1:12 pm on May 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi Himanshu Pota,
  
  I wonder if you could please translate the three gunas of matter into devanagari for me?
  
  So rajas, sattva and tamas?
  
  Serena
  - Himanshu Pota 2:18 pm on May 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    sattva – सत्त्वम्
    rajas – रजः
    tamas – तमः
- Daria 3:56 am on May 17, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  how do you say “i am not what i once was” in sanskrit?
  - Himanshu Pota 9:47 pm on May 17, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    I am not what i once was
    अहं नास्मि यत् अहं पुरा आसम् – aham naasmi yat aham puraa aasam
- Easwari 12:10 am on May 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  would like to tattoo my name “EASWARI”, “LOVE”, “PEACE” and “HAPPINESS” in sanskrit. Please provide me the info thank u.
- Dhyana 11:14 pm on May 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hiii Himanshu Pota, I would like to know how I wright my name “Dhyana” and “Radhika” in sanskrit, please replay me.
  Thank you
  - Himanshu Pota 2:49 pm on May 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    ध्यान – Dhyana
    राधिका – Radhika
- shawna09 3:59 am on May 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi there and thank you in advance! I need the correct feminie sanskrit for the phrase “my life is my message”. So far I found 3 versions and dont know which is correct:
  मज्जीवितं मे संदेशः।
  मज्जीवनमेव मे संदेशः
  मम जीवनमस्ति मम संदेशः
  You are wonderful for helping me in my quest and i hope you have a glorious day!
- Cara 3:21 am on May 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Could you please tell me how to write in sanskrit
  “Nathan” “Pirate” “Zeppelin”
- Smonkey 9:37 pm on May 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Please could you translate the following for me (both in sanskrit script and sanskrit in english script:
  
  only god can judge me
  my soul is eternal
  Sharvi (name)
  and
  My Art is Freedom
  
  Thankyouvery much
  - Himanshu Pota 9:58 am on May 25, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    only god can judge me
    ईश्वरः एव मम परीक्षकः – iishvarah eva mama pariikshakah
    my soul is eternal
    मम आत्मा अमरः – mama aatmaa amarah
    Sharvi (name)
    शर्वी – Sharvi
    and
    My Art is Freedom
    मम कला मुक्तव्यवहारः – mama kalaa muktavyavahaarah
    - aputtur 12:28 pm on May 31, 2009 Permalink
      Dear Himanshu,
      
      Reference: Vivekachoodamani, Verse 76
      How to write the following in Sanskrit:
      
      The deer (kuranga) is always fascinated by melodious sound.
      
      The elephants (maatanga) are extremely attached to the sense of touch.
      
      The moth (patanga) is enchanted by the brilliance of the flame.
      
      The fish (meena), hungry at all times, is attracted to food.
      
      The honey-bee (brunga) is attracted by the fragrant smell of flowers.
- Annemarie 11:51 am on June 2, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  can you help me how to write me name (Annemarie) in
  Devanagari please.thanks
- Asha 9:35 pm on June 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Devanagari is just gorgeous..
  Would you be so kind as to help me write the following Latin quotes in Devanagari? [Or let me know if it's even possible?]
  
  <3
  
  1. NOSCE TE IPSUM [Know Thyself]
  
  2. VENI VIDI VICI [I came, I saw, I conquered]
  
  3. LIBERUM ARBITRIUM [Free Will]
  
  4. PER ANGUSTA AD AUGUSTA [Through Narrow Paths to High Places]
  
  Thank you so much..
  - Himanshu Pota 10:06 pm on June 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Know Thyself
    स्वात्मानं जानीहि – svaatmaanam jaanihi
    
    I came, I saw, I conquered.
    आगच्छम्, अपश्यम्, अजयम् – aagacchham, apashyam, ajayam
    
    Free Will
    मुक्तव्यवहारः – muktavyavahaara
    
    Through Narrow Paths to High Plअचेस्
    सङ्कीर्णमार्गात् उच्चैः स्थानतः – samkiirna-maargaat uccaih sthaanatah
- Rene 6:02 am on June 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  can anyone translate this phrase in sanskrit
  
  IN THE HANDS OF GOD
  - Himanshu Pota 5:20 pm on June 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    IN THE HANDS OF GOD
    ईश्वरहस्तयोः – iishvarahastayoh
- leila 3:37 pm on June 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi, can you please translate Leila (my name ) for me?
  Thanks for your help…
  - Anil Kumar 2:17 am on June 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Leila = लीला
    लीला means “an amazing act (of sport, pastime, play etc)” in Sanskrit / Hindi.
- Daniel 2:20 am on June 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  for my wedding rings I like to know how ” part of one ” is written in sanskrit.
  Thank you in advance for your answer and for this helpfully site.
  
  Regards Daniel
  - Himanshu Pota 10:18 am on June 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Part of one
    एकस्य अंशः – ekasya amshah
    - Anil Kumar 12:14 am on June 15, 2009 Permalink
      
      I think we can also combine the two words into one:
      एकस्यांश: = Ekasyanshah
- Daibutsu 2:32 am on June 17, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi !! Please tell me how can I write the name Michaela in Devanagari….Thank you a lot….:o)
  - Anil Kumar 5:28 pm on June 18, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Michaela = मिशेला
- leya-kim Ishmael 5:14 am on June 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi, I would like the following quote in Hindi…
  
  ” With God as Guide We seek the best”
  
  Thank you in advance for your help
  - S. L. Abhyankar 1:21 am on October 18, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    राह दिखलाता हो खुदा
    तो बस् सबकुछ हो भला ।
    
    To be read as -
    Raah dikhalaataa ho Khudaa
    to bas sab kuchh ho bhalaa
- Danielle 4:08 am on June 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello. I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to write “Dream is Destiny” in sanskrit.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 8:36 pm on July 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    “Dream is destiny” is too crisp a statement and can be interpreted differently, primarily because various shades of meaning of the word “destiny”.
    Translation of “dream” is simple, “Swapnam” स्वप्नम्
    The translation into Sanskrit will vary according to the interpretation.
    If “destiny” means what one is providentially destined to then Sanskrit for such destiny would be “Daivam” दैवम् or “Bhaagyam” भाग्यम्
    If the phrase “Dream is destiny” is to mean “One gets what one dreams” one can translate this as “Yathaa swapnam, tathaa daivam” यथा स्वप्नं तथा दैवम् । Note that in Devanagaree, the nasal sound (“Anunaasikam”) ‘m’ is written by a dot over a letter, when it comes inbetween a phrase. It is written as half ‘m’ म् when it comes at the end of a phrase.
    
    If destiny is to mean “Goal” or “Aim” or “Target”, then the Sanskrit words would be “Dhyeyam”, “Lakshyam” ध्येयम् लक्ष्यम्
    Goals, aims, targets are supposedly conceived by us. Whereas, “Destiny” by usual connotation means what is governed by providence.
- Ridhi 7:59 pm on June 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi… how do you write the names “Ridhi” and “Akshay” in Sanskrit? Thank you.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 7:45 pm on July 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Ridhi ( Riddhee) = रिद्धी
    Akshay = अक्षय
- tugce 8:31 am on July 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi,
  can you please translate ‘LİVE ALİVE’? thank you
  - S. L. Abhyankar 8:10 pm on July 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Live alive = सजीवं जीव ।
    In this context, there is an interesting quotation in the tenth chapter of Bhagavadgeetaa भगवद्गीता – (or simply called as Geetaa)
    भूतानामस्मि चेतना ।
    Here “Bhootam” is a generic word, referring to everything that has been (created), in other words, “Bhootam” means “creature”.
    Liveliness or the spirit in the creature is its “Chetanaa”.
    
    By that quotation भूतानामस्मि चेतना । Lord Krishna is telling Arjuna, “I am the spirit in all creatures.”
    
    One can appreciate the message that “not just living, but life should be full of spirit”. Being full of spirit should also mean being spiritual. Geetaa is of course a scripture advocating spirituality.
- tugce 8:37 am on July 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  ‘as long as ı breathe ı hope’
  please=) thanks a lot =))
  - S. L. Abhyankar 7:52 pm on July 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    As long as I breathe, I hope.
    
    Or as long as there is breath, there is hope = यावत् श्वासः तावत् आशा । = यावच्छ्वासः तावदाशा ।
- jayne 3:26 pm on July 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi,
  would you please be able to translate imagine
  
  thanks
- S. L. Abhyankar 7:39 pm on July 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  He imagines = सः कल्पयति ।
  Imagination = कल्पना ।
  To be in the world of imagination = कल्पनाविलासः ।
- Irena 5:09 am on July 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi ! I’d really love this prayer to be translated if it is at all possible.
  
  Thank you !
  
  The light of God surrounds me;
  The love of God enfolds me;
  The power of God protects me;
  The presence of God watches over me;
  Where ever I am God is.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 4:06 am on July 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    The light of God surrounds me; मत्सर्वतोSस्ति तस्य प्रकाशः ।
    mat-sarvato-sti tasya prakaashah
    The love of God enfolds me; तस्य प्रीत्या अवगुंठितोSस्मि ।
    tasya preetyaa avagunThito-smi
    The power of God protects me; तस्य शक्त्या रक्षितोSस्मि नित्यम् ।
    tasya shaktyaa rakshito-smi nityam
    The presence of God watches over me; तस्यास्तित्वेन निरीक्षितोSस्मि ।
    tasyaa-stitvena nireekshito-smi
    Where ever I am God is. ननु तद्विना मज्जीवनं न शक्यम् ।
    nanu tad-vinaa maj-jeevanam na shakyam
    “Truly, my living is not possible without Him”
    - Irena 12:31 am on July 10, 2009 Permalink
      
      Thank you so much this is wonderful !
    - Irena 12:37 am on July 10, 2009 Permalink
      
      But there’s “S” in the translation. What does that mean ?
    - Anil Kumar 1:28 pm on July 10, 2009 Permalink
      
      That S is not actually an S. It’s a punctuation mark that looks like S, and signifies about half a second of continuation of the previous sound. For example, IreSSSSSSn would be Irene pronounced over three seconds (Ireeeeeeen). Isn’t that amazing?
- S. L. Abhyankar 9:50 am on July 10, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  The pronoun सः “sah” is used the same way, as God is called as He in all scriptures.
- S. L. Abhyankar 4:14 pm on July 10, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thanks Mr. Anil Kumar.
  
  I too was wondering which ‘S’ Irene was referring to.
  
  The ‘S’ is called as ‘avagraha’. It is an important part of Sanskrit text, especially when ‘visarg’ at the end of a word is to be conjugated with the vowel ‘a’ at the beginning of the next word. The vowel becomes silent, i.e. it is not to be pronounced. But its presence is indicated by the ‘avagraha’.
  
  There is a charming anecdote in the biography of Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi. His devotee Nana Chandorkar was muttering something to himself. Baba asked him what he was muttering. Nana replied that he was reciting the Geetaa. Baba said, “Even if I am a Muslim, I have no aversion to listening to the celestial song. Would you mind reciting it aloud?” Nana was at the 34th Shloka.
  तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया |
  उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ||४-३४||
  Baba also asked Nana to explain the meaning, which he did. But for the meaning of the second line Baba asked whether an avagraha would fit in between ते and ज्ञानं And lo, it does! So, with avagraha, ते ज्ञानं उपदेक्ष्यन्ति it would become तेSज्ञानं उपदेक्ष्यन्ति
  Without the avagraha the meaning of the second line becomes that the Teacher has to educate the disciple with the knowledge. With the avagraha the meaning becomes that the teacher has to educate the disciple on ignorances!!
  People raised questions on how Baba, a Muslim knew the nuances of Sanskrit. But what is impossible for such unearthly beiings? The modified meaning suggested by Baba is fully endorsed by a Shloka in a Hymn to Lord DakshiNaamoorthy, which is virtually a definition of a Guru.
  गुकारस्त्वन्धकारो वै रुकारस्तन्निवर्तकः ।
  अन्धकारनिवर्तित्वात् गुरुरित्यभिधीयते ॥
  ‘Gu’ stands for darkness (of ignorance), ‘Ru’ for removing the darkness. One who removes the darkness is hence to be called as Guru, the true teacher!!
  Does not the anecdote bring out the importance of the ‘avagraha’ S?
  Great is Sanskrit language and great are saints like Baba!!
- Emmet 3:22 pm on July 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  
  I am looking for a translation of a passage in The Visuddhimagga. It is in section XIII.28. The part of the passage I want reads “The mental and material are really here. But there is no humanity to be found. For it is void and merely fashioned like a doll. Just suffering piled up from grass and sticks.”
  
  I can’t stress how much having this in Sanskrit would be greatly appreciated.
  
  Thank you so much
  - S. L. Abhyankar 3:52 pm on July 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    To find out what is Visuddhimagga, I did Google search and got a link to http://www.abhidhamma.org/visuddhimagga-1.htm
    
    As is mentioned at this link, Visuddhimagga is in Pali and not in Sanskrit. Pali is a Praakrut derived language, derived from Sanskrit. That way, all the contemporary Indian languages are Praakrut, i.e. derived from Sanskrit. But languages like Pali and if I know it right, Ardhmagadhi have faded out, except for the original Religious texts, especially of Buddhism being mostly in such language as Pali.
    
    One simple difference as explained to me by my father, difference between Sanskrit and Pali or Ardhamagadhi is that in these languages mixed consonants such as r+g are simply made into doubled consonants as ‘g+g’. And harsher consonants are made softer. This is noticeable even in Visuddhimagga. Sanskrit for this would be Vishuddhimaarga विशुद्धिमार्ग. The puritans or fundamentalists among Buddhists may like the text to be rather in Pali and not in Sanskrit. Ardhamagadhi uses Devanagari script only, but not Pali
    
    Although one can definitely attempt translating the passage into Sanskrit, I would like to be cautious of not offending anybody.
    
    Basically it is a philosophical statement and should be read beyond religious bias, provided people are open-minded to see that way.
    
    If the translation has to be scripted and translated only into Pali, then I have not learnt Pali. An effort to do it in Sanskrit may not be appreciated. Please clarify.
- Emmet 8:24 pm on July 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thank you for your fast and informative reply. As is probably obvious I wasn’t completely aware of the differences. I appreciate you taking the time to teach me something and I also appreciate that you do not want to offend anyone. But I can assure you the translation is just for me personally and it will not be in a position to offend. I find Sanskrit very beautiful and somehow the quote would be more meaningful to me if I could have it in Sanskrit.
  
  I am humbled by your kindness and patience at answering all these people and I am a little embarrassed to take advantage of it. But having an accurate translation of this quote in Sanskrit would mean the world to me.
  
  Thank you so much for your time,
  
  Emmet
- Emmet 9:01 pm on July 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Does this look right?
  
  नामञ्‍च रूपञ्‍च इधत्थि सच्‍चतो,
  न हेत्थ सत्तो मनुजो च विज्‍जति।
  सुञ्‍ञं इदं यन्तमिवाभिसङ्खतं,
  दुक्खस्स पुञ्‍जो तिणकट्ठसादिसो
  - S. L. Abhyankar 6:54 am on July 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    It seems to be good in Ardhamagadhi. In Sanskrit, I would put it as -
    नामं च रूपं च इह सन्ति सत्यतः ।
    इह नास्ति सत्यः मनुजः परं तु ।
    शून्यं इदं यन्त्रमिवाभिसक्तम् ।
    दुःखस्य पुञ्‍जः तृणकाष्ठसंचयस्तु ॥
    You will notice the differences in Ardhamagadhi and Sanskrit. For example I have put यन्तमिवाभिसङ्खतं from your quotation as यन्त्रमिवाभिसक्तम् I hope I have done that correct. At least the meaning, I think, has come out truthful
    Or for a simpler prose and if I have understood the meaning properly, I would put it as -
    अस्यास्ति नामं च रूपं च । ननु किं असौ मनुजः सत्यतः । कथं भवेत् कस्यापि सौख्यम् दुःखपूर्णेन घटेन वै ।
    
    He has a form and a name. Does that make him a man? How can anybody be happy with him, if he is but a pitcher of (or, a bundle of) sorrows? or How can he make anybody happy, if he is himself a bundle of sorrows?
    
    The simple advice here seems to be that man as a social being should spread happiness and not sorrows. This is in tune with a “Ruchaa” ऋचा in ऋग्वेद which says, “आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतः ।” to be read as “Aa noe bhadraah kratavo yantu vishwatah” It means, “Let noble thoughts spread across the universe!!!” or there is another quotation कृण्वन्तो विश्वमार्यम् । “kruNvanto vishwamaaryam” meaning persevere to make the world a happy, straightforward, transparent place, with no malices!! The Rishees always thought of the world.
    
    And in the same tone, there is the famous quotation -
    सर्वेSत्र सुखिनः सन्तु । सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः । सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु । मा कश्चित् दुःखमाप्नुयात् । to be read as “sarve-tra sukhinah santu | sarve santu niraamayaah | sarve bhadraaNi pashyantu | maa kashchit duhkhamaapnuyaat ||” meaning “May one and all be happy, may one and all be healthy, may one and all witness the blissful, may no one experience sorrow.”
    
    Thanks for your quotation from Visuddhimagga, which also connotes similar meaning.
- Nadia 11:56 pm on July 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  
  Could anyone please translate the following names in sanskrit:
  1. Yohann
  2. Nadia
  
  Thanking you in advance!
  
  Nadia
  - S. L. Abhyankar 12:35 am on July 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Yohann = योहान्
    Nadia = नादिया
    - Nadia 3:46 pm on July 23, 2009 Permalink
      
      thank you so much!
- Emmet 12:44 pm on July 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thank you so much for that
- Vanessa 12:31 am on August 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi Can you please translate ” new beginning” and New Life or just Beautiful life? thank you so much!
  - S. L. Abhyankar 1:48 am on August 10, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    New Beginning = नूतनः आरम्भः = नूतनारम्भः । To be read as “Nootanaarambhah”
    New Life = नवजीवनम् । To be read as “Nava-Jeevanam”
    Beautiful Life = सुन्दरम् जीवनम् । सुन्दरं जीवनम् । To be read as “Sundaram Jeevanam”
    
    Note that ‘m’ coming at the end of a word but in-between a phrase is denoted by a dot on the previous consonant. Hence, रम् is written as रं. Same ‘m’ coming at the end of not only a word but at the end of a phrase rather at the end of a sentence is written as म् (half ‘m’). Hence, नम् is written as shown. The logic in design of Devanagari देवनागरी script is to be appreciated that at the end of a phrase or a sentence, ‘m’ should be seen very distinctly. It must not miss notice.
- Ben 2:37 am on August 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  
  I recently heard a word which means one who is filled with the presence of God. It was in a documentary but I cannot seem to remember the word. If possible can you please tell me what word has the meaning of , one who is filled with the presence of God (someone who people are attracted to because they exude that “energy”), and then translate it for me. Thank you in advance for your time.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 5:16 am on August 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    It is difficult to guess, which word struck you to be connoting the meaning of One who is filled with the presence of God.
    
    But, ‘One who is filled with the presence of God’ can be said to have become God
    
    Sanskrit words for God are देव or ईश. The word for ‘having become’ is भूत ‘bhoota’. So, one who has become God is देवभूत “deva-bhoota” or ईशसंभूत Eesha-sambhoota. The letter or prefix सं connotes ‘wholesomely’.
    
    In Indian culture, children are to be taught to respect parents and the precepts as Gods. मातृदेवो भव ‘maatru-devo bhava’ Meaning of this diktat would be “Be one, who regards mother as God”. Likewise, पितृदेवो भव ‘pitru-devo bhava’ Meaning of this diktat would be “Be one, who regards father as God” आचार्यदेवो भव ‘achaarya-devo bhava’ Meaning of this diktat would be “Be one, who regards teacher as God”
    
    Indian philosophy regards that Godliness is all-pervading. The first Mantra of ईशावास्य-उपनिषत् Eeshaa-vaasya-Upanishat declares ईशावास्यमिदं सर्वं यत्किं च जगत्यां जगत् । “Eeshaavaasyam-idam sarvam yat kincha jagatyaam jagat” Whatever is seen to be existing in this world has the presence of God
    
    In the same tone in shloka 61 in Chapter 18 of Bhagavad-geetaa, there is this qotation ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेSर्जुन तिष्ठति । “Eeshwarah sarvabhootaanaam hruddeshe (A)rjuna tiShThati” God resides in the heart of all beings.
    
    It is also advocated that every person should do five ‘Yajgnya’s – ब्रम्हयज्ञ देवयज्ञ पितृयज्ञ भूतयज्ञ मनुष्ययज्ञ One performs ब्रम्हयज्ञ ‘bramha-yajnya’ by learning and studying, i.e. by offering devotion for knowledge at the feet of ‘Bramha’. One performs देवयज्ञ ‘deva-yajnya’ by offerings to deities. One performs पितृयज्ञ ‘pitru-yajnya’ by respectful remembrance of the elders. One performs भूतयज्ञ ‘bhoota-yajnya’ by sparing a few morsels of one’s meal for the insects and animals. One performs मनुष्ययज्ञ ‘manushya-yajnya’ by treating every guest, even a beggar as God.
    
    You have put it beautifully, when you have said, “one who is filled with the presence of God …. exude that “energy”. God is energy. One who manifests all that positive energy, is one, who is filled with the presence of God.
    
    If we are able to see that energy everywhere, we see God everywhere. ईशावास्यमिदं सर्वं
    
    I know that I have not given the right word that ou are looking for. But your post set me into this free-wheeling thought process. I must thank you for motivating this.
    - Ben 2:35 pm on August 16, 2009 Permalink
      
      Thank you for your response, funny enough though I also emailed the director of the documentary to ask her exactly what that word was that they used, and she responded…
      
      Although I think I like your phrases better, she told me that the word was “must” or “mast” literally meaning, one who is overcome with love of God with concomitant external disorientation resembling intoxication. It is Derived from a Sufi word.
      
      There is more information on the word at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast_(Sufism)
      
      Is there a sanskrit word for “must” or its definition?
    - S. L. Abhyankar 3:46 pm on August 16, 2009 Permalink
      
      Surprisingly, there is a Sanskrit word मद् (verb, meaning ‘to be intoxicated) मत्त (past passive participle, used as an adjective for one who has become intoxicated) उन्माद (an abstract noun for the state of exhilaration). The prefix उत् connotes higher or ‘out-of-bound’ level, (same as the prefix ‘ex-’ in English).
      
      There is another set of words – मुच् मुक्त उन्मुक्त
      Here also मुच् (to be pronounced ‘muc’ is verb, meaning to free, release, liberate) मुक्त (‘mukt’, Past passive participle, used as adjective for one who is liberated) उन्मुक्तावस्था (unmuktAvasthA) is the ulterior state of a liberated soul, cherished goal of all seekers.
      
      What a phonetic proximity with ‘must’ or ‘mast’ of sufism!! Seems logical, because sufism has its genesis in Indian culture
- DeShawn Lee 2:47 am on August 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello I am interest in seeing what ” Prisoner Against Internal Negativity” Thanks
  - S. L. Abhyankar 5:51 am on August 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    “Prisoner Against Internal Negativity” may be translated as अन्तर्मनसः नकारात्मकतया निबद्धः । to be read as “antar-manasah nakArAtmakatayA nibaddhah”
    
    Internal negativity is more or less same as tamo-guNa. What binding tamo-guNa exerts on a person is explained in shloka 8 in adhyAya 14 of Bhagavad-gItA.
    
    तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् |
    प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ||१४-८||
    
    The meaning is – “Hey BhArata (Arjuna), tamah, i.e. internal negativity emanates due to ignorance (of the purpose of life). It would always entice every being. And it binds them by promoting errant conduct, laziness, sleepiness or tendency towards inaction”
- Leya 6:46 am on August 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Good day, could you please translate the following for me:
  My strength comes from God
  and
  With God as Guide we seek the best
  - S. L. Abhyankar 1:11 pm on August 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    I have tried to not only do the translation but have tried to put it in some poetic rhyming. I hope, you will like it
    ईश्वरतो बलसर्वस्वम् मन्येऽहं मम सर्वदा ।
    सर्वं शुभं भवत्येव तस्य पन्थानमाश्रिते ।
    To be read as – Eeshwarato bala-sarvaswam manye’ham mama sarvadA | sarvam shubham bhavatyeva tasya panthAnamAshrite
    
    Word-by-word Meaning –
    Eeshwarato = from God
    bala-sarvaswam = all the strength
    manye’ham = I regard
    mama = my (mine, of me)
    sarvadA = always
    sarvam = all of it
    shubham = blissful
    bhavatyeva = does become
    tasya = His
    panthaanam = path
    Ashrite = when following
    
    By syntax (i.e. by anvaya) – I regard (that) all the strength of me (is) always from God. When following His path, all of it does become blissful.
    - Leya 1:31 am on August 17, 2009 Permalink
      
      Thanks you so much
- Marnetta ONeil 3:18 am on August 20, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Please translate the name Dominic into Sanskrit. Thank you in advance for your kindness.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 4:14 am on August 20, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Names are not to be translated. They are only trans-scripted. Dominic = डॉमिनिक्
- Ankur 7:10 pm on August 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi, I have around a page of different mantras that I would like translated into sanskrit, do you know of any website that I am able to attain the wwritten sanskrit form of theses mantras?
  I am looking for them written in sanskrit, as I would like to get them tattooed on my arm, to join the rest of my tattoos
  
  Thanks
  - S. L. Abhyankar 5:37 am on August 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Do you have them presently in English? If you post them 6-7 at a time, I think you can have them transcripted within no time. That could be faster than searching around on the internet.
- ankur 6:39 pm on August 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Atha Kalimantraye Sadyovaksiddhiprapyivan
  Aravitairyah Sarvestam Prapnuvanti Jana Bhuvih”
  
  “Savaruhaammahabhimaghoradanshtram Hasanmukhim
  Chaturbhujamkhadagmundavarabhayakaram Shivam
  Mundamaladharamdevi Lolajihvandigambaram
  Evam Sanchintayetkalim Shamasanalayavsinim”
  
  “Kreem Kreem Kreem Hreem Hreem Hoom Hoom Dakshine Kalike
  Kreem Kreem Kreem Hreem Hreem Hoom Hoom Swaha”
  - S. L. Abhyankar 1:43 am on August 27, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    अथ कालिमन्त्रये सद्यो वाक्-सिद्धि प्राप्यवान्
    अरवितैर्यः सर्वेस्तम् प्राप्नुवन्ति जना भुवि ||
    
    सवरुहाम्-महाभीम-घोरदंष्ट्रम् हसन्मुखीम्
    चतुर्भुजम् खड्ग-मुण्डवर-भयकरम् शिवम्
    मुण्डमाला-धरम् देवी लोलजिव्हान् दिगम्बरम्
    एवम् सञ्चिन्तयेत् कालिम् शमसनालयवासिनीम्
    
    क्रीम् क्रीम् क्रीम् ह्रीम् ह्रीम् हुम् हुम् दक्षिणे कालिके
    क्रीम् क्रीम् क्रीम् ह्रीम् ह्रीम् हुम् हुम् स्वाहा
    
    I have tried to bring sense to transliteration from what is scripted in English. Some words seem to be fitting quite okay. But overall effort is not at all satisfactory.
    
