Is it possible to see the deities names (Hinduism) written in Sanskrit?
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Sage, as for your question, have you tried a google/Yahoo search?  Or try the Languages section at Yahoo Answers?  Maybe people at Languages may be able to provide you an answer?  :-)  Or try the Social/Culture or Mythology sections.  Perhaps the tattoist may have books on that kinda thing at hisher shop, as well.  :-)  \n\nSOME tattooists are willing to do the work for you---meaning they do the search, etc.  If you ask respectfully and willing to pay a fee or tip for their "extra work", they might be willing to do so.  I had a tattooist do work on my largest tat (shown at my blog). \n\nKoresh, if that is cultural misappropiration, then I am also guilty of it---I have the Egyptian Eye of Horus on my upper back shoulder. :-)  It still remains true to my soul to this day.  Isn't everyone guilty of that to a degree?  Frankly, it is also in my humble opinion that if we "Borrow with Respect" from other religions and cultures, I don't think many adherents of religion/culture would mind.  Imitation is often the highest form of flattery! ;-)\n\nEDIT:  Found this site discussing Sanskirt tattooes---dunno if it will help, but you could read it over and ask questions.  Best wishes!\n\nhttp://www.tattoonow.com/facemaster.cfm?task=message_list&thread_index=136
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i didnt check the whole site... but this may b of some help.. \nhttp://sanskrit.gde.to/links5_audio.html\nhttp://www.vedamantram.com/\n\n\nhave a nice day!
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It looks like you can get instructions and actual fonts at http://salrc.uchicago.edu/resources/fonts/available/hindi/\n\nYou didn't specify which Indian fonts you wanted, but they list a quite large variety of scripts. Further down on the page are instructions for setting your keyboard layout to enter the characteres and even some applications that aid in the entry (Input Method Editors).
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There are various ways to answer this question.  \n\nThe oldest Scripture is the Rig Veda, followed by 3 other Vedas (Sama, Yajur, and Atharva).  These express the timeless truth as heard by ancient rishis or seers.  There are so many Hindu Scriptures besides these however, although they all come from the Veda in one way or another.  The Upanishads are deep philosophical treatises that record the truths as found by sages who would go into the forest and meditate and learn with a guru.  They are very contemplative and I think this points to the fact that the "Word of God" in Hinduism is within the very soul of the person.  It is when one effectively lays aside his own selfish ego and opens his heart to the eternal truth of God that one "hears" the "word of God."  This was accomplished in the Vedas, and Upanishads, as well as other Scriptures.\n\nThe Bhagavad Gita is one of the most important Scriptures, because it records the conversation that the warrior and devotee of Lord Krishna had with Krishna Himself.  Krishna tells him (and thereby tells us too) the path to God realization.  This is probably the most-loved of Hindu Scriptures.\n\nAside from these I've mentioned are the Mahabharata - the largest epic in the world about the Great Indian War and it contains the mythology of India as well as the Bhagavad Gita itself.\nThere is the Ramayana, which tells of the life of Rama, who is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu as a righteous King in India.\nThere are numerous Puranas, which are devotional literatures which tells of the stories of various gods and goddesses.  The most popular may be the Srimad Bhagavata Purana, which tells of Krishna's incarnation.  But remember, as pointed out above by others, even though in Hinduism, we can speak of numerous gods and goddesses, in truth, we acknowledge that there is only one God with many names and forms.\n\nHere is a website that explains the many various sacred writings of Hinduism:\nhttp://www.hinduism.co.za/vedas-.htm
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Yes. No doubt about it. But, here India means, the whole of present day Indian Sub-Continent.     Actually, Sanskrit means refined. (refined languages). Therefore, Sanskrit Language is "Refined Language". Now, the question is which was language it was refined to bring out the present day Sanskit.  For that, 2 other languages preceeds Sanskrit namely, Paisachik and Prakruth, in the same order .  Paisachik, means  "demons language" and the came Prakruth.  Prakruth refined and then came Samskruth or Sanskrit.  The script for Sanskirt is called as Devanagari.   Sanskrit  is also referred to as "Deva Basha", which means "Language of Gods" . The other details like Grammar and other specialities are as mentioned in other answers.  Hope this provides sufficient answer for your question
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Try these\n\nhttp://www.hindutemplede.com/aratiPrayers.shtml\nhttp://www.padminilight.com/puja/prayers_for_pujas.htm\n\nFor more results type "sanskrit slokas" into your search engine.
