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In this blog, I translate scientific terminology into Sanskrit, namely in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. I am not the first to do such a thing, but I am going to be one of the few to take it to another level.  

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Organic Chemicals in Sanskrit

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Organic Chemicals in Sanskrit This is the first part in a prospective series of blog posts where I coin some chemical names in Sanskrit. This may be sugars, acids, proteins, etc. In this blog, I will be naming the sugars and the some of the Amines, Alcohols, and Alkanes. 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. Element Roots In oder to say sutuff like "hydro-" pr "chloro-" or "carbo-". it is necessary that we have short hand froms of the elements. This is so we can make words that are less syllables. Here is a short list. I will make a longer one later: Hydrogen (उद्रजन​ ):  उदक्य​ Carbon (अङ्गर​ ):  अङ्गर​ Chlorine (हरित-द्रव्य​):  हरि Oxygen ( प्राणजन​ ):  प्रान्य​ Nitrogen (सोरजन​ ):  सोर्य ​Phosphorous: (भास्वर...
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