Vocabulary of words of Indian and Sanscrit origin. - AbÁdi
- An inhabited place.
- Aban
- The name of the eighth month.
- AbÁshan
- A low caste of labourers.
- Abd
- A slave.
- AbdÁli
- Fakirs of the bÁshara order.
- AbdÁr
- A servant who prepares water for domestic use.
- Abdhut
- A sect of religious mendicants.
- Abhir
- A caste employed as cowherds and shepherds.
- AbkÁr
- A maker of strong waters.
- Abri
- A building stone found at Kabul.
- AchÁrgya
- A caste of Bengalese, said to have originated from the Brahmins.
- AchÁrya
- A teacher.
- AchÁtur
- A caste of cultivators of the soil.
- AdÁlat
- A court of justice.
- Adar
- The ninth month.
- AdbhutÁsÁnti
- A burnt sacrifice used to counteract evil omens.
- Adhipati
- A ruler.
- Adhwaryu
- The third class of priests employed at a vedic sacrifice.
- Adi Granth
- The chief scripture of the Sikhs.
- AdinÁth
- The first arhat of the Jains.
- Aditya
- The sun.
- Adlingadawar
- A caste of agriculturists.
- Advichinchi
- A caste of cultivators of the land.
- Afrit
- A demon.
- Agarwala
- A trading caste.
- Agasa
- A caste of washermen.
- Aghora
- Religious mendicants who sometimes feed on human flesh.
- Agiari
- A temple in which perpetual fire is maintained.
- Agni
- The god of fire.
- Aguri
- A Bengalese caste of cultivators.
- Ahri
- One of the Himalayan gods.
- Ahriman
- The personification of evil in the Zoroastrian religion.
- Akshamala
- A string of beads.
- Alifshai
- The Benawa fakirs.
- Amanth
- A Bengalese caste employed as servants.
- Amaras
- Immortal.
- Ambattan
- A caste employed as barbers.
- Amma Kodagas
- A sect driven away by the Brahmins.
- Anant
- Endless, a name applied to Vishnu and other gods.
- Andhyaru
- A Parsi priest.
- Andra
- A Buddhist dynasty considered to have reigned in India from 31 B.C. to 429 A.D.
- Anila
- The god of fire.
- AnnapurnÁ
- The goddess who is said to feed the inhabitants of Benares.
- Aranyaka
- A part of the Veda, considered so holy that it may be read only in the solitude of a forest.
- ArchÁka
- An officiating priest at a pagoda.
- Ardha-matra
- A mysterious word applicable to the deity.
- ArdhanÁrisa
- Name of Siva in his form as half male, half female.
- ArjÀ
- A female mendicant.
- Asani
- A small seat, also a carpet used at prayers.
- Asiloma
- A demon who had swords instead of hair.
- Asthal
- A temple.
- Asura
- A spirit.
- Atasil
- The eight precepts binding on an upasaka.
- Atharwa
- The name of the fourth veda.
- Aukamma
- A village goddess.
- Avasta
- The Zoroastrian scriptures.
- Ayenar
- A god of India who is supposed to guard the fields from demons.
- AzÁd
- An order of fakirs.
- Bagh
- A garden.
- Bahucharaji
- A goddess worshipped in Gujarat.
- Bahuta
- An amulet worn on the arm by the worshippers of Narsingh.
- Bai
- A lady.
- Baidni
- A woman of the Baidya caste.
- Baidya
- A caste supposed to be the offspring of a Brahman father and Vaisya mother.
- BalÁi
- A caste of Sudras.
- BalarÁm
- The elder brother of Krishna, sometimes an incarnation of Vishnu.
- BÀna
- An arrow.
- BandhÁ
- A slave or bondmen.
- BarÁhan
- A goddess who is supposed to cure swelled hands and feet.
- BarÁt
- The final ceremony of a marriage.
- Barwa
- A wise man of the Bhils.
- Basani
- A prostitute, or female dedicated to a god.
- Basawa
- The sacred bull.
- BÁshkala
- A demon.