    Please also check whether the Mantra’s can be found at http://sanskrit.safire.com
- ankur 6:41 pm on August 27, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thanks can you do this one for me please
  
  Yaa Kundendu tushaara haaradhavalaa, Yaa shubhravastraavritha|
  Yaa veenavara dandamanditakara, Yaa shwetha padmaasana||
  Yaa brahmaachyutha shankara prabhritibhir Devaisadaa Vanditha|
  Saa Maam Paatu Saraswatee Bhagavatee Nihshesha jaadyaapahaa
  - S. L. Abhyankar 1:02 am on August 28, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    This is simple, because it is very commonly known, famous ode in praise of Goddess Saraswatee. In Devanagaree, it would be as follows -
    या कुन्देन्दु तुषारहारधवला या शुभ्रवस्त्रावृता ।
    या वीणावरदण्डमण्डितकरा या श्वेतपद्मासना ।
    या ब्रह्माच्युतशङ्करप्रभृतिभिर्देवैः सदा वन्दिता
    सा मां पातु सरस्वती भगवती निःशेषजाड्यापहा ।
    It is in शार्दूलविक्रीडित “Shaardoolavikreedita” meter, each line having 19 letters or syllables, and the gaNaas (groups of 3 syllables) being म, स, ज, स, त, त, ग The syllables have weightages 1 or 2. Short syllables have weightage 1 and the long or ones with consonant-combinations have weightage 2.
    म gaNa has all three syllables of weightage 2
    स gaNa has syllables of weightages 1-1-2
    ज gaNa has syllables of weightages 1-2-1
    स gaNa again has syllables of weightages 1-1-2
    त gaNa has syllables of weightages 2-2-1
    त gaNa again has syllables of weightages 2-2-1
    ग the last letter or syllable has weightage 2 denoted by ग which stands for गुरु meaning heavy-weight.
    Meters “वृत्तम् or छन्दः” are also called as अलङ्काराः ornaments of Sanskrit poetry. One can only be bewildered by such skills of poetic compositions in so very well-disciplined meters. Entire meghadootam of Kaalidaasa, (114 श्लोकाः verses, i.e. 456 lines of 17 syllables each) is all in मन्दाक्रान्ता mandAkrAntA meter. Great?? Simply great!!
- ankur 6:41 pm on August 27, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Yatra yogeshvara krsno, yatra partho dhanurdhara tatra srir vijayo bhutir dhruva nitir mati mama.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 1:16 am on August 28, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    This is the last shloka in BhagavadgItA.
    यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः |
    तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम ||१८-७८||
    In this shloka, Sanjay is declaring his conviction to King DhrutarAshtra that “Where there is KrishNa, who is the ultimate commander of all Yoga and where there is (the unconquerable) bowman PArtha (i.e. arjuna), only there are bound to rest all glory and the ultimate victory. That is my conviction.”
    Just one correction in your English transliteration, please. The penultimate word ‘mati’ should be ‘matir’.
- ankur 6:34 pm on August 28, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  This is the last one, and let me sat now you are a superstar
  
  Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam Padmanaabham Suresham
  Vishwaadhaaram Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
  Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam
  Vande Vishnum Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham”
  - S. L. Abhyankar 5:57 am on August 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशम् ।
    विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम् ।
    लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यम् ।
    वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥
    I wrote earlier of the मन्दाक्रान्ता “mandAkrAntA” meter used by महाकविः कालिदासः KAlidAsa, the great poet or the greatest among poets in composing मेघदूतम् “meghadootam”.
    
    This ode to Lord VishNu is in that same मन्दाक्रान्ता “mandAkrAntA” meter, exactly 17 syllables in each line, having gaNa’s म भ न त त ग ग
    म gaNa has all three syllables of weightage 2
    भ gaNa has syllables of weightages 2-1-1
    न gaNa has syllables of weightages 1-1-1
    त gaNa has syllables of weightages 2-2-1
    त gaNa again, hence syllables of weightages 2-2-1
    ग 16th syllable of weightage 2
    ग 17th syllable also of weightage 2, the symbolic letter ग stands for गुरु meaning heavy-weight, i.e. syllables of long pronunciation or syllables made of composite consonants.
    
    Speaking of the मन्दाक्रान्ता “mandAkrAntA” meter used by महाकविः कालिदासः KAlidAsa, the great poet or the greatest among poets in composing मेघदूतम् “meghadootam”, there is a couplet describing how महाकविः कालिदासः KAlidAsa, was the greatest among poets and remains the greatest among poets –
    पुरा कवीनां गणनाप्रसङ्गे कनिष्ठिकाधिष्ठितकालिदासा ।
    अद्यापि तत्तुल्यकवेरभावात् अनामिका सार्थवती बभूव ॥
    meaning -
    Once upon a time, when they started counting names of great poets, they counted Kaalidaasa on the little finger. But the count just could not proceed further. For want of a poet equal to Kaalidaasa, even today, the second finger remains true to its name – अनामिका anaamikaa, the finger, which has no name!!
    
    By the way, in Sanskrit every finger of a palm has a name –
    1. कनिष्ठिका kanishThikaa, or कराङ्गुली karaangulee, the little finger
    2. अनामिका anaamikaa, the second finger
    3. मध्यमा madhyamaa, the middle finger
    4. तर्जनी tarjanee, the index fnger
    5. अङ्गुष्ठ anguShTha the thumb
    
    You call me “super star”. I owe it all to my father!!!
  - Naveen Singh 4:35 am on November 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Translation of
    
    शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशम् ।
    विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम् ।
    लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यम् ।
    वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥
    
    Whose embodiment (साकार रूप) itself is a true (परम) serenity (शान्ति) giving, who sleeps on serpent (भुजंग) shesha (शेषनाग), whose navel (नाभि) springs (प्रकट करता है) the lotus, who is god of the gods. Who is also the basis of this universe, who is present everywhere or omnipresent (सर्वव्याप्त) like the sky, whose character resembles that of clouds, whose body is auspicious (शुभकारी). Who is the consort (पति) of the Godess Lakshmi, whose eyes are like lotus, who is attainable by Yogis through meditation. I adore (वंदना करता हूं) O Vishnu, the destroyer of the fear of birth and death, and who is the one Lord of all the worlds.
    
    This is the best possible I could manage because I landed here for looking its translation for my Blog on Lord Shree Vishnu. Please correct me if I am wrong somewhere.
    
    http://lordshreevishnu.blogspot.com
    - S. L. Abhyankar 1:26 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink
      
      “शान्ताकारं” शब्दः सामासिकः । तस्य द्विविधं विग्रहं शक्यम् ।
      
      “शान्तः आकारः यस्य सः – तम्” = शान्ताकारम् ।
      
      अथवा
      
      यथा, रचनां करोति इति रचनाकारः, तथैव, “(सर्वान् दुःखान्) शान्तान् करोति इति शान्ताकारः – तम् ।” To Him, who appeases all sorrows
      
      “whose navel (नाभि) springs (प्रकट करता है) the lotus” should be “from whose navel (नाभि) springs (प्रकट करता है) the lotus”
      
      The phrase “I adore (वंदना करता हूं) O Vishnu,” seems to make an address to Lord Vishnu. But “विष्णुं”-शब्दः द्वितीया-विभक्त्यामस्ति, न तु सम्बोधन-विभक्त्याम् । In the shloka, the word Vishnu is in second case, not in address case. In fact all words except the word वन्दे are in second case and they are al adjectives of “विष्णुं”
      
      Also it is better to translate the word वन्दे as “I pay my obeisance to” Hence it would be better to start all the translation with “I pay my obeisance to such Lord Vishnu, who appeases all sorrows (or whose very form is all peace and nothing else), one who has the Shesh Naag for his couch, ….
      
      I hope you will like this approach.
      
      I like the way you have coined the address for your blog!!
    - Naveen Singh 7:04 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink
      
      Dear Sir,
      
      I heartily appreciate your efforts to help people around world to understand Sanskarit and provide the best possible translation of vadic sanskarit words and santences. Since there is no reply link on your reply below, I am writing here.
      
      I do liked your approach and made corrections on my Blog. Though I am not at all knowledgeable of Sanskrit and had only learned it in primary school, still I have interest left because lot of ancient scriptures are written in sanskarit and I have interest in them.
      
      I still feel that in translation of “वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम्” there should be adore more suited in place of obeisance because obeisance means प्रणाम करना where as adore means वंदना करना and hence the whole translation will go like “I adore (वंदना करता हूं) to such Lord Vishnu, who appeases (शांत करते हैं) all sorrows (संतापों), who is the one Lord of all the worlds.”
      
      Thank you very much for your kind help
      
      Naveen
- ankur 7:00 pm on August 28, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Also out of curiosity do you know anywhere I am able to translate AMARJEET into Punjabi
  - S. L. Abhyankar 6:10 am on August 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Here is “amarjeet” in Punjaabee!!
    
    ਅਮਰਜੀਤ
    
    Ooph ! First time ever that I have written anything in Punjaabee!! Thanks for giving me this great experience!!
    
    No magic that I did this. “Baraha” pad, available for free download, helps one write in almost all Indian scripts. And “Baraha” pad is Unicode. So, one can “copy-paste” from the pad to here. That is what I have been doing for all my posts here.
    
    It is also simple to use. You just start typing the English spellings of every word and the pad promptly displays it all promptly in the selected script.
- Melanie 9:48 pm on August 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello!
  Could you please translate the sentence: “Gevie me strength to protect my family” for me?
  Thanks
- Melanie 9:49 pm on August 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Oops! I mean the sentence: “Give me strength to protect my family”.
  Thanks
  - S. L. Abhyankar 4:51 am on August 31, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    देहि मे बलं मम कुटुम्बं रक्षितुम् । To be read as “dehi mey balam mama kuTumbam rakshitum” or
    
    मम कुटुम्बं रक्षितुम् देहि माम् बलम् । to be read as “mama kuTumbam rakshitum dehi maam balam”
    
    This is another speciality of Sanskrit that because every noun, adjective, pronoun is complete with its declension in appropriate case, one affords lot of flexibility in putting the phrases in any order, allowing freedom from too rigid a syntax.
- JohnsLee 3:04 am on September 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  I was wondering how to write “Jayce” in Sanskrit.
  If anyone can help I would appreciate it.
  Thank you!!
- S. L. Abhyankar 3:48 am on September 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Since Devanagari is a phonetic script, one must know how Jayce is pronounced.
  Various scripting options would be जेसी जयसे जेय्से जैसे जैसी जॅस् All these may sound acceptable. But there are subtle differences. That is why the scripting is becoming different. You may choose the one which appeals to be almost perfect.
- Lidia 8:51 pm on September 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  
  Please I would like how to write the mantra “OM GAM GANAPATAIE NAMAHA” in snaskit.
  
  Thanks
  - S. L. Abhyankar 12:39 am on September 2, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    ॐ गं गणपतये नमः ।
    
    Your question is very timely. Right now we have celebrations going on of the annual 11-day GaNesh festival, which starts every year on the fourth day of bhAdrapad भाद्रपद month of Hindu calendar and ends on the eve of full-moon day, i.e. 14th day of the bhAdrapad भाद्रपद month. The fourth day, when the festival starts is called as GaNesh ChaturthI गणेशचतुर्थी and the last day, the 14th day of the month is called as anant-chaturdashI अनन्तचतुर्दशी. People bring idols of gaNesh and worship it for 11 days and the idol is immersed in water on the last day. There have been some variants for the number of days for which the idol will be at home and when it will be immersed. These variants have become family-traditions.
    
    The gaNesh festival is most popular in the state of Maharashtra in India and people who have migrated to other places from Maharashtra keep observing the celebrations, wherever they are.
    
    The quotation you have mentioned, “OM GAM GANAPATAYE NAMAH” is a mantra from an ode to Lord gaNesh. The ode is known as “gaNapatya-tharva-sheerSham” गणपत्यथर्वशीर्षम् This ode is very much recited when performing the worship of the idol during the festival.
- Lidia 8:53 pm on September 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Sorry, I write wrong, I need in Sanskrit.
- Sharmistha Chanda 8:11 am on September 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  i need to know how to write my name in sanskrit, Sharmistha
  
  thanks…
  - S. L. Abhyankar 7:48 am on September 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    शर्मिष्ठा चन्दा
- michele 5:13 pm on September 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  could you please give me a prayer for strength or forgiveness in sanskrit?? i need ideas
  - S. L. Abhyankar 8:36 pm on September 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    You want prayers for strength and forgiveness. Here is one for seeking forgiveness or rather pardon, as a prayer to Bhavaanee to seek Her pardon.
    I would really thank you to have prompted me to script this Devy-aparaadha-kshamaapana-stotram composed by none other than the great Adi ShankarAcharya.
    ॥ श्रीदेव्यपराधक्षमापनस्तोत्रम् ॥
    न मन्त्रं नो यन्त्रं तदपि च न जाने स्तुतिमहो ।
    न चाव्हानं ध्यानं तदपि च न जाने स्तुतिकथाः ।
    न जाने मुद्रास्ते तदपि च न जाने विलपनम् ।
    परं जाने मातस्त्वदनुसरणं क्लेशहरणम् ॥१॥
    
    विधेरज्ञानेन द्रविणविरहेणालसतया ।
    विधेयाशक्यत्वात् तव चरणयोर्या च्युतिरभूत् ।
    तदेतत् क्षन्तव्यं जननि सकलोद्धारिणि शिवे ।
    कुपुत्रो जायेत क्वचिदपि कुमाता न भवति ॥२॥
    
    पृथिव्यां पुत्रास्ते जननि बहवः सन्ति सरलाः ।
    परं तेषां मध्ये विरलतरलोऽहं तव सुतः ।
    मदीयोऽयं त्यागः समुचितमिदं नो तव शिवे ।
    कुपुत्रो जायेत क्वचिदपि कुमाता न भवति ॥३॥
    
    जगन्मातर्मातस्तव चरणसेवा न रचिता ।
    न वा दत्तं देवि द्रविणमपि भूयस्तव मया ।
    तथापि त्वं स्नेहं मयि निरुपमं यत्प्रकुरुषे ।
    कुपुत्रो जायेत क्वचिदपि कुमाता न भवति ॥४॥
    
    परित्यक्त्वा देवान्विविधविधसेवाकुलतया ।
    मया पञ्चाशीतेरधिकमपनीते तु वयसि ।
    इदानीं चेन्मातस्तव यदि कृपा नापि भविता ।
    निरालम्बो लम्बोदरजननि कं यामि शरणम् ॥५॥
    
    चिताभस्मालेपो गरलमशनं दिक्पटधरो ।
    जटाधारी कण्ठे भुजगपतिहारी पशुपतिः ।
    कपाली भूतेशो भजति जगदीशैकपदवीम् ।
    भवानि त्वत्पाणिग्रहणपरिपाटी फलमिदम् ॥६॥
    
    न मोक्षस्याकाङ्क्षा न च विभववाञ्छापि च न मे ।
    न विज्ञानापेक्षा शशिमुखि सुखेच्छापि न पुनः ।
    अतस्त्वां सञ्याचे जननि जननं यातु मम वै ।
    मृडानि रुद्राणि शिव शिव भवानीति जपतः ॥७॥
    
    नाराधितासि विधिना विविधोपचारैः ।
    किं रुक्षचिन्तनपरैर्न कृतं वचोभिः ।
    श्यामे त्वमेव यदि किञ्चन मय्यनाथे ।
    धत्से कृपामुचितमम्ब परं तवैव ॥८॥
    
    आपत्सु मग्नः स्मरणं त्वदीयम् ।
    करोमि दुर्गे करुणार्णवे शिवे ।
    नैतच्छठत्वं मम भावयेथाः ।
    क्षुधातृषार्ता जननीं स्मरन्ति ॥९॥
    
    जगदम्ब विचित्रमत्र किम् ।
    परिपूर्णा करुणास्ति चेन्मयि ।
    अपराधपरम्परावृतम् ।
    न हि माता समुपेक्षते सुतम् ॥१०॥
    
    मत्समः पातकी नास्ति पापघ्नी त्वत्समा न हि ।
    एवं ज्ञात्वा महादेवि यथायोग्यं तथा कुरु ॥११॥
    
    ॐ तत्सत् इति श्रीमच्छङ्कराचार्यविरचितं श्रीदेव्यपराधक्षमापनस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ।
    
    My father was a teacher of Sanskrit. I was too young, maybe around 10 years, but had good ability to memorize verses. He made me to memorize this.
    
    Let me see if I can also locate another to pray for strength.
    - michele 7:22 pm on September 20, 2009 Permalink
      
      thank you so so much. i would really like the prayer for a tattoo…. Anything shorter? even something as simple as “god forgive me”
    - michele 7:23 pm on September 20, 2009 Permalink
      
      thank you so so much. i would really like the prayer for a tattoo…. Anything shorter? even something as simple as “god forgive me”
      also do you know what rihanna’s sanskrit tattoo means?
    - S. L. Abhyankar 2:49 pm on September 23, 2009 Permalink
      
      You had wanted Sanskrit for two things
      (1) Give strength That would be simple – बलं देहि ।
      
      (2) Forgiveness – This has two shades of meaning – (a) asking pardon for our wrongs. That is अपराधक्षमापनम् and is the essence of the stotram I scripted earlier. to say this in a single word one can say क्षमस्व ।
      
      (b) The other aspect of forgiveness is the faculty of being of forgiving nature, not being upset at everything that we do not like. That is क्षमावृत्तिः or क्षान्तिः or simply क्षमा
      
      This is endorsed as a essential aspect of character for a noble person. See क्षमा in Chapter 16 Shloka 3 of Bhagavadgita or क्षान्तिः in Chapter 13 shloka 7 repeated in Chapter 18 shloka 42. Wording to pray for this faculty would be to say क्षान्तिं देहि ।
      
      To pray for both “Give strength” and “Forgiveness” {as per (b) above}, one can say बलं देहि । क्षान्तिं देहि ।
- Paulina 9:02 pm on September 21, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Could somebody please translate for me names:
  
  Paulina ( eng.Pauline)
  
  Piotr (eng. Peter)
  
  It would be great, thank you.
- Adolfo Caso Lara 4:56 pm on September 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello! Could somebody help me to translate my name in sanskrit?
  
  ADOLFO CASO LARA
  
  and the phrase ” Know your self”
- S. L. Abhyankar 2:55 pm on September 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  पॉलीना if pronunciation of Paulina is pauleenaa
  प्योतर् if pronunciation of Piotr is Pyotar
- S. L. Abhyankar 3:30 pm on September 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  ADOLFO = ऍदोल्फो If I know it right, in many parts of Europe D in ADOLFO is pronounced fairly softly as per the pronunciation of English word “the”. I have hence scripted ADOLFO as shown.
  
  CASO = कासो Here also pronunciation of “A” is taken as of “a” as in “car” and not of “a” as in “cat”
  
  LARA = लारा
  
  “Know your self” = आत्मानम् विद्धि ।
  
  In Bhagavadgita, there are some very thought-provoking and interesting references to knowing oneself. The best one possibly is in Chapter 6 Shloka 5.
  उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानम् नात्मानमवसादयेत् |
  आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुर् आत्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ||
  It means, “one should uplift oneself by oneself, not downgrade or degrade oneself on one’s own. Oneself is real brother (true friend) of oneself or oneself can turn out to be one’s own enemy!!”
  If one indulges in temptations of temporary pleasures, which are not socially correct, one is downgrading oneself by one’s own doing. This way, oneself can turn out to be one’s own enemy. Really thought-provoking, right?
- Adolfo Caso Lara 4:57 pm on September 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thank you very much S. L. Abhyankar!!!! I have no words!!! I found something very special in the reference you send to me. I think its the best advise to apply in my life at this moment… Life is funny, sometimes you recibe grate words of wisdome from people you even dont know but in the time they need to come…
- Adolfo Caso Lara 1:58 pm on September 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello again Abhyankar! I have a big doubt!!! An other translator helped me translating my name in sanskrit and my two lastnames are the same!!! thats grate!!! but i found few differences in my name.
  
  ADOLFO= अडोल्फो
  
  ADOLFO= ऍदोल्फो ( Your translation)
  
  Please help me to know the variation,im a little bit confuse!
  
  Also im working in writing my own mantra ( dont know if im using the correct term) my own pray. And the topic is “I AM” Could you help me tu translate those words please??? so i can make my pray.
  
  “I Am”
  
  Thank you very much again… Be sure that this words have a deep meaing for me!!!
- S. L. Abhyankar 3:40 pm on September 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Difference between ADOLFO= अडोल्फो and ADOLFO= ऍदोल्फो is primarily the phonetic difference. Major difference again is between डो and दो. One uses डो if the pronunciation is similar to Do in Door. One uses दो if the pronunciation is softer as in “dost” a Hindi word for friend.
  
  About “I am” the simple translation would be अहं अस्मि = अहम् + अस्मि = अहमस्मि ।
  But in the parlance of philosophy, this quotation is considered as one of great import. There have been saints, who have given the confidence to their devotees to have it clear in their mind and in their devotion that the saints will always be behind them, protecting them, assuring them that “Don’t ever worry. I am there, with you, around you, always.” Devotee would realise this, as if the saint is murmuring in the devotee’s ears, अहं अस्मि = अहम् + अस्मि = अहमस्मि । I am!!
  
  On another level, a devotee should practice his prayers and penance to the extent that he becomes one with Him and he would then realise, “I am what He is!!” सोऽहमस्मि । (सः अहम् अस्मि)
  
  A sentence of such great philosophical import is famous as Mahaa-Vaakyam महावाक्यम् meaning “A great sentence” or a great quotation. You would find this sentence सोऽहमस्मि । in verse or Mantra 16 of Eeshaavaasya-Upanishad. Another similar महावाक्यम् is अहं ब्रम्हास्मि । “aham bramhaasmi” meaning “I am Bramha” Yet another is तत्त्वमसि । “tat-tvam-asi”, meaning “That is what you are!”
  
  A Christian friend of mine once shared with me that there is a similar Psalm which says, “Be still and know that I am God”. Can this be derived further to get to the interpretation (?) that
  
  “Be still” = meditate steadfast, do your prayers and penance with all focus and determination, perseverence
  “and know” = until you know
  “that I am God” = I am (myself) God. सः अहम् अस्मि I am what He is!! Because, by such intense penance you have become one with God!!
  
  For yet another shade of meaning, one Christian Zambian lady told me an experience of her childhood. There in Zambia, ladies would trek long distances with large pitchers on their head to fetch water for day’s need from the stream. One day her mother, when returning with the water-filled pitcher on her head, tripped. A thought splashed across her mind, “Ooph!! This had to happen, that too when returning!!” But in another moment a serpent hissed across the walkway. And she realised, as if God was telling her, “Be still and know that I am God”. Only God knows who has to have the right of passage when and where, right? The serpent had its right of passage and yet the devout lady was well-protected. Does it matter that she had to make another trek to the stream?
  
  To relate this translation of “I am” as अहमस्मि to your earlier query for translation of “know oneself” आत्मानम् विद्धि one can say that “Know oneself with such penance that you get the elevating experience that “I am He” सोऽहमस्मि ।
  
  Dear Mr. Adolfo Caso Lara, I feel obliged to you that you motivated all this deliberation and gave me this opportunity to share these thoughts. Thank you so much!!
- Adolfo Caso Lara 5:39 pm on September 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Dear Dost Abhyankar:
  
  Thanks a lot for all your attentions and for sharing me all this knowledge. I really value it and specially in this time of my life…
  
  Im a man with no religion but i have a lot of catholic influence because my parents. I think each religion has it grate things, its own wisdom…
  
  Im not close to learn from others, because some times strangers or people you dont know or imagine can give you grate advises or anwers you were looking for…
  
  For me symbols play a very important roll in my life because i think there are visual symbols and inner symbols ( for the spirit) And both symbols are the same important!!!
  
  When im happy the sun is a grate symbol for me of beeing alive and of the presence of God. Sometimes i like to visualize other cultures symbols in my mind so i can feel the meaning in my heart…
  
  Ancient knowledge from your culture has a lot of symbols and wisdom. They worked hard in spiritual territory and the mind…
  
  Now im in an inner journey to find inner peace and fight the devils that surround. As you told me i can be my best friend or my own enemy…
  
  I have faith in God, i feel him in my heart but he cant do everything, hes powerfull, he is mercyfull, he is the true love but each one of us has to put our own grain of sand to make things change and make things happend…
  
  Now i need to generate a lot of energy from my heart and acquire something very very hard!!! discipline!!! on of the keys for succes and for reaching all my goals.
  
  Well friend soon i will send you my “I am Pray” but in the meantime i would like to learn more of your lenguage and more of your knowledge if you let me!!!
  
  Blessings and lot of luck!!!
  - S. L. Abhyankar 1:21 pm on September 25, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Very warm greetings, “Dost” Adolfo Caso Lara!!
    
    I am particularly impressed by some very pertinent remarks in your message.
    
    (1) “I have faith in God, i feel him in my heart” This is tremendous. I don’t think there would be many people who can say a thing as “i feel him in my heart” so confidently!! That’s great!!
    
    (2) “Im a man with no religion but i have a lot of catholic influence because my parents. I think each religion has it grate things, its own wisdom…” I would agree with you. Or I would say, religion has two aspects.
    
    (a) One aspect of religion is a social aspect, what one binds members of a society together.
    
    But, most religions which started transcending known presumptions in a society started as a separatist group or were seen as being so. Christianity started off as a group of those who were impressed with the teachings of Jesus Christ. And that group was seen by King Harod as a separatist group, who would not mind undermining the authority of the King.
    
    Islam also started off as a group who were impressed by the diktats which Prophet Mohammed received when he visited the mountain. Many of those diktats challenged the veracity of the presumptions then prevailing in the society. He had to combat those challenges and even resort to strategic retreat, famously known as the “Haj”
    
    India is however a unique country, where the people have been tolerant to all “schools of thought”, in other words to all “religions”. In India, every other religion has been seen as a “school of thought”. That can be seen as some grand maturity and tenacity of the social fabric. Maybe, credit for this also goes to the multi-deity concept enshrined in Hindu religion. Anyway, this social aspect of religion does not have much significance now, when everywhere there are almost all religions co-existing.
    
    (b) More important is the personal aspect of religion, which guides one to spiritual uplifting. And I believe that the ultimate goal of spiritual uplifting would be one and the same in all religions. By this logic, I am impressed with your mention that “Im a man with no religion but i have a lot of catholic influence because my parents. I think each religion has it grate things, its own wisdom…”.
    
    If the ultimate goal is one and the same, I fail to understand why people undertook missions to spread one religion or the other and resorted to conversions and all that. To my mind these are all manifestations of immaturities. Unfortunately, there is no dearth of people who will become ardent missionaries and even mercenaries of such immature leaderships.
    
    (3) I am very much impressed by your mention “Now im in an inner journey to find inner peace”. Wow!! Isn’t that enviable!! What I mentioned to you was bookish, what I have learnt from a scripture like Bhagavadgita. But a person, who has already proceeded on the path of finding “inner peace”, is simply great by oneself!!
    
    My salutes to you!!
- Adolfo Caso Lara 6:58 pm on September 25, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hey Dost Abhyankar!
  
