Sanskrit Words in English

  • aryan – "noble, honorable"
  • banyan – "a merchant"
  • brahmin – "prayer" or "the absolute"
  • candy – "sugar food"
  • chakra – "circle, wheel"
  • chintz – "clear, bright"
  • diva – "a god"
  • juggernaut – "lord of the world"
  • karma – "action, fate"
  • loot – "stolen thing"
  • mandala – "disk, circle"
  • mantra – "holy message"
  • nirvana – "extinction" or "blowing out"
  • pundit – "a learned man, scholar"
  • rice – for the grain
  • shaman – "Buddhist monk"
  • sugar – "grit, gravel"
  • swami – "lord, master"
  • swastika – "lucky cham"
  • tantra – "weave"
  • toddy – "palm sap drink"
  • yoga – "yoke, union"
  • zen – "a meditation"

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