sanskrit meaning

kunjamma · Post by **kunjamma** » 07 Mar 2009, 19:33

respected sir i would greatful if some could help with the sanskrit equivalent of the following:five elements earth, fire,water,air,space called PANCHA BOOTHAM ,

Amateur · Post by **Amateur** » 07 Mar 2009, 20:28

kunjamma wrote:respected sir i would greatful if some could help with the sanskrit equivalent of the following:five elements earth, fire,water,air,space called PANCHA BOOTHAM ,

Earth = bhoomi
Fire = anala
water = Apa
air = vAyu
space = kham

Amateur · Post by **Amateur** » 07 Mar 2009, 21:23

of course you can also use the more common word AkAsha fo space.

The following site has both sanskrit-english & english-sanskrit dictionaries

http://webapps.uni-koeln.de/tamil/

gowri narayanan · Post by **gowri narayanan** » 10 Mar 2009, 14:45

prthvi,ap,tejo vayu,aakasham are the panca bhutams