'Prague' is the capital of the Czech Republic and a famous tourist destination for millions of people each year and a name which is related to the language of Sanskrit.

 

'Prague' is a name attributed to a princess who ordered that the city was to be built upon a 'threshold' which may be a threshold to her castle or her river or both.

 

'Prague' possesses a meaning which is easily identified as 'Pra' a root within the language of Sanskrit whose meaning is that which 'advances' that which 'moves forward'.

 

 

'Pra' meaning to 'advance' is a root which can be seen within distant lands as in 'Pro' meaning to 'advance' as seen in the words 'Proceed' and 'Promote' and 'Progress'.

 

'Pra' combines with 'Ga' a root within Sanskrit meaning to 'go' and this produces 'Praga' a word within Sanskrit whose meanings are that which goes ( ga ) forward ( pra ).

 

'Praga' whose meaning is to 'go before' to 'precede' to 'advance' has an obvious relationship with the Slavic 'Praga' whose meanings are the 'threshold' and 'doorstep'.

 

One who is upon the 'threshold' of something means one who is 'advancing' or 'approaching' or 'nearing' something, hence the 'Praga' within Sanskrit is a cognate.

Serbia and Romania and Macedonia and Croatia and Bulgaria and Bosnia and Slovenia all possess the word 'Prag' with its meanings of 'threshold' and 'doorstep'.

 

'Praga' a word in Sanskrit meaning to go ( ga ) forward ( pra ) is the origin of 'Prag' meaning 'threshold' and the city of 'Prague' meaning a 'threshold' or 'doorstep' of a 'river' or 'castle'.

 

'Prag' within many of the Slavic languages means 'threshold' and 'doorstep' but one must question why is it that this combination of letters means 'threshold' and 'doorstep'.

'Pra' is seen within Slavic languages as 'Prahnut' meaning to 'hanker after' as in to 'advance towards' and within Bulgarian we see 'Prava' meaning to 'advance' to go 'forward'.

 

'Pra' within Sanskrit meaning to 'advance' can also be seen within 'Pragnac' a word within Polish meaning to 'desire' to 'wish' to 'crave' as in to chase ( gnac ) after ( pra ).

 

 

"The discovery of Sanskrit by the West, in the 18th century, and Indian methods of analysing language revolutionised our study of language and grammar, giving rise to our science of comparative philology”  -  Walter Eugene Clark.

 

"Samskrit, as universally recognized by those competent to form a judgment, is one of the most magnificent, most perfect, most prominent and wonderfully sufficient literary instrument developed by the human mind." Sri Aurobindo.

 

“If asked what was the most important discovery made during the 19th century in respect to the ancient history of mankind, I say it was the etymological equation: Sanskrit Dyaus Pitr = Greek Zeus Pater = Latin Jupiter." Max Müller.