Volkswagen Is Half a Sanskrit Word — But Not the Half You Think

Discover India Podcast by Professor Pankaj Jain, Ph.D. by Prof Pankaj Jain

Volkswagen means "the people's car," and one half of that name is cousin to a Sanskrit word — just not the half most people guess. Wagen and वाहन (vāhana) descend from the same ancestral root meaning "to carry," which al...View more