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I don't think there are actually writings original to the mithras sect anymore. I believe the information is mainly from secondary sources.\n\nI could be wrong, though--and would liek to know of a good translation if anyone out there is aware of one!
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Here they are http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=images&imgsz=all&imgc=&vf=all&va=yin+yang&fr=slv1-msgr&ei=UTF-8
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http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Hindu_Scriptures.htm\n\nhttp://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/britishlibrary/controller/textsearch?text=mahabharata&y=0&x=0&&width=4&height=2&startid=7051\n\nhttp://sacredimages-ami.com/krishna.html
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Hare Krishna is one of Gods main names in Sanskrit/Hindu. The cult was founded by a Sanskrit\nscholar from India that came to America in the sixties and had temples built across the US. Its now all run by Americans.
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Yes, it gets as close as possible. \nGo to amazon.com and buy a book called "Chariots of God" \nNext, to know more on Hindu philosophy, go to blog of Harshad Joshi at agneya2.blogspot.com to know about Hinduism. It contains mysterious hymns from ancient Indian culture.
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It is best not to look for the meanings of the individual Sanskrit words but their use in context.  What you need is either a good phrase translator or a guru.  The site below is one meant to help during the preparation for Puja through Pancha Anga and Sat Suddhi:
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There are so many gods in Hinduism. Do Hindus believe that there are multiple Gods ? Why do they worship multiple gods ? \n\nThere are 33 devas (divines) that include agni, indra, varuNa, vAyu and others. There are many references to these names in the vedas. If we analyze it we could see that each one is an essential function (fire, water, air, sun etc) that supports our living in this world. So these 33 aspects are hailed in the vedas. But Hindus consider the trinity (brahma, viShNu, rudra) to be above these divines. While brahma does not get worshipped by many as the God, shiva (rudra is an aspect of Lord Shiva) and viShNu are worshipped by the Shaivites and the Vaishanavaites respectively. Along with Shaivism and Vaishnavism, shAktam, gANApatyam, kaumAram, sauram are the four religions that make up the shaNmata (six religions) on the Hinduism. \n\nHindu scriptures state clearly that there is only one Supreme God (ekam sad viprAH bahutA vadanti). Then why are so many deities and worship ? It can be understood by reading the scriptures that each of these devas represent/have an aspect/energy of the Supreme. So in essence it is a complete divine system that operates. For example the Shaivites consider shakti as the dynamic part of the Supreme. Each of the six religions of Hinduism would call by different names and would put forward different philosophies, but all agree that there is one and only one Supreme God. \n\nIt is in fact the specialty of Hinduism that it lets multiple perspectives of the God to coexist on its platform, all sharing the same common dharma. \n\nIn essence there is only one God and the other divines (many times callas as gods) are responsible of one part of nature or other. The God is worshipped in multiple perpectives, names in Hinduism that has six major religions in it. This has been possible due to the tolerance of Hinduism.
