2. If you are familiar with Romanised Transliteration (phonetic), you can select the 'Sanskrit to English translation' button above and start typing in English. While you type English letters phonetically, these will be automatically converted into Sanskrit letters. Convert...
Editor's Note: Readers please be noted that this Sanskrit Dictionary has been arranged according to the phonetic sounds rather than letters. There is a vast difference between English and Sanskrit alphabet. There are certain sounds which have no equivalent letters in English. For example, gna (as...
Generally, an upper-case vowel , e.g. "A", is a longer version of the corresponding lower-case vowel, here "a". Upper-case consonants are used only in one series (T ... N). Upper-case letters are avoided in all the other series, in order to be unambiguous and to maintain ...
As I will show, some English words will have two or more dissimilar meanings; I will suggest that some of them are Sanskrit-based. In other cases, some Old English words and definitions will appear as part of the Indo-European language pattern--nothing new about that. But then over the ...
Sanskrit alphabet in IAST The same reformed alphabet as before, but now in IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration). Remember that this transliteration scheme is very often used "offline" (books, documents, etc.) and also by us on this website. Note that all letters are only...
Of regular occurrence in the language, however, is the change of dental n into lingual n, and of dental s into lingual s, when preceded in the same word by certain other letters. The combination ks seems sometimes to stand for ks (? kst) as in Sans. aksa, Gr. iz wv, axle; Sans...
Sanskrit publication,quite possibly because of the European practice of printing Sanskritic texts in this script. Devanāgari is written from left to right, lacks distinct letter cases, and is recognisable by a distinctive horizontal line running along the tops of the letters that links them ...
x A Practical Sanskrit Introductory Lesson 1.A Sanskrit is written in devanagar script. The word devanagar means the `city nagar of immortals deva'. There are no capital letters. In Sanskrit, each letter represents one, and only one, sound. In English, the letter `a' ...
Search Indian Sanskrit baby boy names or Sanskrit baby girl names using EnglishTo search for a matching Sanskrit baby name, select whether a baby boy or baby girl, enter first few letters of a baby name in the search box above and click 'SEARCH'....
It is used when "pratyañc" is followed by a soft letter (all vowels except "ḥ"; soft consonants in Guttural, Palatal, Cerebral, Dental and Labial groups; Semivowels and "h", are soft letters. See Alphabet) योगिन् (yogin) + अत्र (atra) = योग...