English words from Sanskrit
- 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.
- navaratnaruby, emerald, pearl, yellow sapphire, coral, cat's eye, hessonite, blue sapphire and diamond
- nayikaAny of the eight types of romantic heroine described in the Natya Shastra, an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts.
- nighantuA particular type of Sanskrit glossary, containing brief annotations of obscure and difficult words grouped into thematic categories.
- NiharikaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NikumbhaA rakshasa brother of Kumbha and son of Kumbhakarna and Vajrajvālā, who was slain by Hanuman.
- Niladevia Hindu goddess, primarily worshipped in South India.
- NilayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NiralaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- nirgundiChinese chaste tree (Vitex negundo).
- NisargA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NisargaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NischayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NishakaraA rishi in the Ramayana who guided Sampati.
- NishitA male given name from Sanskrit.
- NishitaA female given name from Sanskrit.
- NishthaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NiyatiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- niyogaAn ancient tradition of the Svayambhuva Manu sect in which a childless woman could appoint a man to help her bear a child.
- nrittaThe rhythmic element of Indian classical dance.
- om mani padme humA mantra associated with Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, the primary mantra of Tibetan Buddhism.
- Om Namah Shivaya"Adoration to Lord Shiva"; a salute or invocation towards the Hindu god Shiva.
- OorjaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- osthyaa labial consonant
- padayatraA journey undertaken on foot for religious, political, social or charitable purposes.
- PadmajaName of Brahma.
- PadmanabhaAn epithet of Shri Vishnu.
- Padmapāṇia bodhisattva
- padmasanaA pose in which one sits cross-legged with each foot sole-upwards on the opposite leg; the lotus position.
- PadmavatiHindu goddess and consort of Sri Venkateswara of Tirupati.
- pakshaA fortnight in a month of the Hindu lunar calendar.
- palankaA permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
- PallavA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PanchalaOne of the sixteen mahajanapadas of ancient India featured in the Mahabharata.
- panchalohaAny of the traditional five-metal alloys of sacred significance used for making Hindu temple idols.
- panchangamA Hindu calendar and almanac.
- PanchatantraA canonical collection of Sanskrit as well as Pali (Buddhist) animal fables in verse and prose.
- PanchavatiA sacred place on the banks of the Godavari river near modern Nashik, where Rāma, Sita, and Lakshmana resided during their exile and from where Sita was abducted.
- Paradesi JewOne of the descendants of the Sephardic immigrants to South Asia (where they mostly settled in Cochin and Madras) fleeing persecution in Spain.
- paramuktajivanmukta
- ParasharaA maharishi, grandson of Vasishtha and father of Vyasa.
- ParashuramaThe sixth avatar of Vishnu.
- parikramaThe circumambulation of a sacred place.
- ParikshitThe son of Abhimanyu and Uttarā, and grandson of Arjuna, who ruled the Kuru kingdom after the Mahabharata war.
- parinirvanaThe final release from rebirth.
- ParthivA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- patanaA type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle.
- PaulomiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- 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).
- PhalgunaThe twelfth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
- PinakaThe divine bow of Lord Shiva.
- PingalaOne of the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine, the energies or prana of the physical body, are said to flow.
- pippalilong pepper
- 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.
- PrabalA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrabhutA male given name from Indian origin.
- Prachetaan epithet of Varuna, the god of the oceans.
- PrachiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- pradhanaIn Indian philosophy, the creative principle of nature.
- PradoshaA vrata observed in honor of Lord Shiva on the thirteenth day of lunar fortnight.
- Pradyumnthe son of Lord Krishna and Rukmini
- Pradyumnathe son of Lord Krishna and Rukmini
- PragyaA female given name from Sanskrit or Hindi, meaning “Wisdom”.
- PragyanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrahastaThe senapati of Ravana's army in the Ramayana.
- PrahladaThe son of Hiranyakashipu and devout devotee of Lord Vishnu.
- prajnaparamitaA central concept in Mahayana Buddhism, suggesting that all things appear as thoughtforms (conceptual constructs).
- PrakharA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrakhyatA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrakratiA female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.
- prakrtiThe original or natural form or condition of anything.
- pralayaThe destruction of the universe taking place at the end of each cosmic age, preceding a new creation.
- PramadaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- pranamaThe touching of the feet in Indian culture as a sign of respect.
- PranayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PranshuA male given name from Sanskrit.
- PraphullaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PraptiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrarthanaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrasannataA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrashansaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrasiddhA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrasiddhaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrasiddhiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrasoonA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Prasutithe wife of Prajapati Daksha and the mother of Goddess Sati
- PrateekshaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrathamaThe first day (tithi) in the lunar fortnight (paksha) of the Hindu calendar.
- PratigyaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PratikshaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PratipadaThe first day in the lunar fortnight of the Hindu calendar.
- PratishthaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- pratītyasamutpādaThe principle that everything is interdependent, that all things arise in dependence upon multiple causes and conditions.
- pratyaharaThe withdrawal of one's senses; focus on oneself as opposed to external stimuli.