Why are Sanskrit Tattoos A Perfect Choice for Tattoo Lovers

Dec 23
09:02

2011

Alisha North

Alisha North

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South Asia, East Asia and South East Asia with Sanskrit is similar to the relationship that English and other modern languages have with Greek and Latin. Over and above, Sir William Jones, the father of comparative linguistics and Indo-European studies has brought out the fact way back in 1786 that the ancient Greek and latin have so much in common with Sanskrit.

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With the turn of the cycle of time,Why are Sanskrit Tattoos A Perfect Choice for Tattoo Lovers Articles tattoo designs have once again come into popularity and are found amidst common people. No more tattoos are the exclusive area of punks and the seameir section of people. In addition to small celtic cross designs, Sanskrit tattoo designs have rose to great popularity these days owing to several reasons.

Even if you are not a spiritually or religiously inclined individual, you will invariably find a number of reasons to like Sanskrit tattoo designs. Lovers of art and history, linguists and people in every arena of life have several things to admire in Sanskrit tattoo designs on account of the diagrammatic pattern of the letters in addition to the magical powers they are believed to possess.

Most linguists around the globe agree that Sanskrit is the origin of most of today’s modern languages. Unlike several other languages, the sords in Sanskrit have highly defined and precise meanings. Sanskrit is totally free of any ambiguity. Known records date some of the ancient Sanskrit texts to more than 2,000 years before the advent of Christian era. Vedas are the oldest Sanskrit texts in Hinduism that have survived the sickle of time.

Several Christians try some commemorations in Sanskrit tattoos. As a classical language, Sanskrit is a perfect tool to talk to the divine in the form of some prayers and chants. Sanskrit language has tonnes of wonderful proverbs and powerful chants or mantras that can be diagrammatically represented in tattoo form. 

History lovers and lovers of ancient things will find Sanskrit tattoos highly delightful. The relationship enjoyed by the range of languages of the South Asia, East Asia and South East Asia with Sanskrit is similar to the relationship that English and other modern languages have with Greek and Latin. Over and above, Sir William Jones, the father of comparative linguistics and Indo-European studies has brought out the fact way back in 1786 that the ancient Greek and latin have so much in common with Sanskrit. According to him, it is highly logical to state that all these three classical languages have originated from the same source.

The script used to graph Sanskrit language is called Devanagari. This is horizontal in nature and is used for a group of languages including Hindi. The letters are joined at the top with a horizontal line and the pattern looks highly artistic. The flexibility of the pattern makes it a perfect choice for an armband tattoo. If the tattoo lovers skillfully use this pattern even more elaborate patterns are possible through Sanskrit letters.