List: Words coming from Sanskrit

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  noun  noun (generic) 

• rakshasa, man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  noun  noun (generic) 

• sangha (the Buddhist community)

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  noun  noun (generic) 

• Gautama Buddha, Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)

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)  numeric 

• an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million)
• 10^60 (or 10^72)

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  noun  noun (generic) 

• bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)

gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• Brahman (priest of Hinduism, members of the highest caste)
• Brahmanism, priest of Brahmanism

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