Can you say “cat”? The Sanskrit language has 49 words for “cat”!
Shvan , a Sanskrit word meaning a dog, finds repeated references in Vedic and later Hindu mythologies, and such references include the following: The Apsara of Indra, a Vedic god, is named Sarama, and it is mentioned in the Rig Veda.
cat ⇄ noun 1a.
KITTEN: मार्जारशावः , -कः and sim.
Pronunciation. IPA: pɛtSanskrit: पेट
lion ⇄ adj. lionlike. lion ⇄ expr. beard the lion in his den, to defy a person in his home, office, or other usual place of work or living.
foxlike. Fox ⇄ Fox, noun, pl. FoxesorFox.
| Vahana Deities associated | Dog Bhairava (pictured with dog as Vahana) | Hamsa (Swan) Brahma (pictured) Brahmani, Saraswati, Gayatri, Vishvakarman | Makara Ganga, Varuna (pictured), Khodiyar | Tiger Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Durga, Rahu, Ayyapan (pictured) |
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The dog (Shvan) is also the vahana or mount of the Hindu god Bhairava .
Mythological Origin & Family
Originally Gula was a Sumerian deity known as Bau , goddess of dogs. As dogs became associated with healing, Bau transformed into a healing deity. Damu was the central Sumerian god of healing who combined the magical and ‘scientific’ approaches to disease.
IPA: pɛnSanskrit: पेन
| English Sanskrit IAST transliteration | Leopard चित्रकः Citrakaḥ | Rat मूषकः mūṣakaḥ | Rabbit शशकः śaśakaḥ | Chameleon कृकलासः kṛkalāsaḥ |
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Strawberry in Sanskrit
Strawberry is called as Trun-badaram in Sanskrit.
Over its long history, Sanskrit has been written both in Devanāgarī script and in various regional scripts, such as Śāradā from the north (Kashmir), Bāṅglā (Bengali) in the east, Gujarātī in the west, and various southern scripts, including the Grantha alphabet, which was especially devised for Sanskrit texts.
TIL that the Sanskrit word for “tiger” is vyaghra (pronounced vi-A-gra).
Wiktionary: lion → lion, lionne .
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