List: Words coming from Sanskrit

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  noun  noun (generic)  historical term  abbreviation 

• bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)
• travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods)
• lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period)
• female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• water offering to Buddha, holy water

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  noun  noun (generic) 

• sangha (the Buddhist community)

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  noun  noun (generic) 

• rakshasa, man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  noun  noun (generic) 

• Upanishad (sacred Hindu treatises)

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  noun  noun (generic) 

• varna (each of the four Hindu castes)

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  ateji  historical term  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Shudra (member of India's worker caste), Shoodra

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  noun  noun (generic) 

• Kshatriya (member of India's military caste)

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  rare term  noun  noun (generic) 

• beryl

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• ahimsa (principle of non-violence in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.), abstinence from taking life