Science in Sanskrit

  Miscelleneous Chemicals in Sanskrit This is another part in a series of blog posts where I coin some chemical names in Sanskrit. In this blog, some commonly known chemicals like Acetone, Oxalate, etc. The idea is to move away from English words in Indian langauges, while not sacrificing unity. However, I do recomend trying to translate these words into vernacular languages as much as possible, because ultimately we want people to understand science and not get tripped up by jargon. Now in my previous blog on Cellular Respiration, I have coined some of these words on the fly.  Acids Here is what I have named so far:  Acetate:  चुक्रीय Citrate:  नैबूकीय Succinate: धूनकीय Malate:  सेवफलीय Fumerate:  वर्मकण्टाकीय Oxalate:  लोलिकीय Oxaloacetate: लौलिकिचुक्रीय Lactate:  क्षीरीय Tartate:  द्राक्षिकीय Pyruvate:  उपद्राक्षिकीय Now technically, I can use name the acids by the functional groups and how many carbons they have, in many cases t...

  Cellular Respiration in Sanskrit Cellular Respiration in most cells is when cells take glucose and break it down to get energy, which is stored as ATP. The process is complicated, but can be broken down into 4 parts: Glycolysis, Piruvate Oxidation, Citric Acid Cycle, and Oxadative Phosphoralization (Electron Transport Chain and Proton Pump and ATP Synthase.  Now words like Electron Transport Chain have already been rendered in India languages, except for the electron part, where we should use the word विद्युत्कण​. So I will name stuff like NADH or FADH2 and stuff, and any important enzymes.  Right off the bat I am going to coin a word for ATP. The full name is Adenosine Triphosphate, but I am not going to coin a word for this yet because I want to wait awhile before I try to a coin a word first for "Adenosine". So for the time being, I will call ATP  as "Energy Carrying Particle":  शक्तिधरकण or शक्तिवाहकण . Thus, ADP , one phosphate less, which is produced aft...

  Genetics in Sanskrit In a previous blog, where I named stuff pertaining to bacteria, I also named some stuff pertaining to genetics. In this blog, I will continue naming genetics terms into Sanskrit.  Below are a list of Sanskrit terms from that previous blog pertaining to genetics: Gene:  जन्त्र Codon:  त्रिक Chromosome:  गुणसूत्र DNA:  गुणतन्त्र Plasmid:  गुणवलय Promoter:  आरंभभाग Gene of Interest:  इष्टजन्त्र  Terminator:  अन्तिमभाग Origin of Replication:  प्रतिकृतिभाग ​ Selection Marker:  वरणभाग Multiple Clone Site:  बह्वनुकृतिस्थान Restriction Site:  छेदस्थान Restriction Enzyme:  छेदावेजकण Primer:  आरब्ध्रक Plasmid Template/Backbone:  आधर​(गुण​)वलय Bases I should first take the time to label the parts of a nucleotide ( केन्द्राम्लाङ्ग​ ). There is the Phosphate Backbone   or  भास्वरीय​-आधार . Then there is the ribose and deoxyribose sugars or  निभवव्वोलशर्करा  and निष्प्र...

 Train Terms in Sanskrit This is a joyous article for me to write because I love  trains. Ever since I was a child watching Thomas or Chugginton or frequently checking out books about trains from the school library, I never stopped being fascinated by trains. I will admit, it has been years since my last "I like trains" phase, but I hope by writing this article, I will revisit it. Trains in India have a gloomy history, associated with the British colonization, but that won't stop me from coining Sanskrit words for railway terminology. Now, it turns out that many relevant words have neologisms already coined, thus my work will be relatively easy.  Now many Indian languages have borrowed the English word "rail" to refer to trains or the rails. In Telugu, a train is called " railu ", and in Hindi it is called " railgadi ". There already exists a neologism in Sanskrit for train , which is " रेलयान ". The word " रेल " will be t...

 Microbiology in Sanskrit In this blog, I will name some of the famous bacteria in Sanskrit as well as even go over the parts of a plasmid. I am a biological engineering major, so this blog post was exciting for me to write. Microbiology is a vast field, meaning there is only so much I can cover in a single blog post Bacteria There already exists a neologism for "bacterium" in modern Indian languages, which is  जीवाणु,  which means "smallest life form", a very fitting name.  There are three main forms of Bacteria that we shall explore. The first is spherical ( coccus ), thus  गोलक​ . The second is the stereotypical rod shapped bacteria ( baccilus ), thus वेत्रक .​ The third is spiral shaped , thus आवर्तक ​ . Bacteria can also be divided into two main groups, Gram Negative and Gram Positive. The former have thin Peptidoglycan in their cell wall so when stained with Crystal Violet, they don't show up purple. The latter have thick Peptidoglycan in their cell wall, ...