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sabda
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Sound; word; logos.
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sabda-brahman
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The Brahman as sound.
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sabda-pramana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Verbal authority like that of the Vedas; the words of sages and other great men.
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Sadasiva Brahmendra
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A great saint, yogin and mystic, he was a disciple of the 57th Shankarācārya of Kāncī Kāmakoti Pītha (1539-1586).
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sadhaka
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A spiritual aspirant; one who endeavors to follow a method of spiritual practice.
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sadhana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A method of spiritual practice.
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sadhana-catushtaya
(alternate spellings: sadhanacatushtaya saguna)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The four prerequisites for qualification as a spiritual aspirant of Vedānta.
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sadhu
(alternate spellings: sâdhu)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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an ascetic or a sage (in Hinduism).
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sagun darshan
(Language: Sanskrit)
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vision of God with attributes
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saguna
(Language: Sanskrit)
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personal God; God with attributes
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sahagamana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Literally, "accompanying." A widow ascending the funeral pyre of her husband; what is known as satī.
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saksatkara
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Direct realization.
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samacitta
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Even-minded, equable.
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samadhi
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Absorption in Brahman. The final step in yogic practice.
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| Related Terms: nirvikalpa samadhi savikalpa samadhi raja-yoga |
samavartana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Return; a brahmacārin's return home after finishing his gurukulavāsa (religious studies);
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| Related Terms: samskara |
Sambandhamurti
(alternate spellings: sambandhar, tirujnanasambandhar)
(Language: Tamil)
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See under Jnanasarimhandhar.
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| Related Terms: Jnanasarimhandhar |
samidhadana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The offering of samidhs (fuel sticks) morning and evening by the brahmacārin in the sacred fire.
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samidhs
(Language: Sanskrit)
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See under "samidhadana (samidhādāna)."
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samkalpa
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Resolve; concept; will or volition; determination.
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samsara
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Literally, "wandering;" in Hinduism and Buddhism, transmigration or the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
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samskara
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Sanctification, purification or making holy, generally through a rite or ceremony, and which will lead to regeneration. There are numerous saṃskāras (of birth, childhood, adulthood, and later life), which are outlined in the Grihya Shastras
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| Related Terms: upanayana samavartana |
sanatana dharma
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The immemorial religion that is Hinduism; the ancient or timeless religion.
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sanatani
(Language: Sanskrit)
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One who is a staunch believer in Sanatāna Dharma.
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sandhi
(alternate spellings: samdhi)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The coalescence of the final and initial letters of words.
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sandhyavandana
(alternate spellings: samdhyavamdana)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Morning and evening prayers to be performed by the twice-born every day.
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sangava-kala
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The second of the five periods into which the day is divided.
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sankalpa
(Language: Sanskrit)
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a controlled, self-willed thought, conception, or intention
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sankhya
(alternate spellings: samkhya)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Literally, "enumeration, calculation;" Hindu cosmological teaching in which nature is understood to result from the union of puruṣa (spirit) and prakṛti (matter).
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| Related Terms: darsana |
sanmata
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The worship of the six deities established by Shankara Bhagavatpada.
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sannyas
(alternate spellings: sannyasa)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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renunciation of worldly ties; the monastic order of life
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sannyas-asrama
(alternate spellings: samnyasa-ashrama, sannyasasrama)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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See under "sannyasa (saṃnyāsa)."
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sannyasa
(alternate spellings: samnyasa)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Renunciation of the world and its attachments.
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| Related Terms: brahmacarya grhastha (alt: grihastha) vanaprastha |
sannyasi
(alternate spellings: sannyasin)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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monk; one who has renounced worldly ties for realizing God
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sannyasin
(alternate spellings: samnyasin)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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"Renunciate" in Hindu tradition. See "sannyasa (saṃnyāsa)."
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| Related Terms: sannyasa kuteechaka bahoodaka ha?sa |
Sarabhoji
(Language: Tamil)
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Author and Martha rule of Tanjavur between 1795 and 1832.
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sarvabhauma
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Universal monarch; imperial ruler.
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sastra
(alternate spellings: shastra, shastras)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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As (1) śāstra (s): Traditional authority, canonical text; a science; a rule, order or commandment or a treatise containing commandments; as (2) śastra: A weapon like a knife, sword, arrow.
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sat
(Language: Sanskrit)
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"Being;" one of the three essential aspects of Apara-Brahma.
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sat-chit-ananda or saccidananda
(Language: Sanskrit)
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"being-consciousness-bliss"; the three essential aspects of Apara-Brahma.
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sathgam
(Language: Tamil)
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Tamil assembly of the learned or academy which was, according to tradition, presided over by Siva himself and was located at the Pancjyan capital, Madurai.
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satnam
(Language: Sanskrit)
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eternal name
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satsang
(Language: Sanskrit)
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association with the wise
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satsanga
(alternate spellings: satsamga )
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Literally, "the company of the true;" association with spiritual persons.
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sattva
(alternate spellings: sattva guna)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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the quality of harmony, purity, serenity
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sattva-guna
(alternate spellings: sattvaguna)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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See under "guna (guṇa)."
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sattvapatti
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The realisation of Truth; the fourth of the seven stages of enlightenment.
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sattvic
(Language: Sanskrit)
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pertaining to sattva, which is the quality of harmony, purity, serenity
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satyagraha
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Holding onto the truth at all costs; satyāgraha is desire for truth.
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satyaloka
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The heavenly paradise of pure Truth.
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Saundaryalahari
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Famous poetical work of Shankara Bhagavatpada dedicated to Ambā.
