Word origins

• VipulA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• arthaOne of the four aims of human life in Indian philosophy, along with dharma (righteousness), kama (desire), and moksha (liberation). The concept is variously translated, with translations including "meaning"/"purpose"/"goal" and "wealth".
• VarunaA god of the sky, of rain and of the celestial ocean, as well as a god of law and of the underworld.
• PrabhatA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• GaganA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• architA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• KanakAn indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia.
• muktiFeminine synonym of masculine substantive noun मोक्ष (mokṣa, “liberation”).
• PurnimaThe full moon. The day (tithi) in each month in which the full moon occurs, and marks the division in each month between the two lunar fortnight in Hindu calendar.
• JanakiAn epithet (patronymic) of Sita in Ramayana.
• AdhikariA surname from Sanskrit.
• SangeetaA female given name from Sanskrit.
• RajatA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ValmikiA member of any of various Indian communities claiming descent from the poet Valmiki.
• MayurA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• BhadraA goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's Gana.
• MaliniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• KritiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• PallaviA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• brahmiherb of grace, Bacopa monnieri
• rajasOne of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are active, excitable, or passionate.
• kaphaThe dosha composed of water and earth
• buddhiA transpersonal faculty of mind higher than the rational mind that might be translated as ‘intuitive intelligence’ or simply ‘higher mind’. It is ‘that which knows’, i.e. able to discern truth from falsehood.
• SushmaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• purushaIn early Vedas, a cosmic man whose sacrifice by the gods created all life.
• doshaAny of the three regulatory principles of Ayurveda.
• VyomA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• BhupathiA surname from Sanskrit.
• geetgreat
• PrithviName of deity Prithvi or Mother Earth
• SavitriThe Savitri Mantra (Sanskrit: सावित्री मन्त्र), a verse or prayer addressed to सवितृ (savitṛ) or the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse RV. iii, 62, 10; also called गायत्री (gāyatrī) q.v.)
• Keshavan epithet of Shri Krishna.
• prajnaWisdom; understanding; insight.
• MangalaA deity in Hinduism, the god of Mars and of war, associated with strength, courage, and auspiciousness.
• NandanA county of Hechi, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
• SauravA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• MayankA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• KaumudiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• AshuA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• BhavaniAn epithet of a Hindu goddess associated with goddess Durga, identified in later times with Parvati (she is the wife of Shiva) within the tradition of Shaivism.
• smritiAny individual text from the Smriti body of Hindu religious scripture.
• yojanaA Vedic unit of distance used in ancient India, believed to be approximately 6 to 15 kilometers (4 to 9 miles).
• PragatiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• prakritiA female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.
• KirtiA female given name from Sanskrit.
• Aniruddhathe grandson of Lord Krishna
• PushpaA female given name from Sanskrit.
• KalachakraThe "wheel of time", an element of Vajrayana Buddhism.
• MadriThe second wife of Pandu, and the mother of Pandava twins, Nakula and Sahadeva in Mahabharata.
• SukumarA male given name from Sanskrit.
• LakshmanaThe younger brother of Rāma, an avatar of Shesha.
• RukminiThe wife of Lord Krishna; considered as an incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi.
• KetuThe descending lunar node. In Hindu mythology, Ketu is generally referred to as a "shadow" planet, believed to have a tremendous impact on human lives and also the whole creation.
• PadminiA female given name from Sanskrit.
• PratibhaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ChandniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• gadaA blunt mace, originally from India and also common in Southeast Asia.
• ShashankA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ParthA Parthian.
• viharaA Buddhist monastery.
• mithunBos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle.
• AmbikaThe goddess Parvati.
• MahimaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• siddhispiritual power or psychic ability
• sarvodayaA philosophy that emphasises socioeconomic equality, non-violence and community development.
• nakshatraA lunar mansion in Hindu astrology; one of 27 (sometimes also 28) sectors along the ecliptic.
• NainaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VanitaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• DanuAn ethnic group of Myanmar.
• varshaThe monsoon season according to the Hindu calendar.
• dakiniA sacred female spirit.
• VipinA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• BhimaIn the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the second of the Pandava brothers.
• Nidhifund, reserve of money
• SakyamuniThe Gautama Buddha.
• kathakOne of the eight classical dance forms of India.
• UtsavA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• KapilaA Vedic rishi credited as the founder of the Samkhya school, and the son of Prajapati Kardama and Devahuti
• DeeptiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• PritiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• AdarshA male given name from Sanskrit.
• TeliA surname.
• MadhaviA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• kalpaA period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas).
• jatiA clan, tribe, or community in India.
• VyasaName of a Hindu sage. One who classified the Vedas into four parts. He is the author of the Mahabharata.
• gurukulA type of school in India and in several other countries, residential in nature, with pupils living near the guru, often within the same house.
• bodhicittaIn Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
• RajniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• MukundAn epithet of Shri Vishnu.
• SusheelaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• kusumA tree of species Schleichera oleosa, from whose seeds a multipurpose oil is extracted.
• kshatriyaA member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.
• MurariA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SumantraThe chief minister and royal charioteer of King Dasharatha in the Ramayana, who drove Rāma, Sita, and Lakshmana to the forest at the beginning of their exile.
• ChiranjeeviA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• DharmendraAn epithet of Yama.
• SamhitaThe basic metrical (mantra) text of a Veda.
• DeepikaA female given name from Sanskrit.
• toranA gateway consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels, often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serving as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple.