avatar

From English avatar, from Hindustani अवतार / اوتار (avtār), from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”). Doublet of awatara.

der

(Hinduism) avatar (the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu)


om

From Sanskrit ओं (oṃ) or औं (auṃ) or ॐ (oṃ). Cognate with Balinese ᬒᬁ.

(Hinduism, Buddhism) om: a sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.


papa

From Sanskrit पाप (pāpa, “bad, evil, low”).


yang

From Malay yang, from Proto-Malayic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiaŋ.

(Hinduism) hyang: An unseen spirit with supernatural powers, in ancient Indonesian mythology.


gi

From Hindi घी (ghī) or Urdu گھی (ghī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀺𑀤 (ghida), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛtá). Cognate of English ghee.


mandala

From Malay mandala,
from Classical Malay mandala, from Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala, “circle”).

(Hinduism, Buddhism) A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.

(Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.


karma

From Sanskrit कर्म (karma), कर्मन् (karman), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma,

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.

A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.


pura

From Malay pura (“castle town”), from Sanskrit पुर (pura). Doublet of puri.
* Sense of "temple" is a semantic loan from Balinese ᬧᬸᬭ (pura) which is ultimately from same Sanskrit word.

(Hinduism) temple, a Balinese Hinduism place of worship.


ahimsa

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā).

lbor

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) ahimsa: A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.


Brahma

(Hinduism) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.


warga

From Malay warga, from Classical Malay ورڬ (warga), from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga).


Arjuna

From Javanese ꦄꦂꦗꦸꦤ (Arjuna), from Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

A major character of the Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic.


mudra

(Hinduism) Any of the formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.


bija

From Sanskrit बीज (bīja, “seed”). Doublet of biji.


Agni

From Sanskrit अग्नि (agní, “fire”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hagníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hagnís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís, from *h₁engʷ- (“to burn; fire”). Doublet of anggara.

(Hinduism) Agni, a Hindu and Vedic deity of fire.


punia

From Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya, “good or right, virtue, purity, good work, meritorious act, moral or religious merit”).


Nyepi

Reconstructed as meng- + sepi, from Balinese ᬜᭂᬧᬶ (nyepi, “to be quiet”). Doublet of mênyêpi. Cognate of Javanese ꦚꦼꦥꦶ (nyepi, “to be desolate”).

(Hinduism) Nyepi: A Hindu Balinese day of silence, fasting and meditation that falls on Bali's Lunar New Year.


Indra

From Sanskrit इन्द्र (indra). Doublet of indra.
* Semantic loan from Javanese ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦿ (Indra)

sl

(Hinduism) Indra: The god of war and weather; also the King of the Gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hinduism.


Aditya

From Javanese ꦄꦢꦶꦠꦾ (Aditya), from Old Javanese āditya, from Sanskrit आदित्य (ādityá).

(Hinduism) Aditya: Any of a group of solar deities, the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa.


nirwana

From Malay nirwana borrowing Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “nirvana”, literally “blown or put out, extinguished”).

bor

(Hinduism) extinction of the flame of life, dissolution, death or final emancipation from matter and re-union with the Supreme Spirit


brahmana

(Hinduism) a Brahmin, a man belonging to the 1st of the 3 twice-born classes and of the 4 original divisions of the Hindu body (generally a priest, but often in the present day a layman engaged in non-priestly occupations although the name is strictly only applicable to one who knows and repeats the veda).


Siwa

(Hinduism) Alternative spelling of Syiwa (“Shiva”).


sastra

From Malay sastera, from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, “scripture”).


atma

From Sanskrit आत्मा (ātmā, nominative singular), from Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātman, “soul, life, self”).


jagra

From Sanskrit जाग्रत् (jāgrat, “waking”).

(Hinduism) awake, as the act of ascetic.


padmasana

From Sanskrit पद्मासन (padmāsana, “lotus seat”), a compound of पद्म (padma, “lotus”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”). Equal to padma + asana.

compound

(Balinese, Hinduism) throne of deva in Balinese Hinduism temple.


setra

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦠꦿ (sétra, “field, graveyard”) and Balinese ᬲᬾᬢ᭄ᬭ (setra, “cemetery, graveyard”), from Old Javanese setra, kṣetra (“field; cemetery, graveyard; area, sphere of action”), from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “field”).


pandita

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦠ (pandhita, “a Hindu priest, religious leader”), from Old Javanese paṇḍita (“sage, holy man”), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍitá, “scholar, philosopher”). Doublet of pandai and pendeta.


hyang

From Old Javanese hyaṅ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiaŋ.

