How to Use Sanskrit in a Sentence

Sanskrit

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  • In India, the death of a crane inspired the writing of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana.
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Their Greek and Sanskrit hadn’t helped them much yet in the Manhattan job market.
    — Sam Dolnick, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The exec was born in India to a Sanskrit scholar mother, who taught him how to be mindful.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • The scene appears in the Mahabharata, the Sanskrit epic about the cosmic consequences of a war between two clans: the Pandavas and their cousins, the Kauravas.
    — Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
  • However, it is known that the physicist did study Sanskrit and a number of other languages, as well as the Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu scripture.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 21 July 2023
  • In Sanskrit, hanu means jaw, while man translates to prominent or disfigured.
    — Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Similarly, the Sanskrit inscription was carved by an accomplished Indian scribe, and the donor took pains to point out his high class.
    — Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
  • Disagreements about the age of Sanskrit and Tamil illustrate the broader issues in pinpointing the world’s oldest language.
    — Lucy Tu, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Around the 15th century B.C., key Sanskrit writings use it to mean an animal’s yoke and also an entire war chariot, yoke and all.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2017
  • Their codas could be orders of magnitude more ancient than Sanskrit.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Karna, a complex and tragic figure in the ancient Sanskrit epic, is being adapted for a new generation of viewers.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 July 2024
  • The technique is apparently an attempt to write Chinese script that mimics the fluidity of Sanskrit.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • News outlets have written explainers on how to pronounce her first name and the significance behind its meaning, lotus in Sanskrit.
    — April Rubin, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
  • He’d been fascinated by India’s textile traditions for years and seized the opportunity to found his brand, Karu, whose name is the Sanskrit word for artisan.
    — Lindsey Tramuta Jameson Montgomery Juan A. Ramírez Ellie Pithers Gisela Williams Amy Fang, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • Again and again, as the tempo rose around her, this thin, bespectacled woman prostrated herself in ecstasy, doing what is known in Sanskrit as ashtanga pranam, or the eight-body-part salute: hands, feet, knees, chest and chin.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • After the breathing exercise, class ends with five minutes of Savasana, the Sanskrit name for the resting and restorative period when practitioners lie supine to relax, regroup, and calm the nervous system.
    — Andi Breitowich, Men's Health, 1 May 2023
  • The gargantuan temple’s impressive bas-reliefs depict scenes from the Mahabharata and Ramayana, the Sanskrit epics that date back to ancient India.
    — Chaitali Patel, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2024
  • See new places to stay in Miami Amrit, which in Sanskrit means the nectar of immortality and was conceived by the family two decades ago, features a four-story indoor and outdoor spa and wellness center.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
  • Its canonical literature is preserved in the ancient language of Pali, while other branches use Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan.
    — Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 31 May 2023
  • Although the texts were introduced, and preserved, in Chinese, Japanese Buddhists knew that they had previously been translated from Sanskrit.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Bharat, originally a Sanskrit word, is the nation’s official name in Hindi, but in all communication in English and with other countries, the nomenclature is India.
    — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The Muslim sovereigns who attacked temples for political clout also often paid for others to be built or renovated; and Muslim rulers cast themselves in the genealogies of Hindu deities or sought wisdom in Sanskrit texts.
    — Supriya Gandhi, Foreign Affairs, 13 July 2020
  • As framed by Nolan, who also wrote the screenplay, Oppenheimer's cursory knowledge of Sanskrit, and Hindu religious tradition, is little more than another of his many eccentricities.
    — WIRED, 24 July 2023
  • Tellingly, Sanskrit writings provide little evidence of any sustained history of Hindu trauma stemming from these temple attacks.
    — Supriya Gandhi, Foreign Affairs, 13 July 2020

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