Juniorphobic Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 Hi, I'm very new to this topic & I was just wondering how do you convert/translate english names into sanskrit?? Any pointers greatly appreciated. Thamks. /images/graemlins/smile.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinash Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 Hi Junior, Welcome! Do not be phobic of anything. As for translating English names in Sanskrit, if you just want to change the script without changing the pronunciation of the word, then use Devanagiri instead of Roman. Or, is there something else that you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorphobic Posted April 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 Hi Avinash, I'm not too sure either but I'm trying to find out how does my name look like in Sanskrit... I remember 2 weeks back when I visited the temple, the front office guys actually wrote my name in another language on a piece of paper to pass it to the priest as I wanted a prayer done for me. I'm actually a chinese-hindu so I didn't know what was written on it. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krsnanatha Posted May 13, 2003 Report Share Posted May 13, 2003 I had a specific experiance with this situation. While in Trivindrum my former wife recieved word that her father had passed away. The Maharaja who was leading our group of pilgrams recommended that for some small donation the priests of the Padmanaba temple would chant some prayer on my father-in-law's behalf before the Diety. For anyone unfamiliar with the history behind the Padmanaba Diety, He is an extremely large, gorgeous Visnu Murti reposed in a reclined position. It is said that He is composed, internally of 10,108 Salagram Silas and was installed on the first day of Kali yuga. To say the diety is incredibley remarkable from purely a visual point of view is an understatement. We entered the temple and spoke with one of the officials regarding the situation at hand. He had us write down his name in english which he then transliterated into sanskrit along with an explanation of the nature of our request. The note was handed to one of the attending pujaris who, reading the sankrit representation, pronounced my departed father-in-law's name perfectly. During his time on Earth this man spent his entire life driving a bus for the Los Angeles Rapid Transit District. I could not help but think he was the luckiest L.A. bus driver who ever walked the planet when I heared the Brahmin echo his name against the walls of such a revered and holy place accompanied by a beautiful flow of prayers in honor of Sri Padmanaba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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