VÁGHVIR: The spirit of a person killed by a tiger.
VÁGHYA: A male child offered to the god Khandoba.
VAIRÁGI: A recluse.
VAISHÁKHA: The second month of the Deccani Hindu and the seventh month of the Gujarát Hindu calendar year.
VAISHNAVA: The sect of Hindus devoted to Vishnu.
VAISHVADEV: An oblation of boiled rice into the fire.
VAISHYA: A trader, the third of the four-fold divisions of Manu.
VAITÁL: An order of demi-gods.
VAITÁLIKA: An attendant of the god Shiva.
VAIVASWAT MANU: Name of the seventh Manu now reigning.