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Your name is a hindi word for The Moon.\n\nThe other names with the same meaning are Ambarish, Bankim Chandra, Bipin Chandra, Chandra, Chandra Mohan, Chandrakanth, Chandini, Chandrika, Hema Chandra, Himansu, Indu, Jyotsna, Luna, Mayank, Nilesh, Poorna Chandra, Poornima, Pournami, Rajanikant, Rajaneesh, Rakesh, Salena, Selina, Shandra, Somadev, Somadhar, Sudhakar, Sudhamsu, Sudesh.Selene\n\n------------------------------------------------\nASTROLOGICAL DETAILS ABOUT THE NAME "MAYANK" -\n\n\nYour name is representative of high intellectual and spiritual development. Its bearers are people with a wide breadth of views. They are frequently charming, restless and impetuous. Decisiveness, will power and non-recognition of dogma are all part of their nature. They feel and perceive the world around them much deeper than others do. They hunger to help others and serve for humane purposes, but often do so with arrogance and egocentrism
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Thats interesting....\nPlease click here - http://www.astrojyoti.com/specialpujasoffer.htm\nOR \nhere - http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/oct97/0024.html\n\nGet vedic mantras in mp3 format  here - www.vedamantram.com/
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Namaste! (the divine in me reverently bows and honors the divine in you)\nHinduism has managed to stay around because it's central message and teachings are still relevant. Most people outside of Hinduism, sadly, are very misinformed or misunderstand Hinduism. NonHindus think that Hindus worship statues and pictures, yet this is not true. Those images are just symbols and Hindus are not worshipping them, they are using them to focus their mind on God and all that the symbolism is used to remind us of about God. For example, that elephant headed image, called Ganesh (the name means "First Lord" and reminds us to keep God as a priority), the elephant head is a symbol. In ancient India elephants were used to clear the forests to make roads, to knock down buildings that needed to be rebuilt. They were basically the ancient version of the modern bulldozer. Thus the symbolism of the elephant head is to remind us that God removes the obstacles that stand in our way of getting closer to God. And that's not where the symbolism with Ganesh stops. People find it odd that the images always have so many arms and hands. In each hand they hold something or they make a gesture. These also are symbols. Even the very color of the figure in the image is symbolism. The mythological stories are just symbolism for the deeper philosophical and theological teachings of Hinduism (sort of like Jesus's parables in the New Testament). \n\nYou might be surprised to know that Hinduism advocated evolution. Why? Because it's sacred texts describe, in poetic imagery, the teachings that everything in the universe starts out very small and that it gradually changes and changes and changes over time. The sacred texts even say that one day our sun will grow very large and turn red. It will engulf the planets before finally collapsing on itself. Eventually the entire universe will do collapse on itself, having expanded as far as it goes, and thus once expanding as far as it can go it will then start to shrink and return back to the source...God. Everything in the universe manifested out of God (the Hindu sacred texts make it sound very similar to the Big Bang) and everything will eventually return to it). Terms like Supreme Soul, Cosmic Consciousness, Ultimate Reality, and so many others are sometimes used along side the word God. Hindus say that all religions in the world are just different perspectives on the same thing...on God. That each is just approaching, experiencing, and looking at God from a different angle. God can be called by any name and devotees can use whatever symbols, be they images of a half elephant headed and half man or something abstract like the linga or the yantra. It doesn't matter. No matter what name you call God by, God hears your prayers. No matter what form you are using to focus your mind on, symbolism you are using to remind you of God, God knows you aren't worshipping the actual image or statue, etc. You are worshiping God. Hindus call their religion "Sanatana Dharma" or "The Eternal Religion". They say this, not to be arrogant, but because they truly believe that that every religion, including the one their religion is founded upon, has the capability of making a person realize the universal truths of the innate nature of their inner Self. Hindu teachers will point to people from various religious traditions like St. Terese from Christianity who said that when she looked in the mirror all she could see was God, Rumi from Islam, the Buddha from Buddhism, Mahavira from Jainism, Ramakrishna from Hinduism, and so many others. Hindus even make the case that a person needn't have a religious tradition to realize the universal truths of the innate nature of the inner Self and point to some who later became ended up teaching within the Hindu tradition itself (again, it's very diverse and tolerant). Swami Vivekananda is one such example. There is even a saying that a Hindu teac
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