| KAMA | Sanskrit word for "desire" |
| VINYASA | Sanskrit word for a sequence of yoga movements or "flow" during sun salutations for example (7) |
| JUGGERNAUT | Term for a heavy vehicle taken from a Sanskrit word for one of the forms of Vishnu (10) |
| DESI | Descriptor for a person from the Indian subcontinent, derived from the Sanskrit word for "country" |
| ASANA | Project management app named for Sanskrit word for "seat" |
| PADMA | Sanskrit word for the sacred lotus flower/plant, taken as the Bangladeshi name for the Ganges (5) |
| MUDRA | Sanskrit word for "seal, sign, token", thus for any of the symbolic hand gestures in Hindu ceremonies, classical Indian dance, statuary and yoga (5) |
| MAHARAJA | The Sanskrit word for 'great ruler' (8) |
| DEVI | Sanskrit word for a goddess (4) |
| GURU | Sanskrit word for "teacher" |
| SRI | Title taken from the Sanskrit word for "beauty" |
| DEVA | Sanskrit word for "god" |
| ALIAH | The Sanskrit word for 'supreme' (5) |
| SINGH | Name originating in India that derives from the Sanskrit word for lion (5) |
| TIRTHA | Sanskrit word for a pilgrimage, especially one by a river (6) |
| RISHI | From Sanskrit, word for a Hindu sage or a saint (5) |
| MANTRA | Sanskrit word for a repeated phrase or sound vibration to boost concentration during meditation (6) |
| AVATAR | An embodiment of something abstract (and the name of a James Cameron film), which comes from the Sanskrit word for incarnation of a deity |
| VAHANA | Sanskrit word for a mythical animal vehicle, such as Garuda or Nandi (6) |
| OPAL | Gem whose name comes from "upala," the Sanskrit word for "precious stone" |
