Anonymous asked: The sanskrit phrase शुभ कामनाएँ really means something like blessings and 'I wish you well' etc. Its usually said when greeting someone for a festival and things like that. So it could sort of mean good luck. And its pronounced as shubh- kaam-na-yein (the last 'n' being only the nasal sound - sorry im a pronunciation nazi!)

Thank you, that was super helpful!

This means that I still don’t precisely know what “good luck” is in Sanskrit. So if you were hoping to—oh, I don’t know, get a tattoo or something—I would definitely double-check with a source that is not this blog, which is run by a person who unfortunately but definitely does not know Sanskrit.

(see this ask)

Anonymous asked: do you know the sanskrit word for 'good luck' or just 'luck'? :)

nnno actually I don’t. I believe शुभ कामनाएँ (Shubh Kaamnaayein) is “good luck” in Hindi. I kept finding people who said that सौभाग्य (pronounced something like soubhaagya) was “good luck” in Sanskrit (with भाग्य being just “luck”). However, an anon said that

The Sanskrit phrase शुभ कामनाएँ really means something like blessings and ‘I wish you well’ etc. It’s usually said when greeting someone for a festival and things like that.  So it could sort of mean good luck.

(see this ask)