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"