| Abhyanga | Oil massage | |
| Adharaniya vega | Natural urges that should not be suppressed | |
| Agni | Digestive and metabolic fire | |
| Ahara | Food, diet | |
| Akasha | Space, ether | |
| Ama | Undigested residue; toxin of poor digestion | |
| Amla (rasa) | Sour taste (also the name of the fruit amalaki) | |
| Anjali | The measure of two cupped hands | |
| Ardha shakti | Half of one's capacity (for exercise) | |
| Asthi | Bone tissue | |
| Bhramari | Humming-bee breath | |
| Brahma muhurta | The period about 1½ hours before sunrise | |
| Brimhana | Nourishing, building | |
| Dhatu | Tissue (seven in number) | |
| Dinacharya | Daily routine | |
| Dosha | Functional principle: Vata, Pitta, Kapha | |
| Gandusha / kavala | Holding / swishing oil or liquid in the mouth | |
| Ghrita | Ghee | |
| Guna | Quality (twenty physical; three mental) | |
| Guru / laghu | Heavy / light | |
| Jala | Water | |
| Kapha | Dosha of water and earth | |
| Kashaya | Astringent taste | |
| Katu | Pungent taste | |
| Krutanna | Cooked rice preparations of the pathya kitchen | |
| Langhana | Lightening therapy; fasting in its gentle forms | |
| Lavana | Salty taste | |
| Madhura | Sweet taste | |
| Mahabhuta | Great element (five) | |
| Majja | Marrow and nerve tissue | |
| Mala | Waste product | |
| Mamsa | Muscle tissue | |
| Manda | Clear rice water | |
| Meda | Fat tissue | |
| Nadi shodhana | Alternate-nostril breathing | |
| Nasya | Nasal administration of oil | |
| Nidra | Sleep | |
| Ojas | The essence of all tissues; immunity and vitality | |
| Padabhyanga | Foot massage | |
| Pathya / apathya | Wholesome / unwholesome | |
| Peya | Thin rice gruel | |
| Pitta | Dosha of fire and water | |
| Prabhava | Special action of a substance | |
| Prakriti | Constitution | |
| Prana | Life-breath; a sub-dosha of Vata | |
| Prithvi | Earth | |
| Rajas | Quality of activity and passion | |
| Rakta | Blood tissue | |
| Rasa | Taste; also plasma tissue | |
| Rasayana | Rejuvenation | |
| Ritu / ritucharya | Season / seasonal routine | |
| Ritu sandhi | Junction between seasons | |
| Ruksha / snigdha | Dry / unctuous | |
| Sadvritta | Code of good conduct | |
| Sattva | Quality of clarity and balance | |
| Shad rasa | The six tastes | |
| Shatapavali | The hundred steps after a meal | |
| Shita / ushna | Cooling / heating | |
| Shukra | Reproductive tissue | |
| Tamas | Quality of inertia | |
| Takra | Thin churned buttermilk | |
| Tejas | Fire principle | |
| Tikta | Bitter taste | |
| Upavasa | Fasting | |
| Vata | Dosha of space and air | |
| Vayu | Air | |
| Vihara | Lifestyle, activities | |
| Vikriti | Current state, imbalance | |
| Vilepi | Thick rice porridge | |
| Vipaka | Post-digestive effect | |
| Virya | Potency (heating or cooling) | |
| Viruddha ahara | Incompatible food | |
| Vyayama | Exercise | |
| Yavagu | Gruel (of barley or rice) | |
| Yogavahi | Carrier of the properties of other substances (ghee, honey) | |
| Yusha | Thin pulse soup | |