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गुणसन्धिः च रमेशः (guNasandhiH ca rameshaH)



Let's learn the meaning of the very common name Ramesh and learn a guNasandhiH rule in the same process.

रमा (ramA) + ईशः (Isha) = रमेशः(rameshaH)

रमा (ramA) is a name of Goddess Lakshmi.

Note its different from the name रामः(rAmaH) which is for Lord Rama.


ईशः (Isha) means Lord.

रमेशः(rameshaH) means Lord of Goddess Lakshmi = Lord Vishnu.


Now let's do the गुणसन्धिः (guNasandhiH)

रमा + ईशः

=रम् + ( आ+ई ) + शः 

=रम् +(ए) + शः 

=रमेशः

     

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Does The Sun Ever Dim?

In Sanskrit there are 12 names for the sun.

Here they are :

मित्रः(mitraH)

रविः (raviH)

सूर्यः (sUryaH)

भानुः(bhAnuH)

 खगः(khagaH)

 पूष्णिः(pUSNiH)

 हिरण्यगर्भः(hiraNyagarbhaH)

 मरीचिः(marIciH)

आदित्यः(AdityaH)

 सविता(savitA)

अर्कः(arkaH)

 भास्करः(bhAskaraH)


I would like to draw the attention to the name मित्रः(mitraH), the root word is मित्र(mitra).
Gender changes the meaning of this word.
When used in masculine gender as in मित्रः(mitraH) it means The Sun.
When used in neuter gender as in     मित्रम्(mitram) it means Friend.
मित्रः मम मित्रम्(mitraH mama mitram) means "The sun is my friend".
Anyway, with 12 names for the sun, I wonder why SRK is singing "Suraj Hua Maddham"?(The sun has dimmed)


        

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रक्ता रक्ता मदिरा 



In Sanskrit the usage of colours as adjectives follows the gender of the noun.

As we know in Sanskrit nouns/pronouns have 3 genders; masculine,feminine and neuter.

Let's take a few examples:

The word for Red in Sanskrit is रक्त (rakta)

Usage:

1) Masculine example रक्तः घटः(raktaH ghataH) (red pot).

2) Feminine example रक्ता  शाटिका (raktA shAtikA) (red saree)

3)Neuter example रक्तम् पुष्पम् (raktam puSpam) (red flower)


There you go....रक्ता रक्ता मदिरा (raktA raktA madirA)(red red wine)

I am sure you can guess the word for wine used here belongs to which gender!

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अहं तत् विधि एव इच्छामि
(ahaM tat vidhi eva icCAmi) (I want it that way)

What is the meaning of the word (इच्छामि )(icCAmi)?
It means "I want or I desire"
The root word for (इच्छामि )(icCAmi) is इच्छ  (icCa) which can mean "to want, to desire).
Let's see its usage.

अहं  संस्कृतं  पठितुम् इच्छामि | (ahaM saMskRtam paThitum icCAmi) (I want to learn SamskRtam)

अहं जनेभ्यः अवगच्छनं कर्तुम् इच्छामि ।(ahaM janebhyaH avagacCanaM kartum icCAmi ) (I want to understand people)

अहं जनैः सह सम्भाषणं कर्तुम् इच्छामि।(ahaM janaiH saha sambhASaNaM kartum icCAmi) (I want to converse with people)

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नारङ्ग रम्भा जम्बूद्राक्षेक्षुखर्जूर रसैः समन्वितैः।
एकादिभिः स्युः कति मेदिनीपतेः पानानि जिह्वाजडतानुदे वद ॥
Translation: With the juice of orange,banana, mango,rose apple,sugar cane
and kharjura, tell how many types of beverages can be prepared for the taste of the King,taking one of them at a time.


Now this stanza above might sound like recipe for a smoothie but its not!
Its actually ancient Indian Combinatorics.
The answer to the above stanza is:

C(7,1) =7

C(7,2) =7x6/ 1x2 =21

C(7,4) =C(7,3) =35

C(7,5)=C(7,2) =21

C(7,3)=7x6x5/1x2x3=25C(7,6)=C(7,1)=7

             C(7,7)=C(7,0)=1
Total number of varieties= (7+21+35+35+21+7+1) =127

Taken from the book "Development of combinatorics from the pratyayas in Sanskrit prosody" by Er. Venugopal D.Heroor.

     

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Autopsy anyone????



What do we call an Autopsy in Sanskrit?

Before that we need to know what happens in an autopsy.

Well, I won't write the details of cutting and slicing the body parts but I would summarize an autopsy as a  detail examination of a corpse.

Well! That's what it is in Sanskrit too.

सूक्ष्म-शव-परिक्षा (sUkshma-shava-pariksha)

सूक्ष्म - detail

शव -corpse

परिक्षा - examination.

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अग्निः (agniH) (Fire)


Etymology is my favorite part of any language.

We learn a lot from how ancient minds formed words which was based on logic and observations.

So let's take a look at the etymology of the word अग्निः(agniH).

Firstly there are many opinions on this as how the word अग्निः(agniH) was derived.

From Nighantu to Sthulasthivin, to Sakapuni's glossary  to Yaska's Nirukta, there are multiple opinions on this.
I will only focus on one today.
It is from the Nighantu.

In the Vedic lexicon, अग्निः(agniH) at the root level is अग्नि (agni) and is made up of the following:

अग्र (agra) + नीयते(nIyate) = अग्नि (agni)

अग्र (agra) = foremost

नीयते (nIyate) = to lead

अग्नि (agni) = Foremost leader.

Logically it makes a lot of sense as the Vedic rites involved fire to be the first and foremost to lead the oblations.