Word origins

• ShivaniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VenkateswaraThe lord of seven hills, abode of Tirumala.
• BhavanaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• AnantaOne of the names of Lord Vishnu.
• chakramA disc-like throwing weapon from India.
• Mohinifemale avatar of Lord Vishnu.
• yoginiA female yogi.
• MatangiA Hindu goddess.
• VayuThe god of wind in Hindu and Vedic religion. A primary deity, father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Lord Hanuman.
• SubhadraSubhadra, daughter of Vasudeva, and Rohini, sister of Krishna, and Balarama, wife of Arjuna and the mother of Abhimanyu.
• sattvaOne of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are pure, divine, and spiritual.
• yajnaA ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.
• VidyasagarA male given name from Sanskrit.
• SamratA male given name.
• Urvashiapsara wife of Pururavas.
• Girijaan epithet of the Goddess Parvati
• kurmaThe second avatar of Lord Vishnu.
• pindaA small bag for Ayurvedic massage, filled with aromatic herbs.
• ChaturthiThe fourth day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu calendar.
• ShikharA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• AmaravatiThe capital of Hindu lord Indra.
• RachnaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• AnjanaAn Ashtadiggaja guarding the west quarter and the husband of Tamraparni.
• KartikaThe eighth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
• bijaThe origin or cause of things.
• dandaThe punctuation mark ⟨।⟩, used in many Indic scripts, denoting the end of a sentence.
• maitriBenevolence, lovingkindness or compassion, especially if developed through meditation or mindfulness.
• GopalaA name of the Hindu god Krishna.
• KaminiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• KomalA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ManavA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VaibhavA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• DishaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• PrateekA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• RanvierA surname from French.
• ShreyaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• Ramchandrathe full name of Shri Rama
• ChetnaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SankrantiThe transmigration of the Sun from one Rāshi (constellation of the zodiac) to the next.
• RaghunathAn epithet of Shri Rāma.
• RoopaA female given name from Sanskrit.
• GandharaAn ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
• sandesha dessert originating from Bengal.
• DhruvaA Puranic child sage who become the pole star.
• PritamA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• TanujaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• yakshiA female yaksha.
• ShikshaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• Padmasambhavaa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
• BudhaA deity in Hinduism, son of the moon god Chandra, associated with intelligence and wisdom.
• RajaniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• AnshulA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• nagariA traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.
• KharaA rakshasa, brother of Ravana and Dūṣaṇa in the Ramayana who was killed by Rāma in Panchavati.
• kumkumA red powder, made from saffron or turmeric, used ceremonially by Hindu women to make various markings on the body, especially the tilak.
• AgnihotriA surname from Sanskrit common among Hindu brahmins.
• JanakaAn ancient king of Videha. The Janaka dynasty ruled the Videha kingdom in the Mithila region from the capital city of the same name.
• TripitakaAny of several canons of Buddhist scripture.
• MedhaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• MayawatiRati, the goddess of love and wife of Kamadeva.
• Ruchia Prajapati
• BaldevBalarama
• RaghavaEpithet (patronymic) of Rāma, descendant of Raghu.
• SkandaA bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.
• NayanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• kadamA tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia.
• mandiraA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• Draupadiwife of the Pandavas
• BhishmaThe name of a hero in the Mahabharata.
• SarojiniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• PrathamA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• darsanaA philosophy, worldview.
• MadhukarA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VirataA king of the Matsya kingdom in the Mahabharata, in whose court the Pandavas spent their year of exile in disguise.
• ParimalA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• KalidasaKalidasa, a renowned 4th century author, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language
• SakshiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• Indranigoddess Indrani
• IndraprasthaAn ancient city of India, the capital of the Pandavas, located in modern-day Delhi.
• bandhaAny of the various "body locks" in Hatha Yoga, treated under the heading of mudra.
• ShishirA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• MithilaAn ancient city in India, once the capital of the Videha kingdom.
• BalaramaBalarama, son of Vasudeva, and Rohini, brother of Subhadra, and Krishna, who uses a plough as his weapon.
• SumitraThe third wife of King Dasharatha; mother of twins Lakshmana and Shatrughna in Ramayana.
• AbhimanyuOne of the ten sons of Manu.
• SavitaA female given name from India.
• ChanakyaA shrewd politician or, in general, a cunning person; a Machiavelli.
• AvalokiteshvaraA bodhisattva who embodies compassion.
• ShefaliA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• vibhutiAsh from burnt wood applied to the forehead.
• VasundharaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• shikhaThe long lock of hair left on the shaved head of an orthodox Hindu, especially a Brahmin or temple priest.
• rakshasaA member of a race of mythical fanged demons that eat human flesh and blood, somewhat like vampires.
• NavratriA Hindu festival dedicated to the worship of Durga.
• Bahujana person in South Asia that is caste oppressed or a religious minority.
• svaraA concept in Indian music, comparable to a note or tone.
• BhimA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• VishwasA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• AnanyaA male given name from Sanskrit.
• BhumikaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.