Can you name these birds in Sanskrit?
Panchhi banoo udti phiroon mast gagan me, aaj main aazaad hoon duniyan ke chaman mein!
Birds have fascinated us since time immemorial. They have found a prize position in our sacred texts, fairy tales and pop culture.
Perhaps the reason for this obsession is that birds can do something that we humans have aspired to do for millenniums. They can fly and soar across the sky!
Today, let's learn the Sanskrit names of our aerial friends!
Names of birds in Sanskrit
मीनरङ्कः mīnaraṅkaḥ kingfisher
हंसः haṃsaḥ duck
शल्कः śalkaḥ penguin
प्लवः plavaḥ waterfowl
नीलगिरि-पारावतः nīlagiri-pārāvataḥ blue rock pigeon
शङ्खचिल्लः śaṅkhacillaḥ brahmini kite
शार्ङ्गकः śārṅgakaḥ bee eater
वन-लटूषकः vana-laṭūṣakaḥ wood shrike
राजशुकः rājaśukaḥ Alexandrian parakeet
टुण्टुकः ṭuṇṭukaḥ tailor bird
पुत्रप्रियः putrapriyaḥ hoopoe
कारण्डवः kāraṇḍavaḥ coot
टिट्टिभकः ṭiṭṭibhakaḥ lapwing
Here is a happy song 'पंछी बनूँ उड़ती फिरू मस्त गगन मे Panchhi Banoo Udti Phiroon' (I turn into a bird and fly everyhwere) from a 1956 film, Chori Chori.