  I was thinking about the goal of each religion and my conclusion is Happyness and fullness of the spirit because when we die the only things that subsists is the spirit…
  
  Doesnt matter how you call him… Doesnt care if you even not belive in him,because he always belives in you . If you know love and yo feel it then you know him…
  
  There are many ways to reach Him, Not only one…
  
  He is not selfish, he is mercy, he is inconditional love and he is for all of us…
  
  Doesnt matter the religion, Be coherent with your ideas and belivings and you will reach him…
  
  Dont thing you have the true because each head has it own true… its own universe.. its own god…
  
  There are universal principles to folow ( like love, justice, freedome etc.) And each religion are agree with that and i think if you folow those principles you are tracing and making your way to God…
  
  Even a person who doesnt belive but he follows these principles im sure he has his place with God…
  
  God is not Selfish there are many ways to reach him….
  
  But if people think theres only a way to be with him and hes selfish we dont need to be affraid cause thats not God…
  
  We have to respect and learn from each other….
  
  Lets see for the Humanity in general without distinction of religion… Lets see for the planet we are sharing… Lets see for peace…
  
  These are some of my ideas i like to share…
  
  Im glad i can share it with you an with every one….
  - S. L. Abhyankar 8:15 am on September 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Dear Mr. Adolfo Caso Lara,
    
    I think we should exchange our thoughts on our eMails and not at this forum. This forum is for “Learning Sanskrit”.
    
    For your information, my eMail ID is sl.abhyankar@gmail.com
    
    I got the notification of your message and also its contents on this ID also. But I cannot reply to you on your email, because I do not know your ID.
    
    Please send me a test mail to my ID.
    
    Regards,
    SLA
- shobaan 12:52 pm on September 28, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi..
  my husband just passed away..i want to get his name in sanskrit..his name is shobaan..can u help me translate it in sanskrit please..
- giovanni 12:38 am on October 4, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi, I’ve little question for you…How can I write my name Giovanni into devanagari script? Thanks a lot
- michele 4:03 am on October 5, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi..
  could you please translate “love me faithfully” to sanskrit.
  
  thank you so much
- hazel 11:25 pm on October 5, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi please translate the below for me..
  
  -Destiny
  -Hazel
  -Keller
  
  thank you very much
  - S. L. Abhyankar 5:02 am on October 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    I guess that Hazel and Keller are names. Hence they are not to be translated. They are to be just written in Devanagari.
    Hazel = हॅजेल्
    Keller = केल्लर्
    
    Regarding “Destiny” I had written a long post earlier on July 7th in reply to one from Danielle (June 24th). I am reproducing below the relevant excerpts.
    
    If “destiny” means what one is providentially destined to, then Sanskrit for such destiny would be “Daivam” दैवम् or “Bhaagyam” भाग्यम्
    If the phrase “Dream is destiny” is to mean “One gets what one dreams” one can translate this as “Yathaa swapnam, tathaa daivam” यथा स्वप्नं तथा दैवम् । Note that in Devanagaree, the nasal sound (”Anunaasikam”) ‘m’ is written by a dot over a letter, when it comes inbetween a phrase. It is written as half ‘m’ म् when it comes at the end of a phrase.
    
    If destiny is to mean “Goal” or “Aim” or “Target”, then the Sanskrit words would be “Dhyeyam”, “Lakshyam” ध्येयम् लक्ष्यम्
    Goals, aims, targets are supposedly conceived by us. Whereas, “Destiny” by usual connotation means what is governed by providence.
    - S. L. Abhyankar 5:05 am on October 8, 2009 Permalink
      
      Hazel may be written also as हेजल् if the pronunciation is “hey + jal”
- michele 5:55 am on October 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  could i please have the phrase “love me faithfully” in sanskrit
  - S. L. Abhyankar 11:51 pm on October 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    विश्वसनीयं स्नेहं कुरु । to be read as
    vishwasa-neeyam sneham kuru
- Manju 1:19 am on October 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello could you please write ‘Jessica’ in sanskrit please?
- Kathi 6:14 am on October 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello, I tried to translate the Moola mantra with a translation software and this is what it spat out. Is that really correct?
  Thanks in advance!
  
  ओम्
  षत् छित् आनन्द अरब्रह्म
  उरुशोत्तम अरमत्म
  ष्रि हगवति षमेथ
  ष्रि हगवते णमह
  (Om Sat Chit Ananda Parabrahma
  Purushothama Paramatma
  Sri Bhagavathi Sametha
  Sri Bhagavathe Namaha)
  - S. L. Abhyankar 12:59 pm on October 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    It seems the scripting in Devanagari has not happened properly. I have done it as -
    ॐ सत् चित् आनन्द परब्रम्ह पुरुषोत्तम परमात्मा श्रीभगवतीसमेत श्रीभगवते नमः ।
    By combining second third and fourth words together the Moola-Mantra can be also pronounced as -
    ॐ सच्चिदानन्द परब्रम्ह पुरुषोत्तम परमात्मा श्रीभगवतीसमेत श्रीभगवते नमः ।
    Grammatically this does not sound to be correct. सच्चिदानन्द परब्रम्ह पुरुषोत्तम परमात्मा श्रीभगवतीसमेत are all adjectives of श्रीभगवते. Since श्रीभगवते is in fourth case singular, all adjectives should also be in fourth case singular. They are all in address case सम्बोधन विभक्ति singular. To be grammatically correct it should be
    ॐ
    सच्चिदानन्दाय परब्रम्हणे
    पुरुषोत्तमाय परमात्मने
    श्रीभगवतीसमेताय
    श्रीभगवते नमः ।
    To be read as -
    Om
    sat-chidaanandaay para-bramhaNe
    puruShotaamaay paramaatmane
    shreebhagavateesametaay
    shreebhagavate namaH
    - S. L. Abhyankar 1:04 pm on October 9, 2009 Permalink
      
      Correction please -
      “puruShotaamaay” in third line from bottom should be “puruShottamaay” Typographical error “tta” got typed earlier as “taa”
- S. L. Abhyankar 6:47 pm on October 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  भोः !
  सर्वेभ्यः दीपोत्सवनिमित्तेन हार्दिकाः शुभेच्छाः ।
  प्लवनामा २०६६-तमः विक्रमसंवत्सरोऽपि आल्हादवर्धकः भवतु ॥
  सर्वेऽत्र सुखिनः सन्तु ।
  सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः ।
  सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु ।
  मा कश्चित् दुःखमाप्नुयात् ॥
  शुभं भवतु ॥
  - श्रीपादनामा अभ्यंकरेत्युपाव्हः ।
  - S. L. Abhyankar 9:19 pm on October 17, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    English Translation of -
    भोः !
    सर्वेभ्यः दीपोत्सवनिमित्तेन हार्दिकाः शुभेच्छाः ।
    प्लवनामा २०६६-तमः विक्रमसंवत्सरोऽपि आल्हादवर्धकः भवतु ॥
    सर्वेऽत्र सुखिनः सन्तु ।
    सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः ।
    सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु ।
    मा कश्चित् दुःखमाप्नुयात् ॥
    शुभं भवतु ॥
    - श्रीपादनामा अभ्यंकरेत्युपाव्हः ।
    भोः ! = Hello (Everybody) !!
    दीपोत्सवनिमित्तेन = On the occasion of the Festival of Lights
    सर्वेभ्यः = to all
    हार्दिकाः शुभेच्छाः = Hearty auspicious wishes !!
    
    प्लवनामा २०६६-तमः विक्रमसंवत्सरोऽपि आल्हादवर्धकः भवतु ॥ = Also, the (ensuing new) 2066 th “Plava”-named year of calendar (named after King) Vikram, may prove of enhancing of happiness.
    
    सर्वेऽत्र सुखिनः सन्तु । = May all be happy !!
    सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः । = May all be healthy !!
    सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु । = May all see great things !!
    मा कश्चित् दुःखमाप्नुयात् ॥ = May none be afflicted by worries !!
    शुभं भवतु ॥ = May auspiciousness pervade !!
    - श्रीपादनामा अभ्यंकरेत्युपाव्हः । = (So wishes, and prays one, whose first) name is ShripAd (and whose) last name is Abhyankar.
- Adolfo Caso Lara 5:35 pm on October 21, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Hello Dost!!! How are you??? Its me again learning your lenguage and i have a big doubt. How can i pronunce “I AM” in devangari???
  
  and how can i write and pronunce:
  
  -ENERGY
  -SUN
  -FAITH
  - Electric Yellow Sun
  Hope to have news from you very soon!!! Wish you luck and grate things for you and your people…
  
  Greetings from Mexico!!!
  - S. L. Abhyankar 10:47 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    हे मित्र अदोल्फो !!
    I AM = अहमस्मि ।
    ENERGY = ऊर्जा to be read as Urjaa
    SUN = सूर्यः to be read as sooryah
    FAITH = श्रद्धा to be read as shraddhaa or निष्ठा to be read as niShThaa or विश्वासः to be read as vishwaasah
    I have not understood significance of your putting together a phrase such as Electric yellow sun. I am hence translating them separately.
    Electric = विद्युत् to be read as vidyut
    or electrically charged = विद्युत्भारितः to be read as vidyut-bhaaritah
    Yellow = पीतः to be read as peetah
    Sun = I have given one translation above. But people doing morning exercises would do a yogaasan known as सूर्यनमस्कार
    soorya-namaskaar. One would usually do a routine of 12 cycles. For every cycle one would utter one of the twelve names of Sun. मित्रः, रविः, सूर्यः, भानुः, खगः, पूष्णिः, हिरण्यगर्भः, मरीचिः, आदित्यः, सविता, अर्कः, भास्करः | every name is uttered using ॐ xxxx नमः । Thus one pays obeisance to God Sun 12 times, uttering
    ॐ मित्राय नमः । ॐ रवये नमः । ॐ सूर्याय नमः । ॐ भानवे नमः । ॐ खगाय नमः । ॐ पूष्णे नमः । ॐ हिरण्यगर्भाय नमः । ॐ मरीच्यै नमः । ॐ आदित्याय नमः । ॐ सवित्रे नमः । ॐ अर्काय नमः । ॐ भास्कराय नमः ।
    This way, apart from doing obeisance’s devoutly, there is no chance of the count going wrong either.
    
    Why I am using the word cycle is because one सूर्यनमस्कार
    soorya-namaskaar is not just one yogaasan. Interwoven in one cycle are many aasanaas in a disciplined sequence. A सूर्यनमस्कार
    soorya-namaskaar makes wholesome exercise routine for the entire body from tip to toe! Maybe, you will find more information by doing web-search on सूर्यनमस्कार
    soorya-namaskaar.
- Sarbola 10:15 pm on October 21, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello! Could you tell me please how to wright Om Tat Sat and Tat Tvam Asi in Devanagari? Thank you.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 11:27 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Om tat sat = ॐ तत् सत् ।
    tat tvam asi = तत् त्वम् असि = तत्त्वमसि |
    Each of ॐ तत् सत् । and तत् त्वम् असि = तत्त्वमसि is regarded as महावाक्यम् a sentence of great import, of eternal Cardinal value.
    
    For ॐ तत् सत् । see 23rd Shlok in Adhyaay 17 of Bhagavadgeetaa. To quote for ready reference –>
    ॐतत्सदिति निर्देशो ब्रह्मणस्त्रिविधः स्मृतः |
    ब्राह्मणास्तेन वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च विहिताः पुरा ||१७-२३||
    
    The महावाक्यम् mahaavaakyam तत् त्वम् असि = तत्त्वमसि is found in gaNapatyatharva-sheerSham. To quote for ready reference –>
    ॐ अथ श्रीगणपत्यथर्वशीर्षम् व्याख्यास्यामः ।
    ॐ नमस्ते गणपतये । त्वमेव प्रत्यक्षम् तत्त्वमसि ।
    Here तत्त्वमसि seems to be with the meaning तत्त्वम् असि । and not as तत् त्वम् असि | because त्वम् is the subject in the sentence and is separately quoted in त्वमेव | So, तत्त्वमसि has two different shades of meaning, one as तत् त्वम् असि and another as तत्त्वम् असि
- Sheila 10:36 pm on October 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi
  How are you? Hope everything is ok.
  Please, can you translate LIFE in sanskrit (devanagari)
  Thanks in advance.
  Sheila
- Jessica 5:21 am on October 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  can you please tell me how to write Jessica in sanskrit? thanks
  - S. L. Abhyankar 12:35 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    To save on number of posts, giving my response to following two posts together. These have remained unresponded for nearly 3 weeks! It seems it would happen at such fora, that “Out of sight, Out of mind”
    
    Sheila Says:
    October 22, 2009 at 10:36 pm
    Please, can you translate LIFE in sanskrit (devanagari)
    LIFE = जीवनम्
    
    Jessica Says:
    October 23, 2009 at 5:21 am
    can you please tell me how to write Jessica in sanskrit?
    
    Jessica = जेसिका if you pronounce J as in jam
    Jessica = येसिका if you pronounce Jessica as Yessica
- sandhya 3:55 pm on October 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  नमस्ते अभ्यन्कर् महोदयः।
  
  भवतः स्वीकरणाय संशोधनाय च बहु धन्यवादाः।
  
  एक संशयः अस्ति। यदि अहम्(Itranslator2003) द्वारा ई- सन्देशं करणीयं तर्हि स्वीकर्तुः एतद् तन्त्रांशं अवतारणं करणीयम् अवश्यकम् वा। अहम् ह्यः मम मित्राय एकम् ई- सन्देशं प्रेषितवती। परन्तु सा तद् पठितुं न शक्यम् यतः सर्वे अक्षराणि प्रश्नचिह्नं इव संदृश्यते इति सा उक्तवती। किम् करणीयम् इति भवान् वक्तुम् शक्यते?
  
  धन्यवादाः
  सन्ध्या
  - S. L. Abhyankar 9:58 am on October 31, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    I have found Baraha Pad available for Free Download at http://www.baraha.com/download.htm quite useful and fairly free of problems of email transmission.
    
    You can script your messages on Baraha Pad and “copy–>paste” them either in your email or even here at this forum.
    
    If you have gmail ID, gmail often offers Devanagari scripting inbuilt. But it does give problems in scripting properly. Instead I have found Baraha Pad quite comfortable.
    
    Earlier I used to use “Shusha” font. But I could not transmit that scripting on the internet. For internet transmission, it seems UNICODE fonts have better guarantee. And Baraha seems to be a UNICODE font.
    
    I have been able to “copy–> paste” scripting from Baraha pad even to Devanagari posts at Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit editions of Wikipedia.
  - Naveen Singh 3:02 am on November 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    This is sensational way of asking question. I think change नमस्ते to Namasteshu. एक to Eko. यदि is not sanskarit at all. It is यदा which means Whenever. I forgot what to say “if” in sanskarit because it is more then 15 years I have not revised any word since I last read in class 9th. प्रेषितवती is also doesn’t seems grammatically correct but whatever but this is incredible.
    - S. L. Abhyankar 12:53 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink
      
      ननु “सन्ध्या”याः सन्देशे सन्ति काश्चित् प्रमादाः । तथापि अस्याः संस्कृते लिखितुं प्रयासः एव गर्हणीयः, इति मत्वा मया तत्रभूताः प्रमादाः न उल्लेखिताः । परन्तु, नवीनसिङ्ग-महोदयेन यत् ज्ञापितं तदपि सुष्ठु एव । यदि प्रमादाः न उल्लेखिताः, ततः संस्कृतस्य शिक्षणमपि न भवत्येव । अस्य जालस्थलस्य उद्देशः मूलतः शिक्षणार्थी । अतः कतिपयानां प्रमादानां उल्लेखान् संशोधनानि च कर्तुमिच्छामि । अस्ति मम मनसि कश्चित् संकोचः अपि, यत् अहमेव कान्चित् प्रमादान् करोमि । संशोधनानां आदानप्रदानेन वयं सर्वे एव शिक्षामः, इति मत्वा ददामि मम संशोधनानि ।
      
      “नमस्ते अभ्यन्कर् महोदयः।” = “नमस्ते “अभ्यंकर”-महोदय । (१) “अभ्यन्कर्”-शब्दे “र्”-कारः अकारान्तः कर्तव्यः । (२) “महोदयः।”- शब्दः सम्बोधन-विभक्त्यां भवितव्यः । अतः “महोदय” एवमेव ।
      
      “एक संशयः अस्ति।” = एकः संशयः अस्ति । सन्धिनियमानुसारेण “एको संशयः” एवमपि यदि लिखति, तदपि ग्राह्यमेव ।
      
      “परन्तु सा तद् पठितुं न शक्यम्” = “परन्तु तया तद् पठितुं न शक्यम्” अत्र “शक्यम्”-शब्दस्य सम्बन्धः “सा”-शब्दं प्रति भवति । अतः “सा”-शब्दस्य तृतीया विभक्तिः योजितव्या । अथवा “परन्तु सा तद् पठितुं न समर्था” ।
      
      “सर्वे अक्षराणि प्रश्नचिह्नं इव संदृश्यते ।” = अत्र “संदृश्यते”-शब्दः बहुवचने योजितव्यः, अतः “संदृश्यन्ते” एवं भवतु ।
      
      अपेक्षां करोमि, यत् मम संशोधनानि ग्राह्याणि भवन्ति ।
      भवदीयः विनीतः,
      श्रीपादनामा अभ्यंकरेत्युपाव्हः ।
- sandhya 6:04 pm on October 31, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Namaste Sri Abhyankar,
  
  Thank you for your reply.
  
  Sandhya
- Kim 9:20 am on November 4, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi can you please tell me how to write Keriann in swanskrit. could you please send it to me in an email also as I need to have it fairly big if I can as its for a tattoo.
  Thanks
  - S. L. Abhyankar 7:47 pm on November 4, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    केरियन्
- lauren 8:53 am on November 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  could you tell me how to write live and let live in sanskrit? thank you.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 10:35 am on November 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Live and let live = जीव जिवाव च ।
    Here जीव is imperative, second person, singular of the root verb जीव् (1 P). So, meaning of जीव becomes “Live”.
    
    For “let live” it has to be imperative, second person, singular of the causative verb derived from जीव्. That would become जीवय (जीवयति). And imperative, second person, singular of this would be जिवाव । The meaning would be “Let live”
    
    च = and
    
    So, Live and let live = जीव जिवाव च ।
    - S. L. Abhyankar 4:29 pm on November 13, 2009 Permalink
      
      I am not sure whether जिवाव । is grammatically correct. Help, please!
- Adolfo Caso 1:07 pm on November 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello Dost Abhyankar where have you been???
  
  Could you help me teaching me how to pronunce “I AM”
  and a little traduction for this phrase???
  
  “Know yourself, who dares wins”
  
  Greetings from Mexico again!!!
  - S. L. Abhyankar 5:43 pm on November 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    हे मित्र “अदोल्फो कासो”!
    I am = अहमस्मि । To be read as “ahamasmi”
    
    Know yourself = आत्मानं जानीहि । to be read as “aatmaanam jaaneehi”
    who dares wins” = धैर्यवानेव जयति । to be read as “dhairyavaaneva jayati”
    
    The phrase ““Know yourself, who dares wins” reminds me of a poem with the title THINK and it had words something like
    
    “If you think, you have lost, you have lost.
    One who wins, is one, who thinks, he can win”
    
    Maybe, you got the phrase from the same poem. Do you have the poem? Please send it to me.
- Adolfo Caso 3:53 pm on November 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thanx for your help again Abhyankar! I found the poem and sended it you…
- Naveen Singh 4:49 am on November 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Dear Mr. S. L. Abhyankar,
  
  Could you please type the following Shlok in Hindi and Translate it as I Badly need it for my Blog on Lord Vishnu and my sanskarit and hindi typing is very very poor.
  
  Laabhastesam Jayastesham Kutah Tesham Parajayah.
  Yesha mindeever shayamah hridayastho Janardanah.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Naveen Singh
  
  http://lordshreevishnu.blogspot.com
  - S. L. Abhyankar 2:51 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    लाभस्तेषां जयस्तेषां कुतस्तेषां पराजयः ।
    येषामिन्दीवरः श्याम: हृदयस्थो जनार्दनः ॥
    Before doing the translation it would be better to first put it into prose अन्वयः “anwaya” –>
    अन्वयः – इन्दीवरः श्यामः जनार्दनः येषां हृदयस्थः, तेषां लाभः, तेषां जयः । तेषां पराजयः कुतः ?
    word by word meaning –>
    इन्दीवरः = one who has the splendour of a blue lotus
    श्यामः = one who has a dusty skin
    जनार्दनः = जनानां अर्दनानि यस्य सः । = He, who is empathetic to pains and sorrows of people
    येषां हृदयस्थः = those, who have Him in their hearts
    लाभस्तेषां = Theirs is all the gain
    जयस्तेषां = theirs is all the victory
    कुतस्तेषां पराजयः । = how can they (ever) face defeat?
    Overall meaning –>
    For those, who have Him in their hearts, who has the splendour of a blue lotus, who has a dusty skin, who is empathetic to pains and sorrows of people, theirs is all the gain, theirs is all the victory !! How can they (ever) face defeat?
    - Naveen Singh 7:54 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink
      
      Thank you very much sir. I become your fan without knowing who you are and where you are but whatever you are doing is simply grate! There are not many today in this world who holds so much expertise like you in this subject. I will pray god to let you have success in every goal of your life. I’ll also mention your reference to thank you for helping you on my blog.
      
      Regards,
      
      Naveen
    - S. L. Abhyankar 12:06 am on November 17, 2009 Permalink
      
      प्रिय “नवीनसिङ्ग”-महोदय,
      
      ननु भवता मम अतीव प्रशंसा कृतास्ति । न जानामि यदहं अस्याः प्रशंसायाः योग्यः अस्मि वा न वा । व्यवसायेन अहं एकः तंत्रज्ञः अस्मि । मयापि संस्कृतं केवलं शालायामेव पठितं । परन्तु “हिमांशु”-महोदयेन चालितात् एतस्मात् जालपटात् अतीव आमोदम् प्राप्नोमि । संस्कृते लेखनं कर्तुं सन्धिरपि लभ्यते । एतावतं जालपटं चालयन् “हिमांशु”-महोदयः धन्यवादान् अर्हति खलु ।
      
      भवदीयः विनीतः,
      श्रीपादनामा अभ्यंकरेत्युपाव्हः । sl.abhyankar@gmail.com
      On Facebook “Essel Abhyankar” फेस-बुक् जालपटे मम छायाचित्रमपि दर्शितमस्ति ।
    - Himanshu Pota 6:18 am on November 17, 2009 Permalink
      
      श्रीपादवर्याः,
      
      अहं भवतः प्रयासात् अभिभूतः अस्मि। संस्कृतविषये अन्ये कस्मिनपि विषये च अल्पज्ञः अस्मि। भवानां लोकानां आशीर्वादात् प्रयासमेव करोमि।
      
      मम इच्छा अस्ति भवान् अस्मिन् वृत्तपत्रे मया सह सम्पादकः लेखकः च भवेत् । भवतः ज्ञानस्य प्रकाशः अस्मासु क्षिपतु।
      
      भवदीय
      हिमांशुः
    - S. L. Abhyankar 3:52 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink
      
      प्रिय “हिमांशु”-वर्य,
      
      अनुगृहीतोऽस्मि भवतां सन्देशेन ।
      
      एतस्मिन् जालपुटे लेखनं कर्तुं नास्ति मे कश्चित् संकोचः । सम्पादकेन किं कर्तव्यं एतत्तु न जानामि । अन्यच्च, भवतां सम्पादकत्वं सुष्ठु चलत्येव ।
      
      लेखनाय अस्ति मे मनसि एकः विषयः “सन्धिनियमाः” । कस्मै अपि संस्कृतस्य अभ्यासकाय सन्धिनियमानां ज्ञानं आवश्यकमेव । अतः सन्धिनियम-विषये यत्किञ्चित् शोधनम् मया कृतमस्ति, तेन अद्यापि सर्वेषां सन्धिनियमानां सोदाहरणः सुष्ठु संग्रहः न भूतः । अपि अस्ति कुत्रचित् सुयोग्यः संग्रहः यत् भवान् जानाति ?
      
      http://www.sanskrit-sanscrito.com.ar/en/sanskrit_sanskrit5/sandhirules.shtml एतस्मिन् जालस्थले गॅब्रील्-महाभागेन सप्त स्वर-सन्धिनियमाः, सप्त स्वरसन्धि-उपनियमाः, दश विसर्ग-सन्धि-नियमाः तथा चतुर्विंशति व्यञ्जनसन्धिनियमा: संकुलतया अष्टचत्वारिंशत् सन्धिनियमाः विवृताः सन्ति । परन्तु तत्सर्वं आंग्लभाषायामस्ति । उदाहरणाः न सन्ति एव ।
      
      अन्यच्च, भवता एकः प्रश्नः ई-मेल-सन्देशे मह्यं पृष्टः आसीत् – “कानि रूपाणि “स्था”-धातोः “अनु + स्था”-धातोः च ।” मत्सकाशे स्थिते “राजारामशास्त्री नाटेकर”-महाशयैः लिखिते “संस्कृत शब्द-धातु-रूपावलिः”-नाम्नि पुस्तके विवृतमस्ति –>
      स्था (१ प.) तिष्ठति, कर्तरी-वर्तमानकालवाचक-धातुसाधित-विशेषणम् “तिष्ठत्”, कर्मणि-भूतकालवाचक-धातुसाधित-विशेषणम् “स्थित”, कर्मणि-विध्यर्थी-धातुसाधित-विशेषणानि, “स्थातव्य, स्थानीय, स्थेय”
      अनु + स्था (१ प.) अनुतिष्ठति, कर्तरी-वर्तमानकालवाचक-धातुसाधित-विशेषणम् “अनुतिष्ठत्”, कर्मणि-भूतकालवाचक-धातुसाधित-विशेषणम् “अनुष्ठित”, कर्मणि-विध्यर्थी-धातुसाधित-विशेषणानि न विवृतानि ।
      
      भवदीयः विनीतः,
      श्रीपादनामा अभ्यंकरेत्युपाव्हः ।
    - kirstina pirie 7:32 am on February 6, 2010 Permalink
      
      what does this mean? kirstina x
    - Naveen Singh 8:00 am on November 17, 2009 Permalink
      
      प्रिय अभ्यंकर महोदय,
      
      मम् संस्कृत अल्पज्ञः अस्ति च न जानामि किम् लिखामः। त्वया प्रेरिते च इव ब्लागे च गूगल जालपटात् सहयते एकः लिखितुं प्रयासः करोति। मे मतिः योग्याये अहं एकः स्नातक टेलिकाम इंजीनियरः अस्ति च इव मम् ई-मेलः अस्ति। अहम् लखनऊनामनगरे टेलिकाम जालक्रम विषये एकः लघुव्यवसायः अस्ति । अहम् फेस-बुक् मध्ये नअस्ति परन्तु आर्कुट मध्ये भवामि च तत्र मम् छायाचित्रमपि दर्शितमस्ति। प्रमादोऽपि क्षमा कुरु ।
      
      भवदीयः
      
      नवीनसिङ्ग
- dmitri tobias 8:46 pm on November 18, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  i feel obligated to let you know that your passion, knowledge and proficiency is as helpful and insightful and revelating as your blog.
  
  i wonder if you could tell me about the people who speak the language, the bahasa devanagari rite? language of the gods. who were they? what were they? where they lived? some of them were matriarchal and highly evolved spiritually. are they still around? what happened to them?
  
  you must be one very interresting individual and it would be an honor to get acquinted with you yet i have no other means of contact than this post so feel free to email me.
  
  i’m from indonesia. having aware that many words in my language root down to sanskrit, i remain as one of those who are not interrested in sanskrit language at all. i am, however, most interrested -ok obsessed- with fallen angels. the malaikat jatuh. and in my reading i came across many sanskrit words which i managed to ignore completely. my lost i guess. which in turn, makes your blog somewhat a treasure lost and found, for me
  - Naveen Singh 5:13 am on November 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Dear Dmitri Tobias,
    
    I am pleased to here your comments. I am not the author but I have some information about you want to know. First of all, Devanagari (means “belonging to city of gods”) is a script which has its own symbols to write like letters in English. The language or bhasha we are talking about is Sanskarit. We use Devanagari symbols (like english alphabet) to write the language Sanskarit. The reason why we do not use english alphabet (which of course can be used to write words and sentences of Sanskarit language) because it is far superior then english alphabet and has more characters and which means the pronounced word can be reproduced to sound more accurate. In other words, if there is a something written using English characters, two people might pronounce it differently but this is not in case of Devanagari.
    
