Science in Sanskrit

When I first started this, I thought I was the first to coin science terms in Sanskrit. Well, the first to do it systematically as there were already coined words on the SpokenSanskrit dictionary.  It turns out that they come from a famous modern Sanskrit scholar Dr. Raghu Vira.  Dr. Raghu Vira has done extensive on coining technical terms in Sanskrit, many of which I have unknowlingly used or derived from. For example, the suffixes I gave for "ite", "ate", "ide" before were of his work, though at the time I didn't know that, I simply thought theyy were SpokeSanskrit's own coinings.  I do differ from him on some things though, such as shying away from using abbreviative suffixes. However, his basic word choice behind a chemistry term is something I will keep. One such is the word for Oxygen , which I rendered as  प्राणजन (प्राण्य​-) as it is conducive to respiration and life. However, Raghu Vira gave a more tenchant word that can be better made int...

  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...