List: Words coming from Sanskrit
Gairaigo: Words adopted from Sanskrit
gairaigo Sanskrit origin usually written using kana alone Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- a-bi-ra-un-ken (mantra directed to Vairocana)
gairaigo Sanskrit origin search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- Akasha (ether in traditional Hindu cosmology)
gairaigo Sanskrit origin noun noun (generic)
- Gautama Buddha, Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)
gairaigo Sanskrit origin rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- Naraka, Hell, Hades
- very bottom, the end, worst possible circumstances
- trap room (of a theatre), below-stage basement
gairaigo Sanskrit origin rarely used kanji form Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- stupa, dagoba
- wooden grave tablet
gairaigo Sanskrit origin search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- Brahmin (highest caste in Hinduism; traditional occupation of priesthood)
- Brahmanism, priest of Brahmanism
gairaigo Sanskrit origin noun noun (generic)
- bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)
gairaigo Sanskrit origin Buddhism noun noun (generic) numeric
- a number so great it can never be counted to
- 10^56 (or 10^64)
gairaigo Sanskrit origin search-only kana form Buddhism noun noun (generic) numeric
- an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million)
- 10^60 (or 10^72)
gairaigo Sanskrit origin search-only kana form search-only kanji form Buddhism noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone colloquial
- Mara, demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment
- obstacle to enlightenment
- penis