    Now let me come to the language. you might be aware that the human being is around 100000 years on this planet. At the early age also known as stone age or era, humans do not have any language and were almost (little superior of course) like monkeys. When the god wanted us to make our selves superior and be able to communicate to him so that he can tell us how to do good for all which is his principal moto after cosmic creation of this universe and this world, he has gifted us the first ever language known as Sanskarit. This s believed to be happened little more then 25000 years ago when the era called era of truth (satyug) has started. In this era, the god after teaching the language to man and made him able to communicate, he told his ideas and asked humans to build and live in a highly cultured manner unlike other animals and do the things that is good for mankind as well as this earth. At that time there was no sin and every one was following the moral and character. Most of the ancent scriptures started getting written and the human being also started to write things which happend passed around him of course using Sanskarit. Thats why you find Sanskart being first ever language of this earth.
    
    As the time passed, the moral of human started detracting and when sin has crossed the specified limits of allowed by the god in an era (No sin allowed in the era of truth which lasted about 8000 years, then 25 % sin was ok for measurement era or tretayug, then 50 % sin is ok which lasted around 7000 years, then in bistep ere or dwaper and lasted for around 6500 years and 75 % is allowed in machine era or kaliyug or the era in which we are living these days started around 5500 years ago) he has taken incarnations and came himself on this earth to maintain the balance of sin vs virtue. The most famous incarnations of the god are Lord Rama (12500 years ago somewhat) and Lord Krishna (5500 years ago somewhat). During his Krishna incarnations, god him self narrated the most holy scripture called Shrimad Bhagawat Gita which too was in sanskarit.
    
    After that when mechine era has started, the language Sanskarit started loosing popularity as a derived more advance or you can say more expressive language Hindi came. This happened nearly 3500 years ago (At the time of Alexander) and now Sanskarit is limited as bail of ancent times. Sanskarit is still spoken in india espically somewhere around Manglore in India and most of people get educate themselves in sanskati to day for the passion or there interest in ancent scriptures. Hope this information has helped you.
    
    Naveen
  - S. L. Abhyankar 5:39 am on November 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    प्रिय मित्र द्मित्रि तोबिअस्,
    priy mitra dmitri tobias
    Dear friend Dmitri Tobias
    अस्मिन् जालस्थले सुस्वागतम् भवतां भवतः सन्देशस्यापि ।
    asmin jaalasthale suswaagatam bhavataam bhavatah sandeshasyaapi
    Welcome to yourself and to your message at this web-page
    अस्ति मम भावना यत्
    asti mama bhaavanaa yat
    It is my feeling, thinking that
    यदाकदापि कश्चिन्नरः
    yadaa-kadaapi kashchinnarah
    if someone sometime
    संस्कृतभाषया सह अवगतः भवति,
    sanskrit-bhaaShayaa saha avagatah bhavati
    gets acquainted with Sanskrit language
    सः धन्यतायाः अनुभवं करोति ।
    sah dhanyataayaaH anubhavam karoti
    he experiences extreme blissful pleasure
    एवमेवास्ति अस्याः भाषायाः प्रभावः ।
    avamevaasti asyaaH bhaaShaayaaH prabhaavaH
    like this only is the effect created by this language (Sanskrit)
    अस्ति एकं सुभाषितं
    asti ekam subhaaShitam
    There is one good quotation
    यत्र उक्तमस्ति
    yatra uktamasti
    where it is said
    “भाषासु मुख्या मधुरा दिव्या गीर्वाणभारती ।
    bhaaShaasu mukhyaa madhuraa divyaa geervaaNa-bhaaratee
    Amongst languages the prime one is the sweet heavenly tongue geervaaNa-bhaaratee (geervaaNa-bhaaratee is another name of Sanskrit language, indicating its genesis or origin to be in India i.e. the country whose other name is Bhaarat)
    तस्माद्धि काव्यं मधुरं तस्मादपि सुभाषितम् ॥”
    tasmaaddhi kaavyam madhuram tasmaadapi subhaaShitam
    there also poetry is sweeter and still sweeter are the poetic quotations (known as subhaaShitam. These are poems of just two or four lines. But condensed in those short poems is great eternal wisdom. There would be thousands of subhaaShitaani)
    
    ननु आल्हादितोऽस्मि ज्ञात्वा यत्
    nanu aalhaaditosmi dnyaatvaa yat
    truly I am pleased to know that
    तत्र इन्डोनेशिया-देशे या “भासा इन्डोनेशिया” चलति
    tatra Indonesia-deshe yaa “bhaasaa Indonesia” chalati
    there in Indonesia the language “bhaasaa Indonesia” which is spoken
    तस्यां कतिपयानां शब्दानां व्युत्पत्तिः
    tasyaam katipayaanaam shabdaanaam vyutpattiH
    in that language so many words are derived from
    संस्कृतभाषायाः एव संपन्ना अस्ति ।
    sanskruta-bhaaShaayaaH eva sampannaa asti |
    Sanskrit language only.
    एतदपि अहं जानामि यत्
    etadapi aham jaanaami yat
    I also know that
    भवतां देशे कतिपयानि विशेषनामानि अपि संस्कृतप्रचुराणि सन्ति,
    bhavataam deshe katipayaani visheShanaamaani api Sansruta-prachuraaNi santi
    in your country, even names of many people show influence of Sanskrit language,
    यथा भवतां अध्यक्षमहोदयाः आसन् सुकर्णो सुहार्तो च ।
    yathaa bhavataam adhyakSha-mahodayaaH aasan SukarNo and Suharto
    for example there were Presidents of your country, who had names SukarNo and Suharto
    सुकर्णो एतन्नाम सुकर्णः इति संस्कृतशब्दतः एव अस्ति ।
    SukarNo etannaama sukarNaH iti sanskruta-shabdataH eva asti
    The name SukarNo is from a Sanskrit word sukarNaH only.
    सुकर्ण-शब्दस्य अर्थः भवति
    sukarNa-shabdasya arthaH bhavati
    Meaning of the word sukarNaH is
    सुष्ठु यस्य कर्णः सः सुकर्णः ।
    suShThu yasya karNaH saH sukarNaH
    one who has good ears (i.e. one who is a good listener, or one who is empathetic to everybody)
    तथा च सुहार्तो एतन्नाम
    tathaa cha Suhaarto etannaama
    Likewise the name Suharto
    सुहृद् इति संस्कृतशब्दतः अस्ति ।
    suhrut iti sanskrut-shabdataH asti
    is deived from the Saskrit word Suhrut.
    सुहृद्-शब्दस्य अर्थः भवति
    suhrut-shabdasya arthaH bhavati
    Meaning of the word Suhrut is
    सुष्ठु यस्य हृत् सः ।
    suShThu yasya hrut saH
    one who has a good heart (that is why the word suhrut also has the meaning “friend”)
    यतः इन्डोनेशिया-देशे अद्यापि
    yataH indonesia-deshe adyaapi
    Since even today in Indonesia
    संस्कृतभाषायाः एताविधः प्रभावः दृश्यते,
    sanskrut-bhaaShaayaaH etaavidhaH prabhaavaH drushyate
    such (so much) influence of Sanskrit language is seen
    इन्डोनेशिया-देशीयानां सर्वाणां प्रति
    Indonesia-desheeyaanaam sarvaaNaam prati
    towards everyone in your country Indonesia
    भारतीयानां मनसि
    in the minds of us Indians
    अतीव सौहार्दं भवितव्यमेव ।
    ateeva souaardam bhavitavyameva |
    there is naturally so much of affection.
    अस्माकं परस्परं स्नेहं
    asmaakam parasparam sneham
    Our mutual friendship
    प्रतिपच्चन्द्रलेखेरिव वर्धिष्णुर्भवेत्
    pratipat-chandralekheriva vardhiShNur-bhavet
    may grow like the phases of the moon grow (from no moon day to full moon day)
    इति प्रार्थना ।
    iti praarthanaa
    So is my prayer!!
    भवदीयः विनीतः
    bhavadeeyaH vineetaH
    yours humbly,
    श्रीपादनामा अभ्यंकरेत्युपाव्हः ।
    Shreepaada-naamaa AbhyankaretyupaavhaH
    (myself) (who goes by the) name Shripad (and has the) surname Abhyankar
    - S. L. Abhyankar 3:57 pm on November 19, 2009 Permalink
      
      प्रिय मित्र द्मित्रि तोबिअस्,
      priy mitra dmitri tobias
      Dear friend Dmitri Tobias
      A grammatical mistake in my earlier post.
      In the lines –
      यथा भवतां अध्यक्षमहोदयाः आसन् सुकर्णो सुहार्तो च ।
      yathaa bhavataam adhyakSha-mahodayaaH aasan SukarNo and Suharto
      for example there were Presidents of your country, who had names SukarNo and Suharto
      
      I had made reference to two Presidents of your country. So, the construction should be
      यथा भवतां अध्यक्षमहोदयौ आस्ताम् सुकर्णो-नामा सुहार्तो-नामा च ।
      yathaa bhavataam adhyakSha-mahodayou aastaam sukarNo-naamaa suhaarto-naamaa cha |
      For example, there were Presidents of your country, who had names SukarNo and Suharto
- Naveen Singh 9:25 am on November 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  What is the meaning of षोडशैतानि
  I think it is Sixteen Hundred times. Please correct me.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 3:45 pm on November 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    षोडशैतानि = षोडश + एतानि = एतानि षोडश = These sixteen
    Sixteen hundred would be षोडश शतानि
    - Naveen Singh 6:03 pm on November 19, 2009 Permalink
      
      Then what will षोडशैतानि नामानि प्रातरुत्थाय य: पठेत् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते translate into because I have written “Whoever chants the names sixteen hundred times after waking up in the morning, he gets rid of all the sins and goes to Vishnu lok” seems gone incorrect.
    - S. L. Abhyankar 2:59 pm on November 22, 2009 Permalink
      
      Before this mantra षोडशैतानि नामानि प्रातरुत्थाय य: पठेत् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते there must be 16 names listed. For example, I recite everyday a गणपतिस्तोत्रम् There is a mention i this stotram that it is extracted from नारदपुराण In this महागणपतिस्तोत्रम् also there is the mantra द्वादशैतानि नामानि त्रिःसंध्यं यः पठेन्नरः । न च विघ्नभयो तस्य सर्वसिद्धिकरप्रभो ।
      Before this mention of द्वादशैतानि नामानि there is a list of 12 names of Ganesh. The complete stotram is -
      हरिः ॐ ।
      प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं गौरीपुत्रं विनायकम् ।
      भक्तावासं स्मरेन्नित्यं आयुःकामार्थसिद्धये ॥१॥
      प्रथमं (१) वक्रतुण्डं च एकदंतं द्वितीयकम् (२)।
      तृतीयं (३) कृष्णपिङ्गाक्षं गजवक्त्रं चतुर्थकम् (४) ॥२॥
      लम्बोदरं पञ्चमं (५) च षष्ठं (६) विकटमेव च ।
      सप्तमं (७) विघ्नराजेन्द्रं धूम्रवर्णं तथाष्टमम् (८) ॥३॥
      नवमं (९) भालचन्द्रं च दशमं तु (१०) विनायकम् ।
      एकादशं (११) गणपतिं द्वादशं तु (१२) गजाननम् ॥४॥
      द्वादशैतानि नामानि त्रिःसंध्यं यः पठेन्नरः ।
      न च विघ्नभयं तस्य सर्वसिद्धिकरप्रभो ॥५॥
      विद्यार्थी लभते विद्यां धनार्थी लभते धनम् ।
      पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रान् मोक्षार्थी लभते गतिम् ॥६॥
      जपेत् गणपतिस्तोत्रम् षट्-भिर्मासैः फलं लभेत् ।
      संवत्सरेण सिद्धिं च लभते नात्र संशयः ॥७॥
      अष्टभ्यो ब्राम्हणेभ्यश्च लिखित्वा यः समर्पयेत् ।
      तस्य विद्या भवेत्सर्वा गणेशस्य प्रसादतः ॥८॥
      इति श्रीनारदपुराणे संकष्टनाशनं महागणपतिस्तोत्रं सपूर्णम् ॥
      I have numbered all the 12 names listed before द्वादशैतानि नामानि
      
      There must be 16 names in your stotra before षोडशैतानि नामानि
      
      I would be interested to know the complete stotram.
    - Naveen Singh 10:55 pm on November 23, 2009 Permalink
      
      Dear Sir,
      
      The complete stotra that I have published on my blog also is
      
      औषधेचिन्तयेद्विष्णुं भोजने च जनार्दनम् । शयने पद्मनाभं च विवाहे च प्रजापतिम् ॥
      युद्धे चक्रधरं देवं प्रवासे च त्रिविक्रमम् । नारायणं तनुत्यागे श्रीधरं प्रियसंगमे ॥
      दु:स्वप्ने स्मर गोविन्दं संकटे मधुसूदनम् । कानने नारसिंहं च पावके जलशायिनम् ॥
      जलमध्ये वराहं च पर्वते रघुनन्दनम् । गमने वामनं चैव सर्वकार्येषु माधवम् ॥
      षोडशैतानि नामानि प्रातरुत्थाय य: पठेत् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते ॥
      
      I have managed to translate to following
      
      One should contemplate (चिंतन करना) of Vishnu when consuming medicines to get it effective and Janardan when eating as he provides us the food. Padmanabh before sleeping and Prajapati during ones marriage since he has created the universe and is responsible for procreation (सन्तानोत्पत्ति). Lord Chakradhar (Vishnu or Krushna) when fighting a battle to win it and Trivikram during a journey to make the journey sucessfull. Narayan at the time of death to get salvation and Shridhar during the Sex intercourse (समागम) with the beloved (परमप्रिय) to thank him for providing the ablity and opportunity to enjoy this. Remembering Govind in case of Nightmare (दुस्वप्न), Madhusudan in a calamity (विपत्ति). Narsinha when lost in the forest and the form of Vishnu in the celestial ocean (क्षीरसागर) when threatened by the fire, His Varaha incarnation when there is fear of drowning (डूबना) and Raghunandan when there is fear of fall from a mountain or height. Baman after loosing everything as only he can return them all as he did it in his Baman incarnation with King Bali when he lost his everything and Madhav when performing day-to-day chores (काम-काज). Whoever reads these sixteen names stotra after waking up in the morning, He gets free from all sins (पापों से) and goes to Lord Vishnu’s World (साकेत धाम) at the end that means gets salvation (मुक्ति) from the cycle of life and death.
      
      for this I needed corrections so that the most accurate can be published.
      
      Thanks,
      
      Naveen
    - S. L. Abhyankar 11:16 pm on November 23, 2009 Permalink
      
      You will notice that there are exactly 16 names –>
      विष्णुः जनार्दनः पद्मनाभः प्रजापतिः ।
      चक्रधरः त्रिविक्रमः नारायणः श्रीधरः ।
      गोविन्दः मधुसूदनः नरसिंहः जलशायी ।
      वराहः रघुनन्दनः वामनः माधवः ॥
      So, as I mentioned earlier,
      षोडशैतानि = षोडश + एतानि = एतानि षोडश = These sixteen.
      One should be able to spot these sixteen in the one thousand names in “विष्णुसहस्रनामस्तोत्रम्”
- Toby 5:27 am on November 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi,
  
  I’m curious to know how I would write the word “letter”, perhaps “chitti” or similar in Sanskrit?
  
  Kindly T
  - S. L. Abhyankar 6:26 am on November 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Letter = पत्रम्
    Letter-writing = पत्रलेखनम्
    
    पत्रम् also means leaf of a tree. When paper-making was not discovered, people used to write on leaves of trees known as भुजपत्रम् I do not know which leaf of which tree was the best for writing. Mostly they were dried leaves, so that there would be no danger of the leaves suffering any more withering.
    
    पत्रम् also means thin sheet of metal. ताम्रपत्रम् means sheet of copper. People used to be decorated with honourable compliments engraved on copper sheets
    
    Since a letter will always be for communicating a message, Sanskrit word for message is संदेशः sandeshaH. One may also use this word.
    - Toby 6:40 am on November 29, 2009 Permalink
      
      Thank you so much!
- Adolfo Caso 7:00 pm on December 4, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hey Dost Abhyankar!!! Is me again haha!!! Now you put a picture of you!!!
  
  Could you help me with a new traduction please???
  
  ” I am energy, I am light, I am what ever i want”
  Let the Lord be my guide
  
  Greetings from Mexico!!! And blessings for you and your people Dost!!!
  - slabhyankar 6:17 pm on December 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Hey Dost Adolfo!!
    I was away. Hence some delay in replying. I shall again be away to Dubai, this time nearly for 10 days. I may miss being in touch with this forum.
    
    Your query brings to mind the famous Ode to Lord Ganesh, known as GaNapaty-atharva-shIrSham. The difference is that you say it all in first person, “I am energy….” The Ode eulogises Lord Ganesh, saying “You are… ” And what all Lord Ganesh stands for is described in this Ode, which is much more detailed than “Energy, Light, ” mentioned by you. I am quoting it in full. I hope you will like it.
    
    ॥ श्रीगणपत्यथर्वशीर्षम् ॥
    Sanskrit word for Ode is Stotram. Every stotram starts with a prayer. The prayer begins as
    ॐ भद्रम् कर्णेभिः शृणुयाम देवाः ।
    ॐ भद्रम् पश्येमाक्षभिर्यजत्राः ।
    स्थिरैरङ्गैस्तुष्टुवांसस्तनूभिर् व्यशेम देवहितम् यदायुः ।
    ॐ स्वस्ति न इन्द्रो वृद्धश्रवाः स्वस्ति नः पूषाः विश्ववेदाः ।
    स्वस्ति नस्तार्क्ष्यो अरिष्टनेमिः स्वस्ति नो बृहस्पतिर् दधातु ॥
    End of prayer at the beginning. There is another prayer at the end. But now the stotram.
    ॐ अथ श्रीगणपत्यथर्वशीर्षम् व्याख्यास्यामः ।
    ॐ नमस्ते गणपतये । त्वमेव प्रत्यक्षम् तत्त्वमसि ।
    त्वमेव केवलम् कर्तासि । त्वमेव केवलम् धर्तासि । त्वमेव केवलम् हर्तासि ।
    त्वमेव सर्वम् खलु इदम् ब्रम्हासि ।
    त्वम् साक्षात् आत्मासि नित्यम् ॥१॥
    ऋतम् वच्मि । सत्यम् वच्मि ॥२॥
    अव त्वम् माम् । अव वक्तारम् । अव श्रोतारम् ।
    अव दातारम् । अव धातारम् ।
    अवानूचानमव शिष्यम् ।
    अव पश्चात्तात् । अव पुरस्तात् । अवोत्तरात्तात् । अव दक्षिणात्तात् ।
    अव चोर्ध्वात्तात् । अवाधरात्तात् ।
    सर्वतो माम् पाहि । पाहि समन्तात् ॥३॥
    त्वम् वाङ्मयस् त्वम् चिन्मयः ।
    त्वम् आनन्दमयस् त्वम् ब्रम्हमयः ।
    त्वम् सच्चिदानन्दाद्वितीयोऽसि ।
    त्वम् प्रत्यक्षम् ब्रम्हासि । त्वम् ज्ञानमयो विज्ञानमयोऽसि ॥४॥
    सर्वम् जगदिदम् त्वत्तो जायते । सर्वम् जगदिदम् त्वत्तस् तिष्ठति ।
    सर्वम् जगदिदम् त्वयि लयमेष्यति । सर्वम् जगदिदम् त्वयि प्रत्येति ॥५॥
    त्वम् भूमिः आपोअनलोऽनिलो नभः ।
    त्वम् चत्वारि वाक् पदानि ।
    त्वम् गुणत्रयातीतः । त्वम् देहत्रयातीतः । त्वम् कालत्रयातीतः ।
    त्वम् मूलाधारस्थितोऽसि नित्यम् ।
    त्वम् शक्तित्रयात्मकः ॥६॥
    त्वाम् योगिनो ध्यायन्ति नित्यम् ।
    त्वम् ब्रम्हा त्वम् विष्णुस् त्वम् रुद्रस् त्वम् इन्द्रस् त्वम् अग्निस् त्वम् वायुस्
    त्वम् सूर्यस् त्वम् चन्द्रमाः त्वम् ब्रम्हभूर्भुवस् स्वरोम् ॥।७॥
    गणादिम् पूर्वमुच्चार्य वर्णादिम् तदनन्तरम् । अनुस्वारः परतरः ।
    अर्धेन्दुलसितम् । तारेण ऋद्धम् । एतत्तवम् अनुस्वरूपम् ।
    गकारः पूर्वरूपम् । अकारो मध्यमरूपम् । अनुस्वारश् चान्त्यरूपम् । बिन्दुः उत्तररूपम् ।
    नादः सन्धानम् । संहिता सन्धिः ।
    सैषा गणेशविद्या । गणकऋषिः । निचृद् गायत्रीच् छन्दः । गणपतिर् देवता ॥८॥
    ॐ गं गणपतये नमः ।
    एकदन्ताय विद्महे । वक्रतुण्डाय धीमहि । तन्नो दन्तिः प्रचोदयात् ।
    एकदन्तम् चतुर्हस्तम् पाशमङ्कुशधारिणम् ।
    रदम् च वरदम् हस्तैर् बिभ्राणम् मूषकध्वजम् ।
    रक्तम् लम्बोदरम् शूर्पकर्णकम् रक्तवाससम् ।
    रक्तगन्धानुलिप्ताङ्गम् रक्तपुष्पैः सुपूजितम् ।
    भक्तानुकम्पिनम् देवम् जगत्कारणमच्युतम् ।
    आविर्भूतम् च सृष्ट्यादौ प्रकृतेः पुरुषात्परम् ।
    एवम् ध्यायति यो नित्यम् स योगी योगिनाम् वरः ॥९॥
    नमो व्रातपतये । नमो गणपतये । नमः प्रमथपतये ।
    नमस्ते अस्तु लम्बोदराय एकदन्ताय विघ्ननाशिने ।
    शिवसूताय श्रीवरदमूर्तये नमः ॥१०॥
    Now the prayer for the ending -
    ॐ सहनाववतु । सह नौ भुनक्तु । सह वीर्यम् करवावहै ।
    ॐ तेजस्विनावधीतमस्तु । मा विद्विषावहै ॥
    ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ।
    —- END —-
    Many many people in India would know this stotram well enough to be able to recite it verbatim. I recite it everyday.
    I would love to give a translation into English. But it is too long, isn’t it? Hope, you will be able to first read the Sanskrit text and then decipher the meaning. I assure you that the meaning is exactly what you are looking for.
- Adolfo Caso 7:55 am on December 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thankyou very much again Dost Abhyankar!!!
  
  And woowww Dubai is awesome!!! hope you have a grate time there!!!
  
  New year is comming, wish you a very happy new year and all the luck and blessings for you.
  
  Thankyou for your time and your attention Dost!!!
- Bill Moreland 12:54 pm on December 18, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you please show me how to write “sugar”, perhaps “sharkara”, in Sanskrit? Thank you for your help!
  - S. L. Abhyankar 3:22 pm on December 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Yes, word for sugar is sharkaraa शर्करा
    
    Since sugar is sweet, there is a good verse “Subhaashitam” about how sweetness of different things appeals to different people. It says –>
    दधि मधुरं, मधु मधुरं द्राक्षं मधुरं सुधापि मधुरैव ।
    तस्य तदेव हि मधुरं, यस्य मनो यत्र संलग्नम् ॥
    It means –> yoghurt is sweet, honey is sweet, grapes are sweet, nectar is also sweet. For anyone that things is sweet, where one’s mind is set.
    
    And there is one sweetly composed ode or prayer, composed by none other than Aadi Shankaraachaarya which recites also beautifully. It describes how everything about HIM is just sweet, nothing but sweet!!
    गानं मधुरं वेणुं मधुरम् । मधुराधिपते मधुरं मधुरम् ॥
    नयनं मधुरं वदनं मधुरम् । मधुराधिपते मधुरं मधुरम् ॥
    वचनं मधुरं चरितं मधुरम् । मधुराधिपते मधुरं मधुरम् ॥
    स्मरणं मधुरं चरणं मधुरम् । मधुराधिपते मधुरं मधुरम् ॥
    श्रवणं मधुरं कमलं मधुरम् । मधुराधिपते मधुरं मधुरम् ॥
    मधुराधिपते मधुरं मधुरम् । मधुराधिपते मधुरं मधुरम् ॥
- Bill Moreland 1:27 pm on December 18, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you help me with the word “sugar”, or “sharkara” in Sanskrit? Thank you so much for your help!
  
  -Bill
  - S. L. Abhyankar 2:52 pm on December 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    The Sanskrit word for sugar is indeed sharkaraa शर्करा
- Bri 3:51 am on December 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  How would “to thy own self be true be written in sanskrit?
  Thank you
- Bri 3:53 am on December 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  How is “to thy own self be true” written in Sanskrit?
  
  Thank you
  - S. L. Abhyankar 4:06 am on December 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Being true to oneself may not be enough for a good result. Even a thief would think that he is not wrong in stealing. To such extent he may of course be true to himself. But that is not going to be good in the long run.
    
    In the sixth chapter in Geetaa the edict is very very clear. There it is said,
    उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानम् नात्मानमवसादयेत् |
    आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुर् आत्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ||६-५||
    It means – One should uplift oneself by oneself; one must not degrade oneself by oneself. Oneself is true friend of oneself. Oneself may prove to be one’s own enemy.
- Gloria 9:07 pm on December 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi…could you please tell me how to write “Truly, my living is not possible without Him” ……how to write ”Love” and how to write ………. ”you will always be a part of me’…. ” you are always in my heart.”…. and last one, can you please tell me how to write ….. ” you and me forever”…..thank you very much….
  - S. L. Abhyankar 8:28 am on December 27, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Truly, my living is not possible without Him” = तेन विना मम जीवनमशक्यमेव खलु ।
    Love = स्नेहः ।
    “You will always be a part of me” = भवान् ममाङ्गमेव सर्वदा ।
    “You are always in my heart = सर्वदा मम हृदि वससि ।
    “You and me forever” = आवयोः युगुलं सर्वदैव ।
    
    All these expressions are best quoted in Hindi by Saint Meeraabai, who was a Princess of a kingdom in Rajasthan (maybe, then called as Mewar). Her devotion to Lord Krishna was as intense as the love you have put in your phrases. Maybe, Dr. Anil Kumar, who has been making his contributions off and on, can add some beautiful quotes of Meeraabaai.
- S. L. Abhyankar 12:28 am on December 28, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  २०१०-ख्रिस्ताब्देः आगमने सर्वेभ्यः नूतनवर्षाभिनंदनम् हार्दिकाः शुभेच्छाः च ।
- Alexandra 8:58 pm on January 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  hello. could you kindly translate: individuality
  endurance
  grace
  
  please. these words mean alot to me. Many thanks.
  Alexandra
- Kiril Dechev 11:12 pm on January 4, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Halo, could you please tell me how to write two names in Sanskrit, they will be tattooed as wedding rings :
  1. Kiril
  2. Denitsa
  
  These names are bulgarian and are pronounced hard like in russian langauge. Thank you very much
- Maciej 8:46 am on January 7, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  I need to write in Devanagari
  praacyadeshatattvajNaana, please write it for me.
  Or maybe you could write a better equivalent to the term “Esatern philosophy” or “Asian philosophy”?
  
