Language/Sanskrit/Vocabulary/Animal

Sanskrit had a lasting impact on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies. If you travel to India it may be useful to know the names of certain animals in Sanskrit.

For example, emblematic mammal of India is the tiger, it has even been elected as the national animal. Present at his side the Asian lion and the leopard, there is also when India that we find these 3 species together!

Also the Himalayas are a refuge for the few rare snow leopards or lynx. The brown bear and the ring-necked bear are well settled with many individuals, but you will surely not meet them! If there is one creature that you will not miss during your India trip, it is the monkey! The two most common species are the red-tailed and the long-tailed.

Finally, the birds are there by the thousands. Around 1200 species of birds occupy all of India! If they are so numerous, it is simply thanks to the incredible diversity in terms of habitat that they find here.

Consider exploring these related pages after completing this lesson:Count to 10, Food, Clothes & Animals.

English Names of Animals	Sanskrit Names of Animals	Transliteration
Lion	सिंहः	Siṁhaḥ
Tiger	व्याघ्रः	Vyāghraḥ
Pig	वराहः	Varāhaḥ
Monkey	वानरः	Vānaraḥ
Bear	भल्लूकः	Bhallūkaḥ
Buffalo	महिषः	Mahiṣaḥ
Jackal	शृगालः	Śṛgālaḥ
Cat	बिडालः	Biḍālaḥ
Wolf	वृकः	Vṛkaḥ
Deer	हरिणः	Hariṇaḥ
Rabbit	शशः	Śaśaḥ
Elephant	गजः	Gajaḥ
Horse	अश्वः	Aśvaḥ
Bull	वृषभः	Vṛṣabhaḥ
Dog	सारमेयः	Sārmeyaḥ
Cow	धेनुः	Dhenuḥ
Camel	उष्ट्रः	Uṣṭraḥ
Donkey	गर्दभः	Gardabhaḥ
Goat	अजः	Ajaḥ
Calf	वत्सः	Vatsaḥ
Leopard	चित्रकः	Citrakaḥ

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