Word origins

• AishwaryaA female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.
• shaktithe divine force that pervades the universe.
• SuryaThe chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kashyapa and one of his wives Aditi, of Indra, or of Dyaus Pita (depending by the versions). Portrayed with golden arms and hair, Surya drives through the heaven in his triumphal chariot harnessed by seven horses or one horse with seven heads, which represent the seven colours of the rainbow or the seven chakras.
• ashramA secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage.
• NamanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SrinagarA city and district, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated in the Kashmir valley on the banks of the river Jhelum and famous for its gardens.
• shivA knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
• poojaA female given name from Hindi.
• TripuraA state in northeastern India. Capital: Agartala.
• RadhaHindu goddess of love and devotion, Grand Consort of god Krishna, Avatar of Lakshmi.
• SatyaA unisex given name from Sanskrit.
• ShashiA district of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
• ragaAny of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
• namasteA greeting in contexts relating to Indian culture or the New Age movement.
• arjunaA tree native to India and used in ayurvedic medicine, Terminalia arjuna.
• SrinivasA male given name from Sanskrit.
• OshoA religious and spiritual leader from India.
• maharishiA teacher of Hindu mysticism.
• hathaThe fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
• 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.
• PriyaA female given name from India. A common Hindu female name which means beloved. It is usually used in conjunction with another name, mostly those of gods to imply "beloved of ________".
• akasaEther or atmosphere, as one of the elements in Hindu philosophy.
• AdityaAny of a group of solar deities, the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa.
• ShambhalaA mythical, mystic sacred realm in Tibetan Buddhism.
• acharyaan individual who practices or is knowledgeable on any of the prevalent disciplines of customs, learning, rituals, arts, traditions, schools etc., especially one imparting them into pupils.
• samsaraIn Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other eastern religions, the ongoing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth endured by human beings and all other mortal beings, and from which release is obtained by achieving the highest enlightenment.
• panditAn honorary title for a learned man or scholar.
• prabhuA lord.
• AgniA Hindu and Vedic deity of fire.
• bodhisattvaA person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
• GaneshaThe psychedelic drug 2,5-dimethoxy-3,4-dimethylamphetamine.
• SiddharthaA male given name from Sanskrit used by followers of various faiths of India; notably, the personal name of Buddha.
• bhaktidevotion to God
• USHAA legendary princess. Daughter of the Asura king of Sonitpura, Banasura. Wife of Aniruddha. Grand-daughter-in-law of Krishna.
• MeghalayaA state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.
• AjitA male given name from Sanskrit.
• matraIn Indian music, the smallest rhythmic unit of a tala.
• KishoreA male given name from Sanskrit.
• PradeepA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• AmitabhA male given name from India, of Indian usage.
• garudaA large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Garuda is the son of Vinata.
• UdayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• AtalA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• padaThe basic metric unit of Vedic poetry, consisting of one line of verse in Sanskrit, typically as part of a four-line stanza.
• PankajA male given name from Sanskrit common in India.
• dashaOne of various systems of Hindu astrology based on planetary periods, in which these planetary periods have good or bad effects depending on their placement by sign, house, combinations with other planets, and aspects.
• VishalA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• NikhilA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• kamalaA small or medium-sized tree (Mallotus philippensis) in the spurge family, found in Asia and Australia.
• DevendraA male given name from India.
• LalitA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• DurgaThe goddess of war, strength, and protection.
• VedantaA Hindu system of philosophy concerned with the self-realisation by which one comes to understand the ultimate nature of reality, or Brahman.
• AbhishekA male given name from Sanskrit.
• VinayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• AryaAn Indo-Iranian, an Aryan.
• padmalotus blossom
• YamaThe Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo.
• ShyamA male given name of Indian usage.
• darshanHierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).
• vidyaVideo games.
• NetraA unisex given name from India.
• pavanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• MeenaA member of a certain tribe of Rajasthan, India.
• AnjaliA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• MeruThe abode of the gods at the center of the universe in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions.
• rishiA Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character.
• HEMAAn ethnic group of Nilotic origin who are concentrated in parts of Ituri Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• sevaSelfless service that is performed without any expectation of reward for performing it.
• SamarAn island of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines.
• hanumanAn entellus (Semnopithecus entellus, syn. Presbytis entellus)
• GauravA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• AnnapurnaGoddess Durga.
• asanaA body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
• samadhiA state of transcendent union supposed to be assumed by a holy man or yogi at his death.
• ambaA characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.
• manasThe mind; that which distinguishes man from the animals.
• atmanThe true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman.
• MadhuA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• bhaifriend, dude, man
• KailashA mountain of the Transhimalaya in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, considered to be sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bön.
• amritaThe water of life; the drink of the Hindu gods.
• AtulA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• MahayanaOne of the two primary branches of Buddhism that emerged around the 1st century BCE, which accepts non-Pali canon scriptures, and emphasizes the path of bodhisattva.
• ashtangaThe classical system of yoga described in the Yoga Sutras by Patanjali.
• NarayanaVishnu.
• KashiSynonym of Kashgar: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• ShuklaA surname.
• ashokaA tree of species Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar.
• yatraA Hindu pilgrimage.
• mandalAn administrative division in some countries in South Asia.
• AlokA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• vastuA philosophy of architecture that has elements akin to feng shui
• yantraA geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.
• NaveenA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• GovindaThe Hindu god Krishna.
• LakshadweepAn archipelago and union territory of India in the Arabian Sea. Capital: Kavaratti.
• rupaform, shape, outward appearance.
• tamasOne of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are inert, resistant, or dark and destructive.
• SantoshA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.