  Best regards
- carla 2:00 am on January 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  please help…. i need to know how u write the girls Name Danielle… thanks
  - S. L. Abhyankar 4:39 am on January 10, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Danielle = डेनिएल
    
    I presume that there is a fine difference in masculine name Daniel डेनिएल् and the feminine name Danielle डेनिएल.
    
    I presume that the feminine name has a vowel-ending. Hence it should be written डेनिएल
    
    The masculine name Daniel is, I presume, has a consonant ending. Hence it should be written डेनिएल् In Devanagari the consonant ending is denoted by giving a cut, a subscript hyphen to the last consonant letter डेनिएल्
- Sam Gant 1:35 pm on January 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  how do you write Fearless in Sanscrit i believe the translation is abhayam
  
  thanks!
  - S. L. Abhyankar 5:32 pm on January 13, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Yes fearless in Sanskrit is abhayam.
    
    In the list of 25 virtues listed in first three Shloka’s of 16th chapter in Geetaa, the list starts with abhayam as the first in the list. The complete list is -
    
    अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिर्ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः |
    दानं दमश्च यज्ञश्च स्वाध्यायस्तप आर्जवम् ||१६-१||
    अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम् |
    दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं हीरचापलम् ||१६-२||
    तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता |
    भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत ||१६-३||
    
    अन्वयः – भारत, दैवीं संपदं अभिजातस्य भवन्ति (१) अभयं (२) सत्त्वसंशुद्धिः (३) ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः (४) दानं (५) दमः (६) यज्ञः (७) स्वाध्यायः (८) तपः (९) आर्जवं (१०) अहिंसा (११) सत्यं (१२) अक्रोधः (१३) त्यागः (१४) शान्तिः (१५) अपैशुनं (१६) भूतेषु दया (१७) अलोलुप्त्वं (१८) मार्दवं (१९) हीरचापलं (२०) तेजः (२१) क्षमा (२२) धृतिः (२३) शौचं (२४) अद्रोहः (२५) नातिमानिता ।
    
    Actually the third one ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः can as well be split into three separate virtues as ज्ञान = knowledge or being knowledgeable योग = being one with the Ultimate व्यवस्थितिः = orderliness. Then the list becomes 27 virtues.
    - Karthik 7:23 pm on January 13, 2010 Permalink
      
      Could 19 also be interpreted as :
      ह्रीः and अचापलम् ? A total of 26 virtues, considering ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः as single…
    - S. L. Abhyankar 8:57 pm on January 13, 2010 Permalink
      
      Dear Karthik,
      हीरचापलम् = हीरस्य इव चापलम् ।
      It is not ह्रीः and अचापलम् You seem to have deciphered (सन्धिविग्रह) हीरचापलम् as ह्रीः + अचापलम् The deciphering, if at all, can be हीः + अचापलम्, not ह्रीः + अचापलम्
      There is no word as हीः I found in Apte’s dictionary ही mentioned as an indeclinable, rather an interjection of surprise. I also checked up ह्रीः = shame ! That cannot be a virtue.
      Also अचापलम् = opposite of चापलम् or चापल्यम् |
      चापलम् or चापल्यम् | = alacrity or swiftness, which is a virtue. Opposite of alacrity or swiftness can again not be a virtue.
      The correct interpretation then becomes हीरचापलम् = हीरस्य इव चापलम् । meaning alacrity चापलम् as of a हीर (which means a deer, a serpent, a lion, etc.)
      
      By the way may I mention that my father used to insist that habit of referring to a dictionary is an essential habit for learning a language, especially for learning Sanskrit, and especially if you have a dictionary such as Apte’s! What a dictionary is Apte’s!! Apart from giving various shades of meaning of a word (it gives 18 shades of meaning for the word भग which is a part of the word भगवान्). The dictionary not only gives all shades of meaning, it also gives examples of which meaning is so used in which composition or text. It also gives a brief bio-sketch for a word like कुंती !! Such dictionary is a virtual encyclopaedia, not just a dictionary!!
    - Karthik 9:54 pm on January 14, 2010 Permalink
      
      Dear Abhyankarji,
      
      Thanks for the interpretations.
      
      However, to the best of my knowledge, I don’t recall seeing हीरचापलम् anywhere.
      
      From my memory of a Gita discourse, I remember it as ह्रीः, (which could also mean modesty), but actually as *shame* – the shame one must feel when deviating from the path of dharma/shastras, which is therefore a virtue (like good conscience).
      
      And I remember अचापलम् is the opposite of चापलम् (agitation , unsteadiness , fickleness , inconsiderateness , insolence, in addition to swift, alacrity etc – it figures this way in Monier Williams Dictionary)
      
      Thanks a lot for your ideas too (and also for your detailed explanations for every comment on this post!). They help me improve my संस्कृतम्!!!
    - S. L. Abhyankar 10:19 pm on January 14, 2010 Permalink
      
      Dear Mr. Karthik,
      
      Many thanks for your latest explanation about ह्रीरचापलम् । I checked up 3-4 books of Geetaa with me and they all mention ह्रीरचापलम् । and not हीरचापलम् What great mistake has stayed stuck up in my memory?!
      
      This becomes a good example of reading the text minutely and committing it correctly to memory. Wrong spelling, wrong pronunciation and the whole meaning becomes different.
      
      Thanks really for advising the correction.
      अनुगृहीतोऽस्मि । धन्यवादाः ।
- Sam Gant 1:38 pm on January 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hey sorry i didn’t mean to post Fearless, Instead i meant to ask for Freedom.
  
  Thanks!
  - S. L. Abhyankar 5:35 pm on January 13, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Freedom = स्वतंत्रता or स्वातंत्र्यम् to be read as “swatantrataa” and “swaatantryam” respectively.
    
    I would like स्वतंत्रता as the simpler and better word.
    - Sam Gant 1:53 pm on January 14, 2010 Permalink
      
      Awesome! I’ve been searching for this for soo long and could never find it written out in the characters, thank you a lot it means a great deal to know there’s someone out there who is willing to translate english into this beautiful language and writing. My final question/translation request is, :Freedom for all who desire.
    - S. L. Abhyankar 9:33 pm on January 14, 2010 Permalink
      
      Freedom for all who desire = स्वतंत्रतां इच्छन्तां सर्वाणाम् भवतु स्वतंत्रता खलु ।
      To be read as swatantrataam ichchhantaam sarvaaNaam bhavatu swatantrataa khalu.
- gaga 8:58 pm on January 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  can you translate on sanskrit?-”keep your head up”
  pleaseeee
  - S. L. Abhyankar 10:07 pm on January 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    A simple translation would be सदा उन्नतमुखः भव ।
    
    But I think there can be a much better translation. I shall post again if I get a better one.
    - gaga 1:45 am on January 18, 2010 Permalink
      
      thank you very much and if there’s a better translation i hope that you will find it soon.
- charlie 9:58 pm on January 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  hello,i would like to make a tattoo on sanskrit,so could you translate me one sentence? “keep your head up” or something like that? thank you!
  - S. L. Abhyankar 10:08 pm on January 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    सदा उन्नतमुखः भव ।
- nia santiago 3:22 pm on January 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  does anyone know the traslation of ”today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope” in hindi sanskrit im traying to get that tatto
  - S. L. Abhyankar 11:49 pm on January 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    अद्य दिनस्य समाधाने सर्वे गताः दिनाः सुखस्वप्नवन्तः सर्वे आगमन्तः दिनाः आशावन्तः ।
- Sara 1:20 am on January 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Namaste,
  
  I was hoping you would be able to help me. I am looking for the transliteration of “strength” as well what “strength from adversity” is in devanagari. These words have always had symbolic meaning to me and your help would be greatly appreciated.
  
  Thankyou very much
  - S. L. Abhyankar 10:00 am on January 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Strength = बलम् or सामर्थ्यम् or शक्तिः or सत्त्वम्
    
    Instead of your phrase “Strength from adversity” I would rephrase it as “Adversities are tests of strength” = विपत्तयः बलपरीक्षाः or आपदाः सत्त्वं परीक्षन्ते |
    
    This reminds me of a SubhaaShitam सुभाषितम् (good saying). Its meaning is almost replication of the meaning of the proverb, “God helps him, who helps himself” The सुभाषितम् is –>
    उद्यमः साहसं धैर्यं बुद्धिः शक्तिः पराक्रमः ।
    षडेते यत्र वर्तन्ते तत्र देवः सहाय्यकृत् ॥
    उद्यमः = diligence
    साहसं = spirit of adventure
    धैर्यं = willpower perseverance
    बुद्धिः = intelligence
    शक्तिः = strength (physical, intellectual, mental)
    पराक्रमः = spirit of meeting and overcoming challenges
    षडेते यत्र वर्तन्ते = where there are these six
    तत्र देवः सहाय्यकृत् = there God lends His helping hand
    - Sara 12:05 pm on January 22, 2010 Permalink
      
      Thank you so much for your fast reply. I appreciate all of the helpful information, and look forward to further learning!
- niloofar 4:33 pm on January 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi! I am trying to find out how to write “I am the Lotus” because my name Niloofar means Lotus or Waterlily.
  I would really appreciate anyone telling me how to write that phrase in Sanskrit.
  
  thank you
  
  Niloo
  - S. L. Abhyankar 9:18 pm on January 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    You have such a beautiful name! I guess Niloofar means not just a Lotus but a blue lotus, नीलकमलम् neela-kamalam. For a lady the name should be नीलकमला. A blue lotus is regarded to be rarest among lotuses.
    
    In Indian mythology, Goddess Laxmi is said to be always having her abode in a lotus. hence she is also called as कमला The imagination of her having abode in a lotus is then stated as कमले कमला शेते | Some onomatopoetic rhyming there !!
    कमले = in a lotus
    कमला = Goddess Laxmi
    शेते = has her couch or abode
    
    Most of Hindu deities, Ram, Krishna, Shiv, Vishnu are all caricatured to be having bodies of bluish hue and their feet, hands, eyes, ears, the whole face are all described to be appealing and curvaceous like petals of lotus.
    
    Lotus has been the choicest of flowers for poets. Sanskrit diction hence has many synonyms for the Lotus flower कमलम् पद्मम् शतपत्रम् कुशेशयम् नलिनम् अरविन्दम् पङ्कजम् पङ्केरुहम् सारसम् सरसीरुहम् पुण्डरीकम्
    
    There is a beautiful prayer to Lord Krishna also called as मुकुन्द: The devout poet imagined that Lord Krishna as some 4-months old child is lying playfully on a large enough leaf of a peepul tree, putting by his lotus-like hands, his lotus-like toe in his lotus-like mouth!!
    करारविन्देन पदारविन्दम् मुखारविन्दे विनिवेशयन्तम् ।
    वटस्य पत्रस्य पुटे शयानम् बालम् मुकुन्दम् मनसा स्मरामि ॥
    To be read as –>
    karaaravinden padaaravindam
    mukhaaravinde viniveshayantam |
    vaTasya patrasya puTe shayaanam
    baalam mukundam manasaa smaraami ||
    करारविन्देन = by his lotus-like hands
    पदारविन्दम् = his lotus-like toe
    मुखारविन्दे = into his lotus-like mouth
    विनिवेशयन्तम् = putting in
    वटस्य पत्रस्य पुटे शयानम् = lying on a leaf of peepul tree
    बालम् मुकुन्दम् = Him the child Mukund
    मनसा स्मरामि = (I) remember in my mind, i.e. I meditate on Him.
    - niloofar 5:21 am on January 23, 2010 Permalink
      
      thank you so much for the reply! those are all beautiful pieces of information! I am still curious though how to write “I am the Lotus” in Sanskrit. Can you please help me with that?
      
      I would be eternally grateful.
      
      thank you,
      
      niloo
    - S. L. Abhyankar 12:24 pm on January 23, 2010 Permalink
      
      I am lotus = अहं कमला अस्मि = अहं कमलास्मि or अहं कमलाऽस्मि
- kirstina pirie 6:55 am on February 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  can someone please tell me a sanskrit prayer for protection of my daughters. thanks
- kirstina pirie 7:31 am on February 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  can somebody please please tell me a sandskrit prayer for protection for my daughters. thankyou so much… kirstina x
  - S. L. Abhyankar 2:44 am on February 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    In Hinduism, womanhood is respected as incarnations of Goddesses – Durgaa, Ambaa, Kaaliee, Bhavanee, etc.
    In fact most words describing different qualities and faculties of noble human character, such as strength, intellect, devotion are all feminine. This is well stated in the second line of this verse 34 in Chapter 10 in Geetaa –
    मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम् |
    कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा ||१०-३४||
    
    “..(I am) the feminine faculties of कीर्तिः (keertiH) fame, श्री: (shreeH) splendour or grandeur, वाक् (waak) the power of expression, स्मृतिः (smRutiH) the faculty of memory, धृतिः (dhRutiH) the quality of forbearance, क्षमा (kShamaa) the power of giving pardon”
    
    And there is an ode to Goddess Durga, known as Durga-stutiH which is a prayer offering obeisance’s to the Goddess, recognising and soliciting Her presence in everyone by virtue all excellences, such as strength, intellect, devotion.
    
    You are blessed with three daughters and they all would be incarnations of Durga. The ode says
    या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता । नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥
    या देवी सर्वभूतेषु भक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता । नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥
    या देवी सर्वभूतेषु बुद्धिरूपेण संस्थिता । नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥
    It reads as
    Yaa devee sarva-bhooteShu shakti-roopeNa sansthitaa |
    namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaH ||
    Yaa devee sarva-bhooteShu bhakti-roopeNa sansthitaa |
    namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaH ||
    Yaa devee sarva-bhooteShu buddhi-roopeNa sansthitaa |
    namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaH ||
    
    Actual prayer Durgaa-stutiH is much longer. But since you have three daughters, I am quoting only three lines related to three eminent qualities of shakti = strength, bhakti = devotion and buddhi = intellect.
    
    The meaning is
    May the Goddess, who resides in all beings as “strength” be pleased with these obeisances!
    May the Goddess, who resides in all beings as “devotion” be pleased with these obeisances!
    May the Goddess, who resides in all beings as “intellect” be pleased with these obeisances!
    
    I would strongly recommend you to recite just this much prayer, but with fully focussed mind in calm and peace and faith. Any prayer invoked with such faith, focus and peace will give succour to a troubled or anxious mind. And this one, invoking three eminent faculties of strong human character will also give you, I pray, peace and succour.
    
    May God bless you and your daughters!!
- Kavita Ravaliya 9:23 am on February 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Dear Sir,
  
  I was wondering whether you could translate the following names into Sanscit.
  
  1) Rajendra
  2) Surbhi
  3) Kavi
  
  Thank you so much for your time!
  - S. L. Abhyankar 1:14 pm on February 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    If you are looking for seems to be simple scripting in Devanagari.
    1) Rajendra = राजेन्द्र
    2) Surbhi = सुरभि or सुरभी depending upon whether you pronounce it as su-ra-bhi or su-ra-bhee
    3) Kavi = कवि or कवी depending upon whether you pronounce it as ka-vi or ka-vee
    
    Your own name Kavita = कविता Ravaliya = रावलिया if it is pronounced as raa-va-li-yaa.
- Jariya 6:02 pm on February 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Please you write “Devarakcha” for me, Yours sincerely and so thank you for your help
- Jariya 6:07 pm on February 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Please you translation “Devarakcha” to sanskrit, thank you for your help.
- Jariya 4:30 pm on February 10, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Dear Sir
  I wondering someone can help me how to write “Devarakcha” to sanskrit, I will write this word for deva place so thank you for your time and your help
  
  Yours sincerely,
  Jariya
  - slabhyankar 7:18 pm on February 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    देवरक्षा o be read as “deva-rakShaa” means protection by God. There is a famous ode or prayer to Lord Raama known as श्रीरामरक्षास्तोत्रम् which children are taught to memorize and recite. श्रीरामरक्षास्तोत्रम् means an ode to Lord Raama seeking his benevolent protection.
    - jariya 12:10 pm on February 24, 2010 Permalink
      
      Thank you for your help so much and I wish you are happy in time.
      Yours sincerely,
      
      Jariya
- Erica 1:28 am on February 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  can you please tell me how to write the following 3 things in Sanskrit….the first is my name…the second is my initials…and the third is self explanitory…i want to get tattoos…I would very much appreciate it…Thank you and have a wonderful day..Thanks Erica..
  
  ERICA
  
  EMK
  
  KARMA
- danes 4:15 pm on February 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can i know how you write the following in sanskrit..Thanks
  (1) Danes
  (2)Love
  - slabhyankar 7:21 pm on February 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Danes = डेन्स्
    Love = by just the pronunciation लव्ह्
    
    by the meaning Love = स्नेहः
- George Barr McCutcheon 8:01 am on March 3, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos. ~Author Unknown
- ashley pruett 9:04 am on March 3, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  can you please tell me two things in sanskrit?
  
  1. hazel
  
  2. life is but a dream
  
  thank you very much for the help.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 10:20 am on March 3, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Hazel = हॅजेल्
    Life is but a dream = जीवनम् तु स्वप्नमेव ।
    to be read as jeevanam tu swapnameva
- jariya 11:54 am on March 3, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Dear Slabhyankar
  Thank you for your translate deva rashaa, and now I wondering you translata om namah shiva for me again please.
  
  Yours sincerely,
  
  Jariya
  - S. L. Abhyankar 3:32 pm on March 3, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    ॐ नमः शिवाय ।
    - jariya 2:17 pm on March 4, 2010 Permalink
      
      Thank you so much,
      
      Jariya
- Ashley 1:21 pm on March 14, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  how do you write ” in a world” and “of my own” in sanskrit
  - slabhyankar 2:01 pm on March 14, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    In a world of my own = मज्जगत्येव
    My world = मम जगत् This can be made into a compound word मज्जगत्
    
    To say “In my world” one uses locative case hence मज्जगति |
    
    To give emphasis i.e. to say “in my own world” or “in my world only” मज्जगति + एव
    
    By conjugation of these two words it would become मज्जगत्येव । to be read as maj-jagat-yeva
- Elsa 3:32 am on March 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Hi!
  can you please help me for the translation in sanskrit of :
  - “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
  - my name (Elsa)
  - Carpe Diem
  Thank you very much !
  - S. L. Abhyankar 10:30 pm on March 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    दोषान्नेव मनुजाः अनुभवम् वदन्ति । = People call mistakes as experience
    मम नाम एल्सा । = My name is Elsa
    
    I cannot translate “Carpe Diem”, because I do not know its meaning.
    - Elsa 5:23 am on March 28, 2010 Permalink
      
      Is it possible to have just “Elsa” and not “my name is” ? Thank you very much !
      kind regards
    - S. L. Abhyankar 5:37 am on March 28, 2010 Permalink
      
      You can have just Elsa as एल्सा
- ratna 7:21 am on March 26, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi there,
  I loved your site and your interest in the Sanskrit language.
  Can you please help me know the sanskrit translation of the words “Nothing lasts forever”
  
  Thanks and regards.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 10:14 am on March 26, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    सर्वम् तु अनित्यम् = सर्वं त्वनित्यम् ।
    
    This is what ShreeKriShNa is emphatically telllng Arjuna, particularly in the following 14th verse in Chapter 2 in Bhagavadgeetaa, most specifically in the second line
    
    मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः |
    आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ||२-१४||
    
    Note the mention आगमापायिनोऽनित्या: This means, “everything comes and goes, (because everything is) not ever-lasting.
- Marco 6:26 am on April 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi!
  can you please help me for the translation in sanskrit of :
  
  Pietro
  Kartari
  
  Thank you very much !
  - S. L. Abhyankar 2:04 pm on April 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Pietro = पीत्रो
    In Sanskrit पितृ read as pitRu means father.
    
    Kartari = कर्तरी
    In Sanskrit grammar “kartaree prayoga” means Active voice.
- Danica 6:04 am on April 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  how do you write” Three things can not be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth” in sanskrit? THanks, Love this site!!!
  - S. L. Abhyankar 10:00 am on April 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    नातिदूरकालाय शक्यमाच्छादनं त्रयाणाम् सूर्यस्य च चन्द्रमसः तथैव सत्यस्य च ।
    or
    न तु चिरकालाय शक्यमाच्छादनं त्रयाणाम् सूर्यस्य च चन्द्रमसः तथैव सत्यस्य च ।
    
    There has been a proverb in some Indian languages, which conveys the same meaning more idiomatically. The proverb is “By keeping a cock under a cover, you cannot stop sun from rising” कुक्कुटस्याच्छादनेन सूर्यो नोदयते किम् ।
- George 9:10 pm on April 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi,
  
  Would you possibly translate “god’s will, not mine” into Sanscrit and Devanagari.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Giles
  - S. L. Abhyankar 11:47 pm on April 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Simple translation would be ईश्वरेच्छा न तु मम ।
    
    kriShNa’s advice in Chapter 5 in Bhagavad-geetaa is exactly that, where it says नैव किञ्चित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित् । meaning “the righteous one, who knows the fundamentals would acknowledge that I do nothing” i.e. everything happens by His diktat.
    
    There is a good saying सुभाषितम्, where an example is given, “Were Ram or Sita so unintelligent not to know that there cannot be a golden deer? Yet they succumbed to the temptation.” It all so happened because destiny willed it so. And the good saying सुभाषितम् concludes ईश्वरेच्छा बलीयसी । God’s will prevails.
- Chandi 11:03 pm on April 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  I would like to know how to write my name in sanskrit:-
  Chandi Lakhansingh
  - S. L. Abhyankar 12:28 am on April 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    चण्डी लखनसिंग् लखनसिंह् लखनसिंघ्
    chandi = चण्डी
    lakhansingh = लखनसिंग् or लखनसिंह् or लखनसिंघ्
- Noelle 4:51 pm on April 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thank you so much for being so helpful with everyone!
  I wish I had something more poetic to ask for, but I was also wondering how to write my name:
  Noelle Eckman
  
  I would be very thankful for an answer.
  blessings!
  - slabhyankar 10:44 pm on April 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    If you are English, नोएल एक्मन्
    
    If you are German, maybe, नोएल एक्मान् I guess, Germans would pronounce the surname as “eck-maan”
- Joe 5:57 am on April 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  I was wondering if it was possible to translate the Meher Baba quote of Don’t Worry, Be Happy into Devanagari Sanskrit and how it is pronounced in English. Thank You!
  - slabhyankar 9:01 am on April 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    डोन्ट् वर्री, बी हॅप्पी !!
    
    Since Devanagari is a phonetic script, one can attempt to scribe any sound, any pronunciation.
    
    For translation into Sanskrit
    का चिन्ता, सुखी भव । or मा चिन्तया, सदा सुखी भव ।
- Charles 1:15 pm on May 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you please translate the following into sanskirt? thank you so much!
  
  Don’t sweat the small stuff and everything is small stuff
  - s. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 10:18 am on May 3, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Don’t sweat the small stuff = लघुत्वम् न दुर्लक्षितव्यम् ।
    I presume that meaning of “Don’t sweat” is “Don’t neglect”.
    Everything is small stuff = लघुत्वेनैव जगत् सर्वम् । Literally, what I have put in Sanskrit is “all world (everything in the world) is by smallness only”
    
    What you have summarised in the statement “Everything is small stuff” is the now well-established principle of atomic physics. It will interest you to know that the concepts of atoms and molecules is very clearly mentioned in the 9th shloka in 8th chapter in Bhagavad-Geetaa, quoted here below.
    कविं पुराणमनुशासितारमणोरणीयं समनुस्मरेद्यः |
    सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूपमादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात् ||
    The mention अणोरणीयम् is exactly the mention of atoms and molecules.
    Everyone also appreciates the popular phrase “Small is beautiful”. Seventeenth century saint poet of Maharashtra in India eulogised the goodness of smallness.
    लहानपण देगा देवा = God, pray, give me smallness
    मुंगी साखरेचा रवा = an ant is so happy with just a grain of sugar
    ऐरावत रत्न थोर = Airaavat, the elephant-carrier of Lord Indra for all his size
    त्यासी अंकुशाचा मार = is yet controlled by a small prick by the Mahoot
    जयाअंगी मोठेपण = one who is associated with greatness
    तयासी यातना कठीण = has to bear great labour
    महापुरें झाडें जाती = Floods uproot the huge trees
    तेथें लवाळें राहती = however blades of grass just bend and stay put
    तुका म्हणे बरवे सान = “Tukaa” (the poet Tukaaraam names himself as “Tukaa” in all his poems) says, “small is beautiful”
    व्हावे लहानाहून लहान = it is good to be smaller than the smallest
    
    The mention of Airaavat elephant being commanded by a prick is also mentioned in the first line of following subhaaShitam (good saying)
    हस्ती स्थूलतनुः स चाङ्कुशवशः किं हस्तिमात्रोऽङ्कुशः ?
    वज्रेणाभिहताः पतन्ति गिरयः किं शैलमात्रः पविः ?
    दीपे प्रज्वलिते विनश्यति तमः किं दीपमात्रं तमः ?
    तेजो यस्य विराजते स बलवान् स्थूलेषु कः प्रत्ययः ?
    
    In the third line example is given how a small lamp can disperse the darkness from a wide room.
    In the fourth line, the conclusion is stated
    तेजो यस्य विराजते स बलवान् = One whose characteristics prove the instance, he is the really strong one
    स्थूलेषु कः प्रत्ययः ? = Can size only ever matter ?
    
    The subhaaShitam (good saying) also endorses, rather gives proofs for the very concept, which you have summarised “Don’t sweat the small stuff”
    - Charles 10:53 am on May 3, 2010 Permalink
      
      That is very interesting. Thank you so much for your help and teaching me something new.
- Perky 10:22 pm on May 4, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  HI
  
  Please can you tell me how to write Yukti in Sanskrit
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 8:28 am on May 5, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    yuktiH = युक्तिः
    
    Since “yukti” is a feminine noun with vowel ending, “i”, it is written with the “visarga”, the “:”, because the visarga makes its declension in first case singular.
    
    All nouns will be written with such declension in first case singular.
- Martine French 1:52 pm on May 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Could you please tell me how to write the following words in Sanskrit:
  Compassion
  Mercy
  Forgiveness
  Unconditional love
  
  Also could you please advise me if I were to turn the words on their side and have them going down rather than across would they still have the same transalation?
  
