| ernet is the great leveler - it lets you find | | | | tattooed is not for everyone - some people have |
| anything you want, including Sanskrit tattoo | | | | very sensitive skin or just cannot stay still long |
| designs. While its true that you get what you pay | | | | enough to complete their tattoos. |
| for, you can still find some very beautiful pieces | | | | There are many magnificent pieces of Sanskrit |
| of tattoo images inspired by Sanskrit art and | | | | art, e.g. Rama rescuing his beloved wife Sita from |
| literature. This is not surprising, given that some | | | | the demon king Ravana. It is a pity that you |
| of the greatest complete works of literature are | | | | almost never see them on tattoos. |
| in Sanskrit, for example the three epic poems | | | | At least Sanskrit word tattoos are a little more |
| Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bagavadgita. | | | | common. The X-Files co-star, Gillian Anderson, has |
| The variety of Sanskrit tattoo designs you see is | | | | a wrist tattoo which says "Everyday" in Sanskrit. |
| still very small, despite the wealth of imagery | | | | If you like beautiful quotes and inspiring poetry, |
| available. Most Sanskrit tattoos feature the Om, | | | | you have many choices from the great Sanskrit |
| Padma (lotus flower) or Trishula (trident). While | | | | classics. You can find English translations of three |
| they remain beautiful and striking images, they | | | | of the great Sanskrit epic poems - the |
| have become too common to be remarkable. | | | | Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Bagavadgita. |
| You may have chosen an Om tattoo for spiritual | | | | A good book will have the original Sanskrit (most |
| or mystical reasons of your own, but try a | | | | likely in the Devanagari script) on the left page |
| different script. Because Sanskrit was originally a | | | | and the English translation on the right. You can |
| spoken language, many different writing systems | | | | easily pick out the passages you want for your |
| were eventually developed around it. The | | | | tattoo. |
| common Om symbol you see is in the Devanagari | | | | You can find all these Sanskrit tattoo designs |
| script. However, there are other scripts with | | | | from books or on the internet. Many free |
| equally striking and elegant Om symbols - Tamil, | | | | websites and forums have some good Sanskrit |
| Tibetan, Balinese, Bangla, Jain, Gurmukhi (Sikh), | | | | tattoo, and if these are not to your taste, you |
| etc. | | | | can also join paid websites and forums. Many |
| The smaller, simple Sanskrit symbols are ideal for | | | | tattoo enthusiasts openly share their experiences |
| a first tattoo. They are affordable even if you go | | | | and unique tattoo designs on forums. Just by |
| to a first class tattoo artist. They are also | | | | lurking, you can pick up some very juicy tattoo |
| reasonably fast to execute, and you get to | | | | art you can use. |
| experience a real tattoo with minimal risk. Getting | | | | |