The site uses a number of Hindi/Indian words to describe certain objects or concepts. For your convenience, we have included below, a list of Hindi words used in the site and their meanings in English.

• Bad-Shah : a king, a ruler, a sovereign, a piece (king) in chess.
• Begum : Indian Queen ( Muslim rulers) or woman of high birth.
• Devi : a goddess, an epithet of goddess Durga, a consecrated queen, the title of a Brahman female.
• Dev / Devta : a deity, a respectable person, god, husband, divinity
• Diwali / Dipawali : An Indian festival which falls on the fifteenth day of the dark half of month Kartik (October/November).
• Gop : a cowherd, a milkman, Child hood's Boy friend of Lord Krishna.
• Gopi : a cowherd's wife, Child hood's girl friend of Lord Krishna.
• Harem / Haram : female apartments, part of Mahal where Begums were live.
• Holi : A colourful Indian festival which falls on the tlast day of the bright half of phalgun month ( March), songs sungs and throw colored water during this festival.
• Hookah : a Hubble bubble
• Indra : King of Dev or Devta
• Kaumidi : moon light , the full moonday of the lunar month Ashwin ( September/October) or Kartik (October/November)
• Kaumidini : water lily, asphodel, fleurdelis
• Krishna : An Indian God, dark , black, blue.
• Kubja : a hunch-backed woman, a walking stick which has a bent handle
• Lakshmi : the Goddess of wealth, prosperity, fortune, beauty, success, splendor, royal power, the mistress of a house.
• Maha-bharat : The great war between the descendants of Bharat, the great epic complied by Vyasa containing an account of the dissensions and wars of the Pandavas and Kurus.
• Mahal : a palace, a stately mansion , an eminent structure, a harem
• Maharaja : a great king, majesty, Highness, excellency, potentate, a great ruler
• Maharana : the title of the Rajput Kings of Udaipur, Chittor and Mewar
• Maharani : an empress , a queen
• Mahout : Elephant Driver
• Monsoon : rainy season
• Nawab : the governor of a town, the title of a Mohammedan ruler
• Nayak : Hero, a guide, leader , chief , master , an eminent person
• Nayika : Heroine , a beautiful young woman
• Padmini : a lily, a small lotus , a lake abounding in lotus flowers
• Radha : favourite mistress of Lord Krishna , affection, lightning
• Ragini : Modification of a musical mode.
• Raja : a King, lord, a monarch, a sovereign, a master,
• Rakhi : A Indian festival of Brother & sisters, a wrist - band or amulet.
• Rakshas : a demon, a wicked person, an ogre , a giant , a monster.
• Rakshasi : an ogress , a giantess
• Ram / Rama : God Ram
• Ramayana : Valmiki's famous epic written in Sanskrit which describes the adventures of Lord Rama.
• Rana : a title of Rajputs, a king of Rajputana
• Rani : Queen
• Ravan : the ten - headed demon King of Sri Lanka who was killed by Lord Rama
• Shah : King of Iran ( Persia)
• Shiv / Shiva : Diety Mahadeva, prosperous, happy
• Vasant : the spring season, a certain musical mode
• Vishnu : one of the three principal divinities of Hindu mythology and he is supposed to be the preserver of the world