How to Use Sanskrit in a Sentence

Sanskrit

noun
  • The fire, the costumes, the Sanskrit the pundit has to say?
    — Reneysh Vittal, Them., 2025-04-04
  • Their Greek and Sanskrit hadn’t helped them much yet in the Manhattan job market.
    — Sam Dolnick, New York Times, 2023-12-22
  • The word Diwali is derived from the Sanskrit word Deepavali, which means row of lights.
    — Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 2024-10-30
  • In Sanskrit, pranayama means breath work or the manipulation of the breath.
    — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 2024-12-01
  • The exec was born in India to a Sanskrit scholar mother, who taught him how to be mindful.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2024-06-07
  • In India, the death of a crane inspired the writing of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana.
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 2024-02-10
  • The words are Sanskrit, expertly written in Brahmi script.
    — Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 2024-06-25
  • Allahabad, a city of more than a million people, is now called Prayagraj, a Sanskrit word that denotes a place of sacrifice.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 2025-04-28
  • The name of the spa, Aarna, comes from the Sanskrit word for ‘wave’ or ‘ocean,’ which ties into their beachfront setting, as the hotel is just steps away from the beach.
    — Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Karna, a complex and tragic figure in the ancient Sanskrit epic, is being adapted for a new generation of viewers.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2024-07-26
  • News outlets have written explainers on how to pronounce her first name and the significance behind its meaning, lotus in Sanskrit.
    — April Rubin, Axios, 2024-08-14
  • The technique is apparently an attempt to write Chinese script that mimics the fluidity of Sanskrit.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 2023-04-25
  • Disagreements about the age of Sanskrit and Tamil illustrate the broader issues in pinpointing the world’s oldest language.
    — Lucy Tu, Scientific American, 2023-08-24
  • Around the 15th century B.C., key Sanskrit writings use it to mean an animal’s yoke and also an entire war chariot, yoke and all.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 2017-06-09
  • However, it is known that the physicist did study Sanskrit and a number of other languages, as well as the Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu scripture.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 2023-07-21
  • The naga, a Sanskrit word for snake or serpent, is an anthropomorphic demigod of sorts that appears in Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain cultures.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 2025-03-03
  • One group argues the script has links to Indo-European languages such as ancient Sanskrit, which spawned many languages now spoken across northern India.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 2025-02-28
  • The scene appears in the Mahabharata, the Sanskrit epic about the cosmic consequences of a war between two clans: the Pandavas and their cousins, the Kauravas.
    — Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 2021-12-09
  • The husband, Gajanan, had retired from a job as a technician in the telecom industry, and the wife, Archana, a graduate in Sanskrit literature, worked at home.
    — Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 2025-03-08
  • The Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a fifteenth-century Sanskrit text, claims that meditation upon this chakra brings forth occult powers.
    — Tony Sanchez, Time, 2025-04-25
  • Its canonical literature is preserved in the ancient language of Pali, while other branches use Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan.
    — Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 2023-05-31
  • After the breathing exercise, class ends with five minutes of Savasana, the Sanskrit name for the resting and restorative period when practitioners lie supine to relax, regroup, and calm the nervous system.
    — Andi Breitowich, Men's Health, 2023-05-01
  • Historians believe Sanskrit, a classical language of the region, originated with these immigrants.
    — Byvaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 2024-11-04
  • The gargantuan temple’s impressive bas-reliefs depict scenes from the Mahabharata and Ramayana, the Sanskrit epics that date back to ancient India.
    — Chaitali Patel, Condé Nast Traveler, 2024-07-29
  • See new places to stay in Miami Amrit, which in Sanskrit means the nectar of immortality and was conceived by the family two decades ago, features a four-story indoor and outdoor spa and wellness center.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 2024-06-04
  • The Muslim sovereigns who attacked temples for political clout also often paid for others to be built or renovated; and Muslim rulers cast themselves in the genealogies of Hindu deities or sought wisdom in Sanskrit texts.
    — Supriya Gandhi, Foreign Affairs, 2020-07-13
  • As framed by Nolan, who also wrote the screenplay, Oppenheimer's cursory knowledge of Sanskrit, and Hindu religious tradition, is little more than another of his many eccentricities.
    — WIRED, 2023-07-24

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