  Thank you so very much
- Martine French 1:57 pm on May 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Umm! me again could you also tell me how to write these sentences in sanskrit:
  
  The truth shall set you free
  and
  love and light forever
  - slabhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 6:27 pm on May 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Compassion = दया or माया or करुणा
    Mercy = कृपा
    Forgiveness = क्षमा
    Unconditional love = अविहितं प्रेम or अविहितम् प्रेम
    The truth shall set you free = सत्येन मुक्तिः
    love and light forever = प्रेमप्रकाशौ सदा
    You can very well write the words as
    द
    या or
    मा
    या or
    क
    रु
    णा
    if you know for sure that they will be read downward. If they are read upward, the meanings will change or the words would become meaningless.
    दया when written vertically down as
    द
    या
    But read upwards would become
    याद
    In Hindi, which uses the same Devanagari script याद means memory.
    So if there are more than one languages using the same script, you have to make sure that what is written vertically down will be read vertically down only.
    Devanagari script is used for three languages – Sanskrit, Hindi and Marathi.
    शुभमस्तु । = With best wishes!!
- John McCormack 9:23 pm on May 30, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Sir
  
  I am trying to find the famous writing ‘Look To This Day’ written in Sanskrit – could you possibly direct me?
  
  “Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life.
  In its brief course lie all the varieties and realities of your existence: the bliss of growth, the glory of action, the splendour of beauty. For yesterday is already a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision; but today, well-lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day! Such is the salutation of the dawn.”
  
  Kindest regards and blessings,
  
  Fr John McCormack
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 1:13 am on June 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    I would like to put the gist of the message as -
    यज्जीवितव्यम् तदद्यैव । ह्यः तु निर्गतः, श्वः तु अदृष्टः ।
    यदद्य सुष्ठु जीव्यते, तदेव शौचं भूतस्य, तदेव स्वागतं भविष्यस्य ।
    इत्येव प्रातःस्मरणम् । भवतु सुप्रभातम् ।
    What is attempted to say is -
    यज्जीवितव्यम् तदद्यैव = What is to be lived, is to be lived today only
    ह्यः तु निर्गतः = yesterday is gone
    श्वः तु अदृष्टः = tomorrow is unseen
    यदद्य सुष्ठु जीव्यते = If today is well-lived
    तदेव शौचं भूतस्य = that is the purification of the past
    तदेव स्वागतं भविष्यस्य = that is the welcoming of the future
    इत्येव प्रातःस्मरणम् = This is salutation of dawn
    भवतु सुप्रभातम् = May it be a good day-break !!
    The lines -
    यदद्य सुष्ठु जीव्यते = If today is well-lived
    तदेव शौचं भूतस्य = that is the purification of the past
    तदेव स्वागतं भविष्यस्य = that is the welcoming of the future
    bring to mind the definition of Karma as stated in 08-03 in gItA
    भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्गः कर्मसंज्ञितः ||
    I have tried to translate it to myself as -
    Karma is what has context with the past, has manifestation in the present and holds genesis for the future.
    This possibly details only भूतभावोद्भवकर:
    However, more challenging seems to be the word विसर्गः I am struggling to get to the spirit of this word.
    Meaning of कर्मसंज्ञितः seems to be straightforward, meaning (such “भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्गः) “is called as or known as or is defined as Karma”
- damir 12:48 am on May 31, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  can you help me please how to wright names damir and maja in sanskrit – thank you so much
  - Simon 9:08 pm on May 31, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    damir = दमीर्
    
    maja = मज
    - अनिल कुमार 3:16 pm on June 27, 2010 Permalink
      
      if Maja is pronounded as “Maya”, then it would be written as माया. Interestingly, Maya means “unreality”, “supernatural power”, or “means of attraction” in Sanskrit.
- Simon 9:04 pm on May 31, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Dear all, and perhaps especially slabhyankar – you are truly a bodhisattva, sir!
  
  I wonder if anyone might be able to suggest a good translation for “I refuse to tiptoe through life so as to arrive safely at death”. The original quote is usually attributed to Tony Campolo.
  
  A friend has asked me to help, as I have studied some Sanskrit some years ago, but frankly I’m out of my depth!
  
  Thanks so much!
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 12:27 am on June 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    I am finding it difficult to have clarity on the intended meaning of the word “tiptoe”.
    
    I am putting it as
    अमान्यम् मह्यम् यत् सौख्येन मरणं प्राप्तुं केनापि निर्धारितेन मार्गेणैव चलामि
    meaning
    अमान्यम् = not acceptable
    मह्यम् = to me
    यत् = that
    सौख्येन मरणं प्राप्तुं = to die happily
    केनापि निर्धारितेन मार्गेणैव = only by some predetermined path
    चलामि = I shall walk
    
    On the whole -
    Not acceptable to me that, to die happily, I shall walk only by some predetermined path.
    - Simon 12:53 am on June 1, 2010 Permalink
      
      Thank you so much for this. If I might clarify the English:
      
      to tiptoe here means “to walk on tiptoes”, “to tread very carefully”. to tiptoe around means to walk in fear of disturbing something, in fear of taking risks. I couldn’t work out how best to translate this.
      
      the meaning of the phrase as a whole is “i refuse to live my life cautiously and in fear, since death is the end of the journey no matter what.” It is intended to be ironic – we are so careful through our lives, and yet the end must certainly be death. It is a phrase which risk-takers like, people with adventurous spirits like sky-divers or people who do other extreme sports.
      
      I like “amānyam mahām …” very much
      
      have you used “calāmi” for “I will walk”? I would have expected “carāmi चरामि”? (but it’s been a long time!)
      
      thanks again
    - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 1:31 am on June 1, 2010 Permalink
      
      Oh !
      चलामि = I shall walk
      चरामि = I shall conduct myself
      
      So, चरामि appeals to be so much more comprehensive !
      
      But चलामि fits in better with the word “path” Once the path is set, one only walks and one does not really conduct oneself, right?
      
      Not really trying to justify word chosen by me. Honestly, the word चरामि suggested by you didn’t even occur to me!
      
      That is a great input !
      
      Thank you so much !
    - Simon 5:37 pm on June 2, 2010 Permalink
      
      Hmm – sāhaṃsa is nice, thank you! Monier-Williams gives “over-hasty , precipitate , rash , inconsiderate , foolhardy”, which worried me a bit, but I can see the connotation in the Subhāṣitaṃ.
      
      So could I begin with something like
      अमान्यम् मह्यम् मरणं प्राप्तुं असाहसम् चरामि
      ?
      … only to arrive safely at death.
      
      Can you see a way here?
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 1:55 am on June 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Recently when I was composing a study of the subhAShitam
    
    उद्यमः साहसं धैर्यं बुद्धिः शक्तिः पराक्रमः ।
    षडेते यत्र वर्तन्ते तत्र देवः सहाय्यकृत् ॥
    
    I was wondering why the poet uses the words साहसं and धैर्यं so distinctly and discretely. Both words seem to imply boldness which is धैर्यं
    
    On further thinking, it came to mind that धैर्यं would be more for meeting visible threats, e.g. when you are face to face with a lion in a jungle!
    
    साहसं connotes a spirit of adventure !
    By such thinking, I would think that “to tiptoe” would mean to be devoid of साहसं.
    
    Having enlisted six virtues, the poet, the subhAShita-kAra also does not endorse “tiptoe”ing !
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 9:39 pm on June 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    “अमान्यम् मह्यम् मरणं प्राप्तुं असाहसम् चरामि |” sounds fine.
    However, how about adding the word सौख्येन also ?
    So I am thinking that it would be still better and clearer to say
    “अमान्यम् मह्यम् सौख्येन मरणं प्राप्तुं असाहसम् चरामि |”
    - Simon 9:42 pm on June 10, 2010 Permalink
      
      Thank you again
      
      At the moment I have:
      
      अमान्यम् मह्यम् क्षेमेण मरणं प्राप्तुं असाहसम् चरामि
      amānyam mahām kṣemeṇa maraṇaṃ prāptuṃ asāhasam carāmi
      
      which I will translate literally and awkwardly as:
      
      it is not acceptable to me to safely reach death by walking (through life) without boldness.
      
      and more naturally as:
      
      I will not walk timidly through my life in order to arrive safely at death.
      
      But i would quite like to replace kṣemeṇa with a word derived from ariṣṭa अरिष्ट or ariṣṭi अरिष्टि – I would could you help me to make an adverb from this noun?
      
      The sense I’m trying to convey is “without mishap” – the irony of the original phrase is that we protect ourselves by being careful through our lives so that we’re as fit and healthy as possible when we die!
      
      Once again, thank you for your willingness to share your erudition and love of Sanskrit.
      
      simon
    - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 1:45 pm on June 11, 2010 Permalink
      
      You are still working on that quote ! And you have found new word too – क्षेमेण !
      I appreciate your perseverance !
      I think there is a two-liner a “dohaa” by saint Kabir, speaking something like “if you want to avail of the pearls in a sea-shell, you have to take a dive to the bottom of the ocean.”
      I have tried to weave Kabir’s idea with your focus on साहसम् in a free-lance composition of a verse. I am not a poet. But I hope you will like this effort -
      विना साहसेन मरणं तु सुखदम् ।
      विना साहसेन जीवनं तु निरसम् ।
      विना साहसेन सागरः सुदर्शः ।
      विना साहसेन मौक्तिकं अलभ्यम् ॥
    - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 2:09 pm on June 11, 2010 Permalink
      
      I think this is the दोहा of संत कबीर
      
      जिन ढूँढा तिन पाइयाँ गहरे पानी पैठ ।
      मैं बांवरी डूबन डरी रही किनारे बैठ ।
      
      जिन ढूँढा = He, who searched
      तिन पाइयाँ = got
      गहरे पानी पैठ = by diving in deep waters
      मैं बांवरी = myself timid
      डूबन डरी = was afraid of drowning
      रही किनारे बैठ = stayed put on the bank
      
      That is poetry ! The whole essence in just two lines, and rhyming so smoothly, so pleasant, so charming !
- Priya 6:09 pm on June 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Abhyankar Sir,
  Could you please tell me how to say ‘Never to part’ in Sanskrit. Thanks a lot.
  Danyavad.
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 9:14 pm on June 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    अवियोगायैव | = Never to part
    न तु वियोग: कदा | = No parting ever
    न भवेत् वियोग: कदा | = May parting never happen
- Shoba Krishnan 10:28 pm on June 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Please can you give me a selection of wedding ring inscriptions in sanskrit for the theme of ’2 bodies, one soul’ or similar examples? Thanks.
  - slabhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 10:47 pm on June 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    द्वे शरीरे एक: आत्मा |
- Priya 5:43 pm on June 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thanks a lot Sir….
- Priya 5:48 pm on June 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Sir, if you could also tell me…..
  Since never to part is a promise made to one another and also a sort of a prayer to God to bless the promise….
  Which of the translations has the same feeling to it?
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 10:25 pm on June 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    I checked up whether any of the VivAha-mantrAH connote similar meaning.
    Here is one when tying the mangala-sUtram, what the bridegroom would say -
    माङ्गल्यं तन्तुनानेन मम जीवन हेतुना
    कण्ठे बध्नामि सुभगे त्वं जीव शरदां शतं ॥
    For both to pray together, I think this one (just composed by me) may appeal to be better -
    भवत्वावाभ्यां इदं साहचर्यं दीर्घायुरारोग्याय सर्वसौख्यायैव च ॥
    Meaning would be
    भवत्वावाभ्यां इदं साहचर्यं = May this treading together of two of us
    दीर्घायुरारोग्याय सर्वसौख्यायैव च ॥ = be for our long life, good health and for all happinesses, too!!
    To wish same thing to a couple getting married, one small modification will do the job -
    भवत्वेतयो: in place of भवत्वावाभ्यां | to say “of these two” in place of “of two of us” or
    भवतु युवयोः to say “of two of you”
    Wow ! I think I can use this to send wishes to a couple getting married !!
    Thank you !
- Priya 10:41 pm on June 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Oh no Sir… Thank you………………You have been of such help…But since I want to get the phrase engraved on my wedding ring…….it has to be short………….So, I was thinking of ‘Aviyogayaiv’. Do you think this would be appropriate?
- Priya 10:44 pm on June 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  not ‘appropriate’ but more so like a promise?
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 11:17 pm on June 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Why not make it more positive – सर्वसौख्याय …
    or just शुभमस्तु ॥
    Good ?
    
    But since the occasion is already appropriate, on my own behalf,
    भवतु युवयोः साहचर्यं दीर्घायुरारोग्याय सर्वसौख्यायैव च ॥
    शुभमस्तु ॥
    सस्नेहम् ,
    अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः |
    श्रीपतेः पदयुगं स्मरणीयम् ।
- Priya 1:53 pm on June 5, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thanks a lot again Sir……….. For the wishes and for the help that you have so generously offered me.
- estefania 4:02 am on June 7, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi! could you please tell me how it is written in sanskrit “looking to the sky” and “learn as if you were to live forever, die as if you were to die tomorrow”. but I need it vertically written because it is for a tattoo!! thanxxxxx
- sonal 6:38 am on June 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi, would you be able to write (sonal) in sanskrit please thanks
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 8:17 am on June 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    सोनल
- NIki 1:54 am on June 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you help me with writing my children’s name in sanskrit:
  Kiefer (key- fer)
  Madigan (mad-i-gan)
  Beckett (bek -it)
  Thanks so much
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 8:15 am on June 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Kiefer = कीफर्
    
    Madigan (mad-i-gan) = मॅडिगन्
    
    If “a” as in far and “di” as in “dienstag” then मादिगन्
    
    Beckett = बेकिट्
    
    Bek-et = बेकेट्
- Stephen Reynolds 12:44 pm on June 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  The “Logos Dictionary” gives as the Sanskrit word for ‘yoghurt’ the following: क्षीरजं. However, a web search turns up no occurrences of such a word other than the Logos Dictionary itself or derivatives of it. Does such a word actually exist in Sanskrit? How should it be pronounced?
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 4:15 pm on June 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    For a quick reference and translation either way, one can use on-line dictionary at http://spokensanskrit.de
    Since I thought that the more appropriate Sanskrit word for yoghurt (curdled milk) would be dadhi, I got the following result -
    
    दधि dadhi n. curd
    दधि dadhi n. curdled milk
    
    क्षीरजं cannot be called as wrong, because क्षीरजं is a broader term for all products obtained from milk.
    
    Since milk is क्षीर everything obtained from क्षीर will be eligible to be called as क्षीरजं. But the range will vary from curds to buttermilk to ghee.
    - Stephen Reynolds 11:46 pm on June 12, 2010 Permalink
      
      Thank you. This is a very clear reply.
      
      I have a further question. Most of the IE languages of India have a word for ‘yoghurt’ that appears to be derived from _dadhi_. The Sanskrit word and its cognates refer, as far as I can see, to yoghurt in general, or to ‘basic yoghurt’. There is also *strained* yoghurt (the whey drained off by hanging in in a cloth bag, or by putting in in a pot that allows the whey to drain); this is चक्का (दही) cakkā (dahi) in Hindi; is there a corresponding term in Sanskrit?
      
      In Pashto it is چکه chakah, which looks like a derivative of the Hindi/Urdu word and has spread with the meaning ‘strained yoghurt’ into Central Asia.
    - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 2:54 am on June 13, 2010 Permalink
      
      I don’t know of a single word which is equivalent to चक्का. So I am attempting to compose a phrase निर्द्रवितं दधि
      Here निर्द्रवितं exactly describes the state when the liquid content has been taken out.
      
      Indian ladies have developed so many items of cuisine that it will be difficult to have single-word translations for every other item.
      
      For example, another क्षीरजं quite popular, especially in Punjab is पनीर This is very much TOFU, which may be of Chinese or Mexican origin. This word पनीर possibly combines प + नीर, where प may be an abbreviation for पयः which is milk and नीर for water.
      
      As such the Bengali sweet रोसगुल्ला is made by putting balls of पनीर in liquefied sugar. रोसगुल्ला obviously has derivation from Sanskrit word रसगोलः
- estefania 7:28 pm on June 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  hey again!! I posted a question few days ago but had no reply…Mr. Abhyankar please help me!! I took the alphabet in sanskrit and started writing the sentence I want to tattoo: “live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever”
  but I did it letter by letter and I am sure this is not the right way and since I need it vertically it is being really complicated to me to get it…please help!! thanks a lot.
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 1:27 am on June 13, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    I lingered on replying to your post because of two things -
    (1) There is a सुभाषितम् which connotes exactly the same meaning what you are looking for. And, I think, it has been mentioned and discussed earlier. It reads -
    अजरामरवत् प्राज्ञ: विद्यामर्थं च साधयेत् ।
    गृहीत इव केशेषु मृत्युना धर्ममाचरेत् ॥
    So, I thought I should not be repeating it again.
    (2) You want it all for a tattoo. This would be too long for a tattoo.
    (3) Anyway, having mentioned it again, let me also explain what its meaning is.
    सुभाषितम् = good saying
    अजरामरवत् = as if one is (going to be) non-aging and immortal
    प्राज्ञ: = the wise one
    विद्यामर्थं च = knowledge and wealth
    साधयेत् = should atain
    गृहीत इव = as if held
    केशेषु = at the tufts of hair
    मृत्युना = by the Death
    धर्ममाचरेत् = should conduct righteously.
    (4) Some comment should also not be out of place. What is advised in the first line
    अजरामरवत् प्राज्ञ: विद्यामर्थं च साधयेत् ।
    is that in striving for attaining knowledge and wealth, one should not hurry through. That is true for knowledge, since if we do not absorb deeply, what we learn, will evaporate very soon.
    It is true also for wealth. People seem to be in a hurry to become rich. If one can become rich overnight, oh! so much exciting. That urge for quick silver loses all discretion about the means being fair or foul. Such affluence tends to be like bubbles, of which there is always the danger that it would burst. To my mind the present economic gloom is the result of excessive urge of people wanting to be overnight rich. Finally, “slow and steady wins the race” ! So, the advice is – don’t worry. Don’t hurry. You have all the time in the world to acquire knowledge and wealth.
    
    One thing good about mindset of people in India is their faith in “Destiny”. They say, “No one can get anyhow more or anyhow less nor anytime sooner nor anytime later, than what is dictated by destiny” In हिन्दी they say समयसे पहले और समयसे ज्यादा किसीको कुछ नही मिलता | And there is yet a cool confidence as evidenced by another saying in Urdu,
    मुद्द ई लाख बुरा चाहे तो क्या होता है । वही होता है जो मन्जूर ए खुदा होता है ॥
    मुद्द ई लाख बुरा चाहे = even if people would wish too bad (for you)
    तो क्या होता है = what can yet happen
    वही होता है = only that will happen
    जो मन्जूर ए खुदा होता है = what has the approval of the Almighty
    
    It is the craze for getting rich, that too, as fast as possible, which is driving the world mad.
    गृहीत इव केशेषु मृत्युना धर्ममाचरेत् ॥
    - Himanshu Pota 12:28 pm on June 13, 2010 Permalink
      
      समय से पहले और भाग्य से ज़्यादा कुछ नहीं मिलता।
- Priya 3:29 pm on June 13, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Dear Sir,
  I asked the jeweler if I could engrave भवत्वावाभ्यां इदं साहचर्यं दीर्घायुरारोग्याय सर्वसौख्यायैव च on both our rings….
  He, however, said that he could manage to engrave it on my fiancé’s ring but since my ring size would be much smaller than his, this shloka was impossible to fit in.
  It is a beautiful shloka and I really wanted to get it engraved on both our rings….
  But now i don’t know what to do…
  Could you please suggest something smaller…..that would have as beautiful a meaning as this shloka?
  Thanks a lot Sir….
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 1:01 am on June 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    I hope, you will like this -
    सर्वं शुभं भवतु आवाभ्याम् ।
    - priya 2:24 pm on June 16, 2010 Permalink
      
      Hello Sir,
      Thanks a lot again. It is a beautiful shloka, Sir. It’s sounds beautiful.
      But can you please tell me it’s meaning?
    - slabhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 6:54 am on June 17, 2010 Permalink
      
      सर्वं शुभं भवतु आवाभ्याम् ।
      = May everything be happy, auspicious, benevolent, for the two of us !
- Priya 4:01 pm on June 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Dear Sir,
  Thank you so much for your help. But I was thinkin if we could capture the beauty of the word साहचर्यं in our phrase?
  Like सर्वं शुभं भवतु आवाभ्याम् साहचर्यं ।
  or सर्वं शुभं भवतु साहचर्यं आवाभ्याम् ।
  Or even better if we could make it shorter like,
  सर्वं शुभं भवतु साहचर्यंभ्याम्।
  Would it be correct grammatically?
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 4:01 am on June 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    सर्वं शुभं भवतु साहचर्यंभ्याम्। is NOT at all correct.
    
    For shorter length you may make it सर्वं शुभं भवतु साहचर्यमावाभ्याम् or drop the first word and make it शुभं भवतु साहचर्यमावाभ्याम्
- indira narine 1:21 am on June 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  can you write the word “Ganesh Chaturthi in devanagari please
  
  thank you
  - slabhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 5:05 pm on June 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    गणेश-चतुर्थी
- Nikki 11:24 pm on June 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you please write Bains in sanskirt
- Nikki 11:24 pm on June 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you please write ” Bains ” in sanskirt
  - S. L. Abhyankar अभ्यंकरकुलोत्पन्नः श्रीपादः 3:55 am on June 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    BAINS = बेन्स
    NIKKI = निकी
- Chirag Modi 1:21 pm on June 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello sir! I want to get the tattoo In Sanskrit devnagri script
  1-/ is matru devo bhavah and pitru devo bhavh
  2-/ is maha mrutujay mantra!
  If u can send me I will really appriciate it
  thank u very much
  Chirag Modi
  - S. L. Abhyankar 2:09 pm on June 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    मातृदेवो भव । पितृदेवो भव ।
    ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् ।
    उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनात् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥
- priya 5:32 pm on June 29, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Dear Sir,
  I cannot even begin to describe, how much your help means both of us.
  It will stay, with both of us, for our entire lives, in the form of our engagement rings.
  We are indebted to you and are humbled by your guide. guidance.
  We have decided to go with
  सर्वं शुभं भवतु साहचर्यमावाभ्याम्
  which means
  ‘May everything be happy, auspicious, benevolent, for the two of us’
  Thanks a lot again.
- dev 11:46 pm on July 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  can you send me in my e-mail de traduction in sanskrit
  (devmoney7@gmail)
  
  Savaruhaammahabhimaghoradanshtram Hasanmukhim. Chaturbhujamkhadagmundavarabhayakaram Shivam
  
  Mundamaladharamdevi Lolajihvandigambaram. Evam Sanchintayetkalim Shamasanalayavsinim
  
  thanks in adv
- Cynthia Prado 2:19 am on July 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi can you tell me how to write:
  Love
  Compassion
  Forgiveness
  
  I would like it in Sanskrit but the one the Buddhists use if thats possible.
  Please & thank you
- Corynne Snyder 4:05 am on July 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello, I was wondering if sanskrit would be the correct original language to use for a buddhist quote.
  
  I’d really appreciate it if you would translate this quote into sanskrit for me:
  
  No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 5:24 am on July 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    I don’t know from which scripture of Buddhism you got the quotation. Origin of Buddhism dates back to some 2550 years back. Sanskrit dates back to thousands of years older. From what I know, in the times of emperor Ashoka, who gave autocratic support to Buddhism, some 2000 years back, and had edicts on stone set up all over his continent-wide empire, the language then prevalent was Paalee.
    
    As far as the the quote is concerned, the best Sanskrit reference is in shloka 5 in the sixth chapter in Shree-mad-bhagavad-geetaa.
    
    It comes to my mind that Buddhism had no reservation to adopt this shloka as Buddhist quote. In fact a good quote is a good quote. There is no need to brand it as Buddhist or Sanskrit or whatever. For your ready reference the shloka in Sanskrit is -
    उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।
    आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ।।
    Phrase by phrase meaning is -
    उद्धरेत् आत्मना आत्मानम् = One should uplift oneself by oneself
    न आत्मानम् अवसादयेत् = self should not degrade oneself
    आत्मा एव हि आत्मनः बन्धुः = self is one’s best friend
    आत्मा एव रिपुः आत्मनः = self only can be one’s enemy.
    With best wishes = शुभमस्तु |
    - Corynne Snyder 8:17 am on July 18, 2010 Permalink
      
      If i were to turn this vertically for a tattoo which line of words would be on the right?
- ILICIA 4:22 am on July 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO WRITE: MANPRASAD, SANTODANTA AND SHANTA IN SANSKRIT. THANKS
  - S. L. Abhyankar 10:17 am on July 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    MANPRASAD = मनःप्रसाद
    SANTODANTA = संतोदन्त (What is the meaning, please ?)
    SHANTA = शान्त
- Andreas S 5:01 pm on July 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi
  
  can you please tell me how to write these words below in sanskrit devanagari ?
  Andreas
  Schoenning
  carpe diem
  
  thank you s much
- jamie 12:52 am on July 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can you tell me what “live with ambition” would be in sanskrit, i was told words could not be translated directly could though is this ture?
  
  also i wanted “live without regret” and was given this
  
  जीव दुःखेन विना to then be told it was incorrect, do you know what its means?
  
  this would mean alot
  
  Thanks
  - S. L. Abhyankar 10:13 am on July 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    with ambition = महत्त्वाकाङ्क्षया सह
    without regrets = विषादेन विना
- Andreas S 6:52 am on July 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi again
  
  i would really appreciate if anyone could help me writing my name in sanskrit?
  Andreas( eng. Andrew). the pronunciation of “A” in Andreas is taken as of “a” as in “car” and not of “a” as in “cat”.
  Schønning( eng. Schonning)
  if it is not possible, how about carpe diem( eng. seize the day)?
  
  this would mean a lot
  thanks a lot
- Cynthia Prado 9:21 am on July 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Can someone tell me how to write:
  Love
  Compassion
  Forgiveness
- paola 12:27 pm on July 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi, i wanted to know the translation of “side by side” in sanskrit.
  
  Thank YOu
- Denise 1:03 pm on July 26, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  I would like to know how to write the following names in sanskrit,,, “Denise”, “Ashley”, “Tori”, “Sean”, “Steve”, “Brianna”, “Justine”, “Christine”, “Family”, “Registered Nurse”as well as the following:
  Give me strength and wisdom,
  When others need my touch;
  A soothing word to speak to them,
  Their hearts yearn for so much.
  Give me joy and laughter,
  To lift a weary soul;
  Pour in me compassion,
  To make the broken whole.
  Give me gentle, healing hands,
  For those left in my care;
  A blessing to those who need me,
  This is a Nurse’s prayer.
  I am interested in the above written in sanskrit and would be gratefull for your reply, Thank You – denise
- Natalia 6:09 am on August 5, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi!
  
  I would like to know how to spell STELLA and RANDY in sanskrit.
  
  Thanks a million
- Naomi 10:00 am on August 5, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello, i would like to know in sanskrit:
  “Love is a promise”
  “This will never ends”
  “Your love means everything”
  
  thank you for the translation, it’s for a tattoo!
  i really like it, i already got mother tattood on me in sanskrit, it’s really pretty!
  
  thanks again! xoxo
- jamie 8:45 pm on August 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi i wanted my name in sanskrit. i was asked my name pronunciation i.e. the way you actually say the name E.g. Charlotte = shar – lot
  
  and then given this –
  जेमी स्पिंक्स
  
  is there a way to translate this to make sure it is correct?
  
  thanks
- jessie 10:25 pm on August 10, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi all, just wondering if i could get the devangari for the sanskrit words ‘shanti shakti santosha’ (peace,power,contentment) thanks
- Diana 8:49 pm on August 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi
  can you translate the follow names in Sankskrit?
  
