Saturday, May 11, 2019

Hi | "verily"

Hi

Hi (IAST)
Translation: "verily"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 2, 5, 6)

A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Monier-Williams)
Sanskrit: हि
Transliteration: Hi
Translation: "(used as a particle and usually denoting) for, because, on account of (never standing first in a sentence, but generally after the first word and used enclitically, sometimes after pronouns);  indeed, assuredly, surely, of course, certainly"

Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads (Swami Sharvananda)
Sanskrit: हि
Transliteration: Hi
Translation: "assuredly, verily"


References:
  1. Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math