- Benawa
- A community of fakirs of the beshara order.
- Beshara
- Those fakirs who hold themselves above the law.
- BhadariÀ
- Mendicant astrologers of Brahman origin.
- Bhadu
- A low class of Uriya Brahmans.
- Bhagat
- A worshipper.
- BhagvÁn
- The divine spirit.
- Bhagwat
- A name for God.
- Bhairawa
- A name of Siva.
- Bhairawanath
- A name of Siva.
- Bhairon
- same as Bhaironath.
- BhÁkta
- A devotee.
- BhÁvin
- A woman devoted to the service of the Temple.
- Bhikhu
- A religious mendicant.
- Bhopi
- A priest of a village temple.
- Bhu
- The earth.
- Bhut
- The spirit of the dead; a goblin.
- Bhuteswara
- A name of Siva as destroyer.
- Bhutya
- Devotees of Bhawani.
- Bilwa
- The bel tree.
- BishÉswar
- A name of Siva, alluding to his having swallowed poison.
- Boa
- A Temple.
- Bo-tree
- The pipal.
- BrahmÁ
- The Creator.
- BrÁhman
- The first of the Hindu castes.
- BrÁhmÁni
- A woman of Brahman caste.
- Broto
- A vow.
- Budibudaki
- A religious beggar who smears himself with ashes.
- Burha-Deo
- The great God.
- But
- The name of a devi.
- Catanar
- A priest of the Syrian Church.
- Chakra
- The weapon of Vishnu.
- Chattur
- A consecrated cake of cow-dung.
- Chhandas
- A sacred hymn.
- Chhandoga
- A name of the udgatri priest.
- Chillah
- A forty days’ fast.
- ChitpÁwan
- A subdivision of the Maharashtra Brahmans.
- Chitragupta
- The first of the ministers of Yama.
- Cholipanth
- A sect of Panjabis allowing free sexual intercourse.
- Chori
- A marriage hall.
- Churel
- A hobgoblin in the form of a hideous woman.
- Crore
- Ten millions.
- DÁdÁ
- An elderly person, or a paternal grandfather.
- DÁdupanthi
- A Vaishnawa sect founded by Dadu.
- Daftar
- A register.
- DÁgoba
- A dome-like structure built over the relics of a saint.
- DÁin
- A witch.
- Daitya
- A demon.
- Daiwatapka
- Parsi betrothal ceremony.
- Dakaut
- Braminical astrological mendicants.
- Dakiri
- A female imp who feeds upon human flesh.
- Dachocha
- A caste said to be descended from a Brahman father and a Gauli mother.
- Dakshina
- A cow fit to be given to a Brahman.
- Danawa
- A demon.
- Dargah
- The tomb of a saint.
- Dasi
- A woman dedicated to a temple.
- Dastur
- A Parsi high priest.
- Devi
- A goddess; especially Durga.
- Devrukhi
- The room of a temple where the idol stands.
- Dewa
- A god.
- DewÁnga
- One who wears the emblem of Siva.
- DewasthÁn
- A temple.
- DewatÁ
- A deity.
- Dhumra
- A giant.
- Dinesha
- Lord of the day.
- Diwar
- -Divinity of a village, for whom a portion of the grain is set apart at each harvest.
- Dobe
- A brahma who has studied two of the four Vedas.
- Durdhara
- A leader in the army of demons.
- DurgÁ
- The consort of Siva.
- DurgÁ-pugÁ
- The worship of DurgÁ.
- Durmukha
- The name of a demon—the fury faced.
- DwÁparayuga
- The Third age of the world.
- Eshana
- One of the names of Siva.
- Fakir
- A Mohammedan religious mendicant.
- GÁbhÁra
- The inner room of a temple where the idol stands.
- Gadipati
- Chief of a body of religious mendicants.
- Ganesa
- A god, the son of Siva.
- Garudi
- A snake charmer.
- Gentoo
- Another name for a Hindu.
- Ghaus
- A fakir of the highest sanctity.
