English words from Sanskrit
- ShubhaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- KripaThe royal guru of the Kauravas and Pandavas in the Mahabharata and one of the Chiranjeevi; also know as Kripacharya.
- KuntiKunti, wife of Pandu, mother of Pandavas and daughter of Shurasena, adopted by Kuntibhoja in the Mahabharata.
- KamsaThe ruler of Mathura, brother of Devaki and uncle of Lord Krishna.
- KrantiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- LokeshA male given name from Sanskrit.
- paramparaA particular guru's lineage.
- GunjanA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- gandharvaA spirit, usually depicted as a singer or musician.
- Shakuntalathe daughter of Vishwamitra and Menaka, the wife of King Dushyanta, and the mother of Emperor Bharata.
- SamayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PreetA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- sampradayaAny of several Hindu sects or denominations
- BhoomiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SrishtiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SahajA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- kumbhaA piece of Indian pottery symbolizing the womb and fertility.
- ShyamalA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- DevakiThe cousin of Kamsa, wife of Vasudeva and the biological mother of Krishna.
- VardanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- GitanjaliA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- YudhishthiraIn the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the eldest son of King Pandu and Queen Kunti, who was king of Indraprastha and later of Hastinapura.
- ishanTitle of Sufi leaders in Central Asia.
- ViditA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- panthAn Indian religious tradition established by a guru.
- DronaThe royal guru to Kauravas and Pandavas in Mahabharata.
- PramilaA female given name from Sanskrit
- RachanaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- prasadaA religious offering, usually of vegetarian food consumed by worshippers after worship, in Hinduism and Sikhism.
- DeveshA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SnehA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- dikshaThe giving of a mantra or initiation by the guru in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
- KesariThe father of Lord Hanuman.
- PratimaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SiddhantaThe established and accepted view of any particular school within Indian philosophy.
- namaskarThe use of the greeting in which one puts one's hands together and bows slightly; greeting with a namaste.
- AksharA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- JyotsnaA female given name from Sanskrit used commonly in India.
- PhaniA male given name from Sanskrit.
- Varahathe third avatar of Vishnu
- JayantaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- AnshumanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- VinayakaThe Hindu god Ganesha.
- kavyaA highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets in the early centuries AD.
- pitakaA collection of Buddhist scriptures.
- ankushA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- JayanthaThe son of Indra.
- KosalaAn ancient Indian kingdom, corresponding roughly in area with the region of Awadh.
- HimaniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SuchitraA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- GaurangA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SwastikA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- nupurAn anklet.
- IndrajitAn epithet of Meghnada, the eldest son of Ravana and the crown prince of Lanka.
- ChhayaThe goddess of shadows, and the wife of Sun God Surya
- VidarbhaA region of Maharashtra, India.
- BhavnaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SurabhiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- GangadharA male given name from Sanskrit.
- PurushottamA male given name from Sanskrit.
- lagnaIn Vedic astrology, the degree of the sign that is rising on the eastern horizon at the time of a person's birth.
- ChaitraThe first month of the Hindu lunar calendar.
- AradhanaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- marmaA special, sensitive point on the body.
- DattatreyaThe son of Rishi Atri and Goddess Anasuya, considered an incarnation of the Hindu trinity.
- SoumyaA male given name from Sanskrit.
- MaulikA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Vajrasattvaa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- AnshuA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- BharaniThe second nakshatra in Hindu astronomy, corresponding to 35, 39, and 41 Arietis.
- srutiA female given name from Sanskrit.
- MilindaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- ManakA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MagadhaOne of the sixteen Mahajanapadas of ancient India.
- MahakalaA deity in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism, sometimes considered a manifestation of Shiva.
- IndranilA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SankalpA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- kachaA posyolok in Zeledeyevo selsoviet, Yemelyanovo Raion, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia.
- MediniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Daksha"the skilled one", one of the Prajapatis and the father of Sati.
- BalramBalarama, son of Vasudeva, and Rohini, brother of Subhadra, and Krishna, who uses a plough as his weapon.
- NutanA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- AlokaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- KamanaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrafullaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- ShobhitA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SushilaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- KushalA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- vanaspatiAny plant that bears fruits but no evident flowers.
- brahmacharyaThe first (student) ashrama in Hindu culture in which a person is dedicated to the quest for self-realization.
- ishvaraGod; Supreme Being.
- NakulA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SanskritiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- HimeshA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- AnamikaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- TrimurtiThe trinity of supreme divinity, as represented by the forms of Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the maintainer or preserver), and Shiva (the destroyer or transformer).
- VinitA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MarishaThe mother of Daksha and wife of the ten Prachetas.
- AagyaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- aanchalThe end of a sari that hangs loose over the shoulder.