Water is the essence of life. Even astronauts who are traveling in the far wide space are curious to find water on another planet, because it would mean the feasibility of life.
In Sanskrit, water is revered as life itself. Among forty seven names of water in Sanskrit that we are providing here, one name is ‘life’ itself.
I have tried to provide the literal meaning of some of them but I would be very happy if you can contribute to more.
For the ease of users who don’t read Devnagiri script, I have provided the Roman transliteration.
Feel free to write us through the comment section for feedback or suggestions.
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Literal Menaing |
| जलं | Jalaṁ | |
| वारि | Vāri | |
| असु | Asu | |
| अम्भस् | Ambhas | |
| सलिलं | Salilaṁ | |
| उदकं | Udakaṁ | |
| उदं | Udaṁ | |
| पयस् | Payas | |
| तोयं | Toyaṁ | |
| पानीयं | Pānīyaṁ | |
| आपः | Āpaḥ | |
| नीरं | Nīraṁ | |
| वार् | Vār | |
| पाथस् | Pāthas | |
| कीलालं | Kīlālaṁ | |
| पुष्करं | Puṣkaraṁ | |
| अर्णस् | Arṇas | |
| पेयं | Peyaṁ | |
| सलं | Salaṁ | |
| संवरं | Saṁvaraṁ | |
| शंवरं | Śaṁvaraṁ | |
| क्षीरं | Kṣhīraṁ | |
| पायं | Pāyaṁ | |
| क्षरं | Kṣharaṁ | |
| कमलं | Kamalaṁ | Lotus |
| कोमलं | Komalaṁ | Soft |
| पीवा | Pīvā | |
| अमृतं | Amṛtaṁ | Nector |
| जीवनं | Jīvanaṁ | Life |
| जीवनीयं | Jīvanīyaṁ | |
| भुवनं | Bhuvanaṁ | World, earth |
| वनं | Vanaṁ | |
| कबन्धं | Kabandhaṁ | Barrel |
| कं | Kaṁ | |
| अन्धं | Andhaṁ | |
| सर्वतोमुखं | Sarvatomukhaṁ | Facing every direction |
| मेघपुष्पं | Meghapuṣpaṁ | Flower of clouds |
| घनरसः | Ghanarasaḥ | Thick juice, decoction |
| वह्निमारकं | Vahnimārakaṁ | Destroyer of fire |
| दहनारातिः | Dahanārātiḥ | Fire-enemy |
| नीचगं | Nīcagaṁ | |
| कुलीनसं | Kulīnasaṁ | |
| कृत्स्नं | Kṛtsnaṁ | |
| कृपीटं | Kṛpīṭaṁ | |
| पावनं | Pāvanaṁ | The purifier–a name given to fire too |
| शरलकं | Śaralakaṁ | |
| तृषाहं | Tṛṣāhaṁ | Thirst destroying |