Saw this on Flickr. The word for wisdom is prajñā - a feminine noun in -ā.
This person has: प्रज्ञाः prajñāḥ
Prajñāḥ is the nominative plural: wisdoms. Whoops.
Buddhist calligraphy and epigraphy. Mantra, Dhāraṇī, Sūtra. Languages: Sanskrit, Pāli, Tibetan. Scripts: Siddhaṃ aka Bonji (梵字), Tibetan (dbu-can/Uchen), Ranjana/Lantsa, Devanāgarī.
This is why I asked you to do the siddham script that I wanted.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but I've done some howlers on this website as well! The difference is I can tweak my HTML, and the tattoos is permanent.
ReplyDeleteStill I suppose that wisdoms plural is not a bad thing :-)
Perhaps they do mean multiple wisdom? :)
ReplyDeleteStill at least it's not one of the worst mistakes. Silver lining, silver lining!
Yes it could be a lot worse. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhy do mistakes like this seem to happen all the time. Always be sure of what you are asking for and run it by a native speaker who you trust!
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