Guest guest Report post Posted March 7, 2004 ..I have been looking for DAYS upon DAYS for way to translate names into sanskrit..and I am having some major issues..anyway my best friend and I are planning on getting tattoos together..and I was suggesting our names in Sanskrit.. ..sanskrit is absolutly beautiful, and I think we would both agree on this idea...so if anyone would PLEASE help me I would be ever so greatful! her name is Melissa and my name is Marie thank you so much! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinayakan 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2004 How do you pronounce Marie? With the a like father? I will give Marie with the a like a in father. Mary with a like a in fate is different. There are more Indian scripts for writing Sanskrit. 1. Devanagari (the most common) 2. Roman Trancription 3.Kannada 4. Telugu 5. Malayalam. The last three are South-Indian and also used for Sanskrit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2004 SOOO very much. I also have some questions....so my name in sanskrit...what will it mean in sanskrit? Like will people who know sanskrit know its my name..or will it not make any sense at all? I would really like to learn more of it before I do it..because i LOOVEE sanskrit, I think it is BEAUTIFUL..but I don't want to just do it not knowing anything about it..so if anyone could be so helpful to clue me in on some things..I would be soo happy /images/graemlins/smile.gif you guys are ever so kind.. -Marie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2004 ..Marie is pronounce MUH-REE ..I am not sure if that will be the same in sanskrit as what you posted? Since I don't think that the A in Marie is the same as in Father..hmm Anyway, get back to me if you can..thanks a million -Marie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinayakan 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2004 Sanskrit is not like Chinese. Chinese characters are pictogrammes and words in Chinese. Indian scripts are phonetic, and the symbols represent sounds. If a transcribed name have a meaning in Sanskrit, it is coincidental. There is no word like Marie in Sanskrit. But there is a Meliisha in Sanskrit. Mela (melaa, melaH or melanam) means association, meeting, fair, a gathering of people. Isha means lord. It is a made but meaningful word. "the lord of gathering", "the boss of a fair" In the attachment Marie again (Muh-ri) and Melisha. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2004 You have been extremely helpful..I am soooo envious of you and your knowledge! So..is Melisha the same as Melissa? Or if my friend wants to use her name I should use the Melissa in the first attatchment response? ...and not the Melisha in the second? Seriously..I feel like I should be paying you...you have been so extremely helpful! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites