Updated Sanskrit-Chinese-English Terms by SEA Translation
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| 梵文 | 华文 | 英文 |
| ā ru | 桃 阿(引)噜 | Peach |
| ā śa ni ku | 杏 阿(引)舍你矩 | Apricot |
| ā-sva-jana | 阿娑安戰那藥 | all family relationship |
| a ya sa | 阿野娑/铁 | Iron |
| acarya | 阿闍梨 | master |
| Aditi Karaha | 阿地底羯囉訶 | moving of sun and moon |
| Adityabhakta | 阿底目迦多 | Sun flower |
| Agaru | 阿伽嚧 | Agarwood |
| Alabu | 阿囉嚕 | Bottle gourt |
| Amala | 阿摩羅 | Good word |
| Amalaka | 阿伐利末羅迦 | Indian Gooseberry |
| amra | 菴羅 | Mango |
| angsana | 安闍那 | angsana |
| Ansana | 安善那/眼藥 | Eye medicine |
| Apamarga | 阿波末唎迦/牛膝 | Ox-knee |
| Apamarga | 阿波末迦 | prickly chaff flower |
| aparajita | 阿鉢羅指多 | Butterfly pea |
| Aparanta-kalpa-koti | 无量劫 | Unlimited kalpa |
| Arghya | 閼伽 | scented water |
| arishtaka | 阿嚕奚得迦 | Indian filbert / soapnut tree |
| Arka | 遏迦 | Madder tree |
| aruka | 阿杜 | Peach |
| Ashoka | 阿樞迦/阿說他/阿輸馱 | Saraca asoca |
| ashvattha | 阿輸伐馱 | Scared fig |
| Avarika Malika | 阿伐哩(二合)摩哩(二合)迦 | Mango |
| Badari | 波羅多迦 | Jujube |
| bandaka | 氷拏迦 | noon plant |
| bhaṅgā, bhaṅga, muñja, tila | 麻 | Hemp, flax, linen, translit. ma |
| Bhariya-siva | 浮利婆(二合)尸婆 | fulfilling-auspicious |
| Bhikkhu | 比丘 | Bhikkhu |
| bhūrja. | 樺 | |
| bhūṣaṇa | Ornaments | |
| bi ra se na | 李 尾啰细曩 | Pear |
| Bilva | 苾婆木 | Bael |
| Bimbi | 苾唎(二合)波 | Bilimbi |
| brahma-caryā | 梵行 | noble living |
| cakrak | 脂俱吒 | Cassia absus Linn. Leguminosae |
| Candala | 旃陀羅 | Chandala |
| caturangi | 抄愔愚 | Wild sage |
| Citraka | 建吒迦 | rosy-flowered leadwort / fire plant |
| da di ma | 石榴 娜捻(你屈反)么 | Pomegranate |
| da-aku-ala-karm-ni | 十善 | |
| Dakirati Raja | 斫訖囉底囉惹 | |
| dal-ruha | 多利(二合)嚕訶 | sproutted dhal |
| danta-kāstha | 齒木 | Mouth piece/willow branches |
| devakanya | 天女 | Fairy |
| Deva-mara | 天魔 | Sky demon |
| Dharmarakṣa | 天王 | |
| Dhava | 緤華 | Axle wood |
| Dhuhrjeevamanna | 闍智婆末(二合)那 | having soul food |
| Dita | 體悉多 | |
| dvādaśāvgapratītya-samutpāda gāthā | 十二因緣偈 | |
| Gandharva | 乾闥婆 | |
| gomaya | 瞿摩夷 | Cow dung |
| Haritaki | 毘梨勒 | yellow myrobalan |
| Hrit | 訶利帝母 | |
| iñjati | 印制底 | To shake, to turn about |
| Jagara raja | 斫羯囉囉惹 | |
| Jetavanānāthapindadasyārāma | 給孤獨園 | |
| jhavuka | 屈野迦欲 | Manna |
| jiraka | 俱吒迦 | Cumin |
| Jisa | 枳沙, 王樹即婆羅門皂莢 | Casia Fistula |
| jiti | 制帝 | holy place |
| Jivaka | 屈嚩迦 | Malaxis acuminata D. Don |
| jnana mudra | 說法印 | jnana mudra |
| justa | 炬瑟吒 | remnant of a meal |
| Kaanchnaar | 迦瞻摩 | Mountain ebony |
| Kadipatta | 屈利跛迦 | Cury |
| Kairat | 佉羅 | Chireta |
| Kala Dana | 仡哩娜 | pharbitis seeds |
| Kalika Karaha | 布羅羯囉訶 | make time |
| Kalikari | 迦唎(二合)尼迦囉, 伐利(二合)馱 | Glory lily |
| kamandalu, kundi | 澡罐 | water pot |
| kaṇāda | 迦那 | Hindu sage |
| karavella | 迦羅尾羅 | bitter gourd / carilla fruit |
| karavira | 迦羅尾 | Indian oleander / rose berry |
| karpūra. | 龍腦香 | Dryobalanops camphora |
| kaṣāya | 袈裟 | monk's robe |
| kasheru | 迦赦若 | Water Chesnut |
| kasheru | 迦赦惹 | water chestnut |
| Kataka | 伽陀羅, 佉馱羅 | Clearing nut |
| kavakava | 迦華 | kava kava |
| kere pana | 迦利沙半那 | betel |
| kiṁśuka | 紫鑛 | Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. |
| kiratatikta, kiratikta | 俱羅吒迦 | Chireta |
| kishku | 坼手 | 33 inches |
| koshataki | 俱奢得鷄 | ribbed gourd |
| Koti | 俱只 | 100,000 |
| ksama | 忏悔 | repentance |
| Kumuda | 拘勿馱花 | Water-lily |
| kutaja | 按俱咤 | kurchi |
| lodhra | 籠 | lodh tree |
| ma dhu ya ṣṭi | 么度野瑟置 | Chinese liquorice |
| Maasha | 麼沙(天竺云毒藥) | Kidney Bean/ Black Gram |
| Maasha | 麼沙 | Kidney Bean/ Black Gram |
| madana | 摩怛曩 | Emetic nut |
| Madhuka | 摩咄囉 | Indian butter tree |
| Mahabala | 摩訶迦羅 | Sida humilis Willd. |
| Mahābrahmā-deva | 大梵天王 | |
| mahā-matsyāya | 麼訶麼娑 | fish-avatar of Vishnu |
| Mahāsthāmaprāpta | 大勢至菩薩 | |
| Maheśvara | 摩醯首羅 | Siva |
| Maitreya | 慈氏 | |
| Malika | 摩哩(二合)迦 | Arabian Jasmine |
| Mamiraa | 莽囉 | Golden tread root |
| Manaḥ-śilā, haritāla | 訶哩多攞/雌黃 | Orpiment |
| Manaḥ-śilā, harita-lakta | 雄黃 | Realgar |
| Manak mahapatra | 麼囉(二合)頷銘 | Giant taro |
| Manak mahapatra | 摩那 | Giant taro |
| Manat-sila | 摩那多悉羅藥 | adoration good behavior |
| Mandara | 摩那羅 | |
| Manda-salah | 那多(二合)悉囉(二合) | white stone |
| Marchuba, śa tā va ri | 麼戶保怛哩迦(天門冬根)/舍多(引)缚哩 | Asparagus cochinchinensis |
| Marica | 密栗嚩 | Black pepper |
| medhika | 味達迦多 | fenugreek ` |
| Mishreya | 舍多華/迴香 | Fennel |
| Mota | 秣多 | |
| Nagakesara | 那伽(二合)計薩, 龍花 | Iron wood tree |
| na-jiva-tara | 拏吃娑(二合)多囉 | make life stop |
| Nala | 羅惹 | Reed |
| nana | 娜拏 | Various |
| Nanda Nagaraja | 難陀龍王 | Nanda naga raja |
| Nanda-upananda | 跋難陀龍王 | Nanda-upananda naga king |
| nima | 涅摩 | large Indian tree |
| Nirgundi | 內惹底 | Five Leaved Chaste /Indian Privet |
| Nivara | 訥嚩 | Bengel wild rice |
| Palasa | 波羅奢 | |
| Panasa | Jackfruit | |
| Parasika | 波勒乞沙 | jungle geranium / sacred ixora |
| Parisa | 波羅娑 | portia tree, tulip tree |
| parushaka | 勃哩孕迦 | small wild date palm |
| parushaka parushaka | 布阿說他 | small wild date palm |
| pasa | 羂索 | nose |
| Patala | 波跢羅 | Ficus microcarpa Linn.f. Moraceae |
| Patra-sa | 跛吒寫 | Lotus leaf |
| Pippali | 蓽茇 | pepper, indian long ` |
| piśāca | 毘舍遮 | |
| Plumeria | 波利摩羅 | |
| pratanika | 勃羅得迦 | Orthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth) Sleasen Lamiaceae |
| pre va ta | 柰 | Galanga |
| priyangu | foxtail millet | |
| Pura Karaha | 布羅羯囉訶 | activities of town |
| Raksa | 囉乞沙 | Demons |
| raraja | 囉若 | illuminating |
| Rasavali | 囉闍伐唎 | sweet meat made of cheese and milk |
| riti | 鍮石 | Brass |
| Roha | 路贺/金铁 | Gold iron |
| r-riddhi riddhi | 惹底/蘇末那 | Vigna cylindrica Papilionaceae |
| Rupya | 噜比也 | Silver |
| Sandhya | 舍安馱 | juncture of day and night |
| sara-darsana | 蘇嚕(二合)馱安闍那 | Visiing robes |
| Sarira | 舍利子 | |
| Satria | 剎底利 | Knights |
| sattva puspa | 娑多(二合)布娑婆 | good flowers |
| Satya-devata | 本尊 | |
| Shaaka | 旋覆 | Indian Teak |
| Shami | 杉迷树/審銘 | White Kutch/Prosopis cineraria |
| Shirisha | 悉利(二合)弊娑 | Siris tree |
| shritala | 嘻利(二合)馱囉 | drumstick plant |
| shritala shritala | 悉馱 | horse radish / drumstick plant |
| shudra | the caste of servants and labourers | |
| shvetakutaja | 素尾爛戰 | Bengali siris |
| si ci | 枣, 悉止 | Date |
| Siva lingam | 石陵伽南 | Siva lingam |
| Śrāvastī | 舍衛城 | |
| Srisa | 悉利娑 | Evening joining tree |
| Suci | 闍智素勿利那 | Indian belladonna |
| Sudra | 囉闍 | |
| Sukhāvatī | 西方净土 | Pureland |
| sukra-kraha | 輸迦囉(二合)羯囉訶 | sperm stops |
| Sumana | 蘇末那花 | |
| suparna | 蘇拔囉那 | Garuda |
| Surasa, svarasa | Holy basil | |
| Survana | 蘇伐唎(二合)那 | Gold |
| Susiparana | 輸悉波羅(二合)拏 | |
| Sutra | 首陀 | Farmers |
| Suvalita-ayasa | 素伐利(二合)盞儞(二合) | well formed iron |
| tā mra | 多(引)么啰(二合)/铜 | Copper |
| ṭa na sa | 梨 吒那娑 | Pear |
| takkolaka | 多迦(二合)多揭 | Star ansie |
| tāmra, stava | 赤銅 | Red bronze |
| Tara-roha | 多唎(二合)路訶 | stars gold iron (meteorite) |
| Tiare | 底迦 | Gardenia |
| Turusika | 酥合香 | |
| turuska | 咄嚕瑟劍/蘇合香 | |
| Udaan | 臥多(二合)那安 | Flight |
| Udambara | 烏曇婆羅 | cluster fig / country fig |
| Upadama | 審銘柴/枸杞 乌背娜么 | Goji berry, wolfberry |
| Urja-jana | 烏柘吒曩 | Energy person |
| U-sadhana-ta | 烏闍阿多那 | exalted accomplishment all |
| utkuṭukena-stha | 胡跪 | right knee on the ground, left knee up |
| Utpala | 毘囉 | |
| vaca | 菖蒲/嚩極 | Acorus calamus /Sweet flag |
| Vaisal | 庄严城 | |
| Vaisravana | 毘沙門天王 | |
| Vaiśya | 毘舍遮 | |
| vajrakantaka | 嚩囉伽得嚩稱 | Triangular spurge |
| valika | 伐唎(二合)孕迦 | Gisekia pharnaceoides Linn. Ficoidaceae |
| Vana dugdhanika | 微那地迦多迦 | Euphorbia thymifolia Burm. |
| Varada | 施願 | giving mudra |
| Varila-sevate-karaha | 伐利訶悉伐底羯囉訶 | Stop the activity of (something) |
| Varu-siva | 伐嚕(二合)尸婆 | water-auspicious |
| Vasaka | 華餉迦 | Malabar Nut |
| Vata | 葛塔/嚩吒 | Bayan Tree |
| Vetasa | 微赦迦 | willow bark / sallow |
| Vidhyahara | 明仙 | |
| Virama | 尾蠟麼 | |
| Visa | 毘舍 | administrative positions |
| vitasti | 一磔手 | |
| vriddharuka, vriddha daru | 尾避多迦木(毘梨勒木) | |
| vyañjana | 烏嗟娜曩 | Vegetables |
| Yavasa | 虞麼娑 | Arabian/Persian manna plant |
| Yojana | 由旬 | about 40 miles |
| yuthike | 餘地迦/庾體迦 | Jasmine |
| 三稜草 | Cyperus iria L | |
| 落叉 | 100,000 | |
| 天衣 | deva garment | |
| 般若梵夾 | Prajna palm-leaf scriptures | |
| 夜合 | Winterberry | |
| 乳木 | white colored wood | |
| 油麻 | Rapeseed | |
| 安悉香 | Benzoin | |
| 薰陸 | Mastic Leaves | |
| 勿利迦 | ||
| 牛黃 | calculus bovis | |
| 蕎麥麵 | buckwheat noodle | |
| 赤芥子油 | Opium Poppy oil | |
| 大自在天 | ||
| 羊躑躅 | Indian Azalea | |
| 苦練 | Melia azedarach/Chinaberry | |
| 娜羅延業 | ||
| 黃芥子 | Brassica juncea/Mustard Greens | |
| 黃丹 | Plumbum Rubrum | |
| 莖草 | Dethigrass | |
| 敷草 | grass mulch | |
| 青木香 | Slender Dutchmanspipe Root | |
| 摩娜那 | ||
| 痃辟 | abdominal mass | |
| 花须 | stamen | |
| 萆麻 | Semen Ricini | |
| 染木 | Saprosma ternatum |