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- Vachana sahityaForm of rhythmic writing in Kannada
- Vāchaspati MisraIndian Hindu philosopher
- Vadapalani Andavar TempleHindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India
- Vadiraja TirthaHindu guru
- VadtalVadtal is located in the Kheda district of Gujarat, India. It is the pilgrim centre of Swa
- VadyaVadya (Sanskrit: वाद्य, vādya), also called vadyaka or atodya, is one of the three compone
- VahanaMounts of Hindu deities
- Vaikasi VisakamTamil Hindu festival
- VaikhanasaTradition of Hinduism
- VaikunthaCelestial abode of Vishnu
- Vaikuntha ChaturdashiHindu holy day
- Vaikuntha EkadashiHindu occasion
- VairagyaDispassion, detachment, or renunciation in Hinduism and Jainism
- VairocanaCelestial Buddha embodying emptiness
- VairotsanaVairotsana (Tibetan: བཻ་རོ་ཙ་ན་, Wylie: ba gor bai ro tsa na) was a lotsawa or "translator
- VaisakhiReligious festival in Sikhism and Hinduism
- VaisheshikaAncient Indian philosophy
- Vaishnava SahajiyaHindu Tantric tradition
- Vaishno DeviHindu mother goddess
- Vaishno Devi TempleHindu temple in Jammu and Kashmir, India
- VaiśravaṇaDeity in Buddhism
- Vaitheeswaran KoilVaitheeswaran Koil is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Shiva, located in the Indian state o
- Vaivasvata ManuCurrent Manu of Hinduism
- VajraSpiritual weapon or symbol in Dharmic religions
- Vajrabodhi7/8th-century Indian Vajrayana Buddhist monk and teacher in Tang-dynasty China
- VajracharyaVajrayana Buddhist priest or master
- VajradharaBuddha
- VajrapaniDeity in Buddhism
- VajrasattvaDeity in Buddhism
- Vallakottai Subramaniyaswami templeHindu temple in Vallakottai, Tamil Nadu, India
- ValliHindu goddess
- VamacharaSanskrit term for heterodox practices
- VamanaDwarf avatar of Vishnu
- Vamana (Panchakarma)Vamana Karma, also known as medical emesis or medical vomiting, is one of the five Pradhan
- Vamana PuranaOne of eighteen major Puranas of Hindus
- VaṃsaGenre of ancient and medieval literature
- VanaprasthaOne of the ashramas
- VanaraCharacters of Hindu epic Ramayana
- Vāra (astronomy)In Indian calendrical systems, vāra (or, vāsara) denotes the week-day. It is one of the fi
- VarahaBoar avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu
- Varaha PuranaSanskrit text from the Puranas genre of literature in Hinduism
- VarahiHindu boar faced mother goddess
- Varanasi districtDistrict in Uttar Pradesh, India
- Varanasi tehsilVaranasi Tehsil is one of three tehsils (sub-districts) in the district of Varanasi in Utt
- VarkariKrishnaite Vaishnava tradition
- VarunaHindu deity associated with water
- Vasant PanchamiHindu festival celebrated to welcome spring
- VassaThree-month Buddhist monastic rain retreat
- Vassa candleA Vassa candle, or Tean Vassa, is a giant beeswax candle that is burned for the duration o
- Vastu shastraIndian architecture and design-related texts
- VasuGroup of deities in Hinduism
- Vasu Doorjamb InscriptionThe Vasu Doorjamb Inscription is an early 1st-century CE Sanskrit inscription in Brahmi sc
- VasudevaFather of the Hindu god Krishna
- VāsudevaVrishni hero
- VasuguptaKashmiri shavite scholar
- VasukiIndian mythological serpent king
- VatadageA vaṭadāge (Sinhala: වටදාගෙ) is a type of Buddhist structure found in Sri Lanka. It also k
- VatsaHistorical region in modern India
- VātsyāyanaIndian logician and author of Kamasutra from a courtly lineage
- Vayalur Murugan TempleHindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India
- VayuHindu god of the wind
- Vayu PuranaOne of eighteen major Puranas
- VedanāBuddhist term referring to feelings and sensations
- VedangaIndian Hindu Vedic studies disciplines
- Vedanga JyotishaHindu text on astrology
- Vedanta DesikaIndian philosopher, polymath, and Vaishnava guru (1268–1369)
- Vedantasara (of Sadananda)15th century text by Sadananda
- VeddaIndigenous people in Sri Lanka
- Vedic chantOral tradition of the Vedas
- Vedic metreIndian poetic metre
- Vedic priesthoodPriests of the Vedic religion
- Vedic SanskritHistoric form of Sanskrit
- VeenaVarious chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent
