| afterlife | paraloka | 'jig rten pha rol |
| aggregate | skandha | phung po |
| aim | kṛtya, kārya | bya ba, don |
| aim | artha | don |
| air | vāyu, māruta | rlung |
| air element | vāyu-dhātu | rlung gi khams |
| air reality | vāyu-tattva | rlung gi de kho na nyid |
| Ākāśagarbha | ākāśagarbha | nam mkha'i snying po |
| Akṣobhya | akṣobhya | mi bskyod pa |
| alchemy | rasāyana | ra sa ya na |
| ambrosia | amṛta | bdud rtsi |
| Amitābha | amitābha | snang ba mtha' yas, 'od dpag tu med pa |
| Amoghasiddhi | amoghasiddhi | don yod grub pas |
| analogy | aupamya | dpe |
| animal realm | tiryag-yoni | dud 'gro'i skye gnas |
| animate | jaṅgama | rgyu ba |
| anxiety | cakita | dogs pa dang bcas pa |
| anxiety | kaukṛtya | 'gyod pa |
| aphorism | paryāya | rnam grangs |
| apocalypse | pralaya | 'jig pa |
| appearance | ākṛti | rnam pa |
| appearance | ākāra | rnam pa |
| āralli | āralli | a ra li |
| arduous practices | duṣkara-caryā | spyod pa dka' ba |
| array | vinyāsa | rnam par dgod pa |
| arrogance | māna | khengs pa (nga rgyal) |
| art | upāya | thabs |
| ascending [air] | udāna | gyen rgyu, steng du rgyu ba |
| ascetical practice | niyama | brtul zhugs |
| attainer | prāpaka | thob par bya ba |