It is very interesting to note the Sanskrit names of animal. Some of them are contextual and I will try to give the meaning of those contextual names too.
English | Sanskrit | Transliteration |
Animal | जन्तुः | Jantuḥ |
Animal | प्राणी | Prāṇī |
Animal | चेतनः | Cetanaḥ
(the one who is sentient) |
Animal | जीवी | Jīvī |
Animal | जन्मी | Janmī
(the one who took birth) |
Animal | शरीरी | Śarīrī
(The one who has a body) |
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