Sanskrit terms in English
very old words
- ginger
- शृङ्गवेर (śṛṅgavera) [English from Latin zingiberi from Late Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)]
- pepper
- पिप्पलि (pippali) [English via Latin. But this may be common Indo-European]
greeting
- namaste
- नमस्ते (namaste)
religion
- Hindu
- हिंदु [derived from Sanskrit; not properly a word]
- Hare Krishna
- हरे कृष्ण (hare Kṛṣṇa)
- Buddha
- बुद्ध (buddha)
- Jain
- जैन (jain)
- deva: god
- देव (deva)
- devi: goddess, deity
- देवी (devī)
- veda
- वेदा (vedā)
- tantra
- तन्त्र (tantra)
- boddhisatva
- बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva)
religious concepts
- karma
- कर्म (karma)
- dharma
- धर्म (dharma)
- nirvana
- निर्वाण (nirvāna)
deities
- Brahma
- ब्रह्मा (Bramhā)
- Sarasvati
- सरस्वती (Sarasvatī)
- Vishnu
- विष्णु (Vishṇu)
- Lakshmi
- लक्ष्मी (Lakshmī)
- Shiva
- शिव (Shiva)
- Kali
- काळी (Kālī)
- Rama
- राम (Rāma)
- Krishna
- कृष्ण (Kṛṣṇa)
- Ganesh
- गणेश (Gaṇesha)
vedic literature
- mantra
- मन्त्र (mantra)
- mandala
- मण्डल (maṇḍala)
- om
- ॐ (aum)
relating to yoga
- yoga, yogi
- योग, योगी (yoga, yogī)
- guru
- गुरु (guru)
- swami
- स्वामी (swāmi)
- tantra
- तन्त्र (tantra)
- hatha
- हठ (hatha)
- chakra
- चक्र (chakra)
other
- raga
- राग (rāga)
- swastika
- स्वस्तिक (svastika)