| After many decades in the shadows, it is now okay | | | | of thanks and gratitude, you can also tattoo prayers |
| for ordinary people to sport tattoos again. For a long | | | | asking for divine blessings or protection. Hinduism and |
| time only punks and gangsters had tattoos, but in | | | | Buddhism, like the other major religions in the world, |
| the last few years Hollywood stars have been | | | | have many beautiful and effective prayers which you |
| popularizing these beautiful body art. Many of these | | | | can use in your tattoos. |
| modern tattoos are small and elegant - Sanskrit | | | | Many linguists also believe that Sanskrit is the mother |
| tattoo designs, Celtic cross tattoos, rose and flower | | | | of all languages. In fact, the father of comparative |
| tattoos, etc. | | | | linguistics and founder of the field Indo-European |
| Whether or not you are spiritual and religious, | | | | studies, Sir William Jones, proclaimed in 1786 that |
| whether or not you love art and history, Sanskrit | | | | Sanskrit, ancient Greek and Latin must have shared |
| tattoo designs are always an interesting topic for | | | | the same even more ancient ancestral language. He |
| discussion. Sanskrit is an ancient language, originally | | | | made this assertion following his discovery of many |
| used for the Hindu religion. It has been conclusively | | | | common elements in all three languages, which he |
| dated back to at least 1500 BC. Due to its religious | | | | said were unlikely to have arisen independently. |
| origins, there are many famous and historically | | | | We sometimes hear about how the Chinese I-Ching |
| important religious texts and divine mythologies in | | | | is the basis for the binary system used in computer |
| Sanskrit. Among these is one of the oldest surviving | | | | technology. However, not many know about |
| and complete religious works, the Rig Veda. The | | | | Sanskrit's role. Sanskrit has a carefully regulated |
| Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad-gita | | | | grammar, unlike any other human language. From this |
| are famous epic poems which record the great | | | | grammar, we can trace the Backus-Naur form used |
| deeds of the Hindu Gods and ancient heroes. Besides | | | | to design modern higher order computer languages. |
| the Hindu religion, the Buddhist religion also uses | | | | Any student of Computer Science will easily |
| Sanskrit (a version called Pali). | | | | recognize the similarities between the grammar of |
| This ancient divine language is ideal for expressing | | | | Sanskrit and the syntax of the programming |
| your thanks to the Higher Powers for the good | | | | languages he learned in university. |
| things in your life. Being grateful for what you have is | | | | There are many different forms of Sanskrit tattoo |
| one of the proven ways to get more of the same, | | | | designs, ranging from calligraphic drawings of Sanskrit |
| and there is no better way of showing your | | | | alphabets like Om, all the way to magnificent and |
| gratitude than with a tattoo permanently on your | | | | colorful body art inspired by epic poems like the |
| skin. Such a tattoo help you to always keep your | | | | Ramayana and Mahabharata. There is great flexibility |
| gratitude in memory. Tattoo designs for this can | | | | and the only limit is your imagination and the skill of |
| feature prayers of thanks taken from the Rig Veda | | | | your tattoo artist. |
| and other Hindu and Buddhist sutras. Besides prayers | | | | |