- Gomedha
- The sacrifice of a cow.
- Gondhal
- A noisy festival in honour of Devi.
- Gopura
- Building over the gate of a temple.
- Gorakhnath
- A name of Siva.
- Gosain
- An ascetic.
- Goshanashin
- A Mohammedan ascetic.
- GrÁmadewatÁ
- Tutelary deity of a village.
- Granthi
- A reader of the Granth, or Sikh Scriptures.
- Grihadava
- The tutelary god of a house.
- Grihastha
- A Brahman in the second asrama.
- Guga
- A saint to whom offerings are made to avert danger from snakes.
- Guru
- A religious teacher.
- Haj
- A pilgrimage.
- Haji
- One who has performed the Haj.
- Hambali
- One of the orthodox schools of Sunnis.
- Har
- A name of Siva.
- Hara
- The destroyer.
- Harpuji
- The worship of the plough.
- Homa
- An oblation made by pouring butter on a fire.
- Hotri
- The highest class of priest employed at a Vedic sacrifice.
- Huttari
- Festival in honour of the rice harvest.
- Id-al-fitr
- Festival of breaking fast.
- IdgÁh
- A place of prayer for Mussalmans.
- ImÁm
- The officiating priest of a mosque.
- Indra
- The king of the firmament.
- Iravata
- The elephant of Indra.
- Ishna-namaz
- Prayer of sunset.
- Ishrak-namaz
- Prayer at sunrise.
- Ishtadewa
- A favourite deity.
- Iswara
- A name of Siva.
- JÁg
- A vigil kept by Sudras on the tenth night after a sudden death, in order to summon the spirit of the deceased into the body of his son, or other person, and reveal the cause of death, the place where his treasures are hidden, or other matter desired to be known.—J. T. Melesworth.
- JagannÁth
- A name of Vishnu.
- JajmÁn
- A patron.
- JanÁrdan
- A name of Vishnu.
- JÁnhavi
- A name of the Ganges.
- JÁtra
- A pilgrimage to a holy place.
- Jin
- A goblin.
- JivagÁr
- A Buddhist ascetic.
- JnÁndewa-panthi
- A supposed incarnation of Vishnu.
- Kabir-panthi
- A Vaishnawa sect, followers of Kabir.
- KailÁsa
- The heaven of Siva.
- KÁli
- The wife of Siva.
- Kalki
- The name of Vishnu in his tenth awatar, which is to take place at the end of the present, or kali, age, when he will destroy the wicked and inaugurate a new age of purity.—Whitworth.
- Karniji
- A goddess worshipped in Bikaner.
- KÁtÁyani
- A name of the goddess Parvati.
- Kesari
- The name of the lion of Durga.
- Keshava
- One of the names of Vishnu.
- Khatib
- The preacher in the mosque on Fridays and feast-days.
- Khirakasi
- A sect of Hindus who renounced idolatry and Brahmanism.
- KhodiÁr
- The devi of one of seven sisters of the Charan caste.
- Koti
- A crore, or ten millions.
- KowmÁri
- A appellation of Durga.
- Kowshiki
- A goddess that emanated from PÁrvati.
- Kuber
- The god of riches.
- Lakshmi
- Wife of Vishnu.
- Linga
- The phallus or emblematic representation of Siva.
- Lingait
- A sect of Saiwas who wear the emblem of the linga.
- Lohana
- The most numerous class of Hindus in Sindh.
- Lokas
- The world.
- Madhu
- The name of a demon.
- MadhwÁchÁrya
- A Vaishava sect.
- MahÁdeva
- A name of Siva.
- MahÁjanwÁdi
- A place where caste feasts are celebrated.
- MahÁkÁla
- A name of Siva.
- MahÉswar
- A name of Siva.
- MÁnbhawa
- A Vaishnava sect.
- Mantra
- Form of worship in the oldest part of the veda.
- Manu
- Man. Founder of the Manvantara.
- MÁruta
- Wind. A god of the wind.
- Masjid
- A Mohommedan church.
