English words from Sanskrit
- UtsavA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- tattvaAn element or aspect of reality conceived as an aspect of deity, forming the basis of human experience.
- KapilaA Vedic rishi credited as the founder of the Samkhya school, and the son of Prajapati Kardama and Devahuti
- DeeptiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SamathaA female given name from Sanskrit.
- PritiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- AdarshA male given name from Sanskrit.
- TeliA surname.
- MadhaviA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- mathaA monastic or similar religious establishment in Hinduism and Jainism, usually more formal and hierarchical than an ashram.
- pretaA hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated)
- kalpaA period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas).
- jatiA clan, tribe, or community in India.
- VyasaName of a Hindu sage. One who classified the Vedas into four parts. He is the author of the Mahabharata.
- gurukulA type of school in India and in several other countries, residential in nature, with pupils living near the guru, often within the same house.
- bodhicittaIn Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
- skycladBelonging to the Digambara school of Jainism.
- RajniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- AnusaraA modern form of Hatha yoga that emphasizes a set of universal principles of alignment.
- MukundAn epithet of Shri Vishnu.
- SusheelaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- kusumA tree of species Schleichera oleosa, from whose seeds a multipurpose oil is extracted.
- kshatriyaA member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.
- MurariA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SumantraThe chief minister and royal charioteer of King Dasharatha in the Ramayana, who drove Rāma, Sita, and Lakshmana to the forest at the beginning of their exile.
- DamodarAn epithet of Shri Krishna.
- ChiranjeeviA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- DharmendraAn epithet of Yama.
- SamhitaThe basic metrical (mantra) text of a Veda.
- DeepikaA female given name from Sanskrit.
- toranA gateway consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels, often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serving as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple.
- ShivaniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- VenkateswaraThe lord of seven hills, abode of Tirumala.
- BhavanaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- AnantaOne of the names of Lord Vishnu.
- chakramA disc-like throwing weapon from India.
- Mohinifemale avatar of Lord Vishnu.
- yoginiA female yogi.
- MatangiA Hindu goddess.
- VayuThe god of wind in Hindu and Vedic religion. A primary deity, father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Lord Hanuman.
- SubhadraSubhadra, daughter of Vasudeva, and Rohini, sister of Krishna, and Balarama, wife of Arjuna and the mother of Abhimanyu.
- sattvaOne of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are pure, divine, and spiritual.
- KanishkaAn emperor of the Kushan dynasty, who reigned from c. 127−150 CE.
- yajnaA ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.
- VidyasagarA male given name from Sanskrit.
- SamratA male given name.
- Urvashiapsara wife of Pururavas.
- Girijaan epithet of the Goddess Parvati
- kurmaThe second avatar of Lord Vishnu.
- KushanA member of an ancient Central Asian tribe; later, a member of the ruling dynasty and people of the Kushan Empire.
- pindaA small bag for Ayurvedic massage, filled with aromatic herbs.
- ChaturthiThe fourth day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu calendar.
- ShikharA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- AmaravatiThe capital of Hindu lord Indra.
- RachnaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- AnjanaAn Ashtadiggaja guarding the west quarter and the husband of Tamraparni.
- KartikaThe eighth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
- bijaThe origin or cause of things.
- SrihariName of Hindu god Vishnu.
- dandaThe punctuation mark ⟨।⟩, used in many Indic scripts, denoting the end of a sentence.
- maitriBenevolence, lovingkindness or compassion, especially if developed through meditation or mindfulness.
- GopalaA name of the Hindu god Krishna.
- KaminiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- KomalA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- ManavA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- VaibhavA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SarayuName of a river in North India that flows through Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
- jatakaAny of a large number of Indian tales concerning the previous lives of Gautama Buddha.
- DishaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrateekA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- RanvierA surname from French.
- ShreyaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Ramchandrathe full name of Shri Rama
- PanchalA kingdom in northwestern part of ancient India during the Mahajanapadas era.
- ChetnaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- SankrantiThe transmigration of the Sun from one Rāshi (constellation of the zodiac) to the next.
- Satyanarayanaepithet of Narayana.
- RaghunathAn epithet of Shri Rāma.
- RoopaA female given name from Sanskrit.
- GandharaAn ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- sandesha dessert originating from Bengal.
- DhruvaA Puranic child sage who become the pole star.
- PritamA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- TanujaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- yakshiA female yaksha.
- ShikshaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Padmasambhavaa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- BudhaA deity in Hinduism, son of the moon god Chandra, associated with intelligence and wisdom.
- ShrimatiA title of respect used before female names, Mrs.
- NiyogiA surname.
- RajaniA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- AnshulA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- PrajapatiA deity, later identified with Brahma.
- nagariA traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.
- SharadaSynonym of Sarasvati (“Hindu goddess”).
- tirthaA site of pilgrimage.
- KharaA rakshasa, brother of Ravana and Dūṣaṇa in the Ramayana who was killed by Rāma in Panchavati.
- kumkumA red powder, made from saffron or turmeric, used ceremonially by Hindu women to make various markings on the body, especially the tilak.
- AgnihotriA surname from Sanskrit common among Hindu brahmins.
- JanakaAn ancient king of Videha. The Janaka dynasty ruled the Videha kingdom in the Mithila region from the capital city of the same name.