| 梵文 | Fàn wén | Sanskrit |  |
| 梵语 | Fàn yǔ | Sanskrit (language) | |
| 金刚 | jīn gāng | diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography) |  |
| 般若 | bō rě | (Buddhism) wisdom / insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) | |
| 常住 | cháng zhù | long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada) | |
| 比丘 | Bǐ qiū | Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu") | |
| 摩诃 | mó hē | transliteration of Sanskrit mahā, great | |
| 曼陀罗 | màn tuó luó | (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra") / mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala") | |
| 伽蓝 | qié lán | Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama") | |
| 五蕴 | wǔ yùn | the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism) | |
| 比丘尼 | bǐ qiū ní | Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni") | |
| 刹 |  chà | Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗[cha4duo1luo2], Sanskrit "ksetra") | |
| 忏 | chàn | (bound form) to feel remorse / (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins (from Sanskrit "ksama") | |
| 梵 | Fàn | abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism / abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2] / abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican | |
| 呗 | bài | (bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka") | |
| 梵册贝叶 | fàn cè bèi yè | Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom) / Buddhist scripture | |
| 贝多 | bèi duō | pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras | |
| 旃檀 | zhān tán | sandalwood (loanword from Sanskrit "candana") | |
| 涅槃 | niè pán | (Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain) / to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4]) | |
| 常住论 | cháng zhù lùn | eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda) | |
| 断灭 | duàn miè | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) | |
| 断灭论 | duàn miè lùn | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) | |
| 兰若 | lán rě | Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") (abbr. for 阿蘭若|阿兰若[a1 lan2 re3]) | |
| 閦 | chù | crowd / transliteration of Sanskrit 'kso', e.g. Aksobhya Buddha 阿閦佛 | |
| 阿兰若 | ā lán rě | Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") | |
| 六字真言 | liù zì zhēn yán | the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum) | |
| 曼珠沙华 | màn zhū shā huā | red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / Sanskrit mañjusaka / cluster amaryllis | |
| 伽 | qié | used to transliterate Sanskrit "gha" | |
| 加持 | jiā chí | (Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings / (fig.) empowerment / boost / support / backing / to give one's blessing / to empower / (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc) | |
| 豆佉 | dòu qū | (Buddhism) suffering (from Sanskrit "dukkha") | |
