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ENGLISH = DERIVED FROM SANSKRIT
by vidyut v on Jul 05, 2007 04:24 PM   Permalink | Hide replies

Very few people are aware that the ancient language SANSKRIT is the mother of European languages.
English is one such language which owes its parentage to Sanskrit. Many of the words in ENGLISH are derived directly from Sanskrit. The following words ( more than 150) illustrate the relationship between English and Sanskrit. There are many more words which are not included in this list. Similar is the case between Sanskrit, German, latin and French languages.

ENGLISH WORDS DERIVED FROM SANSKRIT

I am = (ayam aham)
Path = (path:)
Son = (san, santaan, sounu)
Daughter = (duhiter)
Brother = (bratha)
Father = (Pithru)
Mother = (Mathru)
Devotee, devotion = (devataa)
Navigate, navy etc = (navgati, naav)
Arm = (armi)
Heart = (hridh, hardha, hrithay,)
Cow = (gow)
Same = (sama:)
Dual = (dua)
Pariah = ( para:)
Cave = (cuva, guha)
No, Negative , etc = (Nih, naa)
Youth = ( yuva)
Yoke = ( yukt)
End = (anth)
Van , vehicle, wagon = ( vahan)
Mind = ( mana:)
Map = ( mapa)
Mix, mixture = ( mishr, miksh)
Mad = (moodha)
New = ( nava)
Cash = ( kassa)
Christ = ( Krishnatha %u2013 Lord of creation- God))
Create = ( from %u2018Kri%u2019 -kriyatah- work, do)
Cut = (kart,chhit, kartarii-scissors)
Attraction = (accarsion)
Man = ( Manav, manush, manu)
Name = ( naama)
Cone, corner = (cona)
Ghory, gory = (ghora)
Gate = ( gatih)
Door = ( dvaar)
Drug = (drav)
Destiny = (distha)
Divine = (divyan, divi)
Inter = (anter)
Serve = (seva)
Dental = (danta)


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  RE:ENGLISH = DERIVED FROM SANSKRIT
by shanmuga subramanian on Jul 05, 2007 05:35 PM   Permalink
Yes it is true!

Also various languages in India have close relationship with Sanskrit! though they may not openly admit it in the name of regionalism!

Hinduism is the only religion in the world which does not know whose it's founders are!

So it is the real religion!

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by Ramesh Joshi on Jul 05, 2007 06:26 PM   Permalink
Thanks Mr. vidyut for this gre8 info

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