Satyagraha

GWguitar27 · 04-14-2007, 09:18 AM

Hello all, i'm a new guy, my name is adam

A couple years back, I picked up Gandhi's autobiography at a bookstore and as I was reading it, I fell in love with his ideas and the manner in which he lived his life. I believe he more or less created the word "Satyagraha" to describe his lifestyle. The way he lived would be extremely difficult to attain here in America with all the crap that goes on all the time, but I find it to be an excellent goal for life.
Since reading his book, I have gone through trying times in my spiritual life. I was raised Christian and still am today, but I began looking into other schools of thought. I happened to purchase the Gita because I read that Gandhi really liked it; I really really enjoy the ideas presented in it.
So, to make a long story short (sorry, this is a long post) I really wanted to get the word Satyagraha as a tattoo. I went onto wikipedia (Satyagraha) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and they have the word in Sanskrit; but I just wanted to check on here to make sure that it looks good to Sanskrit speakers. Also, I downloaded some Sanskrit/Devanagari fonts for my computer, and I can't copy and paste the word from wikipedia into Microsoft Word.... which ultimately leads me to believe that maybe it isn't right.

So, if someone would be so kind as to show me what the word Satyagraha would look like in Sanskrit, I would very much appreciate it

Thanks!

Vikram · 04-14-2007, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by GWguitar27

Hello all, i'm a new guy, my name is adam

A couple years back, I picked up Gandhi's autobiography at a bookstore and as I was reading it, I fell in love with his ideas and the manner in which he lived his life. I believe he more or less created the word "Satyagraha" to describe his lifestyle. The way he lived would be extremely difficult to attain here in America with all the crap that goes on all the time, but I find it to be an excellent goal for life.
Since reading his book, I have gone through trying times in my spiritual life. I was raised Christian and still am today, but I began looking into other schools of thought. I happened to purchase the Gita because I read that Gandhi really liked it; I really really enjoy the ideas presented in it.
So, to make a long story short (sorry, this is a long post) I really wanted to get the word Satyagraha as a tattoo. I went onto wikipedia (Satyagraha) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and they have the word in Sanskrit; but I just wanted to check on here to make sure that it looks good to Sanskrit speakers. Also, I downloaded some Sanskrit/Devanagari fonts for my computer, and I can't copy and paste the word from wikipedia into Microsoft Word.... which ultimately leads me to believe that maybe it isn't right.

So, if someone would be so kind as to show me what the word Satyagraha would look like in Sanskrit, I would very much appreciate it

Thanks!

here in attached file

GWguitar27 · 04-14-2007, 07:51 PM

Thank you very much, it is much appreciated!

drkpp · 04-15-2007, 03:36 AM

In large fonts, सत्याग्रह

GWguitar27 · 04-15-2007, 05:21 PM

drkpp, thanks very much for your response!

सत्याग्रह is what wikipedia has in the article i posted a link to.

is there a difference between the two translations that you both gave me?
i am just wanting to be certain that सत्याग्रह is correct, because it is what i would like to get for my tattoo.

thanks again

drkpp · 04-15-2007, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GWguitar27

drkpp, thanks very much for your response!

सत्याग्रह is what wikipedia has in the article i posted a link to.

is there a difference between the two translations that you both gave me?
i am just wanting to be certain that सत्याग्रह is correct, because it is what i would like to get for my tattoo.

thanks again

There is no difference.
Only for the sake of clarity,
I have posted it in large fonts.

GWguitar27 · 04-15-2007, 05:31 PM

Thank you very much for you help

04-14-2007, 09:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
GWguitar27 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: right next to a lot of corn and soybean fields Posts: 8 GWguitar27 is an unknown character at this point	Satyagraha Hello all, i'm a new guy, my name is adam A couple years back, I picked up Gandhi's autobiography at a bookstore and as I was reading it, I fell in love with his ideas and the manner in which he lived his life. I believe he more or less created the word "Satyagraha" to describe his lifestyle. The way he lived would be extremely difficult to attain here in America with all the crap that goes on all the time, but I find it to be an excellent goal for life. Since reading his book, I have gone through trying times in my spiritual life. I was raised Christian and still am today, but I began looking into other schools of thought. I happened to purchase the Gita because I read that Gandhi really liked it; I really really enjoy the ideas presented in it. So, to make a long story short (sorry, this is a long post) I really wanted to get the word Satyagraha as a tattoo. I went onto wikipedia (Satyagraha) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and they have the word in Sanskrit; but I just wanted to check on here to make sure that it looks good to Sanskrit speakers. Also, I downloaded some Sanskrit/Devanagari fonts for my computer, and I can't copy and paste the word from wikipedia into Microsoft Word.... which ultimately leads me to believe that maybe it isn't right. So, if someone would be so kind as to show me what the word Satyagraha would look like in Sanskrit, I would very much appreciate it Thanks! Last edited by GWguitar27; 04-14-2007 at 09:20 AM.
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drkpp Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: India Posts: 1,512 drkpp is just really nice drkpp is just really nice	In large fonts, सत्याग्रह __________________ By Webmaster - Translations: http://freetranslationblog.blogspot.com
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GWguitar27 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: right next to a lot of corn and soybean fields Posts: 8 GWguitar27 is an unknown character at this point	drkpp, thanks very much for your response! सत्याग्रह is what wikipedia has in the article i posted a link to. is there a difference between the two translations that you both gave me? i am just wanting to be certain that सत्याग्रह is correct, because it is what i would like to get for my tattoo. thanks again
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