Science in Sanskrit

   Naming Some Extinct Animals in Sanskrit What type of taxonomy enthusiast would I be if I didn't reder any extinct animal names into  Sanskrit? I am going to discuss guidelines I made that will help us in naming extinct animals. These guidelines should streamline the process of translating so many extinct animal names into Sanskrit.  These guidelines are in the form of words that serve "prefixes" and "suffixes"  that describe the animal. Below is the list: भीम​ (bhIma) - terrible, mighty, large, buff, etc. The word  भीम  will be used to denote an animal that is buff or mighty looking. This is inspired from how "gorilla" is  भीमवानर​ , meaning "mighty monkey/ape".  भूरि (bhUri) - mighty, large, etc. [but secondary to भीम​ (bhIma)] The word  भूरि  will be used to like  भीम,  but it will have a secondary importance in terms of might or largeness. . So for an ape that is slightly  less  mighty looking than a gori...

Corocdilian Taxonomy in Sanskrit I will name the crocodilian groups into Sanskrit. Crocodylia is the order of reptiles that include crocodiles, alligators, gharials, and caimans.  They are a very cool species that have been around since the dinosaurs. Being of the group Archosauria, they are more closely related to birds than to lizards.  Crocodiles have a notable imprtance in Indian culture, with the legendary Makara , being based on a crocodile. Infact the word makara  often refers to a crocodile when it is not being used for the legendary animal. The crocodile is found in Indus Valley Seals and in later history, is found a place in the Bhagavatam, namely in the Gajendra Moksha story.  Below is the phylogenetic tree for the Crocodilians. This is not how you draw a phylogenetic tree, but I did it this way for convenience. Now let us begin. So we all probably know that crocodiles are different from alligators. For the fourmer, they have long V-shaped snouts and the f...