English words from Sanskrit
- omA sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
- dharmaThe natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
- rtaThe Vedic principle of natural order that regulates the operation of the universe.
- HimalayasThe mountain range in south-central Asia, which extends about 2,414 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, northern India, southern Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam; it contains nine of the world’s ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest/Qomolongma.
- namasteA greeting in contexts relating to Indian culture or the New Age movement.
- swastikaA cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.
- garudaA large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Garuda is the son of Vinata.
- tamasOne of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are inert, resistant, or dark and destructive.
- stupaA Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others, especially dome-shaped monuments in the Indian style.
- SakaA member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.
- kriyaA technique or practice within a yoga discipline.
- dhyanaA type of profound meditation.
- lingamThe aniconic phallic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva.
- siddhispiritual power or psychic ability
- KanishkaAn emperor of the Kushan dynasty, who reigned from c. 127−150 CE.
- PrajapatiA deity, later identified with Brahma.
- SharadaSynonym of Sarasvati (“Hindu goddess”).
- sandhiAny of a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.
- PrakritOf or pertaining to this language.
- kumbhaA piece of Indian pottery symbolizing the womb and fertility.
- abhyangaA form of Ayurvedic medicine that involves massage of the body with warm oil.
- antarakalpaA subdivision of a kalpa (aeon), or an intermediate period between two major kalpas.
- HimmalehSynonym of Himalayas: the Central Asian mountain range.
- Jambhalaa deity in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- Kurukullāa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- mithunaA couple who engage in tantric sex.
- Saptarshithe seven seers of ancient India who are extolled in the Vedas, and other Hindu literature.
- Sarvanivāraṇaviṣkambhina bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- shrivatsaan ancient symbolic motif composed of interwoven lines with no beginning and no end
- SimhamukhaA wisdom dakini of the Dzogchen tradition.
- tadbhavaA word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan through a Prakrit used in a modern Indo-Aryan language.
- tatsamaA Sanskrit learned loanword used in a South Asian language.
- TukharaSynonym of Tocharian (“any member of the Tochari, a people who inhabited Bactria”)
- VajradharaThe ultimate primordial Buddha, according to the Sakya, Gelug and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
- vedanafeeling; sensation
- VirūpaA mahasattva in Vajrayana Buddhism.
- vṛddhiThe strongest ablaut-grade in a series of vowel alternations in certain Indo-European languages, most notably Sanskrit, as well as in Proto-Indo-European.