Humanities Religion & Spirituality Sanskrit Words beginning with A Glossary of Hindu Terms with Meanings Share Flipboard Email Print Agni - the Fire God. ExoticIndia.com Religion & Spirituality Hinduism Arts & Culture Past & Present Important Texts Temples & Organizations Gods & Goddesses Gurus & Saints Christianity Catholicism Islam Judaism Buddhism Latter-Day Saints Taoism Alternative Religion Angels & Miracles Sikhism Holistic Healing Paganism / Wicca Astrology Atheism & Agnosticism View More by Subhamoy Das Updated March 07, 2017 Adharma:contrary to what is right; evil. See ‘dharma’Aditi:Vedic goddess, the 'mother' of the godsAdityas:Vedic sun deities, offspring of AditiAdvaita Vedanta:non-dualistic Vedantic philosophyAgamas:mystical scriptures pertaining to specific Hindu sects such as Vaisnavaites or SaivitesAgni:fire; sacred fire; fire godAhimsa:non-violenceAmma:mother, a compound often used in the names of female goddessesAmrta:a nectar which was believed to bestow immortalityAnanda:bliss; the bliss of union with BrahmanAnna:food, riceAranyaka Vedic:forest texts or writingsArjun:one of the sons of Pandu and the main (human) character of the Bhagavad GitaArtha:worldly wealth, pursuit of wealth and social statusArti:act of worship celebrating lightAryans:the migrant invaders of India from approximately 1500 BC; people of spiritual valuesAsanas:yogic posturesAsat:non-being, that is to say the unreality of the world as opposed to the true Being (sat) which is Brahman.Ashram:hermitage, retreat or place of quiet and solitude, often in a forest, where a Hindu sage lives alone or with his disciplesAsramas:the four stages of life in HinduismAsvamedha:probably the most prestigious of Vedic sacrificial rites, where a horse is sacrificed in a yajna by the king whose supremacy has been acknowledged by the neighbouring kingsAtharva Veda:'Knowledge of Incantations', the fourth VedaAtman:the presence of Brahman as the deepest essence of the self in all entities; the Divine Self, a synonym of BrahmanAum:the sacred sound and symbol which represents Brahman in its unmanifest and manifest aspectsAvatar:literally 'descents', incarnation of God, usually the incarnations of Visnu and his consort LaksmiAvidya:ignoranceAyurveda:Vedic medical systemBack to Glossary Index: Alphabetic List of Terms citecite this article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Das, Subhamoy. "Sanskrit Words beginning with A." ThoughtCo, Oct. 30, 2015, thoughtco.com/sanskrit-words-beginning-with-a-1770269. Das, Subhamoy. (2015, October 30). Sanskrit Words beginning with A. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/sanskrit-words-beginning-with-a-1770269 Das, Subhamoy. "Sanskrit Words beginning with A." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/sanskrit-words-beginning-with-a-1770269 (accessed April 26, 2018). copy citation Continue Reading