English words from Sanskrit
- MalyavanThe maternal grandfather and chief counselor of Ravana, who advised him to return Sita to Rāma.
- ManasaputraManasaputra, the mind born sons of Lord Brahma.
- ManasiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MandakiniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- mandapaA pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building.
- MandāravāA bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.
- MandaviThe daughter of King Kushadhwaja and wife of Bharata in the Ramayana.
- MandodariThe queen of Lanka, wife of Ravana and mother of Meghnada.
- ManjulA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Mañjuśrīa bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
- ManmathaKamadeva
- manodandacomplete control over one's thoughts
- MantharaThe maidservant of Kaikeyi who convinced her to exile Rāma in Ramayana.
- manyataA segregated Maasai village for warriors.
- MarichaA rakshasa, son of Tāṭakā and uncle of Ravana, who assumed the form of a golden deer to lure Rāma away.
- MarichiThe eldest of the ten Prajapatis, the father of Kashyap and one of the Saptarishis.
- MartandA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MarutMaruts, storm deities and children of Rudra and Prishni.
- MaryadaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- matrikaA mother figure in Indian art.
- MatsyaThe first of ten successive avatars of the god Vishnu, who saved the first man Manu from a great flood in the form of a fish.
- MayavatiRati, the goddess of love and wife of Kamadeva.
- Meghaduta4th century Sanskrit poem written by Kalidasa, in which a yaksha sends a message to his wife via a passing cloud.
- MeghanadaThe son of Ravana in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
- MeghnadaIndrajit, the eldest son of Ravana and the crown prince of Lanka.
- Menakaan apsara known for seducing rishi Vishwamitra.
- MohiA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MoulikA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MridulA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MrigankA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MrinmayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MrityunjayEpithet of Shiva.
- MuditA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- muhurtamAn auspicious time on which an important event, usually a wedding, can be held.
- munjistinA reddish-orange dye resembling alizarin, found in the root of Indian madder, a species of madder from around the Himalayas, Rubia manjith (formerly Rubia munjista).
- murvaSynonym of marool.
- nagkesarMesua ferrea (Ceylon ironwood).
- NahushaA king of the Lunar dynasty, and the father of Yayati.
- NakulaThe fourth of the five Pandava brothers, twin brother of Sahadeva, born to Madri and Pandu.
- NandakaThe divine sword of Lord Vishnu and his avatars.
- NandinagariA writing system used to write in Sanskrit.
- NarakaThe underworld or Hell according to Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, where souls are sent for the expiation of their sins.
- NarantakaA rakshasa, son of Ravana and Dhanyamalini, who was slain by Angada in the Ramayana.
- nastikaNot astika.
- navaratnaruby, emerald, pearl, yellow sapphire, coral, cat's eye, hessonite, blue sapphire and diamond
- nayikaAny of the eight types of romantic heroine described in the Natya Shastra, an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts.
- NiharikaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NikumbhaA rakshasa brother of Kumbha and son of Kumbhakarna and Vajrajvālā, who was slain by Hanuman.
- Niladevia Hindu goddess, primarily worshipped in South India.
- NilayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NiralaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NisargA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NisargaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NischayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NishakaraA rishi in the Ramayana who guided Sampati.
- NishthaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NiyatiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- niyogaAn ancient tradition of the Svayambhuva Manu sect in which a childless woman could appoint a man to help her bear a child.
- nrittaThe rhythmic element of Indian classical dance.
- om mani padme humA mantra associated with Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, the primary mantra of Tibetan Buddhism.
- Om Namah Shivaya"Adoration to Lord Shiva"; a salute or invocation towards the Hindu god Shiva.
- OorjaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- osthyaa labial consonant
- padayatraA journey undertaken on foot for religious, political, social or charitable purposes.
- PadmanabhaAn epithet of Shri Vishnu.
- Padmapāṇia bodhisattva
- PadmavatiHindu goddess and consort of Sri Venkateswara of Tirupati.
- pakshaA fortnight in a month of the Hindu lunar calendar.
- palankaA permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
- PallavA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PanchalaOne of the sixteen mahajanapadas of ancient India featured in the Mahabharata.
- panchangamA Hindu calendar and almanac.
- PanchavatiA sacred place on the banks of the Godavari river near modern Nashik, where Rāma, Sita, and Lakshmana resided during their exile and from where Sita was abducted.
- paramuktajivanmukta
- ParasharaA maharishi, grandson of Vasishtha and father of Vyasa.
- ParashuramaThe sixth avatar of Vishnu.
- ParikshitThe son of Abhimanyu and Uttarā, and grandson of Arjuna, who ruled the Kuru kingdom after the Mahabharata war.
- parinirvanaThe final release from rebirth.
- ParthivA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- patanaA type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle.
- PaulomiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PhalgunaThe twelfth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
- PinakaThe divine bow of Lord Shiva.
- PingalaOne of the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine, the energies or prana of the physical body, are said to flow.
- pippalilong pepper
- PrabalA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrabhutA male given name from Indian origin.
- Prachetaan epithet of Varuna, the god of the oceans.
- PrachiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- pradhanaIn Indian philosophy, the creative principle of nature.
- PradoshaA vrata observed in honor of Lord Shiva on the thirteenth day of lunar fortnight.
- Pradyumnthe son of Lord Krishna and Rukmini
- Pradyumnathe son of Lord Krishna and Rukmini
- PragyanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrahastaThe senapati of Ravana's army in the Ramayana.
- PrahladaThe son of Hiranyakashipu and devout devotee of Lord Vishnu.
- prajnaparamitaA central concept in Mahayana Buddhism, suggesting that all things appear as thoughtforms (conceptual constructs).
- PrakharA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrakhyatA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrakratiA female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.