Monday, 10 December 2018

Heathcliff - Opening Theme











Cats!!!!!!!!





Let's learn about cats today.



Well, frankly speaking I prefer dogs(कुक्कुराः)(kukkurAh) because I find them loyal but cats..well they are not as responsive as dogs.



What do you call a cat in Sanskrit?



Well there are a few words but today I will just focus on two words for cat.





मार्जारः  (mArjAraH)



मार्जालः (mArjAlaH)





Now both these words have a logical basis.



Well as we know, a cat likes to lick itself clean.



This act of licking itself clean is akin to sweeping one's self clean.



Sweeping in Sanskrit is called मार्जनम्(mArjanaM) hence a cat is called मार्जारः  (mArjAraH) and मार्जालः (mArjAlaH) because it "sweeps" itself clean.


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