- MastÁn
- The RasulshÁhi fakirs.
- MÁtÁ
- Name applied to various goddesses.
- MatiÁ
- A believer.
- Matsya
- The first principal awater of Vishnu.
- Mobed
- A Parsi priest.
- Mund
- A demon.
- Muni
- A saint.
- Mundphoda
- The Gurzmar fakirs, who beat their heads until they bleed in order to extort charity.
- MusÁ SohÁg
- A body of fakirs who dress as women.
- Mutawalli
- The warden of a mosque.
- NÁdiyÁ
- A bull marked as sacred.
- NÁgÁ
- Naked.
- NÁgÉswaraswÁmi
- A serpent deity.
- Nama
- A mark worn on the forehead by followers of Vishnu.
- NÁmadÁri
- A Vaishnava.
- Nandana
- A beautiful garden in Indra’s heaven.
- NandÁ Devi
- A name of Durga.
- Nandi
- Siva’s bull.
- Narak
- The place of punishment for souls.
- NarakÁsur
- A demon son of Bhumi, slain by Vishnu.
- NÁrangkÁr
- The maker of men.
- NÁrÁyana
- The divine spirit moving on the waters.
- Narsinh
- A form assumed by Vishnu in order to destroy the demon HiranyakÁsipu.
- Nat
- A spirit supposed to have the power to ward off evil.
- Navar
- A Parsi priest of low order.
- Nazar
- The evil eye.
- NimbÁrka
- A Vaishavan sect worshipping Krishna and Riadha conjointly.
- NirwÁna
- Having the fire of life extinguished.
- Pagoda
- A Hindu temple in the south of India.
- Parameshvari
- A name of Durga.
- Paramahansa
- A sect of Siva’s devotees.
- Pariah
- An outcast from society.
- PÁrvati
- The consort of Siva.
- Pasupati
- A name of Siva.
- PÁtÁla
- The nether regions.
- PÁvaka
- The god of fire.
- PinÁki
- A name of Siva.
- Prakriti
- A goddess.
- Pundarikaksha
- Lotus-eyed.
- Purusha
- Man; the human soul.
- RÁjasuya
- A sacrifice performed at a coronation.
- Rali
- The deified spirit of a woman who drowned herself on being married to a child.
- RÁmÁnandi
- A sect of Vaisnavas.
- RÁmÁnuja
- A Vaishawan sect in the south of India.
- Ramban
- A priest of high rank.
- Rath
- A war chariot.
- Rig
- The first Veda.
- Rishi
- A sage or hermit.
- Rozah
- A fast.
- Rudra
- The storm-god.
- SÁdhu
- A saint.
- SadrÁ
- The sacred shirt worn by the Parsis.
- SadubÁ
- The name of a goddess.
- SÁkta
- A worshipper of a sakti.
- Sakti
- Power.
- Sama
- The third Veda.
- Sanhita
- A collection of Vedic hymns.
- SannyÁsi
- An ascetic.
- Saptapadi
- Seven steps taken round the sacred fire, part of a Hindu marriage.
- Saravasti
- Goddess of eloquence and literature.
- Sastri
- A teacher.
- Sattra
- A sacrifice.
- Sanra
- A worshipper of the sun.
- SÁvitri
- One of the incarnations of Sarasvati.
- Shakra
- One of the denominations of Indra.
- Shakti
- Power.
- Shambu
- An appellation of Siva.
- Siva
- The third person of the Hindu triad.
- Srawak
- A Buddhist saint.
- Sura
- A deity.
- Tarpana
- Offering of water.
- Trinetra
- Three-eyed.
- Ugni
- God of fire.
- UmbikÁ
- A name of Durga.
- Vaishnavi
- The consort of Vishnu.
- Vanhi
- One of the names of the god of fire.
- Vidhi
- One of the names of Brahma.
- Vipra
- A person who recites Vedas.
- Vishnu
- The second person of the Hindu triad, the preserver.
- Vrutra
- The name of a demon.
- Yogini
- A class of malicious female fiends.
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