  Diana
  Anjeli
  Cassandra
  
  Thanks for your help
- Melissa 10:02 am on August 18, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  Would you be able to translate the following into sanskrit?
  
  This above all; To thine own self be true
  
  Thank you very much.
- anna 12:14 pm on August 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Anybody can write the name ERICand ANTEVASIN in sanskrit for me please?
- Devin 1:16 pm on August 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi,
  I loved your site and your interest in the Sanskrit language.
  Can you please help me know the sanskrit translation of the words “patient is a virtue”
  
  Thanks and regards.
- CLAVANYA 7:28 pm on August 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  will you send a poem about rain OR flower in sanskrit to my above e.mail within an hour
- CLAVANYA 7:30 pm on August 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  this site is very helpful.. Can you kind send a poem on flower or rain in sanakrit to my above e.mail ID within an hour.?
- Devin 10:25 pm on August 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi,
  I loved your site and your interest in the Sanskrit language.
  Can you please help me know the sanskrit translation of the words “patient is a virtue”
  
  Thanks and regards.
  - S. L. Abhyankar 8:03 am on September 21, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    May I first of all correct the spelling ? I think you intend the sentence to be “Patience is a virtue”
    
    Even before translating this into Sanskrit, it comes to mind that “Patience” has some shades of meaning.
    
    (1) Patience is readiness to wait – wait for what ? If you are standing in a queue, you have to wait until you get your turn. That needs patience. People who do not have such patience, will tend to break the queue and offend the whole discipline, the system and all the others in the queue.
    
    (2) Patience is tolerance – In Bhaagawat PurANam there is the instance quoted when Lord KrishNa allowed a count of 100 sins of a devilish character before punishing him for the sins. To wait until the count of sins becomes 100 is also readiness to wait. But is it not more the tolerance than readiness to wait ? In fact when allowing a count of 100 sins, the Lord intended the character as many opportunities to mend himself and redeem himself out of sinful conduct.
    
    (3) Patience is forbearance – Bad times are not forever. We all know that. But do we have the forbearance to courageously take things as they come ? It is very clearly stated in gItA that God does not cause bad times and good times. नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतम् विभुः (गीता ५-१५) We get bad times and good times by our own doings. It is we who have to have the patience to undergo the bad times also and not blame them on someone else or to blame them on providence
    
    (4) Patience is not to be reactive or counteractive – If someone slaps me, how I shall react will decide how the matter will proceed further. I can be reactive or counteractive or proactive or steadfast or indifferent. Not to be reactive or counteractive demands courage and patience and steadfastness. In gItA Steadfastness is called as स्थितप्रज्ञता दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमना सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः ।
    वीतरागभयक्रोधस्स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥ (गीता २-५६)
    
    (5) In the list of virtues mentioned in gItA at various places, one which excels or rather combines all the shades of meaning of “patience” is possibly “forbearance” which, I think, in gItA called as धृतिः
    
    At times one may find धृतिः to be same as धैर्यम् I think there is a difference धैर्यम् is boldness to meet external threat. Lets say when treading in a jungle I am faced with a tiger. Then I may exhibit धैर्यम् Forbearance is different from boldness.
    
    (6) I think forbearance धृतिः better sums up “Patience”
    
    शुभमस्तु ।
- Farhan 1:44 am on August 23, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi,
  Appreciate if you could help with our names in Sanskrit:
  Farhan (Pronounced Far-Han)
  Sinta (Pronounced Sin-Ta)
  
  Thank you much!
  - Farhan 1:47 am on August 23, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    Sorry it’s pronounced:
    Farhan: far-HAHN
    Sinta: SEEN-tah
    
    Thank you.
- Jenifer 1:47 am on August 26, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  could you please give me the translation in sanskrit of “jennifer” and “jaanu”??
  
  thank you very much
- yudia aiiu 7:24 pm on September 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  नमस्ते
  hey i want to make a sanskrit tattoos, can u transcript and translate into devanagari .
  1)life is karma
  2)Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don’t even notice it
  3)I’m a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it’s bad or good
  thx u so much , i’m really looking forward for this reply.
- Carlotta 3:17 pm on September 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello! Could you tell me please how to wright
  
  “I honor the divinity that resides inside me” and
  “The greatest patience is humility” in sanskrit pleaaaaaase
  
  Thanks a lot, your webside is awsome
  - S. L. Abhyankar 7:17 am on September 21, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    There are some sentences regarded as GREAT sentences महावाक्यानि
    Couple of these are –
    अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि । to be read as aham brahmaasmi
    सोऽहमस्मि । to be read as so-hamasmi
    
    The first one “aham brahmaasmi” means “I am brahmaa” Such expression comes to the mind on deep meditation and spiritual upliftment, when one realises the “divinity inside me” ! To say “I am brahmaa” in that exalted state is not an egotic expression. It is an expression doing honour to the divinity within !
    
    There is a psalm, I understand, which also says, “Be still and know that I am God !”
    
    “Be still and know” is a clear edict advocating deep and long meditation.
    
    I understand that this psalm dates to pre-Christian times, maybe to the times of Abraham and to the times of ten commandments. There have been seers in all times of humanity. Their edicts are eternal and should not be branded as heritage of this religion or that. It is such malicious branding which has confused people and divided them, has divided followers of one religion from followers of other religion. At the highest level of spiritual realization, all those religion-biased distinctions sound frivolous. They are frivolous !
    
    To honor the divinity within, it is not to be so uttered. The महावाक्यानि अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि । सोऽहमस्मि । have to be realized. Utterance will emerge automatically !
    शुभमस्तु ।
    
    I am confused by your other sentence – “The greatest patience is humility” Both patience and humility are virtues. They are complimentary. One is not the other They are complimentary to each other.
    
    शुभमस्तु ।
- Denise 1:33 pm on September 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Sean
  Denise
  Christine
  Brianna
  Justine
  “I would love to find out how to spell these names in sanskrit for my loving family, I find them so beautiful,,,,help ,,and thank you..Denise
- Sara 3:16 pm on October 4, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Could somebody please transcript and transcribe “To Thine Own Self be True” in sanskrit.
  
  Thanks so much, It’s greatly appreciated
  
  Sara
- Nik 6:56 am on October 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello I fell upon the site looking for information. I fyou could help I’d appreciate it. I’m looking for a quote to be writen in Devanāgarī (Sanskrit)
  “There was never a time I did not exist nor you
  Nor in the future shall any of us cease to be”
  Thank You
  - Himanshu Pota 1:38 pm on October 13, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    
    गीता
    न त्ववाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।
    न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्॥२।१२॥
    gītā
    na tvavāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ|
    na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param||2|12||
- vr 2:30 pm on October 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  how does one write the shlok maatrudeva bhava in sanskrit?
  thanks
- Jean 1:16 am on October 13, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  how do you say: Love and happiness
- Sinjin 10:56 pm on October 26, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  I want to get a tattoo in sanskrit and was wondering if you could please translate, “No Worries” for me.
  
  cheers.
- Petros 10:47 pm on November 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello. Can you please tell me how does the name Peter or Petros is translated in Sanskrit? Looking all over the internet but nothing found.
  Thanks in advance!
- priscilla 1:46 pm on November 7, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  HEllo
  
  I would like to translate this in sanskrit please
  
  Dream (svapna), Live in the present moment, Laugh, Believe, Remember
  Follow your bliss
  Father when I breath, you live through me, sharing the ocean wave
  
  Thank you, this is very important for me
  
  Priscilla
- Jean 1:44 am on November 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  hi can u please translate:
  
  Love peace and happiness
  Love and Happiness
  Love Hope Faith
  Love Hope Faith Happiness
  Love hope Faith Strenght
  
  i want one of these 5 for an tatttoo please help me out
- Aman 9:09 am on November 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hello,
  Can you please translate the meaning of my name in Sanskrit? I’m originally from Punjab and my name is Aman.
  
  I would also like to have the following words translated into Sanskrit:
  Karma Destiny
  
  Thank you very much.
- Josua 6:15 pm on November 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi, anybody know how to write “freedom” in sanskrit?
  Thanks so much for the help….
- Karina Romero 1:23 pm on December 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  
  Hola! gracias por todas las traduciones que hace, desde hace tiempo estaba buscando alguien que pudiera traducir a sanscrito lo siguiente
  Mi nombre: Karina
  la frase: infinita capacidad de sacrificio
  Las palabras: perdón y gracias
  y este parrafo: No dudéis del perdón, pues, por grandes que sean vuestras culpas, la magnitud de su misericordia perdonará, sin duda, la enormidad de vuestros muchos pecados. San J

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Watching the eclipse via a webcast isn't a sure thing, either. The skies might be clouded over at the camera location. There could be technical difficulties. And even if everything works, the webcast could freeze up if the video server becomes overwhelmed with traffic. That's why MacRobert is planning to play the field, and why you'd be best advised to do the same. Here are a few of the options for Sunday eclipse views over a computer screen or smartphone:

Slooh Space Camera: The Slooh website has organized a series of webcasts from Japan, California, Arizona and New Mexico, accompanied by commentary from Astronomy Magazine columnist Bob Berman and Lucie Green, a BBC commentator and solar researcher at University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory. The show gets started at 5:30 p.m. ET Sunday, when the eclipse will be just getting good in Japan. Prime time for the webcasts from the American West will kick in around 8 p.m. ET. For more, check out Slooh's news release.

Eclipse Live from Fujiyama: Panasonic is planning a solar-powered webcast from high atop Japan's Mount Fuji, which is inside the track of annularity. The team will charge up batteries from an array of electricity-generating solar cells at a base camp, then carry the batteries up to the camera site. Video coverage via Ustream is due to start up at 5 p.m. ET. This YouTube video previews the event. For updates, check out the project's Facebook page and Twitter stream.

Hong Kong Observatory: The webcast from Hong Kong is due to begin at 5:41 p.m. ET.

Live-Eclipse: Japanese eclipse-chasers plan to be webcasting via Ustream at 6 p.m. ET.

More from YokosoNews: This page from the Japanese news site lists lots of webcasts, generally beginning at 5 p.m. ET or later.

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AstroBob's viewing guide: Duluth photographer Bob King provides a vivid guide to the phases of an annular eclipse and also links to AstronomyLive.com as a potential source of webcasts.

University of North Dakota: UND's SEMS (Sun Earth Moon Systems) team is organizing an eclipse webcast from Shasta College in Whittier, Calif. The streaming is due to begin at 8 p.m. ET, and there's a chat window that lets you compare notes with other eclipse fans. The UND team has been doing eclipse webcasts since 2004, so they've built up a loyal following over the years.

Scotty's Sky: Skywatcher Scotty Degenhardt is promising an unconventional webcast of the annular eclipse via his iPhone from Area 51's "Black Mailbox," a popular gathering place for UFO fans in the Nevada desert. The show is set to start at 8:10 p.m. ET. Check out Degenhardt's website for the details.

Exploratorium in Second Life: Speaking of "unconventional" ... San Francisco's Exploratorium science center is planning to provide information about the eclipse in the Second Life virtual world. If you're a Second Life resident, set a course for Exploratorium Island.

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If you're wowed by webcasts, stay tuned: There'll be another big event on June 5, when the planet Venus makes a must-see transit across the sun's disk; and again on Nov. 13, when a total solar eclipse takes place.

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Update for 12:10 p.m. ET May 18: To find out whether any part of the eclipse will be visible from your locale, consult this clickable map from NASA. The times are listed in UTC. Subtract four hours to convert to ET, five hours for CT, six hours for MT, seven hours for PT.

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"Afghanistan's problem is foreign funded occupation, US and NATO included."

Just as long as the current problems, whatever they may be for these "do gooders" remained penniless, overextended and out of their mind, it may continue to make bunch of noise.

Chicago summit, Timbuctu summit. Men on the Moon summit, may come and the problem may stay put.

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WASHINGTON — When NATO nations meet in Chicago on Sunday, one question will top the agenda: What happens in Afghanistan when US combat troops leave?

To be sure, some troops from NATO countries, led by the United States, will likely stay behind after 2014 – both to train Afghans and act as a hedge against the Taliban's return. The summit will try to iron out some of those details.

But perhaps even more crucial – certainly for Afghanistan itself – is the question of who will foot the bill for Afghans to protect themselves. Afghanistan does not have remotely enough money to defend itself. Left alone, it could afford to pay about 30,000 soldiers and police officers. Currently, with international aid, it has more than 300,000 – a number that some experts say is too low.

As a result, much of the Chicago summit will be a passing of the hat for Afghanistan. With NATO countries war-weary and economically strapped, the commitments may not exactly fill that cup to overflowing.

It points to a NATO role in Afghanistan that will continue for years after the end of the international combat mission in 2014, but at a much-reduced and still uncertain level. And it suggests that for all the heady words spoken by NATO leaders, funding and troop pledges for an event still two years away are likely to remain vague.

The two-day meeting "will be something of a tin-cup exercise and should give us some idea of what the [NATO] coalition countries' post-2014 commitments to Afghanistan will look like," says Heather Conley, director of the Europe program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

In a clear reflection of this reduced commitment to Afghanistan, the gathering is expected to endorse the scaling back of the Afghan National Security Forces. Army and national police forces once envisioned to hover around 350,000 personnel for years after NATO's departure are now seen as gradually scaling back to something over 200,000 by 2018.

"The idea is to gradually reduce the size of the Afghan forces to make them more affordable," says James Dobbins, a former US Afghanistan envoy and now director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corp. in Arlington, Va.

US share: about $2 billion per year
Pre-summit discussions among NATO countries resulted in a

consensus that foresees the US picking up "the largest part of the cost," Ambassador Dobbins says, with other countries making up the rest. That US share is expected to be about $2 billion a year, with other countries making up the difference of an annual bill of about $4 billion.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has indicated that he doesn't think the $4 billion will be enough. During the recent surge, the US was spending about $100 billion a year to maintain its force of 100,000 troops.

Dobbins says he expects the pledges at Chicago to remain general, in part because countries are reluctant to make specific funding commitments for what is still a few years off. Moreover, NATO nations are concerned that promised gains in Afghanistan have not panned out.

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"The thinking was that the US surge would kick the stuffing out of the Taliban, they would thus be on the road to defeat, and we'd be handing off a much simpler job," says Stephen Biddle, senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. "Instead, in 2015 we'll be handing off a stalemate and a war that in fact is not going to be ending anytime soon."

The reluctance to pledge long-term commitments to Afghanistan extends to the US as well. Some members of Congress are already warning that there is likely to be a dwindling appetite for picking up a $2 billion annual check for the Afghan security forces after 2014 – even as the White House counters that the price tag is a small fraction of the $88 billion the Pentagon expects to spend in Afghanistan in 2013.

Yet even if NATO countries stick to vague commitments, which will be enough to satisfy the modest goal the US has set for Chicago, regional experts say, the US wants to make a decade-long commitment to troop levels and funding in Afghanistan, and it wants to make sure it is not left on its own.

"What [the US wants] is for NATO to endorse that" general commitment, says David Pollock, a former State Department planning staff official now at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. But with national budgets tight and with "people convinced that Afghanistan's long-term success is a long shot," he says that "at best [the US] will get a statement of long-term goals – without any long-term commitments."

'We'll be handing off a stalemate'
President Obama wanted to signal this long-term commitment by signing the US-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) in Kabul, Afghanistan, this month.

"That was definitely a setup for the NATO summit, to underline the message that 'the US has done its part, so now you, too, should stand up,' " Dobbins says.

But some analysts doubt that the agreement, which is short on specific US commitments to Afghanistan, will have any impact on the summit.

"The US having failed to sign the SPA by Chicago would have been seriously problematic, but the converse doesn't hold, largely because it commits people to so little," Mr. Biddle says.

What could come from Chicago is a concrete decision formally to shift NATO's mission from combat to training ahead of schedule – in 2013. That transition has already been taking place, Biddle notes, but formalizing it and suggesting that the conditions exist to speed it up could create the perception that NATO is in the mopping-up phase, placating voters and giving NATO members political cover to stay involved a little longer.

"The beauty of changing the mission is that it leaves the political top cover for the allies to stay," Biddle says.

No aura of 'mission accomplished'
Such a maneuver could become even more of an imperative after the election to the French presidency of François Hollande, who promised to have French troops out of Afghanistan by around the end of this year.

Whatever is agreed to in Chicago, no one expects the aura of "mission accomplished" that permeated Mr. Obama's brief mission to Kabul.

Afghanistan: 5 areas of concern after the US leaves

Many of America's NATO partners want little to do with Afghanistan, but they also want to stay on the good side of the US and to keep the US committed to the alliance. The result is that coalition countries are likely to come through eventually with commitments, but they will be modest and have more to do with maintaining good relations with the US than with Afghanistan.

NATO countries "will calculate that they can scale down, because they can stay on our good side practically without being" in Afghanistan, says the Washington Institute's Mr. Pollock. Vague talk of long-term commitments aside, he adds, "the drift is to quietly close this chapter in NATO's history."

This article, "NATO summit: Who will foot the bill for long-term Afghanistan security?," first appeared at CSMonitor.com.

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Big question is who pays to prop up Kabul government after US combat troops leave

Get us out of NATO and to hell with Afganistan..who needs either one? Sure as hell is not us.

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Looks like Obama is going to need to raise the debt ceiling again. That will do wonders for his imaginary economic growth.

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We do as we did in Vietnam...get the hell out of there and do not give them one cent.

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This administration kicks ass. Truly ... we are blessed to have proven leadership in foreign affairs. Democrats are kicking ass and taking names. As am an independent, republicans have obviously completely lost their credibility and more importantly, their honor. The new level and higher degree of dysfunction brought to american politics by the GOP is beyond reproach. Downright unamerican!

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What does Obama know about "foreign affairs?" What Bill Ayers taught him?

This man has done more damage to the US as a whole in 3.5 yrs than any president or terrorist in history. It's undisputable, unless you're outright dumb or choose to live in a fantasy world of your own creation, or getting welfare/medicade/food stamps/subsidized housing etc.etc....all from the tax money of hard working tax payers!

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Rockymtndude

You crack me up. I have not had a laugh like that for quite awhile, thank you!

#1.6 - Sun May 20, 2012 2:11 AM EDT

Jim-3113262

Patriot Chic - you should change your screen name and apologize for your post. You are not patriotic at all.

President Obama has done more for our economy than any President except perhaps Clinton. And he has more foreign policy experience than anyone else, certainly more than you do. It must be nice for you to be able to spew forth such hateful drivel against a man that protects your freedom of speech. Maybe you should thank him for it instead of using it to run him down.

Please use facts next time. I grow weary of your inflammatory lies.

#1.7 - Sun May 20, 2012 3:24 AM EDT

1NewDay

imwhitewolf,

Well you certainly didn't pull any punches! That was a bit harsh and probably crosses the line. Although I must say that I think that all the time. I just don't feel right putting it in print. I suppose trying to appeal to some of the peoples' intellect is probably a wasted effort, but I'm not big into blatant name calling. That said, besides the lack of tact in your statement, I really can't find much wrong with it.

I really struggle with how some people can repeat the stuff they hear on Fox but have no clue how they got that opinion. To say that President Obama has done more damage to the US than any other president or terrorist in history, is truly insane. She makes no attempt to give examples of that, just blurts out the statement, literally word for word from the far right talking points. How can anybody be remotely aware of current events and draw such a conclusion?

Sometimes I wonder if they aren't hiding from us the fact that a large portion of the public has been brain damaged by mad cow or some insecticide usage, maybe poisoned water? I don't know, but a logical brain doesn't work that way. Can you really get that brainwashed watching Fox? I just don't see how. Seems like you would have to be somehow predisposed to believing such things. Even then we are talking about a thought process that would conclude that 2 plus 2 equals 47. The thing is that these people look normal. You would almost expect someone who's mind works this way to be wearing their shoes on their hands or walking around with drool hanging from their mouths. Is hate really that powerful a drug? Can it distort reality to such a degree? I guess I just don't understand because I have never held such animosity against another human being.

That said, whitewolf, I feel your frustration, but I'd rather we stayed civil because we just become more like them when we name call and sling mud, even when it seems appropriate.

#1.8 - Sun May 20, 2012 3:42 AM EDT

Tad-401841

This war is about $ and little else, Bush knew it and Obama is still carrying on the same legacy. Both are puppets as are the rest of the crooks in Congress. Karzai's government and his corrupt cronies will never survive a full pullout of U.S and NATO presence. They knew this was not going to be a winnable war, just a profitable one for a few.

Afghanistan will return to its ancient way of life as usual as it has for centuries. So much for democracy and nation building with $trillions for naught.

#1.9 - Sun May 20, 2012 3:42 AM EDT

worn out-4024611

All you Obama lovers got to get your heads out of your A$$. He has made a mockery of US and the constitution since he was sworn in, and he messed that up too! He is not working for US. He is a stooge, a pawn, a puppet and an embarassment to our country. BYE BYE Barry, one and done, good riddence to ya.

#1.10 - Sun May 20, 2012 4:07 AM EDT

david-475776

rockymtnroustabout,

REALLY.

President Obama 8===>o rockymtnroustabout

President Obama as Commander In Chief praises the US Military Service Members, then turns around and backstabs the US Military with a Reduction In Forces (RIF) of the US Military of: 80,000 US Military Personnel PLUS 27,000 US Military Personnel Returning from the Wars PLUS 10,000 US Military Personnel from the Closed US Military Installations at Germany PLUS 5 More Brigades ALL THROWN ON UNEMPLOYMENT LIKE TRASH.

TRANSLATION FOR THE BRAIN DEAD DEMONCRAPS: Those US Military that are NOT RIF'ed will have longer Deployments, shorter intervals between Deployments, and more Deployments.

PLUS xxx,xxx US Civilians that used to provide Support for the above also THROWN ON UNEMPLOYMENT LIKE TRASH.

PLUS a 10% Cut to the US Military Defense Budget, that according to President Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Penetta will result in a Million US Civilians becoming UNEMPLOYED.

Us, STOP lining thru our departure date. ~~2001~~. 2002 for Operation Hotel California 2003. 2004 Down time to replace dead. ~~2005~~. ~~2006~~. ~~2007~~. Redacted. ~~2009~~. ~~2011~~. ~~2012~~. ~~2013~~. ~~2014~~. Indefinite ?. Most of you thought that I was joking about Years of Consecutive Tours. Previously US Military Training Teams to US Ally Iraq during the Iran Iraq Wars, rotated to Pakistan/Afghanistan for Operation Cyclone; Redacted; Liberation of Kuwait; First Gulf War; H.R.4655; Operation Desert Fox; Redacted; Operation Gothic Serpent; Redacted; etc..

AND STOP Recalling us back to Active US Military Duty in the Special Category as the less than 3% of the 97% of the US Military of the 1% of US Citizens currently Serving the US Military of the 92% US Citizens that refuse to Serve and get paid below minimum wages (and "Benefits" that we pay for TriCare Medical Payroll Deductions, State and Federal Income Tax Withholding, payroll deductions for Education, payroll deductions for Social Security, contributions to Medicare, State Taxes on all other Pay (Hazardous Duty, etc.), etc.), while the ungrateful US Public demands Cuts to the US Military (current RIF, equals longer and more deployments for the few remaining), Cuts to the US Military Defense Budget, Cuts to our EARNED few Benefits left, etc..

imwhitewolf - you seem to forget your lover bush got us into this...then, instead of finishing what he and uncle dickhead started, they left this mess.....

And what did YOU do after the 9/11 2001 Attacks, NOTHING. Our Teams attached to the CIA's SAD/SOG went into Afghanistan weeks after the 9/11 2001 Attacks, with the Mission to Overthrow the Fundamentalist Islamic Taliban Government that Fully Supported the Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadist Organization of Al Quada, the Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadist Training Camps. Some of theTeams linked up with the Northern Alliance to attack the Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadist Training Camps; our Teams due to our previous experience (languages, culture, terrain) from Operation Cyclone went into the Afghan Cities to fight the Fundamentalist Islamic Taliban Government's Militias (Army) most of us did not survive (many of our buddies that we had known for decades). Many of the CIA's SAD/SOG that we had known for a while from other Operations also did not survive.

We chased the Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadist of Al Quada and the other Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadist along the Old Silk Road to Northern Iraq, as they were retreating we were cutting them down with extreme prejudice. The US Politicians objected that we were going to violate Nations Sovereignty, so we stopped our pursuit. To overcome the US Politicians Objections President Bush started to push for the US Law, 2002 Iraqi War Resolution. President Bush left all matters to the Experts of the US Intelligence Agencies and the US Military, this also meant that the US Intelligence Agencies and US Military accepted Full Responsibility, Accountability in the event of a Failure. President Bush's Executive Intelligence Agency and the US Military Commanders were tasked to develop a Plan, resulting in Operation Hotel California.

As soon as the ink dried on US Law 2002 Iraqi War Resolution our Teams attached to the CIA's SAD/SOG augmented by the US Army 10th Special Forces Group Teams went into Northern Iraq to attack the Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadist of Al Quada and the other Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadist that we chased from Afghanistan into Northern Iraq. These Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadist of Al Quada and the other Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadist also rearmed, reequipped, and got stronger as Ansar Al Islam. Operation Hotel California also resulted in many of us dying during intense battles, in 2004 we were finally given a break before Deployment back to Afghanistan.

imwhitewolf - The truth is bush/cheney f***ed this country

That is NOT the Truth nor Facts but just your Uneducated, Non Factual Emotive Opinion.

And if you honestly believe that what did you hire (Elect) President Obama for, to do this to you:

President Obama 8===>o imwhitewolf; pumping your sh!t into your skull to replace your brains to become a Obamazombie and true Demoncrap.

#1.11 - Sun May 20, 2012 4:19 AM EDT

Viewer_Ready

The only reason ANY country was ever there, Russia, Brittan, or the US was to establish a permanent airbase to reach Iran.

Afghanistan has ample natural resources to fund it's own, they just need to get busy.

We now "occupy" Afghanistan.

All we need to do is declare a few hundred acres for the US and move in.

Problem solved.

No diplomatic crap, no aguements just do it.

#2 - Sat May 19, 2012 10:32 PM EDT

Jonathan-1982062

Did Afghanistan not exist before 2001?

So after 11 years of "great work" with greatest brains and biggest arms the question is: who will prop up Afghan govt?

#2.1 - Sat May 19, 2012 10:55 PM EDT

USAF Vet-923294

Johnathan, that is after 11 years of war, 7 years of a brutal and viscous Taliban rule, 10 years of war with the Soviets and five years of civil war.

You can't undo 33 years of war and strife in the last 11 years (which were war too - no matter President Obama calls it).

I have been all for bringing our troops home, but not at the cost of allowing that country to sink back into the same chaos that got us here in the first place.

#2.2 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:52 PM EDT

Jonathan-1982062

USAF Vet: However much I post, many won't agree.

Pakis have been backstabbing NATO forces right from 2001. They are half of problem.

At least, please read John Woodward's famous book on Afghan war.

Did military planners know about history, religion and tribal differences and region of Afghanistan and Iraq before entering those nations?

Many know that Bush could not locate some nations on the map.

Who with little sense will enter into these toughest battle zones at the same time?

Many are still in their Texas Cowboy days!

