While writing some of the articles published in Scribd, I started realizing that

many Sanskrit and English words are connected. In India, it is easy to observe

how the words gradually change as one moves from one place to another.

There is a strange regular pattern .of the change and variation of

pronunciation.

I am not a linguistic. Also there are good references and scholarly work on the

subject like the one in this web site <http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/IE_Main4_Sanskrit.html>

I have written below some of my ideas of the similar words in both the

languages.

There are many more. Which I will add later and re-publish the table below.

The Sanskrit words are written as per ITRANS

(please refer <http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/>).

No. Word in

English

Corresponding word in

Sanskrit

Meaning or

explanation of

the Sanskrit

word

Additional

remarks

1 able bala power,

strength

2 Algebra alijihvaa The uvula or

soft palate.

Inner tongue,

the seat of

roots or root

words.In

Sanskrit,

Algebra is

called 'bIja

gaNit'. 'bIja'

means root or

seed, 'gaNita'

means the art

of calculation.

A speech sound

made with the

middle part of the

tongue (dorsum)

touching the soft

palate is known as

a velar consonant.

It is possible for

the soft palate to

retract and elevate

during speech to

separate the oral

cavity (mouth)

from the nasal

cavity in order to

produce the oral

speech sounds. If

this separation is

incomplete, air

escapes through

the nose, causing

speech to be

perceived as 3 animation an, praaNa life force

4 Arithmatic arthamiti artha=meanin

g.miti-

measure

artha' also means

realization,

something that is

realized or

measurable.

5 augment (i) agra, (ii) agram (i) front, (ii)

ahead of

6 aviation aBra sky,

atmosphere

7 axis akSha axis

8 behaviour vyavahaara behaviour

9 boy baala boy

10 Brow vru brow

11 bygone vigata bygone,

departed

12 calibrate,cali

ber

kalaa part of whole,

each phase of

moon

13 create kRi to do, execute,

construct

14 cover,veil (i)avaraNa,(ii) varaNa (i)cover, (ii) to

accept,embrac

e

15 cut, short (i)khaTa, (ii)kharva (i)an axe, a

weapon to cut

short;(ii)short,

dwarfish,

mutilated

16 Calculate,

Calculus

kala, kalana Time, action of

time

Cal---kala---

enumeration,

reckoning,

counting of

moments, hours,

days, months.....

17 Call kala Time Call of time, event

18 character charitra chara=movem

ent,

going;charitra

=character;

charitra=move

ment in three

dimensions or

in three

fundamental

planes

The way one lives

or moves in the life

is the character.

19 charm charu charming

20 chronology=

chrono +

logy

krama sequence

21 cone koNa angle

22 culture kUlaachara the proper

duty or way of

living of a sect

or a caste

23 day,dawn (i)udaya, (i)din (i) rise, rise of

the sun, (ii)

day

24 detonate dyut, (ii ) dyotana (i) to break, to

tear open,

(ii)shining

25 eat (i) atti, (ii) ad (i) eater, (ii) to

eat

first person sigular

form of 'ad' is also

'atti'

26 east,exist asti existent,

present

east is existing;

west is what was

existing and now

set down.

27 end anta end

28 eye akShi eye

29 flood pluta flood,

submerged

30

31 folk loka people, folk

32 flow plava swimming,

floating, flood

33 Geometry jyaa + miti jyaa=earth,

chord.

miti=measure

34 horse haya horse

35 home harmya house

36 Hour hara taking away,

destroying

Hours, time, takes

away...

37 If iva if

38 ignite agni fire

39 inter antara inter

40 Jehova Jihvaa Tongue, the

organ by

which words

are chanted

and also organ

of taste.

The main apsect of

godess of word or

creation is the

'tongue'.The seven

tongues of the

creator have been

cited in the Vedic

text 'Upanishad'.

41 quote kath to speak, tell

42 lean lIn to disappear,

vanish

43 light laghu less in weight

44 line (i) lekha,(ii)likhon (i) line, (i)

writing

45 look aloka looking,

seeing, light

46 loss,loose,

lost

(i)lopa, (ii)lupta (i) to get lost,

(ii) lost

47 matter matraa, (ii) matRi (i)measure,

degree, (ii)

mother,

measurer

From the measure

of the Mother

every thing is

created or matter

is made; we get

our definitions,

shapes and

characters or

measures in the

moethr and thus

we are born.

48 medium maadhyama medium

49 middle madhyama middle

50 mild mRidu mild

51 mortal martya mortal

52 mouth mukha mouth

53 mute mUka mute

54 name nama name

55 new nava new

56 norm niyama rule

57 nose naasaa nose

58 orbit aavarta turning, whirl The word 'vaartaa'

means message( or

rather the current

message), sense of

existence etc.The

word 'vaartamana'

means present or

present tense. The

word 'present'

means something

existing and also

some thing that

can be 'presented'

The word

'aavartana' means

rotation, the

rotation around

the axis or around

the sun( which

creates stability).

59 path patha path

60 pathos' vyathaa pain, anguish,

feelings

61 pour pUra filling, act of

filling

62 pre pra before

63 priest=pri +

est= who is

in the front

or leading

purohita=puro(in

front)+ hita(placed)

priest

64 pure pUta pure

65 same sama same, equal

66 serpent,

snake

sRip, sarpa to crawl,

snake

67 shun shunya empty, void

68 sphere sphIta swollen

69 Summon shamana destruction,

death, call of

death, call of

Time

70 soaked sikta moist, soaked

71 thirsty tRiShita thirsty

72 Trigonometr

y

tri+koNa+miti tri=three;

koNa=angle;m

iti=measure.

73 tree taru tree

74 usher uShaa the godess of

dawn who

ushers the

Sun.

75 up upari upwards,

above

76 utter uttara to answer

77 void voy fear (root of

all fear is

loosing the

existence or

going into

void)

78 west asta setting of the

sun

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