| unutterable | anuccārya | brjod du med pa |
| unvirtuous, non-virtue, bad | akuśala | mi dge ba |
| upward-moving [air] | udvāha | ldang zhing rgyu ba |
| utterance | udāhāra | brjod pa |
| utterly peaceful | praśānta | rab tu zhi ba |
| vain | tuccha | gsog |
| Vairocana | vairocana | rnam par snang mdzad |
| vajra (penis) | vajra | rdo rje |
| Vajra Mentor | vajraguru | rdo rje slob dpon |
| vajra recitation | vajra-jāpa | rdo rje bzlas pa |
| vajra teacher | vajrācārya | rdo rje slob dpon |
| vajra word | vajra-pada | rdo rje'i tshig |
| Vajrapāṇi | vajrapāṇi | phyag na rdo rje, lag na rdo rje |
| Vajrasattva | vajrasattva | rdo rje sems dpa' |
| vase | kalaśa | bum pa |
| vehicle | vāhana | bzhon pa |
| Venerable Master (Nāgārjuna) | bhaṭṭāraka-pāda | rje btsun, klu sgrub |
| verbal token | vāk-cchomā | ngag gi brda |
| verse | gāthā, śloka | tshigs su bcad pa |
| vestige, vestigial instinct | vāsanā | bag chags |
| victor | jina | rgyal ba |
| victorious lord | jinendra | rgyal dbang po |
| view | dṛṣṭi | lta ba |
| virtuous and non-virtuous | śubhāśubha | dge ba dang mi dge ba |
| visualized, imagined [nature] | parikalpita | brtags, kun brtags pa |
| Viśva | viśva | sna tshogs pa |
| vital fluid | rasa | ro |
| vitality control | prāṇāyāma | srog dang rtsol ba |