Transcription of Bible in Sanskrit
1 Bible in Sanskrit page 1 Bible in Sanskrit By the end of April 2008, I managed to buy a precious full-leather edition of a translation of the New Testament from Greek into Sanskrit , published as second edition in the year 1851. This seems to be the translation made by William Carey and Bengali Sanskritists in 1808: The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in Sanscrit. Translated from the Greek by the Calcutta Baptist Missionaries with native assistants. Calcutta 1851 Second Edition Dharmya-pustakasya e a arthata prabhun y u-khr ena nir pitasya n tana-dharmya-niyamasya grantha-sa graha On the pages 2 through 3, I reproduce Chapter 1 of the Gospel of matthew as color scans.
2 And on the pages 4 through 7, the same text is re-typeset in Devanagari and transliteration. Since the Sanskrit translation on account of its easy-to-read and straightforward language makes ideal reading matter for Sanskrit beginners, I added grammatical notes for beginners on all verbs of the athematic classes (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9) and on all perfect and aorist verb forms, since these difficult conjugations are taught only in the final lessons of Sanskrit textbooks. A special problem are Hebrew proper names resulting in strange consonantal declensions. For instance, in Sanskrit , there is no noun, let alone a feminine noun, of the consonantal declension ending in "m".
3 Therefore, the Sanskritized Hebrew name "mariyam, f. = Maria" with the accusative case "mariyamam" (see below page 7, verse 1-20) looks very strange. For this reason, all Sanskritized Biblical names have been explained in the vocabulary. Please also note that in case of these proper names, sandhi rules are usually not applied. For example, the final "d" of d y d (David) remains "d" before surd "t" ( d y d ). Should there be interest, I will prepare further matthew chapters for beginners of Sanskrit . Ulrich Stiehl, Heidelberg, May 2008 Bible in Sanskrit page 2 Bible in Sanskrit page 3 Bible in Sanskrit page 4 Gospel of matthew Chapter One Sanskrit - Transliteration - Vocabulary - Translation 1-1 # ahIm> sNtanae dayUd , tSy sNtanae yIzu I StSy pUvRpu ;v<z e[I 1-1 ibr h ma sant no d y d | tasya sant no y u-khr as_tasya p rva-puru a-va a- re 1-1 ibr h m, m.]
4 = Abraham; d y d, m. = David; y u , m. = Jesus; khr a = Christ 1-1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 1-2 # ahIm> pu #Mhak , tSy pu ae yak b!, tSy pu ae iy daStSy atr 1-2 ibr h ma putra imh k | tasya putro y k b | tasya putro yih d s_tasya bhr tara _ca 1-2 imh k, m. = Isaac; y k b, m. = Jacob; yih d s, m. = Judas 1-2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; 1-3 tSmai* datStamrae g eR perSserhaE j}ate, tSy pers> pu ae ih;+ae[!, tSy pu ae =ram! 1-3 tasm d_yih d tas_t maro garbhe peras_serahau jaj te | tasya perasa putro hi ro | tasya putro 'r m 1-3 t mar, f. = Thamar; peras, m. = Phares; seraha = Zara; jan, j yate, 4.]
5 = to be born (jaj te, Perf. Du.); hi ro = Esrom; ar m, m. = Aram 1-3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 1-4 tSy pu ae =MmInadb!, tSy pu ae nhzaen!, tSy pu > sLmaen! 1-4 tasya putro 'mm n dab | tasya putro naha on | tasya putra salmon 1-4 amm n dab, m. Aminadab; naha on, m. = Naason; salmon, m. = Salmon 1-4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 1-5 tSma ahbae g eR baeys! j}e, tSma tae g eR Aaebed j}e, tSy pu ae iyzy> 1-5 tasm d_r habo garbhe boyas jaj e | tasm d_r to garbhe obed jaj e | tasya putro yi aya 1-5 r hab, f. = Rachab; boyas, m. = Boos; jan, j yate, 4. = to be born (jaj e, Perf. Sg.); r t, f.
