English words from Sanskrit
- Krita YugaSatya Yuga, the first and golden age among the four yugas in Hindu cosmology, characterized by absolute truth and virtue.
- KrittikaPleiades
- krosaSynonym of gavyuti (“ancient Indian unit of distance”).
- kshantipatience, forbearance and forgiveness: one of the paramitas in Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism.
- kshetraA holy precinct or temenos.
- Kshira SagaraThe ocean of milk that is the abode of Lord Vishnu, where he rests over his serpent-mount Shesha.
- KshitijA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Kṣitigarbhaa bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
- KuberaThe god of wealth.
- KumbhakarnaKumbhakarna, younger brother of Ravana.
- KumudA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- KumudaAn Ashtadiggaja guarding the southwest quarter and the husband of Anupamā.
- Kurukullāa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- kushaA grass of species Desmostachya bipinnata.
- KushadhwajaThe brother of King Janaka, father of Mandavi and Shrutakirti, and King of Samkasya in the Ramayana.
- KushagraA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- KushanaSynonym of Kushan
- LakshmanavatiGaur, an ancient Bengali city presently divided between Bangladesh and India, after falling to the Sena regime.
- LakshmidasA male given name from Sanskrit
- Lambodaraan epithet of lord Ganesha.
- LokapalaAny of a number of gods associated with specific cardinal and intercardinal directions.
- Lotus Sutra"Sūtra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra", a popular Sanskrit treatise which forms the basis of many forms of Buddhism.
- maashSynonym of mung bean.
- MadhulikaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MadhviA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MadhyamikaThe central philosophy of Buddhism that was systematized by Nagarjuna. It establishes that all phenomena are empty of independent reality.
- mahāgreat, eminent
- mahajanapadaOne of 16 prominent ancient Indian realms extant from around 600 BCE to 345 BCE.
- mahamanvantaraA cosmic ‘great day’ of universal activity, comprising 4.32 billion years.
- Mahāmāyūrīa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- MahanadiA river in Central India. It has a course of 858 km and flows through the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
- maharajadhirajaA royal ruler's title in South and Southeast Asia, roughly meaning 'great king of kings', a prestigious indication of the princely state's particularly high rank.
- MaharashtriA Prakrit language of ancient and medieval India, the ancestor of Marathi and Konkani.
- mahasattvaA bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
- Maha ShivaratriA Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of Lord Shiva on the fourteenth day of Krishna paksha of Phalguna or Magha.
- Mahāsthāmaprāptaa bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
- MaheshwarEpithet of the Hindu god Shiva.
- MaithilA member of an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Maithili language.
- maithunatantric sexual union
- MaitreyiName of a Vedic philosopher in Ancient India, a wife of the sage Yajnavalkya.
- maitrīBenevolence, lovingkindness or compassion, especially if developed through meditation or mindfulness.
- MalatiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MalyavanThe maternal grandfather and chief counselor of Ravana, who advised him to return Sita to Rāma.
- ManasaputraManasaputra, the mind born sons of Lord Brahma.
- ManasiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- ManavatiA rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the fifth melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
- MandakiniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- mandapaA pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building.
- MandāravāA bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.
- MandaviThe daughter of King Kushadhwaja and wife of Bharata in the Ramayana.
- MandodariThe queen of Lanka, wife of Ravana and mother of Meghnada.
- ManjiraName of a river in South India. It is a tributary of Godavari.
- ManjulA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Mañjuśrīa bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
- ManmathaKamadeva
- manodandacomplete control over one's thoughts
- MantharaThe maidservant of Kaikeyi who convinced her to exile Rāma in Ramayana.
- manyataA segregated Maasai village for warriors.
- 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.
- MarichaA rakshasa, son of Tāṭakā and uncle of Ravana, who assumed the form of a golden deer to lure Rāma away.
- MarichiThe eldest of the ten Prajapatis, the father of Kashyap and one of the Saptarishis.
- MartandA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MarutMaruts, storm deities and children of Rudra and Prishni.
- MaryadaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- matrikaA mother figure in Indian art.
- MatsyaThe first of ten successive avatars of the god Vishnu, who saved the first man Manu from a great flood in the form of a fish.
- MayavatiRati, the goddess of love and wife of Kamadeva.
- Meghaduta4th century Sanskrit poem written by Kalidasa, in which a yaksha sends a message to his wife via a passing cloud.
- MeghanadaThe son of Ravana in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
- MeghnadaIndrajit, the eldest son of Ravana and the crown prince of Lanka.
- Menakaan apsara known for seducing rishi Vishwamitra.
- mithunaA couple who engage in tantric sex.
- MohiA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MoulikA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MridulA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MrigankA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MrinmayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MrityunjayEpithet of Shiva.
- MuditA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- muhurtaA unit of time measurement in the Hindu calendar, approximately 48 minutes.
- muhurtamAn auspicious time on which an important event, usually a wedding, can be held.
- mundanThe ceremonial first tonsure of a child's hair.
- munjistinA reddish-orange dye resembling alizarin, found in the root of Indian madder, a species of madder from around the Himalayas, Rubia manjith (formerly Rubia munjista).
- murvaSynonym of marool.
- 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
- nagkesarMesua ferrea (Ceylon ironwood).
- NagrajA male given name from Sanskrit.
- NahushaA king of the Lunar dynasty, and the father of Yayati.
- NakulaThe fourth of the five Pandava brothers, twin brother of Sahadeva, born to Madri and Pandu.
- NandakaThe divine sword of Lord Vishnu and his avatars.
- NandinagariA writing system used to write in Sanskrit.
- NarakaThe underworld or Hell according to Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, where souls are sent for the expiation of their sins.
- NarantakaA rakshasa, son of Ravana and Dhanyamalini, who was slain by Angada in the Ramayana.
- nastikaNot astika.
- NatabhairaviName of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 20th melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system.