English words from Sanskrit
- KapilA Vedic rishi credited as the founder of the Samkhya school, and the son of Prajapati Kardama and Devahuti
- KalyanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NilaA vanara, brother of Nala and son of Agni in Ramayana.
- shethThe bar on a plough which projects downward beneath the beam to connect to the sole.
- gunnyA coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.
- venuOne of the ancient transverse flutes of Indian classical music.
- bearyOf or pertaining to a bear.
- TarunA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- bodhiThe state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana.
- urnaA spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark.
- prashantA croissant.
- AyodhyaA city, division, and administrative headquarters of Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the bank of the Sarayu river.
- tankaA form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae.
- kathaThe recitation of a Hindu religious story.
- ArundhatiThe wife of the sage Vasishtha, celebrated for her virtue.
- satiPious person
- PraveenA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- GoswamiA surname from Sanskrit.
- JyotiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MahabharataAn ancient Sanskrit epic concerning some text of the Bhagavad Gita, including elaborations on theology and morality.
- KavitaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- AdvaitaA school of philsoophy teaching that differences and variegation in the human condition are unreal or illusory.
- VasuAny of the attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. They are eight elemental gods representing aspects of nature.
- vajraA Buddhist ceremonial mace and symbol, usually interpreted as both a diamond and a thunderbolt.
- paikA foot soldier or armed attendant, in some cases holding land in exchange for military service.
- nalaThe king of Nishada Kingdom, son of Veerasena and husband of Damayanti in Mahabharata.
- GayatriA composition in the Gayatri metre.
- VarunA male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
- jivaAll living beings; the essence or soul of such beings.
- ShaniA deity in Hinduism, the personification of the planet Saturn, associated with justice, karma, and discipline.
- SriramA surname.
- dayaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- centumReferring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops.
- RekhaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- pranayamaBreathing techniques; breath control, often synchronized with movements between asanas in yoga.
- YashA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- MahendraOne of the holy mountains in India.
- siraA traditional Muslim biography of Muhammad.
- SaritaA census-designated place, the county seat of Kenedy County, Texas, United States.
- stupaA Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others, especially dome-shaped monuments in the Indian style.
- karunaCompassion; mercy.
- SaurabhA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- VandanaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SankarA surname.
- MallikaArabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
- SeemaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- pittaAny passerine belonging to the taxonomic family Pittidae.
- RaghuA legendary king of parts of India
- TheravadaA Buddhist of this particular school.
- DevanagariOf the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.
- najaA member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobras
- AntaraA female given name from Sanskrit.
- AnkurA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- pradhanAn official in parts of India, equivalent to vizier in rank and function.
- yoniThe vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
- NishaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- VijayaOne of the two demigod gatekeepers (Dvarapala) of the abode of Vishnu, known as Vaikuntha.
- ChandrikaA female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
- ManoharA male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
- kuruA chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.
- TrivediA surname. commonly used in India.
- chinasA people mentioned in ancient Indian literature from the first millennium BC and first millennium AD, such as the Mahabharata, Laws of Manu, and Puranic literature.
- DivyaA female given name from Sanskrit.
- BhandariA member of a caste of toddy tappers.
- ManishaA female given name from Sanskrit.
- TusharA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- kumariA living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.
- tilakA mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status.
- SouravA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- KalpanaA female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
- AnuragA male given name from Sanskrit used mainly in India.
- ShilpaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SakaA member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.
- AditiThe daughter of Daksha, wife of Kashyapa, and mother of the gods.
- NandiA bull used as a mount by the god Shiva, or a representation of this bull.
- ArunaSon of Kashyapa by Vinata, charioteer of Surya.
- vaidyaA practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine.
- MukulA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NarmadaA long river in central India.
- shastraA treatise for authoritative instruction in Hinduism, especially one explaining the Vedas.
- RoliA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- ahimsaA doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.
- ParvatiA Hindu goddess, the goddess of love, devotion and power; nominally the second consort of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and rejuvenation.
- GautamaSiddhartha Gautama - the personal name of the Buddha.
- yugaIn Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages, catur-yuga catur-yuga: the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali Yuga, with lengths ranging from 432,000 to 1,728,000 years.
- samajA society, community or congregation, especially of the Brahmo Samaj.
- sandaA Chinese martial art, self-defense system, and combat sport, similar to kick-boxing.
- RenuA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- BhargavaA surname.
- KalkiThe tenth avatar of Vishnu.
- ShivajiA male given name.
- VasantA male given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage, feminine equivalent Vasanti.
- PrasannaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- YamunaThe largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India.
- AnantA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- NagarjunaA male given name from Sanskrit.
- SharadA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- kriyaA technique or practice within a yoga discipline.
- MadhurA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- gopiAny of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology.