Word origins

• til seedA sesame seed (from Sesamum indicum).
• tithiThe lunar date based on the Hindu calendar. There are 30 tithis in each lunar month. Tithis begin at varying times of a solar day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to 26 hours.
• Treta YugaThe second of the four yugas in Hindu cosmology.
• tripundraA tilak consisting of three horizontal lines on the forehead, usually with a dot made from sacred ash.
• triratnaA Buddhist symbol.
• TrishiraA three-headed rakshasa and son of Ravana and Dhanyamalini in the Ramayana.
• trishnaThe Vedic concept of craving or lust.
• trutiA unit of time equal to about 30 microseconds.
• TulikaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• TvashtrThe craftsman of the devas and the father of Vritra.
• ubhayapadaUsing forms from both the active and middle voices.
• udāttaA high pitch accent of Vedic Sanskrit, customarily marked with acute accent.
• ujjayiA diaphragmatic breath technique used in a variety of Taoist and yoga practices.
• UnnatiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• UpasanaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• UrjaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• UrviA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• UtkarshA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• UttamaSon of King Uttanapada and Queen Suruchi, and step-brother of Dhruva.
• UttanapadaA legendary king, son of Swayambhuva Manu, husband of Suniti and Suruchi, and the father of Dhruva and Uttama.
• UttarāA princess of Matsya kingdom, daughter of King Virāta, wife of Abhimanyu, and mother of King Parikshit.
• Uttarakurua geographical area mentioned in ancient Indian and classical texts
• VaaniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• vahanavehicle, carriage; horse or other draught animal
• VaidehiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VaidyanathaOne of the jyotirlinga, a form of Siva in India.
• VaijayantiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VaijyantiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VaikunthaThe Supreme abode or the celestial home of Vishnu.
• vairagiOne who has attained the state of vairagya.
• vairagyadetachment from the material world
• Vairocanaa celestial Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism
• VaisakhaThe second month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
• vaishyaThe third caste of traditional Indian society, comprising merchants and landowners.
• VaisravanaA Buddhist deity, considered one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
• VaivasvataThe name of the seventh (i.e. the current) Manu and the father of Ila.
• VajrajvālāThe daughter of Mahabali and wife of Kumbhakarna in the Ramayana.
• Vajrapāṇia bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
• Vajrapāramitāa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
• Vajraratnaa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
• vajrasanaA kneeling asana in yoga. The practitioner sits on the heels with the calves beneath the thighs.
• Vajratīkṣṇaa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
• VāmanaThe fifth avatar of Lord Vishnu.
• VamikaAn epithet of Goddess Durga/Parvati.
• vanaraForest dwellers, monkeys or apes.
• VanshA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VanshikaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VardhamanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VardhmanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VarkshiThe mother of Daksha and wife of the ten Prachetas.
• VartikaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VarunapriyaA rāga in Carnatic music. It is the 24th melakarta rāga in the 72 melakarta rāga system of Carnatic music.
• VaruniThe daughter of Lord Varuna and Goddess of liquor
• VasishthaVasishtha, husband of Arundhati, attributed as the author of the 7th Mandala of the Rigveda and one of the seven Saptarshis.
• VasudhaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• Vasudhārāa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
• VatsalA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VedantA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VedantinAn adherent or follower of Vedanta.
• VeerasenaThe king of Nishada and father of Nala in Mahabharata.
• vetalaA vampire-like being in Hindu mythology that inhabits corpses.
• VibhavariA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VibhawariA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VibhishanaA king of Lanka in the legendary epic Ramayana. He was the younger brother of the Rakshasa (demon) king Ravana of Lanka.
• VibhorA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VibhuA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VichitraviryaKuru king of Hastinapura, younger son of Shantanu and Satyavati, husband of Ambika and Ambalika, and the father of Dhritarashtra and Pandu in the Mahabharata.
• VidhuA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ViduraA brother of Dritarashtra in the Mahabharata.
• VijayadashamiA Hindu festival marking the victory of the goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura.
• vijnanaconsciousness; life force
• VikarnaThe third Kaurava brother, known for opposing the disrobing of Draupadi in the Mahabharata.
• VikhyatA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• vilomahA parent whose child has died.
• vilwaThe bael tree.
• vimanaA mythological flying palace or chariot described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics.
• VimarshA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VinamraA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VinataOne of the wives of Kashyapa and daughter of Daksha.
• ViplavA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ViraatA king of the Matsya kingdom in the Mahabharata, in whose court the Pandavas spent their year of exile in disguise.
• VirabahuA name of Lord Vishnu.
• viramaA diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
• ViratA king of the Matsya kingdom in the Mahabharata, in whose court the Pandavas spent their year of exile in disguise.
• VirātaA king of the Matsya kingdom in the Mahabharata, in whose court the Pandavas spent their year of exile in disguise.
• VirupakshaA rakshasa killed by Sugriva in the Ramayana.
• visargathe voiceless terminal h in Sanskrit
• Vishakhathe 14th (later 16th) lunar asterism (figured by a decorated arch and containing four or originally two stars under the regency of a dual divinity, इन्द्र and अग्नि ; it is probably to be connected with the quadrangle of stars ι, α, β, γ Librae.
• VishravaThe son of Pulastya and father of Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha through Kaikasi, and Kubera through Idavidā.
• Vishvakarmathe architect of Swarga
• VishwamitraA celebrated king who became a Brahmarshi through intense penance; the preceptor of Rāma and Lakshmana as well as the composer of the Gayatri Mantra.
• Viśiṣṭacāritraa bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
• Viśuddhacāritraa bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
• VisuvabharathyA male given name from India.
• VrishparvaThe danava king and father of Sharmishtha in Mahabharata.
• VritraAn Asura and also a serpent or dragon, the personification of drought and enemy of Indra. Vritra was also known in the Vedas as Ahi ("snake"), and he is said to have had three heads.
• vyanjanabhaktiThe epenthesis of a consonant, as in the p in consumption; excrescence.
• VyomeshA male given name from Sanskrit used in Hindu communities.
• yaduA Burmese form of poetry consisting of up to three stanzas of five lines, with certain constraints on syllables and rhyme.
• yajnopavitaA sacred thread worn during the upanayana ritual.