6 = Ruth; obed, m. = Obed; yi aya = Jesse 1-5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; 1-6 tSy pu ae dayU aj>, tSma &taeirySy jayaya< suleman! j}e 1-6 tasya putro d y d-r ja | tasm d_m toriyasya j y y sulem n jaj e 1-6 uriya = Urias; sulem n, m. = Solomon 1-6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; 1-7 tSy pu ae irhibyam!, tSy pu ae =iby>, tSy pu Aasa> 1-7 tasya putro rihabiy m | tasya putro 'biya | tasya putra s 1-7 rihabiy m, m. = Roboam; abiya = Abia; s s, m. = Asa 1-7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 1-8 tSy sutae iyhaeza)q , tSy sutae iyhaeram!
7 , tSy sut %i;y> 1-8 tasya suto yiho pha | tasya suto yihor m | tasya suta u iya 1-8 yiho pha = Josaphat; yihor m, m. = Joram; u iya = Ozias 1-8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; Bible in Sanskrit page 5 1-9 tSy sutae yaewm!, tSy sut AahStSy sutae ihi:ky> 1-9 tasya suto yotham | tasya suta has_tasya suto hi kiya 1-9 yotham, m. = Joatham; has, m. = Achaz; hi kiya = Ezekias 1-9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; 1-10 tSy sutae imniz>, tSy sut Aamaen!, tSy sutae yaeizy> 1-10 tasya suto mina i | tasya suta mon | tasya suto yo iya 1-10 mina i , m. = Manasses; mon, m. = Amon; yo iya = Josias 1-10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; 1-11 baibLngre vsnaTpUvRm!
8 S yaeizyae iyoiny< tSy at < jnyamas 1-11 b bil-nagare pravasan t_p rvam sa yo iyo yikhaniya tasya bhr t _ca janay m_ sa 1-11 b bil, f. = Babylon; yikhaniya = Jechonias; jan, j yate, 4. = to be born (janay m_ sa, Kaus. Perf.) 1-11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: 1-12 ttae baibil vsnkale iyoiny> zLtIyel< jnyamas, tSy sut> is Bbaibl! 1-12 tato b bili pravasana-k le yikhaniya alt yela janay m_ sa | tasya suta sirubb bil 1-12 alt yela = Salathiel; sirubb bil, m. = Zorobabel 1-12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; 1-13 tSy sutae =bI d , tSy sut #lIyakIm!, tSy sutae =saer 1-13 tasya suto 'b h d | tasya suta il y k m | tasya suto 'sor 1-13 ab h d, m.
9 = Abiud; il y k m, m. = Eliakim; asor, m. = Azor 1-13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; 1-14 Asaer> sut> sadaek , tSy sut AaoIm!, tSy sut #lI d 1-14 asora suta s dok | tasya suta kh m | tasya suta il h d 1-14 s dok, m. = Sadoc; kh m, m. = Achim; il h d, m. = Eliud 1-14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; 1-15 tSy sut #ilyasr , tSy sutae m n!, tSy sutae yak b! 1-15 tasya suta iliy sar | tasya suto mattan | tasya suto y k b 1-15 iliy sar, m. = Eleazar; mattan, m. = Matthan; 1-15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 1-16 tSy sutae yU;) , tSy jaya mirym!, tSya g eR yIzurjin, tmev I m!
10 AwaRdi i; < vdiNt 1-16 tasya suto y aph | tasya j y mariyam | tasy garbhe y ur_ajani | tam_eva khr am arth d_abhi ikta vadanti 1-16 y aph, m. = Joseph; mariyam, f. = Mary; jan, j yate, 4. = to be born (ajani, Aor. Pass.) 1-16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. Bible in Sanskrit page 6 1-17 #Twim ahImae dayUd< yavt! sakLyen ctudRzpu ;a>, Aa dayUd> kala aibil vsnkal< yavt! ctudRzpu ;a viNt, baibil vaskalat! I Sy kal< yavt! ctudRzpu ;a viNt 1-17 ittham_ibr h mo d y da y vat s kalyena catur-da a-puru | d y da k l d_b bili pravasana-k la y vat catur-da a-puru bhavanti | b bili prav sa-k l t khr asya k la y vat catur-da a-puru bhavanti 1-17 1-17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
