अज = goat or ram, epithet of god, name of Dasharatha’s father
अंग/ अंगदेशम् = Based on Mahabharata evidence, the kingdom of the Angas roughly corresponded to the region of Bhagalpur and Monghyr in Bihar and parts of Bengal; later extended to include most of Bengal. River Champa (modern Chandan) formed the boundaries between the Magadha in the west and Anga in the east. Anga was bounded by river Koshi on the north. According to the Mahabharata, Duryodhana had named Karna the King of Anga.
आखु = rat
आशी = eater
आभीर = Abhira were Jats of republic named Abhira (आभीर) during Mahabharata times in the Punjab on the banks of River Saraswati (now in Haryana). They had fought against Pandavas and in support of Kauravas.
उलूक = owl, firebrand
उष्ट्र = camel
ऋक्ष = bear
ओष्ठ = lip
कम्बु = conch, snail, elephant
काक = crow
कानन = forest
किरीटी = wearing diadem, crown, crest, tiara
कुक्कुट = cock, spark of fire, a male bird, cockscomb, rooster
कुब्ज = hunch-backed
कूर्म = tortoise, turtle, name of a sage, the second incarnation of Vishnu
कृकलास = lizard
कृश = lean
कोकिल = cuckoo
खड्ग = rhinoceros, sword
खर = ass, mule, duck, crow, grass
गजानन = elephant-like head (Ganesha)
गात्र = body, limb
गुल्म = kind of shrub
ग्रीवा = neck
चण्ड = angry, fierce
चामर = yak-tail, tail of the wild goat,
जठर = n. stomach, womb, body, tummy; adj. Old,difficult
जिह्वा = tongue
तारक = star, planet
तित्तिरि = partridge, branch of the black Yajur-Veda
दंष्ट्र = teeth
नकुल = mongoose
नक्र = crocodile, alligator, nose
पारावत = pigeon, monkey, mountain
फलक = sky
बभ्रुक = monkey, mongoose, ape
भीम = terrible, gigantic,
मकर = alligator, array of army, eleventh month of Hindu year
मत्स्य = fish, name of ancient country of Virata
मयूर = peacock
महिष = buffalo
मुख = n. face, adj. Chief, first, principal
मूर्धज = head
मेष = ram
रोम = the small hair on the body
वक्त्र = face, mouth, a kind of metre
वराह = boar, hog, Vishnu, one of the eighteen continents in puranas
वृक (Vrika) = The original meaning of this word is 'wolf'. But in Mahabharata period, Vrika used to be a prominent northwest tribe which lived by the profession of arms. Virkasthala was one of the five villages demanded by Pandavas (V. 31.19) and lay on Krishna's route from Upaplavya to Hastinapura (V. 82.20). Virk or Wirk gotra of Jats is perhaps a derivative of वृक.
वृष = bull
व्याल = tiger, lion, king, the god Vishnu
व्याघ्रप्रस्थ = The ancient name of Baghpat town, Uttar Pradesh. It simply means 'Land of tigers' (Vyaghra or tiger) which was a reality during Mahabharata period.
सकल = Sakala was the capital of the Madra tribe, identified with modern Sialkot. But Sakaladvipa (सकलद्वीप) is mentioned in Aruna's conquest of the north, the vicinity of the Himalayas and could indicate a group of tiny free hill states around Shimla.
शश = hare, rabbit
शार्दूल = tiger
शिशुमार = porpoise, the planetary system, Krishna
शूल = porcupine, an ancient weapon like a spear, pike,