- Vegetarianism in HinduismVegetarianism in Hinduism is the practice of adhering to a vegetarian diet, a custom which
- VejjavatapadaBuddhist medical doctor's oath
- VelDivine spear in Hindu mythology
- Venkata (hill)The Venkata hill (853 m) is part of the Seshachalam Hills, located in the Tirupati distric
- VenkateswaraMajor deity in Hinduism
- Versions of the RamayanaDifferent versions of the Indian epic poem Ramayana
- Vessantara FestivalTheravada Buddhist Festival celebrating the penultimate life of Gautama Buddha
- Vessantara JātakaStory of one of Gautama Buddha's past lives
- Vethathiri MaharishiIndian yoga guru and philosopher
- VibhutiSacred ash worn on forehead in Hindu culture
- VichitraviryaKuru King and minor character in the epic Mahabharata
- VidarbhaEastern Region of State of Maharashtra
- Vidarbha KingdomThe Vidarbha Kingdom in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata is among the many kingdoms ruled by
- VidehaAncient Indian tribe
- ViduraMajor character of the epic Mahabharata
- Vidyamala BurchPrudence Margaret Burch OBE (born 1959), known professionally as Vidyamala Burch, is a min
- VidyapatiIndian poet, composer and writer
- VidyāraṃbhaṃHindu rite of passage for young children
- Vietnamese alphabetLatin script for the Vietnamese language
- View (Buddhism)Buddhist term
- View (Dzogchen)One Dharma of the Path of Dzogchen
- VijayadurgaHindu deity
- Vijayendra Saraswati SwamigalSeventieth and current Head of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam
- Vijayindra TirthaIndian philosopher
- VijñānaIndic term for ideas related to discernment, mind/consciousness, life force, etc
- Vijñāna Bhairava TantraText in Kashmir Shaivism
- VijnanabhiksuIndian Hindu philosopher
- VikarnaCharacter in the Hindu epic Mahabharata
- Vikram SamvatHindu calendar
- Vimala TempleHindu temple of goddess Vimala in Puri, India
- Vimalakirti SutraSutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
- VimalaprabhaVimalaprabhā is a Sanskrit word that means "The Radiance of Purity", or "Drimé Ö" (Tibetan
- VimanaFlying palaces or chariots described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics
- VimānavatthuPart of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon
- VinataMother of Garuda in Hinduism
- VinayaBuddhist monastic rules
- Vinaya PiṭakaFirst division of the Tripitaka or Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism
- Vinayagar AgavalDevotional poetic hymn to the Hindu deity Ganesha
- VinayakiVinayaki (Vināyakī) is an elephant-headed Hindu goddess. Her mythology and iconography are
- Viparita KaraniInverted posture in hatha yoga
- Vipassana movementBuddhist meditation movement
- Vipassanā-ñāṇaStages of Buddhist Vipassanā meditation
- VirataMatsya King in the Indian epic Mahabharata
- VirūpaIndian religious teacher of the 9th century
- VisakhaProminent lay disciple and patron of the Buddha
- Vishaka Sri Sarada PeethamHindu temple in Andhra Pradesh, India
- Vishnu PuranaOne of the eighteen Mahapuranas of Hinduism
- Vishnu SahasranamaHindu religious hymn
- Vishnu SmritiHindu text
- Vishnudharmottara PuranaMinor Purana of Hinduism
- VishuIndian festival
- VishvakarmaDivine architect of the Hindu gods
- VishvamitraAncient Hindu sage
- VishvarupaUniversal form of vishnu in Hinduism
- Visnujana SwamiVishnujana Swami (IAST: Viṣṇujana Svāmī; June 2, 1948 - March 16, 1976), born Mark Stephen
- ViṣṇusvāmīHindu religious leader
- VisuddhimaggaSri Lankan treatise on Buddhist practice
- VithobaHindu deity considered as a manifestation of Vishnu
- Vithoba TempleTemple in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India
- Vivaha PanchamiHindu festival
- VivartavadaVivartavada is an Advaita Vedanta theory of causation, postulated by post-Shankara Advaita
- VivekaSanskrit and Pali term for discernment or discrimination
- VivekacūḍāmaṇiSanskrit poem ascribed to Adi Shankara
- VrataVow, resolve, or pious observance, usually a fast in Indian religions
- VrindavanCity in Uttar Pradesh, India
- VrishniConfederacy of ancient India
- VyākaraṇaStudy of linguistics in Sanskrit language
- Vyasaraja Math (Sosale)Hindu monastery