(Hinduism) hyang: An unseen spirit with supernatural powers, in ancient Indonesian mythology.


raksasa

From Malay raksasa, from Classical Malay raksasa, from Sanskrit राक्षस (rākṣasa, “demon”).

(Buddhism, Hinduism) a member of a race of usually evil human-like monsters who eat people; an ogre


kesatria

kêsatria (canonical)
kesatria-kesatria (plural)

From Malay kesatria, from Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “warrior-king”).

(Hinduism) a member of the Kshatriya social class in ancient Hindu society


surga

From Malay shurga, shorga, sorga, surga, swarga, syorga, syurga (Standard Malay syurga), from Classical Malay شرݢ (syurga), شرݢ (surga), from Sanskrit स्वर्ग (svarga).

(Hinduism) alternative spelling of swarga (“svarga”)


sadu

From Malay sadu, from Pali sādhu (“well”), from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu, “well, proper”).
* Learned borrowing from Old Javanese sādhu (“sadhu: holy man, saint, sage, seer”).

lbor

(Hinduism) sadhu: a holy man, saint, sage, seer.


abiseka

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦶꦱꦺꦏ (abiséka), from Old Javanese abhiṣeka, from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeka, “sprinkling, watering, wetting; anointing, inaugurating or consecrating by sprinkling water; coronation, inauguration, installation; etc.”); compare Pali abhiseka (“anointing, consecration, inauguration”).

cog

(Hinduism) ceremony of watering, related to coronation, inauguration, installation; etc.


pasraman

Reconstructed as asrama + peng- -an, from Javanese pasraman (ꦥꦱꦿꦩꦤ꧀ (pasraman), “monastery, hermitage”), from Old Javanese pāśraman (“hermitage”). Cognate of Balinese pasrama (“boarding-house”).


upawasa

From Balinese upawasa, from Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa, “fast”). Doublet of puasa.


wiwaha

From Balinese ᬯᬶᬯᬵᬳ (wiwaha), from Old Javanese wiwāha, from Sanskrit विवाह (vivāha, “marriage, wedding”).


Airawata

(Hinduism) Airavata, the name of the mythological white elephant, mount of Indra.


indraloka

From Sanskrit इन्द्रलोक (indraloka, “svarga, paradise”, literally “world of Indra”), from इन्द्र (indra) + लोक (loka).


Syiwa

From Sanskrit शिव (śivá, “the auspicious one”).


pesantian

pêsantian (canonical)
pesantian-pesantian (plural)

Circumfixed santi + peng- -an, from Sanskrit शान्ति (śānti, “peace, tranquility, quiet, ease”).

(Hinduism) nonformal learning institution.


awatara

Borrowed from Balinese ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (awatara), from Old Javanese awatāra, from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”). Doublet of avatar.

(Hinduism) avatar (the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu)


acintia

From Sanskrit अचिन्त्य (acintya, “incomprehensible”).

(Hinduism) mystic, incomprehensible, unimaginable


swadarma

From Sanskrit स्वधर्म (svadharma). Equivalent to swa- (“self-, auto-”) + darma.


kayangan

* From Malay kayangan. Equivalent to hyang + ke- -an. Cognate to Toba Batak iang and Javanese ꦏꦪꦔꦤ꧀ (kayangan).
* Semantic loan from Balinese kayangan (ᬓᬬᬗᬦ᭄, “temple”), cf. above.


tribuana

From Balinese tribuana (ᬢ᭄ᬭᬶᬪ᭄ᬯᬦ), from Sanskrit त्रिभुवन (tribhuvana, “three world”). Reanalysed as tri + buana.


sanggah

From Malay sanggah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋgaq (“to arrest the progress of something by stopping or catching it; to support, keep from falling”). Doublet of sangga.
* Semantic loan from Balinese ᬲᬗ᭄ᬕᬄ (sanggah, “altar”, literally “seat, throne”) for Balinese family shrine.

sl

(Hinduism) family shrine in the Balinese house-complex.


Dipawali

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali, “Diwali”, literally “a row of lights, illumination”).

lbor

(Hinduism) Diwali: an annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November.


Weda

From Malay Weda, from Sanskrit वेद (veda, “knowledge”).


canang

(Bali, Hinduism) a religious offering made of young coconut fronds, filled with betel leaves and nuts, flowers etc.