Names in Sanskrit.

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Dear Prabhakaran,

 

That's not right. Though most male names in Sanskrita end

in " ah " , " ih " , " uh " etc, it is not necessary. Someone can have a

halanta name like " soumyavaak " , " marut " , " viryavaan " etc. These three

names, for example, have 3, 2 and 3 aksharas respectively.

 

So, there is nothing like normal Sanskrit form. Names ending with

consonants are possible. So converting " Brendan " to " Brendanah " is

illogical. After all, neither Brendan nor Brendanah means anything in

Sanskrit. Why should you prefer Brendanah to Brendan then, given that

the latter's the name given to him?

 

In any case, if Sanjay agrees that " Phyl " is one akshara/syllable

and " Brendan " is two aksharas/syllables and proposes to convert them

to " Phyla " and " Brendana " to make them end like Radha and Rama, then

I will agree that " Phyla " is two aksharas and " Brendana " is 3

aksharas. Then the argument can be focussed on a different issue -

why the names need to be changed. But Sanjay insists that Phyl itself

is two syllables and Brendan itself is 3 syllables. We don't have an

agreement in the most basic place.

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

 

> Om Gurave Namah,

> Dear Narasimhaji,

> I had a thought.

> Do male names in Sanskrita need to always end in visarga?

(Aspiration

> denoted by ':' and pronounced like silent ha in sanskrita). Like

> Sanjaya sanjayah, suresha: etc to become 'sanskrita normal form'

for

> writting male names?.

> Do Female names need to end with long vowels like sita is usually

> sitaa, nandini is nandinii, etc to become 'samskrita normal form' ?

>

> I do know much samskritam, but using the above rule(?) all names

> given by Guruji like Phil,brendan can be converted to the sanskrit

> normal way of writting the names and then his rules can be applied

> like Phil becomes PhilaH(silent aspiration at the end), BrendanaH

etc.

> What I say could sound silly but please correct me if it's wrong.

>

> Your's Sincerely

> S.Prabhakar