There are many different types of tattoo designs, so why highlight Sanskrit tattoo designs to receive special praise? What makes them better than dreamcatcher tattoo designs, for example? For these 5 reasons:
1. Sanskrit has an ancient history
Did you know that Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages on Earth, dating back to before 1500 BC. C.? Leading language scholars such as Heinrich Roth, Johann Ernst Hanxleden, and Sir William Jones say that Sanskrit can be considered the mother of all languages. The modern languages of the Indian subcontinent were derived from it, while many Asian and even modern European languages show its influence.
Sanskrit not only has a deep history, but it even shares some advanced concepts in computer science. The Backus-Naur form used to design modern computer languages has many parallels with the Sanskrit grammar defined by the ancient scholar Panini. This grammar is the reason that keeps this language pure even after 3500 years.
2. Rich mythologies inspire many beautiful designs
Like ancient Greek, Latin, and Norse, Sanskrit has a rich mythology. There are many stories of gods and great heroes, legendary deeds and deeds recorded in this language. For example, the Mahabharata has more than 24,000 verses, which makes it one of the greatest epic poems in the world. The Ramayana is twice the size of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined. With such a wealth of mythology, it easily inspires many beautiful tattoo images.
If you love large, rich and complex tattoo designs like tigers, dragons and phoenixes, why not consider creating a tattoo inspired by a scene from the Mahabharata or Ramayana?
3. Highly spiritual / mystical
Sanskrit was a language originally created for religion. Among the earliest religious texts in the world are the Vedas in Sanskrit. The Vedas later expanded to the Sutras (different from the Buddhist Sutras), then to the Tantras, Shastra, Siddhanta, and Jataka.
Even modern Indian companies, educational institutions and governments have created their slogans by taking inspirational sayings from Sanskrit religious texts. For example:
- Life Insurance Corporation of India – Yogakshemam Vaha-myaham – “I will take care of well-being” (taken from the Bhagavad Gita)
- Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology – Aa No Bhadra Kratavo Yanthu Vishvataha – “Let noble thoughts flow into your mind from all sides” (taken from the Rig Veda)
Take a page from these organizations and tattoo an inspirational saying from one of these ancient texts. If you are of the spiritual or mystical type, why not get a tattoo to invoke the blessings of the gods on yourself?
4. Easy to tattoo
Basic Sanskrit tattoo designs can be easy to create. The most popular images, Trishula (Trident), Om, Padme (Lotus), just need broad lines to shape. Sanskrit word tattoos are very structured. You just need to engrave the horizontal line at the top, then the rest of the curved writing below it.
5. Very flexible
Sanskrit tattoo designs are very flexible. You can do armband tattoos, lower back tattoos, memory tattoos, and much more.
For example, women can make lower back tattoos using the lotus flower overlaid with the Om symbol, while men can make a Trident tattoo on their biceps. If you don’t like these images, why not use the script written in Sanskrit to create your own tattoo designs? The bangles can be made as thin or thick as you like using various written Sanskrit alphabets.