Where Words Come From: Sanskrit Political Names Edition!

<p>The surname Ramaswamy is a compound of the proper name &ldquo;Rama&rdquo; and the title &ldquo;swami&rdquo;.</p> <p>Both of these words come from Sanskrit, an Indo-European language related (though distantly) to English.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Rama</a>&nbsp;(Sanskrit राम<strong>)&nbsp;</strong>is a a Hindu deity and the central character of the&nbsp;<em>Ramayana</em>, one of the great Hindu epics along with the&nbsp;<em>Mahabharata</em>. His name is derived from the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Proto-Indo-European</a>&nbsp;(PIE) root&nbsp;<em>*HreH-m&oacute;-s</em>&nbsp;meaning &ldquo;dark-colored&rdquo;. He is normally depicted with dark blue skin. The word is related to the Sanskrit रात्रि (<em>rā́tri</em>), &ldquo;night&rdquo;, from the same root.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@frpeterjackson_33762/where-words-come-from-sanskrit-political-names-edition-8243d5c93ff3"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>