Hollywood celebrities and their fascination for Sanskrit

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Check out some famous Hollywood celebrities, who have a penchant for Sanskrit or else, have got themselves inked with Indian tattoos in Sanskrit...

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Hollywood celebrities and their fascination for Sanskrit

Pop star Lady Gaga surprised her Indian fans when she tweeted a Sanskrit mantra. “Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu,” Gaga posted on Twitter. The mantra encompasses the feeling of love and happiness towards the world. In simple words, it translates to “May all beings everywhere be free and happy”.

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The song ‘Shanti/Ashtangi’ from the album ‘Ray of Light’ by Madonna is a Hindu prayer and up-tempo techno song sung by the queen of pop in Sanskrit, over a driving dance rhythm. The techno dance song features Madonna singing the adapted version of Shankaracharya entirely in Sanskrit with lines such as “Vunde gurunam caranaravinde/Sandarsita svatma sukhavabodhe.”

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Barbadian singer Rihanna had a verse of the Bhagvad Gita tattooed on the right side of her waist down to her leg. What made this tattoo infamous, however, was that it was apparently a misquote as many Indian scholars went on to feverishly point out.

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Maroon 5 band’s frontman Adam Levine has around 17 tattoos, which includes Sanskrit tattoo ‘Tapas’ inked above his left pectoral. Once Levine explained the meaning of the word ‘Tapas,’ he said, it means the inner fire.

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The ‘High School Musical’ star Vanessa Hudgens tattooed the word ‘Om’ half on her one pinky and another half on her other pinky and when she joins her pinkies, the ‘Om’ word appears clearly.

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Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee has the ‘Om’ tattoo inked right below his belly button.

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American singer and actress Selena Gomez has got around 8 tattoos on her body. One of her tattoos is the ‘Om’ tattoo, which she got inked on her left hip.

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English comedian and actor Russell Brand has the same tattoo as his ex-wife Katy Perry. The phrase ‘Anuugacchatu Pravaha’ is tattooed along his right arm.

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