| Like any other fashion fad, tattoos come and | | | | have someone else's name tattooed on your |
| go. Today, the time for tattoos has come | | | | buttocks. |
| again. The sleeve tattoos in tribal designs | | | | |
| of yester-year is out of fashion, relegated | | | | One of the major religions in the world, |
| to punks and rebels. Fashionable tattoos | | | | Hinduism, uses Sanskrit for its religious |
| today are more subtle and spiritual, like | | | | texts. Another major religion, Buddhism, also |
| Sanskrit tattoo designs. | | | | has religious texts in Sanskrit (Although it |
| | | | mostly uses Pali). If you want to commemorate |
| Sanskrit is the origin of many modern | | | | some wonderful event or miracle in your life, |
| languages in South Asia, East Asia and South | | | | why not do it using Sanskrit tattoo designs. |
| East Asia. According to Sir William Jones, | | | | Of course, if you are Christian, using Latin |
| the noted 18th century philologist, Sanskrit, | | | | in your "in memory" tattoo design is |
| ancient Greek and Latin all share a common | | | | perfectly fine too. |
| root. Sanskrit script is horizontal in | | | | |
| nature, with a bar on top and many curved | | | | The oldest surviving Hindu religious text is |
| edges. It is elegant and perfect for artistic | | | | the Rig Veda, written in Sanskrit, dated to |
| rendering. You can have a single word like | | | | 1500 BC. Two other great Hindu epics exist - |
| "Om" (often interpreted as universal peace in | | | | the Ramayana and Mahabharata. Sanskrit tattoo |
| modern spiritual writings) in lower back | | | | designs using some of the magnificent verses |
| tattoos, or a motto (like "Satyameva Jayate" | | | | from these ancient writings would make a |
| - "Truth alone triumphs") in an armband | | | | great conversation piece. So would using some |
| tattoos. | | | | of the beautiful "sutra" Buddhist verses, |
| | | | written in Pali or Sanskrit. Tattoos like |
| Do you have someone you would like to | | | | these are ideal for someone more spiritually |
| remember forever? Translate his or her name | | | | inclined. |
| into Sanskrit and have it inked into your "in | | | | |
| memory" tattoo design. It is more unique than | | | | Sanskrit tattoo designs make for a beautiful |
| using our everyday Roman alphabet, and you do | | | | alternative to other popular tattoo images |
| not have to make any awkward explanations to | | | | like the celtic cross or flower tattoos. |
| your future boyfriend or girlfriend why you | | | | |