Word origins

• viagraA brand name of the drug sildenafil citrate, used to treat erectile dysfunction.
• avatarAn incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.
• yogaAny of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.
• LankaThe island city of Ravana in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana.
• somaThe whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
• karmaThe sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
• nirvanaComplete cessation of dukkha; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
• ritaA female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish.
• mayaa flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.
• taraGoodbye.
• amaA traditional Japanese pearl diver, usually female, who mainly dives for seafood, typically without any tool for breathing.
• harA hinge.
• lavaThe molten rock ejected by a volcano from a vent such as a crater or fissure; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.
• UMAAny of the horse girl characters from Umamusume.
• RamaA name of the goddess Lakshmi.
• KrishnaA deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism.
• maraA nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
• sutraA rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.
• AnandA male given name from Sanskrit.
• AndhraA former state in India, existing between 1953 and 1956, formed from Madras Presidency and later merged with Telangana, forming Andhra Pradesh.
• mantraThe hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
• ShriA title of respect used before male names, Mr.
• JainOf or pertaining to Jainism.
• ChandraA unisex given name from Sanskrit.
• kamaA sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
• shivaA weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.
• AyurvedaTraditional Hindu alternative medicine, involving balancing three bodily humours of wind, bile, and phlegm.
• RaviA male given name used in India.
• kaliThe prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali).
• YodaA wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise.
• HariA name or epithet given commonly to Vishnu, but also to Indra and Yama.
• muniA municipal bond.
• lilaThe play of god’s spirit manifested in the universe; divine play, creative spiritual energy.
• JayaA female given name from Sanskrit.
• mataA respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother, or grandmother of a male spiritual leader.
• horaA circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
• tantraA Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.
• ArunA local government district of West Sussex, England.
• GitaA female given name from Sanskrit, used in India.
• deviA goddess in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
• SanjayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ashaThe concept of truth and existence in Zoroastrianism, usually associated with the Amesha Spentas.
• ShankarA male given name from Sanskrit used commonly in India.
• AmarA surname.
• hastagoodbye
• PrakashA male given name from Sanskrit. It is a common name among Indic races, mostly Hindus, with some usage among Jains, Sikhs and recently Indic Christians.
• artiaarti
• rohanAn East Indian timber tree.
• talaThe currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.
• IlaAn ethnic group of Zambia.
• SunilA male given name from Sanskrit.
• SureshA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• KunalKunala (a prince of the Mauryan Empire)
• pranaRespiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.
• HaraA name of Siva.
• JalandharThe son of Shiva.
• SitaA goddess, the consort of Rāma.
• vedaA style of malt loaf bread (sweet, chewy, caramel-colored leavened bread made with malted wheat), traditionally produced across the UK and Ireland but today eaten mainly in Northern Ireland.
• BrahmaA large domestic fowl from the Brahmaputra region of India.
• mandalaA graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
• VivekA male given name from the South Asian languages [in turn from Sanskrit].
• VaranasiA large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
• nagaA loincloth.
• RajivA male given name from Sanskrit of Indian usage.
• KedarA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• IndiraName of Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
• MaheshA male given name from Sanskrit.
• HaridwarA city and municipality of Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, India.
• pujaA religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.
• brahmanA breed of zebuine, beef cattle from India with a hump on the shoulder, drooping ears, and a prominent dewlap.
• LakshmiThe Hindu goddess of wealth, the consort of Vishnu and married to Rāma (in her incarnation as Sita) and Krishna (as Radha and Rukmini).
• AshishA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SuryaThe chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kashyapa and one of his wives Aditi, of Indra, or of Dyaus Pita (depending by the versions). Portrayed with golden arms and hair, Surya drives through the heaven in his triumphal chariot harnessed by seven horses or one horse with seven heads, which represent the seven colours of the rainbow or the seven chakras.
• ashramA secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage.
• NamanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• poojaA female given name from Hindi.
• TripuraA state in northeastern India. Capital: Agartala.
• SatyaA unisex given name from Sanskrit.
• ShashiA district of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
• ragaAny of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
• arjunaA tree native to India and used in ayurvedic medicine, Terminalia arjuna.
• SrinivasA male given name from Sanskrit.
• hathaThe fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
• swastikaA cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.
• akasaEther or atmosphere, as one of the elements in Hindu philosophy.
• AdityaAny of a group of solar deities, the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa.
• ShambhalaA mythical, mystic sacred realm in Tibetan Buddhism.
• acharyaan individual who practices or is knowledgeable on any of the prevalent disciplines of customs, learning, rituals, arts, traditions, schools etc., especially one imparting them into pupils.
• samsaraIn Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other eastern religions, the ongoing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth endured by human beings and all other mortal beings, and from which release is obtained by achieving the highest enlightenment.
• AgniA Hindu and Vedic deity of fire.
• bodhisattvaA person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
• GaneshaThe psychedelic drug 2,5-dimethoxy-3,4-dimethylamphetamine.
• SiddharthaA male given name from Sanskrit used by followers of various faiths of India; notably, the personal name of Buddha.
• bhaktidevotion to God
• USHAA legendary princess. Daughter of the Asura king of Sonitpura, Banasura. Wife of Aniruddha. Grand-daughter-in-law of Krishna.
• MeghalayaA state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.
• AjitA male given name from Sanskrit.
• matraIn Indian music, the smallest rhythmic unit of a tala.
• KishoreA male given name from Sanskrit.
• PradeepA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.