| Term | Meaning |
| Vaikhari | Audible, generally refereed to Japa |
| Vairagya | dispassion indifference non?attachment |
| Vasana | Subtle desires or desires that arise from subconscious mind. The difference between desire and Vasana is that the Vasana is subtle and hidden in the subconscious mind whereas the desire is gross. |
| Vedas | repositories of Spiritual Wisdom - holiest Hindu scriptures |
| Vichara | Self-enquiry, Sustained thinking |
| Vikalpa | false imagination or doubts |
| Virakti | dispassion indifference non?attachment |
| Viveka | Ability of discrimination between real and unreal; spiritual wisdom |
| Viveki | wise one |
| Vrttis | Thought waves |