Learn the most important 50 Sanskrit words with their English translations
This challenge is for learning the most commonly important Sanskrit words.
To join this challenge comment on this post every day until you memorize all 50 sanskrit words.
- Atman – Soul
- Dharma – Duty
- Karma – Action
- Yoga – Union
- Mantra – Sacred sound or phrase
- Om – Universal spiritual sound
- Guru – Spiritual teacher
- Shanti – Peace
- Moksha – Liberation
- Bhakti – Devotion
- Jnana – Knowledge
- Vedas – Sacred texts
- Upanishads – Philosophical texts
- Tantra – Esoteric practices
- Samsara – Cycle of birth and death
- Maya – Illusion
- Prana – Life force energy
- Chakra – Energy centers in the body
- Kundalini – Coiled energy at the base of the spine
- Ahimsa – Non-violence
- Satya – Truthfulness
- Brahma – Creator of the universe
- Vishnu – Preserver of the universe
- Shiva – Destroyer of the universe
- Devi – Goddess
- Sutra – Short aphorism
- Purusha – Male Supreme Being
- Prakriti – Nature
- Ayurveda – Vedic medicine
- Japa – Repetition of a mantra
- Puja – Worship
- Hatha – Physical yoga practices
- Asana – Yoga posture
- Pranayama – Breathing exercises
- Bandha – Energy lock
- Mudra – Symbolic gesture
- Sattva – Purity
- Rajas – Passion
- Tamas – Ignorance
- Kama – Desire
- Artha – Material wealth
- Moksha – Liberation
- Samadhi – State of meditative absorption
- Dhyana – Meditation
- Pratyahara – Withdrawal of the senses
- Dharana – Concentration
- Ishvara – Personal god
- Brahman – Impersonal universal spirit
- Atman – Soul
- Shakti – Divine feminine energy