From Maatar to Mother: Seeing Sanskrit in English

“How are your Sanskrit studies going?” asked Indira, a dear friend. Over the years, attending Sanskrit classes, I used to be fascinated as I began sensing similarities between many English words and Sanskrit More...

Understanding Modi’s Sanskrit Epithets – Part III

[contextly_sidebar id=”YPYgy8PlwsdfTBekRhBBfSTHnQKCPCRx”]  With a desire to unlock the meanings of Sanskrit phrases often quoted by India’s Prime Minister Narendara Modi, in Part I of this article More...

Understanding Modi’s Sanskrit Epithets – Part II

Have you noticed that Modi’s speeches are sprinkled with many phrases that are not in Hindi? Here is an occasion, worth watching, where he quoted several verses in succession, as his Idea of India, like “Tena More...

Understanding Modi’s Sanskrit Epithets-I

Have you noticed that Modi’s speeches are sprinkled with many phrases that are not in Hindi, like “Ahimsa Paramo DharmaH”?  Most of these are in “Samskritam”, or “Sanskrit” in Anglicized form.  What More...