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savikalpa samadhi
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Absorption in Brahman where the consciousness of duality and multiplicity still remains.
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Sekkizhar
(Language: Tamil)
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Author of the important Saiva hagiographic and canonical text called the Periyapuranam.
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sesahoma
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Homa conducted on the fourth day of marriage. It is also called "angahoma."
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shakti
(Language: Sanskrit)
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God’s power
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Shakya-muni
(Language: Sanskrit)
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"Sage of the Śākyas;" traditional title of Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha.
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sharira
(alternate spellings: sarira)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Body.
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shatkasampatti
(alternate spellings: satkasampatti, satsampatti)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The six great virtues: śama, dama, uparati, titikṣa, śraddhā and samādhāna.
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| Related Terms: sadhana-catushtaya |
shraddha
(alternate spellings: shraddha, shraddhâ, sraddhâ)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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In Hinduism, faith
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shravana
(alternate spellings: sravana)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Hearing the Truth from a spiritual Master (guru).
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shri
(alternate spellings: sri)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Literally, "splendor, beauty, venerable one."
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shruti
(alternate spellings: sruti)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Literally, "what is heard." Scriptural texts of divine revelation, including the Vedas, the Saṃhitās, the Brāhmaṇas, the Āraṇyakas and the Upanishads (Upaniṣads).
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shudra
(alternate spellings: sudra)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A member of the lowest of the four Hindu castes.
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Shunyamurti
(alternate spellings: Shûnyamûrti, Sunyamurti, sunyamurti)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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"The form or manifestation of the void;" traditional epithet of the Buddha.
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shunyata
(alternate spellings: sunyata)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Describes the state of voidness.
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siddha
(Language: Sanskrit)
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One who has attained perfection.
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siddhanta
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A doctrine or philosophical system.
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siddhi
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Accomplishment, fulfillment.
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sikha
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Lock of hair on the head.
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sikhara
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Top or summit; spire; tower surmounting temple.
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Silappadikaram
(Language: Tamil)
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See under Kannagi.
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sishya
(Language: Sanskrit)
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“disciple” (in Hinduism)
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Siva-pancaksara
(alternate spellings: Shiva-pancaksara)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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See under "pancaksara (paṃcākṣara)."
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skandhas
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The absence of a permanent self.
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sloka
(Language: Sanskrit)
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“verse” (in Hinduism)
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smarta
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Literally, one who adheres to the smṛtis.
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smriti
(alternate spellings: smrti)
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Literally, "what is remembered;" classical texts that perpetuate and prolong the scriptural texts of divine revelation (śruti).
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sraddha
(alternate spellings: shraddha)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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As (1) śraddhā: Faith; confidence; as (2) śrāddha: Rite performed in honour of the pitṛis (fathers) in which food and water are offered to deceased relatives.
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Sri
(Language: Sanskrit)
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a prefix meaning “sacred” or “holy” (in Hinduism)
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Sridhara Ayyaval
(alternate spellings: Tiruvisanallur Ayyaval)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A contemporary of Bodhendra Svāmigal, he propagated devotion to Śiva through nāma-japa.
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Sriharsa
(Language: Sanskrit)
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This famous poet is said to have belonged to the latter half of the 12th century.
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srotriya
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A Brahmin who has mastered at least one the six angas (aṃgas) and performs the six duties of his varṇa.
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sthula-sharira
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The gross body; identical with annamaya-kośa.
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stotra
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Hymn of praise.
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stridhana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Woman's property which is to be distinguished from dowry.
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stridharma
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The duties of women; the code of conduct of womanhood.
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subheccha
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The desire for Truth; the first of the seven stages of enlightenment.
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Subrahmanya Ayyar
(Language: Tamil)
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He was headmaster of the Ramakrsna High School in Mambalam, Madras, and was a Sanskrit and Tamil scholar.
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sukshma-sharira
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The subtle body; identical with praṇamaya-kośa, manomaya-kośa and vijñānamaya-kośa.
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| Related Terms: pranamaya-kosha manomaya-kosha |
sukta
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Well spoken; a Vedic hymn.
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sumangali
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A married woman whose husband is still living.
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Sundaramurti
(alternate spellings: Sundarar)
(Language: Tamil)
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Saiva saint-poet whose compositions form part of the Tei ram along with those of Jnasahbandhar and Appar.
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Suresvaracarya
(Language: Sanskrit)
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After he was converted by Ādi Shankara to Advaita Vedānta, Mandanamiśra was given initiation into sannyasa (saṃnyāsa) by Shankara with the new name of Sureśvarācārya.
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sushupti
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The dreamless state of deep sleep.
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| Related Terms: avastha prajna anandamaya-kosha |
sutra
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Literally, "thread;" a Hindu or Buddhist sacred text.
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sutratman
(Language: Sanskrit)
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immanent Spirit, lit., the “thread of the Spirit” (in Hinduism)
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sva-dharma
(alternate spellings: svadharma)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Literally, "own-law;" one’s vocation.
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sva-karma
(alternate spellings: svakarman)
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Own-activity.
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svamigal
(alternate spellings: svamiyar)
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Honorific Tamil plural of svami.
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Svaminatha Ayyar
(Language: Tamil)
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A savant who brought to light a number of Tamil classics.
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svamiyar
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See under "Svamigal"
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svapna
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The dream state.
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| Related Terms: taijasa pranamaya-kosha manomaya-kosha |
svara
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Sound; a note of the musical scale; accent in Vedic intonation.
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svarup
(Language: Sanskrit)
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true being; essential nature, form
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swami
(alternate spellings: svami, svamin)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A title of respect set before the names of monks and spiritual teachers.
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