English words from Sanskrit
- HammirA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- HarimaupuraSingapore.
- Harshad numberA positive integer which is divisible by the sum of all of its digits.
- HimavatA Hindu deity, the personification of the Himalayas.
- IshaanA male given name from Sanskrit, of Indian origin.
- jambulAn evergreen tropical tree, Syzygium cumini.
- janeuA sacred thread or cord received as a rite of passage by someone studying under a guru.
- jatraAn annual village festival in Maharashtra, India.
- jivatmaAn individual soul.
- jvaraFever in ayurvedic medicine.
- KambojaA member of an Iranian people from this region.
- KanakangiName of a raga in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the first melakarta raga in the 72 melakarta raga system of Carnatic music.
- kanjikaSour gruel made from fermented rice or pulses.
- kans grassSaccharum spontaneum, a tall perennial grass native to the Indian subcontinent, with spreading rhizomatous roots.
- KapilavastuKapilavastu, a city of ancient India, capital of the Shakyas in late Iron Age India, around the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Early residence of Gautama Buddha and that of his parents Suddhodana and Maya. Modern ruins located at either Piprahwa in Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India or Tilaurakot in Kapilvastu Municipality, Lumbini Province, Nepal.
- karsevakA person who freely offers their service to a religious cause; particularly in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism.
- KartikeyA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- KhasaA member of a northern tribe mentioned in Indian literature
- maashSynonym of mung bean.
- MadhyamikaThe central philosophy of Buddhism that was systematized by Nagarjuna. It establishes that all phenomena are empty of independent reality.
- mahāgreat, eminent
- mahamanvantaraA cosmic ‘great day’ of universal activity, comprising 4.32 billion years.
- mahasattvaA bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
- MaitreyiName of a Vedic philosopher in Ancient India, a wife of the sage Yajnavalkya.
- ManavatiA rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the fifth melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
- ManjiraName of a river in South India. It is a tributary of Godavari.
- MarajA surname.
- marakaIn Hindu astrology, a planet that causes death at the end of a person's lifespan.
- MararanjaniA rāga in Carnatic music. It is the 25th melakarta rāga in the 72 melakarta rāga system of Carnatic music.
- MargashirshaThe ninth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
- muhurtaA unit of time measurement in the Hindu calendar, approximately 48 minutes.
- mundanThe ceremonial first tonsure of a child's hair.
- NaganandiniName of a rāga in Carnatic music. It is the 30th melakarta rāga in the 72 melakarta rāga system of Carnatic music.
- NagarajuA male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
- nag champaA sandalwood-heavy perfume oil originating in India, or incense thus perfumed
- NagrajA male given name from Sanskrit.
- NatabhairaviName of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 20th melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system.
- natakaA kind of epic Indian drama.
- NatakapriyaA rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the tenth melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system.
- NavamiThe ninth day (tithi) of the fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu lunar calendar.
- nighantuA particular type of Sanskrit glossary, containing brief annotations of obscure and difficult words grouped into thematic categories.
- nirgundiChinese chaste tree (Vitex negundo).
- NishitA male given name from Sanskrit.
- NishitaA female given name from Sanskrit.
- PadmajaName of Brahma.
- padmasanaA pose in which one sits cross-legged with each foot sole-upwards on the opposite leg; the lotus position.
- panchalohaAny of the traditional five-metal alloys of sacred significance used for making Hindu temple idols.
- PanchatantraA canonical collection of Sanskrit as well as Pali (Buddhist) animal fables in verse and prose.
- Paradesi JewOne of the descendants of the Sephardic immigrants to South Asia (where they mostly settled in Cochin and Madras) fleeing persecution in Spain.
- parikramaThe circumambulation of a sacred place.
- PaushaThe tenth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
- PavaniName of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 41stmelakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
- payasamKheer (South Asian rice pudding).
- PirakyaA female given name from Sanskrit or Tamil, meaning “Wisdom”.
- pitrisThe spirits of departed ancestors, venerated in Hindu culture.
- -poreUsed to form the names of cities and towns, especially in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
- PragyaA female given name from Sanskrit or Hindi, meaning “Wisdom”.
- pranamaThe touching of the feet in Indian culture as a sign of respect.
- PratigyaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- pratyaharaThe withdrawal of one's senses; focus on oneself as opposed to external stimuli.
- PriyadarshiniA female given name.
- ProgyaA female given name from Sanskrit or Bengali, meaning “Wisdom”.
- pudgalamatter (that the world is made of)
- punarnavineA quinoline alkaloid present in the plants of the species Boerhavia diffusa.
- PutrakameshtiA special Yajna performed in Hinduism for the sake of having a child.
- RāgarājaA deity in Tibetan Buddhism and some other Asian Buddhist traditions who is revered for transforming worldly lust into spiritual awakening.
- RaghuvamsaA celebrated poem written by Kalidasa.
- RajindraA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- RamasamudramA village in Andhra Pradesh.
- RameswaramA town and municipality of Tamil Nadu.
- RamitA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- RasikapriyaA rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 72nd melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
- RatnangiA raga in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the second melakarta raga in the 72 melakarta raga system of Carnatic music.
- RehalanA kshatriya Punjabi surname.
- RupavatiName of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the twelfth melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
- sadhakaA person who follows a particular sadhana, or goal-directed spiritual practice.
- SaktaA worshiper of Shakti as a goddess.
- salabhasanaThe locust pose, a back-bending yoga asana.
- SalagramaA fossil ammonite held by the Hindus to be representative of Vishnu.
- sallekhanaThe religious practice of facing death voluntarily at the end of one's life, with fasting and meditation.
- sambandhamAn informal form of marriage once practiced in Kerala.
- sanskaraAn imprint left on the mind by past experiences (often in past lives) that then condition future responses and behavior
- sapindaA deceased relative who is connected to the greater body of ancestors by the sharing of a sacrificial offering.
- SaptamiThe seventh day (tithi) of the fortnight (paksha) in Hindu lunar calendar.
- SarasangiA rāga in Carnatic music. It is the 27th melakarta rāga in the 72 melakarta rāga system of Carnatic music.
- SenavatiA rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the seventh melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
- ShaivistAn adherent of Shaivism.
- shakhaEither a school of the Vedas, or the traditional texts followed by a school.
- ShalyaThe brother of Madri (mother of Nakula and Sahadeva), as well as the ruler of the Madra kingdom in the Mahabharata.
- ShashtiThe sixth day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu calendar.
- shavasanaA resting pose in which one lies flat on one's back with the arms and legs slightly spread and eyes closed.
- shikharaA spire or pyramid-shaped tower forming part of a Hindu temple.
- ShraavanaThe fifth month in the Hindu lunar calendar, considered sacred to the god Shiva.
- shukaA sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.
- SimhachalamName of a mountain in the Eastern Ghats.
- sinhaliteAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, magnesium, and oxygen.
- SriharikotaA barrier island off the coast of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It houses the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
- SrikalahastiA holy town and municipality of Andhra Pradesh, India.
- stobhaA syllable or word, etc. inserted into Vedic chant as an embellishment to aid the flow.
- SutratmanThe "String Soul" or "Thread-Self": the cosmic soul, one aspect of the cosmic supreme being.