At least, in Afghanistan have Russia, India and China as allies and dump Pakistan.

#2.3 - Sun May 20, 2012 12:57 AM EDT

Catzenjammer

I disagree. The real problem in that region is Pakistan.

#3 - Sat May 19, 2012 10:39 PM EDT

Jonathan-1982062

I fully agree.

To win in Afghanistan, dump Pakistan and carpet bomb the Paki militant areas.

Or else, just withdraw from Afghanistan, Pakistan and other problem nations right away.

#3.1 - Sat May 19, 2012 10:57 PM EDT

somedude-506636

What happens when US forces leave ? All the taliban that obama pardoned, plus the rest of them , will take over again and start butchering people .

#4 - Sat May 19, 2012 10:40 PM EDT

Patriot Chic

Is OBAMA secretly aiding the Taliban, even though they are an ENEMY of the United States engaged in a WAR with the United States, just so they will make it possible for him to exit Afghanistan, handing the Taliban a great victory in Afghanistan?

It sure looks like it.

#4.1 - Sun May 20, 2012 1:08 AM EDT

american-2051576

Regardless of politics, guerrillas, rebels, terrorist or whatever you wish to call them have the advantage, they can tie up a lot of government forces. Do we really think that afghan forces can be reduced while the insurgents remain active?

#4.2 - Sun May 20, 2012 2:03 AM EDT

I__lVl__l

The problem is, they no longer have any credibility. None of them, not one jot.

#5 - Sat May 19, 2012 10:48 PM EDT

justredd64

Get us out of NATO and to hell with Afganistan..who needs either one? Sure as hell is not us.

#6 - Sat May 19, 2012 10:49 PM EDT

what happened

Looks like Obama is going to need to raise the debt ceiling again. That will do wonders for his imaginary economic growth.

#7 - Sat May 19, 2012 10:52 PM EDT

zoebird

How can we GIVE anyone any money when we don't have it! Time to get Ron Paul in office.....

#8 - Sat May 19, 2012 10:53 PM EDT

ldo

...much of the Chicago summit will be a passing of the hat for Afghanistan. With NATO countries war-weary and economically strapped, the commitments may not exactly fill that cup to overflowing.

Yep, pass that "hat" around and no one will "give". Heck, some NATO members have already said they were pulling their troops out shortly and someone is thinking they will provide money to support the Afghan Army who could turn on anyone in a flash.

Seems like this is going to be a repeat of the G-8 summit at Camp David. Pass the "hat" around to give more to the IMF for EuROPIIgs bailouts.

"Strapped for Cash" is an understatement. Yet, the U.N., the IMF, the G-7, the G-8, the G-20, and the Socialist Nations continue to "demand" more money for World Redistribution. These folks are nothing more than financial terrorists.

#8.1 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:23 PM EDT

roadhead

Why should any country give their own money to support a criminal regime? It is basically bribe money to the officials who may be able to promise a little cooperation down the road.

If Afghanistan needs the money, let them either take some of their poppy profits, or the several hundred billion dollars in rare metals that was discovered last year and pay for their own protection. That they won't do either of those two options shows that it is not just about the money. Like others said, it is more about having a close base available for the US in case of war with Iran.

The middle and far east @!$%# holes don't deserve the price we have already paid, in either money or the blood of our military. Time to let the private corporations who benefit from our foreign policy fiasco foot the expense on their own.

Time to leave the far and middle east to their own battles so that we can start to fix some of the major issues we are facing at home. Today is not too soon to leave. The longer we delay, the more money and blood we waste. It does not benefit the American citizen one iota to stay there so get the hell out now.

#8.2 - Sun May 20, 2012 3:05 AM EDT

Joey-2415010

We pull our troops out sooner than planned,let the bad guys run in and tear the place apart and Bono or sean Penn can help them out with a concert or begg people for money!

Our troops survive,no more bad press for the army and the gutless Afgan's can fight for their own country or surrender!

Then in three years, six B 52's can level the whole country into dust!

That solves so many problems and teaches or enemy's that we are the bad @$$s on the block and not to be messed with!

#9 - Sat May 19, 2012 10:56 PM EDT

Bubba The Great

The Taliban will pay for all there needs and the U.S will need NATO to police the United States after the regime in Washington is replaced with civilian representatives of the K.I.N.G.

#10 - Sat May 19, 2012 10:57 PM EDT

Jonathan-1982062

"That US share is expected to be about $2 billion a year, with other countries making up the difference of an annual bill of about $4 billion."

Idiocy have limits.

1. Pakistan is in the NATO summit and the Paki routes are going to be used.

2. Pakistan is a failed state and no one knows who is controlling Pakistan. Still that Zardari is attending the summit.

3. If the root cause of the problem, Pakistan is not handled, just get away and don't spend a cent!

4. All future plans will not work with Pakistan as an ally!

#11 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:01 PM EDT

Bill-3083021

We do as we did in Vietnam...get the hell out of there and do not give them one cent.

#12 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:13 PM EDT

cash-only

Need to put that money back where you got it .The Tax Payers pocket.

#13 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:14 PM EDT

Humerous-2749740

Afghanistan wore down the mighty U.S.S.R. as they are about to do to the United States. What is it about these pesky little countries?

#14 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:19 PM EDT

Ken Waltz-2713097

we should just stop killing people for their stuff-their routes, their slaves, their oil, their water, their minerals, their timber, their ores, their land-just stop. all this political crap is an excuse to steal-as always. demonize and you can take with impunity. this is what america has historically done and continues to do. only now it doesn't really benefit all americans-it truly only benefits a few elite groups of people...and of course it satisfies the insanity of the ignorant bigots and the conditioned fearful religious of the world.-ken's wife

#15 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:25 PM EDT

BigBadBampa

Please don't hold back ... Tell us all how you really feel.

#15.1 - Sun May 20, 2012 12:08 AM EDT

Patriot Chic

I wonder if Obama made the terrorists do a double pinky swear that they would be good little terrorists and not kill anymore of our troops. The only way to deal with Afghanistan is to light them up or leave them alone. I say leave them alone and let them get back to killing each other, just like theyve done for the last thousand years.

#15.2 - Sun May 20, 2012 1:11 AM EDT

ben amin-2512990

The U.S. squandered 10 years by going around in a strategic circle, now to get back to where we were a decade ago. Little can be accomplished in 2 years. A useful strategy could yield some results in maybe three and a half years. Educate and provide security to Kabal and about 10 % of the country based on geographic area not necessarily population. Rebuild hospital staff, replenish educators and create communication via TV, radio and cell phone towers and the beneficiaries will fight to protect their gains. Could have been done starting ten years ago; chances are small now. Women and children need to be taught first to protect themselves and provided the arms and training to do so.

#16 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:26 PM EDT

mike-2414016

let them rebuild there own country we have hospitals and school that need to be build right here in america!

#16.1 - Sun May 20, 2012 12:08 AM EDT

amarjit-3786298

It has been a problem since centuries as there is no local &
strong governing system. Afghanistan lacked the infrastructures of surviving,
education, industry & other vocational institutions. It never had its
reliable security forces & army to defend its complicated & complex
borders of hilly terrain. Traditionally it has survived on toll tax during British
Rule in India on silk & other goods passing from other countries & had
little source of revenue from grape orchards & dry fruits. Mineral sources
remained unexploited & industry developed with network of proper roads for
speedy & economic trade. Railways have been nonexistent. There has never
been sense of logistics management for supply of cheaper food or other items there
has been a little poppy cultivation which assumed larger problem after Soviet
invasion & Pakistan interest resulting with large scale exodus of Afghans
to Pakistan & supported by US & UNO resources. A strong Govt. of democratic
instinct is hall mark of needs of Afghanistan with corruption free intent
failing which this will become a strong country of exploitation by those
interested in mineral wealth of Afghanistan discovered by US resources. Unless
strong Afghan Govt. with democratic values & separation of executives,
judiciary & legislation is not established it will continue to pose a major
danger to the region & world at large as the terrorist continue to exist
& are dormant waiting for NATO & US forces to retreat like British
forces during 19th century. As location of Afghanistan is strategic & strong
strategically, it is better to have a permanent base in Afghanistan to deter terrorists
& other nations interested in destabilizing the governance system.

#17 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:27 PM EDT

mickeymouse-1446349

Why does the US have to stay and "train" the Afghan army ? Are not enough Afghan army persons advanced enough to train thier own soliders ? Its been over ten years of training already.

#18 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:28 PM EDT

barry-barry-libcon

You are all wrong. The only reason Cheneybush created the opportunity of Afghanland, and the only accomplishment of their "created opportunity" is the advent of $100 OIL.

When those jokers said OIL would pay for the wars, they were half right. You're paying, but not for the wars.

#19 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:29 PM EDT

DUNCAN-390999

I think we should get complete out of Afganistan and use drones to bomb anyting that looks like the Taliban. We should not expose our toops to harm especially from our so call friends, the Afgan Army.

The Afgan don't like us and will never be close friends of ours. If they want to get rid of the Taliban, they can just point them out, so we can destroy them. As far as I am concern, we should protect ourselves and our true allies. If we kill or injure non combat civilians when we use the drones to bomb the enemy, then it is part of they not helping us to find the Taliban.

There are members of Congress that don't think we shoulc leave Iraq or Afganistan. We left Iraq and I don't see where it put us in more danger. Why waste another trillion dollars to prolong wars that can never be won. Bush put us in these war and never had a solution to win the wars or end the wars.

#20 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:30 PM EDT

Doogie52

We went after the master mind of 911. We got him, lets move on.

These people kill more of them selves them Nato has.

We owe no debt to these people. LETS MOVE ON

#21 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:33 PM EDT

james-101st

How about just pull out and leave them on their own? Kill as needed.

#22 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:38 PM EDT

sharriannie-

sounds good to me.

#22.1 - Sun May 20, 2012 3:23 AM EDT

nightscout

Guys, we have the money, we borrow it from China!

Seems that we cannot fund our schools properly, but we can prop a goofy guy in Afghanistan, who by they way - notice his wardrobe - pretty expensive threads! With $2B a year plus 2 more from our 'allies', he will be driving a Rolls in no time, have a villa in Monaco and a yacht in Capri!

In the meantime, our kids just have to suck-it-up!

That whole part of the world is like a black hole, it sucks up all the matter and nothing comes out.

Democracy and Islam are at conflict with each other. Tribal prone countries cannot handle democracy. Democracy itself is complex and requires the seperation of powers, human rights, educated society, and much more to make it work.

They don't exist in Afghanistan or Pakistan for that mater in any significant quantity. Better luck at drilling a hole in water.

The motto in that part of the
world is: Let the foreigners do it (the work)!

#23 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:42 PM EDT

BigBadBampa

I agree whole heartily The U.S. should pull all support from ALL the mid east including Israel. Maybe then we wouldn't have to take out loans from China

#23.1 - Sun May 20, 2012 12:12 AM EDT

Jim-3113262

Excellent points. We have thrown too much money down the middle east toilet, and really gotten nothing in return. It's time to trim the budget by cutting military spending. We don't need to be sending money to middle eastern countries when we can hardly afford to care for our own people here at home.

#23.2 - Sun May 20, 2012 3:40 AM EDT

bedford1400

Kick NATO out of the USA all they do is spend the tax payers money THey have done nothing for the USA. They are a waste of space

#24 - Sat May 19, 2012 11:42 PM EDT

Duderjr

It would utlimately be less of a strain financially for the world if NATO just evacuated the country. If we as a world collectively moved every citizen out of that barren wasteland of a country and gave the Taliban nobody to abuse and no children to recruit into their silly little religious wars then they would die out...Take all the resources, all the people, all the cars, all the technology...destroy all the buildings, roads, and any infastructure that cannot be moved to a more hospitable area. Take the fuel from the fire.

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The major problems of NATO, et al are never put forward by US media. Instead as in the case of Chicago Tribune article on three (suspected) Molotov cocktail-makers being nabbed before the G8-NATO summit at McCormick Place near Soldiers Field, takes front and center place.

What is wrong with the US media? Does anyone cares to furnish basic issues to the public any more?

In my rebuke to Chicago tribune, I mentioned just such hidden fissures coming up before actual meeting of the minds, Oops, Barack Obama's mindless games, where nothing, absolutely nothing transpires.

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From Mike Mount and Elise Labott, CNN

May 19, 2012 -- Updated 2315 GMT (0715 HKT)

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NEW: No deal will be reached before NATO summit, officials say
Pakistan is requesting $5,000 per truck for use of roads into Afghanistan, officials say
The supply routes were closed last November after a U.S. strike killed Pakistani soldiers
The roads will be essential for the drawdown of NATO troops in Afghanistan

Chicago (CNN) -- The United States and Pakistan will not reach a deal on opening NATO supply routes before coalition leaders meet on Sunday, two senior U.S. officials told CNN.

"There is no deal, and there won't be one until President (Asif Ali) Zardari returns" to Pakistan, one senior official said, "and even that is not assured."

The two sides had hoped to have a deal before Zardari arrived in Chicago this weekend to join NATO allies and other coalition partners for a meeting on Afghanistan.

"The main thing is to get a deal," one senior official said. "It's less important as to when."

With no deal, officials said U.S. President Barack Obama would not meet with Zardari. The two leaders were to possibly meet in a trilateral meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the issue of political reconciliation in Afghanistan. Pakistan's support in reaching a deal with the Taliban is seen as critical in ending the war in Afghanistan.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to meet with Zardari in Chicago, the officials said.

Ahead of the NATO summit on Afghanistan's future, Pakistan was requesting $5,000 per truck as a condition to reopen the supply lines between the two South Asian countries, U.S. officials said. The officials said Saturday that the United States would not agree to pay the stiff fees.

Opinion: Why ordinary Afghans worry about NATO summit

The new cost is a sticking point in weeklong negotiations between Washington and Islamabad to open the roads, known as the ground lines of communication or GLOCs. U.S. officials say the fees are inflated.

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"We're hopeful the GLOCs will be reopened soon, but we're not going to agree to unreasonable charges. The Pakistanis understand that," said a senior defense official who is not authorized to speak publicly about the talks.

Previously, the United States had been paying just a "small fraction" of the requested fee, officials said.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the United States would refrain from such a deal due to budgetary restraints.

"Considering the financial challenges that we're facing, that's not likely," Panetta told the Tribune newspaper service earlier in the week.

Pakistan shut down the supply routes -- stretching from Afghanistan through the lawless western tribal regions of Pakistan and down to the southern port of Karachi -- last November after dozens of its troops were killed in a mistaken U.S. airstrike.

Haqqani: Pakistan just wants to blame its neighbors

The routes offer a shorter and more direct route than the one NATO has been using since November that goes through Russia and other nations and avoids Pakistan altogether.

Pakistani Ambassador Sherry Rehman said Washington was paying more for the northern route.

"Perhaps, if you look at the end route where your trucks move through much longer, but I believe the double of that amount is paid," Rehman said.

But U.S. officials said the nations along the northern route do not receive "Coalition Support Funds," which should allow Pakistan to lower costs.

The supply route will take on more significance as NATO troops prepare to depart Afghanistan by 2014 and will have to move heavy equipment and supplies out of Afghanistan for shipment from Karachi.

The drawdown forms a big part of the agenda at the NATO summit in Chicago starting Sunday.

Pakistan did allow four trucks containing supplies destined for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to cross its border Friday, the first in six months.

Rehman called it a first step.

"So this is a new beginning. And, obviously, I bring good tidings," Rehman said.

But U.S. officials were less optimistic. Besides the cost, said one official familiar with the talks, there remained "quite a few other issues" to be worked out. He did not specify what those were.

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What is wrong with the US media? Does anyone cares to furnish basic issues to the public any more?

In my rebuke to Chicago tribune, I mentioned just such hidden fissures coming up before actual meeting of the minds, Oops, Barack Obama's mindless games, where nothing, absolutely nothing transpires.

Prove me wrong and I shall commit suicide. Try. I am ready.

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IRI33T

Just get a deal, we don't care when, just get a deal! So that way Obama can wave it around as if he is a deft international deal maker. I sincerely hope the rest of the world leaders look at him dead in his face and say "None of us were under the impression that you can make a lasting deal considering your lagging popularity back home."
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sawtooth354

Nuke, nukes, nuke them back to the 3rd century, we need to re-new our nukes anyway, we can test fire them and replace the old ones with new,
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sawtooth354

Let's just pull out of Afghanistan, then quit with the aid to Pakistan, tell both of them to F*** off
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IndianFromUS

poor pakis...getting slapped around all the time....hahahhaha
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John Hix

The blood sucking tyrants of these backward countries give us just greater cause to get out of this part of the world, stay out and let the chips fall where they may.
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manofsan

Yeah, and then AlQaeda ride Taliban's coattails back to power in Afghanistan. Then more 9/11-style attacks down the road. The problem is that those who keep calling for withdrawal will then turn around and deny it once another 9/11 happens.
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Maybe it should be pointed out that in a few years the troops will be out of the area and if Pakistan should ever be in need of help NATO will not be as forthcoming as they might wish. I understand that Pakistan might want money for the added cost of security and damages to its roads but $5,000 a truck is blackmail.
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just drone the ripoff artists.
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birdyblue2

Fees ? Let them go back under the rocks and sand dunes they came from...they should get not a penney more for aid from the US..they sure have a lot of nerve!
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7685540

All nations, including us, shoild eliminate tariffs. Its a artificial construct similiar to the welfare.
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inividi

Just leave that hellhole already. Why throw good money on a failed bet?
Just go away, let them sink back into the Dark Ages of Sharia.
It is what they want, right?
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naebad

Pay the Taliban to attack Pakistan and implement Sharia Law there. We are leaving so why the f*** should we care what happened to the smelly pakis. Bin Laden is dead, job done.

By the way, make sure that the British borders are firmly shut to the Pakis. There is too many here.
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Molotov Cocktail, is an incendiary device that became famous, all of a sudden. Molotove, of former USSR has nothing to do with it.

Recipe: Empty glass bottle filled with gasoline in which a wick is inserted winding thru a cork/stopper.

Easiest to assemble, hide and used to create a situation.

You need at least million Molotov cocktail devises and twice as many persons to make a big bang. Say rattle the McCormick Place, foundation and all.

When such stupidity is given a prominent place in (Chicago) media, I cry for justice.

NATO boys may bring their own Molotov cocktails and explode them in front of Barack Obama and the invited guests.

Chicagoans wouldn't hear about it.

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SiDevilIam at 4:48 PM May 19, 2012

As if things are getting normal, three minor cartoons were ceremoniously arrested for making fire crackers, almost.

Molotov Cocktail, is an incendiary device that became famous, all of a sudden. Molotove, of former USSR has nothing to do with it.

Recipe: Empty glass bottle filled with gasoline in which a wick is inserted winding thru a cork/stopper.

Easiest to assemble, hide and used to create a situation.

You need at least million Molotov cocktail devises and twice as many persons to make a big bang. Say rattle the McCormick Place, foundation and all.

When such stupidity is given a prominent place in (Chicago) media, I cry for justice.

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Chicagoans wouldn't hear about it.

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Mr.Bond at 4:23 PM May 19, 2012

Mr. Deutsch, please explain how someone can be "enticed" into doing something they're not interestred in doing? Did the cops hold a gun to these numbnuts heads, threaten to kill family if they didn't go along, or what?

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TheWritingOnTheWall at 3:35 PM May 19, 2012

Would have been more convienient to buy a couple of six packs on sale at Jewel...... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. You've had Months to think up a better one than that!

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These guys should be saving the Molotov cocktails for hate organizations like Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, Knights of Columbus, Catholic and Mormon Churches, and Republican offices.

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Mr.Bond at 4:22 PM May 19, 2012

Don't forget the New Black Panthers, "Reverend" Wright's Church, Calypso-Louie Farrakhan's Nation of Islam, and so forth.

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1:42 p.m. CDT, May 19, 2012

This afternoon and evening, drivers can expect intermittent closures on the Kennedy Expressway between O’Hare International Airport and downtown to accommodate dignitaries arriving for the two-day summit that starts Sunday at McCormick Place.

About 8:20 a.m., authorities stopped trains for about 90 minutes on the Metra Electric District line on the South Side while canine units checked a suspicious package that turned out to be an empty suitcase. Two inbound trains were stopped around 115th Street. Investigators also stopped other inbound and outbound trains near 53rd Street. Police cleared the scene at 10 a.m.

At noon, an estimated 200 protesters gathered at Horner Park in preparation for a march on Emanuel’s home about two miles away. Those assembled were angry with Emanuel’s mental health clinic closures. Earlier Saturday morning, about a dozen protesters walked through Emanuel’s Ravenswood neighborhood.

Wearing a hospital gown over her clothes, N'Dana Carter told the Horner Park crowd that city resources and tax breaks benefitting corporations could be better spent keeping clinics open.

"When Rahm Emanuel says that no taxpayers paid for his $14 million party, he's lying," said Carter, a South Side resident who claimed corporations who bankrolled the NATO host committee benefit from their ties to the mayor at the expense of poor people.

Carter said she's a patient at a mental health clinic that has experienced funding cuts, including the layoff of her own counselor.

Police were at the park to monitor the event.

The day’s biggest developments came at Cook County Criminal Court. Documents released shortly before an afternoon bond hearing for three out-of-state men arrested in a Bridgeport apartment alleged that the suspects considered hitting President Obama’s campaign headquarters, Emanuel’s house and police stations with “incendiary devices.”

The three – Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, N.H.; and Brent Vincent Betterly, 24, of Oakland Park, Fla., are charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism, providing material support for terrorism and possession of an explosive or incendiary device.

Michael Deutsch, a lawyer for the three, said after the hearing the arrests were "entrapment to the highest degree" and “a way to stir up prejudice against people exercising their first amendment rights."

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Les dirigeants du Groupe des Huit (Etats-Unis, Grande-Bretagne, Canada, Italie, France, Allemagne, Japon, Russie) réunis hier à Camp David, à 100 km au nord-ouest de Washington, ont abordé les questions de l'Iran, de la Syrie et de la Corée Du Nord au cours d'un dîner de travail, a déclaré un responsable américain. Barack Obama, portant une veste mais sans cravate, avait accueilli peu auparavant ces dignitaires, en commençant par les dirigeants européens José Manuel Barroso et Herman van Rompuy. Le président français François Hollande a été le dernier à entrer dans la résidence de campagne des présidents américains.

Ces dirigeants ont convenu lors de cette première rencontre qu'il était urgent que l'Iran prenne des mesures concrètes pour assurer la communauté internationale de la nature pacifique de son programme nucléaire. Ils ont également rappelé qu'il était temps de se concentrer sur une transition politique en Syrie, a déclaré un responsable américain.

La crise de la dette et de la zone euro au programme de samedi

Sur le nucléaire nord-coréen, les dirigeants des huit pays les plus industrialisés ont réaffirmé l'importance que la Corée du Nord se conforme aux standards internationaux. La Corée du sera de plus en plus isolée si elle "continue sur la voie de la provocation", a ajouté le responsable.

Le président de la Commission européenne José Manuel Barroso a déclaré un peu plus tôt que "les plaies causées par la crise financière n'étaient toujours pas pansées". "L'Europe prend conscience du besoin de combiner l'assainissement budgétaire avec la réforme structurelle et l'investissement", a-t-il dit, ajoutant que la Grèce devait rester dans la zone euro. "L'Europe veut que la Grèce reste dans la zone euro, la Grèce fait partie de la famille de l'euro et du projet de l'euro." Les dirigeants du G8 s'entretiendront aujourd'hui de la crise de la dette de la zone euro et de la pression des prix du pétrole.

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franco-français

autrement dit occupez vous de la grece et laissez l'Iran étendre sa domination sur la région..elle a mis la main sur le liban et l'irak, elle est en train de massacrer les syriens par son régime d'assad pour emporter ce pays en suite à qui le tour dans la région ? on le saura si on laisse tomber le peuple syrien entre les mains d'assad et son allié l'iran.

Le 19/05/2012 à 15:24 Alerter Répondre

du Balai

Maitre mot du G8 : "La croissance par la relance", n'en déplaise à la droite française ringardisée... comme jamais!

Le 19/05/2012 à 14:57 Alerter Répondre

LE PATRIOTE

HUMOUR et réalités... !

Ce n'est plus le G8, mais, le G7...! Pudiquement on a oublié de vous informer que Poutine n'y participerait pas...!
Il est vrai que phonétiquement, G7, cela fait très Saint Tropez...!!!

Le 19/05/2012 à 14:32 Alerter Répondre

sgh dfgh

ils n'ont aucun droit de parler de l'IRAN et de la Syrie

Le 19/05/2012 à 13:59 Alerter Répondre

LE PATRIOTE

Vous oubliez que ce sont des "dieux", majoritairement Mondialistes, mais, bientôt fauchés comme les blés...! Qui plus est, il faut bien qu'ils justifient les repas et l'hébergement dans des hôtels *****...!!!

Le 19/05/2012 à 15:20 Alerter Répondre

Ronnie Thatcher

Après avoir pousser leur anti-Sarkozysme primaire au niveau proche d'une pathologie psychiatrique ; voila que Epo Nyme & Gargan Tua poussent à nouveau leurs délires sur Angéla Merkel & la croissance . Commencer par comparer les croissances Allemandes & Françaises pour 2013 & 2014 . Comparer les résultats des commerces extérieurs Allemand & Français . Après cela , vous découvrirez , ô surprise , que la France & les USA n'ont aucune leçon à donner à Angela Merkel . Maintenant , voici une question , que même le candidat par défaut du PS devenu président de la république Française n'a toujours pas répondu : " Comment avoir de la croissance à 2% minimum chaque année en France pour que le chômage baisse ? " . Avez-vous la réponse ????

Le 19/05/2012 à 13:54 Alerter Répondre

Raymondbar

Pas de soucis!Nous avons un président qui a une longue expérience des affaires nationales et internationales,il saura être le guide et le conseiller avisé de tous les incapables de droite qui l'entourent.Quand on a dirigé la Corrèze avec brio le G8 c'est de la broutille!

Le 19/05/2012 à 13:46 Alerter Répondre

LE PATRIOTE

+++ 200/20...!!!

Le 19/05/2012 à 14:30 Alerter Répondre

tete du

Que ceux qui ne sont pas en accord avec le nouveau visage de la France et n'acceptent pas ce nouveau président élu démocratiquement quitte ce "pays indigne" dont les habitants n'ont rien compris!
Personnellement je reste et j'apprécie cette France qui avance en rassemblant toutes les bonnes volontés!
Obama lui même semble apprécier! non?

Le 19/05/2012 à 13:42 Alerter Répondre

alfred alfred

la france a plus de 1000 ans,10 siecles,vous serez mort comme moi,elle sera toujours là

Le 19/05/2012 à 14:05 Alerter Répondre

Alvin Karpis001

Bon, ça c'est réglé : c'est Francois qui acceuille les immigrés de ces pays, Barack les contrats, et les autres les miettes. Dossier suivant !

Le 19/05/2012 à 13:40 Alerter Répondre

andre pourtales

evidemment
mais lui fait marcher la planche à billet
ce n'est pas notre cas
le obama est malin
et nous des anes

Le 19/05/2012 à 12:51 Alerter Répondre

Epo Nyme

Hollande et Obama expliquent à Merkel (bien seule depuis qu'elle n'a plus son fidèle toutou) ce que doit être la croissance!

Le 19/05/2012 à 12:43 Alerter Répondre

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