english and sanskrit corresponding words (second issue)

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While writing some of the articles published in Scribd, I started realizing that

many Sanskrit and English words are connected. In India, it is easy to observehow the words gradually change as one moves from one place to another.

There is a strange regular pattern in the change and variation of

pronunciation.

I am not a linguistic. There are good references and scholarly work on the

subject like the one in this web site

I have written below some of my ideas of the similar words in both the

languages.

There are many more. Which I will add later and re-publish the table below.The Sanskrit words are written as per ITRANS

(please refer ).

No. Word in

English

Corresponding word in

Sanskrit

Meaning or

explanation of

the Sanskrit word

Additional remarks

1 able bala power, strength


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2 Algebra alijihvaa The uvula or soft

palate. Inner

tongue, the seat

of roots or rootwords.In Sanskrit,

Algebra is called

'bIja gaNit'. 'bIja'

means root or

seed, 'gaNita'

means the art of

calculation.

A speech sound made with the

middle part of the tongue (dorsum)

touching the soft palate is known as

a velar consonant.It is possible for the soft palate to

retract and elevate during speech

to separate the oral cavity (mouth)

from the nasal cavity in order to

produce the oral speech sounds. If

this separation is incomplete, air

escapes through the nose, causing

speech to be perceived asnasal.(Quoted from Wkipedia)

3 animation an, praaNa life force

4 arc aarka, arka belonging to sun,

sun

may be from motions of heavenly

body

5 Arithmatic arthamiti artha=meaning.m

iti-measure

artha' also means realization,

something that is realized or

measurable.

6 a(ssimilation) (atma)sammita assimilated in

the self,

resembling the

soul

assimilate means to take some

thing in and merge it with the soul

(also see 'simulation' bleow)


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7 attraction akarShaNa attraction

8 augment (i) agra, (ii) agram (i) front, (ii)

ahead of

9 aviation aBra sky, atmosphere

10 axis akSha axis

11 behaviour vyavahaara behaviour

12 bell belaa time, hour bell is used to declare time or hours

13 boy baala boy

14 boar varaaha boar

15 Brow vru brow16 bygone vigata bygone, departed

17 calibrate,calibe

r

kalaa part of whole,

each phase of

moon

18 case kosha sheath,

drawer,box

19 clay kleda wetness,

dampness

20 create kRi to do, execute,

construct

21 course krosha a measure of

distance


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22 cover,veil (i)avaraNa,(ii) varaNa (i)cover, (ii) to

accept,embrace

23 cut, short (i)khaTa, (ii)kharva (i)an axe, a

weapon to cutshort;(ii)short,

dwarfish,

mutilated

24 cut (i)karta,(ii)kartana (i)

hole,separation

(ii) the act of

cutting off

25 Calculate,Calculus

kala, kalana Time, action of time

Cal---kala---enumeration,reckoning, counting of moments,

hours, days, months.....

26 Call kala Time Call of time, event

27 character charitra chara=movement

,

going;charitra=ch

aracter;

charitra=moveme

nt in three

dimensions or in

three

fundamental

planes

The way one lives or moves in the

life is the character.


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28 charm charu charming

29 chronology=chr

ono + logy

krama sequence

30 cone koNa angle31 cruel krUra cruel

32 cry krandana crying

33 culture kUlaachara the proper duty

or way of living of

a sect or a caste

34 day,dawn (i)udaya, (i)din (i) rise, rise of the

sun, (ii) day35 detonate dyut, (ii ) dyotana (i) to break, to

tear open,

(ii)shining

36 daughter duhitRi daughter

37 door dvaar door

38 eat (i) atti, (ii) ad (i) eater, (ii) to

eat

first person sigular form of 'ad' is

also 'atti'

39 east,exist asti existent, present east is existing; west is what was

existing and now set down.

40 earth artha meaning of word,

realization of

word

earth=what is realized, has become

real; realization of God's word

41 end anta end


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42 eye akShi eye

43 flood pluta flood, submerged

4445 folk loka people, folk

46 flow plava swimming,

floating, flood

47 flower phulla flowery,

abounding in

flower, blown

48 go gam, go

49 generate janana generating, act of generating

50 gravity (i)garBa, (ii)gRiha, (iii)

graha

(i)embryo,

interior chamber,

(ii)house,

(iii)planet

gravity=the field that holds

51 Geometry jyaa + miti jyaa=earth,

chord.

miti=measure

52 horse haya horse

53 home harmya house

54 Hour hara taking away,

destroying

Hours, time, takes away...

