| JATAKA | From Sanskrit for "born", the name of any one of a garland or treasury of birth stories recalling the former lives of the Buddha (6) |
| AVON | A former county; or, the name of any one of several rivers in England, one flowing through Bath and Bristol (4) |
| SPUTNIK | Name for the world's first satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, and the name of any of a series of three artificial Earth satellites. (7) |
| JACKAL | The name of any of four species Old-World wolflike canines that share with the hyena an exaggerated reputation for cowardice. |
| ANADEM | A garland or wreath for the head (6) |
| CHAPLET | A garland or wreath for the head (7) |
| LEI | Hawaiian word for a garland or wreath |
| CHAKRA | Word, from Sanskrit for "circle, wheel", in allusion to the wheel of time or dharma, for any one of the vortexes of spiritual energy in the body, each assigned a unique colour (6) |
| APOTHEM | In geometry, the perpendicular from the centre to the midpoint of any one of the sides of a regular |
| PEPPER | From Sanskrit for "berry", a word, adopted by the Anglo-Saxons, for a spice companion of salt; a capsicum; or, cayenne, derived from said pod (6) |
| CROWN | A simple garland or wreath as a headdress originally, later a more grandiose jewelled diadem of a king or queen; or, the top of an arch, cut gem, hat, head, pineapple or tree (5) |
| EKKAS | From Sanskrit for "one", a word for traditional Indian one-horse carriages or carts, often with fabric canopies (5) |
| TOLA | From Sanskrit for "weight", the name of a traditional Indian unit of mass equal to 180 troy grains (4) |
| KNIGHT | Description of any one of King Arthur's men congregating at the Round Table; or, a chess piece usually shaped like a horse's head (6) |
| SWAG | An ornamental festoon, garland or wreath; a carving, painting or drapery representing any of these; dialect for a rocking motion; or, a thief's booty (4) |
| FLORILEGIUM | From "flower-gathering", a collection of blooms, either real or illustrated in a book; or, a literary anthology, garland or spicilege (11) |
| DAL | From Sanskrit for "to split", dried beans, lentils and other pulses in Indian cookery; a curry or puree of said legumes; or, a yellow-flowered tropical herb, also called pigeon pea (3) |
| MANTRA | From Sanskrit for "instrument of thought", a sacred word/syllable such as "Om" recited in meditation; or, any frequently repeated motto/phrase (6) |
| KUNDALINI | From Sanskrit for "snake", coiled energy or "serpent power" at the base of the spine, according to yogis (9) |
| GHEE | From Sanskrit for "sprinkled", a word for a type of clarified butter central to Indian cookery (4) |
