Japanese symbol for “sanskrit”
梵語
ぼんご
Romaji: bongo
Sanskrit
In Japanese, sanskrit is 梵語, read ぼんご (bongo).
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Meanings
- n Sanskrit
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “sanskrit”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| サンスクリット | サンスクリット sansukuritto | Sanskrit |
| 梵 | ぼん bon | Sanskrit |
| サンスクリット語 | サンスクリットご sansukurittogo | Sanskrit |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梵天 | ぼんてん bonten | Brahma (Hindu creator god) |
| 梵字 | ぼんじ bonji | script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham) |
| 梵鐘 | ぼんしょう bonshou | bonshō; Buddhist temple bell |
| 梵文 | ぼんぶん bonbun | Sanskrit writing; Sanskrit text |
| 梵妻 | ぼんさい bonsai | Buddhist priest's wife |
| 英語 | えいご eigo | English (language) |
| 物語 | ものがたり monogatari | story; tale; narrative |
| 言語 | げんご gengo | language |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.