55 If iva if


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56 ignite agni fire

57 inter antara inter

58 Jehova Jihvaa Tongue, the

organ by whichwords are

articulated and

also organ of

taste.

The main apsect of goddess of word

or creation is the 'tongue'.Theseven tongues of the creator have

been cited in the Vedic text

'Upanishad'.

59 lap lepana the act of

smearing,

anointing

60 lean lIn to disappear,vanish

61 less lesha little bit,a small

part

62 light laghu less in weight

63 line (i) lekha,(ii)likhon (i) line, (i) writing

64 look aloka looking, seeing,

light

65 loss,loose, lost (i)lopa, (ii)lupta (i) to get lost, (ii)

lost


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66 matter matraa, (ii) matRi (i)measure,

degree, (ii)

mother,

measurer

From the measure of the Mother

every thing is created or matter is

made; we get our definitions,

shapes and characters or measuresin the mother and thus we are

born.

67 mad mada intoxication,

rapture

68 man manaba, manu (i) man, (i) the

being from whom

the mankind is

created

mana=mind, manu= who knows

himself as made of mind, manaba=

who is like 'manu' or acquiring the

character of 'manu, who is evolvingto 'manu'.

69 medium maadhyama medium

70 moon, lunar mona mind In the Vedic texts, the external seat

of divine mind in any planetary

system is the 'moon' considering

the 'reflective' aspect of light or

reflections by mind ; sun is the

external seat of divine mind

corresponding to self illumination

or refractive aspect of mind.

71 middle madhyama middle

72 mild mRidu mild


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73 mixed mishra mixed

74 mortal martya mortal

75 mouth mukha mouth

76 mute mUka mute77 name nama name

78 navel navi

79 neuter (i)Itara, (ii) na + Itara (i)different, (ii) no

difference

80 new nava new

81 norm niyama rule

82 nose naasaa nose

83 orbit aavarta turning, whirl The word 'vaartaa' means message(or rather the current message),

sense of existence etc.The word

'vaartamana' means present or

present tense. The word 'present'

means something existing and also

some thing that can be 'presented'

The word 'aavartana' means

rotation, the rotation around the

axis or around the sun( which

creates stability).

84 path patha path


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85 pathos' vyathaa pain, anguish,

feelings

86 perimeter,

parameter

parimiti perimeter pari=round, about; miti-= measure

87 pressure peShaNa pounding,

grinding

88 pizza, pattis piShTaka cake, pastry

89 post,past pashchaat behind, later

90 pod pada foot

91 pour pUra filling, act of

filling

92 pre pra before93 priest=pri +

est= who is in

the front or

leading

purohita=puro(in

front)+ hita(placed)

priest

94 pure pUta pure

95 quote kath to speak, tell

96 ray (i)rI, raya (i) fire, heat,

brightness,

(ii)current, speed

97 regime rajya regime,

kingdom


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98 root (i)ut, (ii)uttara (i)the upper

plane, where one

finds one's root

or divnity;(ii)answer

99 rough rukSha harsh, rough

100 so sa granting

101 same sama same, equal

102 seam sImaa boundary,

landmark

103 serpent, snake sRip, sarpa to crawl, snake

104 shun shunya empty, void Note the words 'avoid', 'void'.

105 simulation,

simulate

sammita same, resembling

106 sinew snaayu sinew, nerve

107 skill kushala skilful, able

108 slow shlatha relaxed, slow

109 Soup sUpa soup

110 sphere sphIta swollen

111 station sthaana place

112 Summon shamana destruction,

death, call of

death, call of

Time


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113 soaked sikta moist, soaked

114 thirsty tRiShita thirsty

115 traction karshaNa pulling, dragging

116 Trigonometry tri+koNa+miti tri=three;

koNa=angle;miti=

measure.

117 touch tvach skin

118 tree taru tree

119 usher uShaa the godess of

dawn who ushers

the Sun.120 up upari upwards, above

121 utter uttara to answer

122 vast virata vast

123 very Buri many,

abundant,much

124 void voy fear (root of all

fear is loosing the

existence or

going into void)

125 west asta setting of the sun


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