English words from Sanskrit
- PratyushA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrayagaA sacred place at the meeting point of Ganga and Yamuna. It is located near Prayagraj in India.
- prayopavesaThe act of suicide by fasting, performed by a person who no longer has any desire, ambition or responsibilities in life.
- PrernaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrithuA descendant of Dhruva and an avatar of Lord Vishnu, from whom the Earth is named Prithvi.
- PriyadarshiniA female given name.
- ProgyaA female given name from Sanskrit or Bengali, meaning “Wisdom”.
- pudgalamatter (that the world is made of)
- PulahaA Vedic Saptarishi and Manasaputra of Brahma.
- Pulastyaa Manasaputra, Saptarishi as well as a Prajapati.
- PulindaOne of an ancient tribe of India.
- PulkitA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- punarnavineA quinoline alkaloid present in the plants of the species Boerhavia diffusa.
- PundarīkaThe Ashtadiggaja of southeast direction and husband of Kapilā.
- PurandarA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- purusharthaAny of four proper goals or aims of a human life: dharma, artha, kama, and moksha.
- PushkalaThe son of Bharata and Mandavi, and brother of Taksha, who founded the city of Pushkalavati in the Ramayana.
- PushkalavatiThe ancient capital of Gandhara kingdom, near Charsadda in modern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
- PushpadantaAn Ashtadiggaja guarding the northwest quarter and the husband of Subhadra.
- PushpanjaliA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PutrakameshtiA special Yajna performed in Hinduism for the sake of having a child.
- RachitA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- RāgarājaA deity in Tibetan Buddhism and some other Asian Buddhist traditions who is revered for transforming worldly lust into spiritual awakening.
- RaghunandanA descendant of the Raghu dynasty (an epithet of Shri Rāma).
- RaghupatiAn epithet of Shri Rāma.
- RaghurajAn epithet of Shri Rāma.
- RaghuvamsaA celebrated poem written by Kalidasa.
- RaghuvarAn epithet of Shri Rāma.
- raginiThe feminine counterpart of a raga in Indian music.
- rajadhirajaA prestigious royal ruler in South and Southeast Asia.
- RajindraA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- RaktabijaAn asura who had the ability to replicate himself from every drop of his blood that touched the ground.
- RāmaA mythological king of Ayodhya in ancient India, considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu and a lila-avatara described in Bhagavata Purana; one of the most worshipped Hindu deities.
- RamanavamiA Hindu festival on the 9th day of Chaitra, i.e. Rama's birthday.
- RamasamudramA village in Andhra Pradesh.
- RambhaOne of the most beautiful apsaras in Hindu mythology.
- RameswaramA town and municipality of Tamil Nadu.
- RamitA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- RamleelaThe performance of the legend of Rāma during the festival of Dussehra.
- RanveerA 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.
- RevatiDaughter of King Kakudmi and consort of Balarama, the elder brother of Krishna.
- RiturajA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- rtvikA priest who performs at a yajna.
- RumāThe wife of Sugriva in the Ramayana, abducted by Vali and later restored to Sugriva.
- RupavatiName of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the twelfth melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
- SabhyataA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Sadāparibhūtaa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- sadhakaA person who follows a particular sadhana, or goal-directed spiritual practice.
- SahadevaIn the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the fifth and last of the Pandava brothers; son of Madri and Pandu.
- SahdevA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SakshamA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- 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.
- Samantabhadraa bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
- SamarthA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SamarthyaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SamavedaThe third of the four Vedas of melodies and chants.
- sambandhamAn informal form of marriage once practiced in Kerala.
- SambhavanaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SambhavnaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SameekshaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SamikshaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SamitaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- samjnaperception, cognition, conceptualization.
- SampannataA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SampatiThe son of Aruna and elder brother of Jatayu in the Ramayana.
- SamriddhiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Samudra ManthanaThe churning of the Kshira Sagara by Devas and Asuras.
- Sanatana DharmaHinduism.
- SanchitA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Sangharamaa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- SanidhyaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Sankarshanaan epithet of Balarama, elder brother of Lord Krishna
- SanketA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SannidhyaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- sannyasaThe fourth (wandering ascetic) ashrama in Hindu spiritual life.
- sanskaraAn imprint left on the mind by past experiences (often in past lives) that then condition future responses and behavior
- Śāntidevaa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- SantushtiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- sapindaA deceased relative who is connected to the greater body of ancestors by the sharing of a sacrificial offering.
- SaptamatrikasA collective term for the mother goddesses Brahmani, Vaishnavi, Maheshvari, Indrani, Kaumari, Varahi, and Chamunda.
- SaptamiThe seventh day (tithi) of the fortnight (paksha) in Hindu lunar calendar.
- saptapadiThe ritual circling of a fire seven times by the bride and groom at a Hindu wedding.
- SaptarishiUrsa Major
- Saptarshithe seven seers of ancient India who are extolled in the Vedas, and other Hindu literature.
- SaralaA female given name from Sanskrit used commonly in India.
- SaranshA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SarasangiA rāga in Carnatic music. It is the 27th melakarta rāga in the 72 melakarta rāga system of Carnatic music.
- śarīraA relic, especially a pearl-like object, found in the cremated ashes of Buddhist spiritual masters.
- SarlaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Sarpa SatraA grand yajna to kill all nagas, performed by King Janamejaya to avenge the death of his father Parikshit caused by the naga Takshaka.
- SarthakA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- sarvabhaumaA chakravartin, universal monarch.
- Sarvanivāraṇaviṣkambhina bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- SarvastivadaAn early school of Buddhism.