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Words Starting with S
śabda-brahma
– the Vedas, which are considered purely spiritual sound vibration
Sabhā
Parvana – the second book of the Mahābhārata discussing the gambling
tournament between the Pāṇḍavas and Duryodhana’s camp
Śabharī
– the tribal woman who served Lord Rāma fruits
sac-cid-ānanda
– (sat-cit-ānanda) eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge
Śacī
– mother of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Sadāśīva – form of Lord
Mahā-Viṣṇu
ṣaḍava – a scale containing only six
notes
sādhu
– a saint or Kṛṣṇa conscious person
ṣadja – (lit. “origin
of six”) the tonic and fundamental note of the musical scale
sāgara
– ocean
Sagara
– a king of solar dynasty whose sons were burnt by Kapila Muni’s wrath
Sahadeva
– 1) son of Mādrī and the youngest son of Pāṇḍu 2)
the son of Jarāsandha
śahnāī
– (shehnai, shenai) a quadruple-reeded oboe, known for its auspicious tidings
saguṇa
– “possessing attributes or qualities”; in reference to the Supreme Lord with
transcendental qualities
Śakuni
– the king of Gandhāra, maternal uncle of Duryodhana who instigated the
Kaurava brothers to kill the Pāṇḍavas
Śālva
– the king of a warring nation bordering the Kuru nation, defeated by Bhīṣma on
numerous occasions
Śalya
– the king of Madra, uncle of Nakula and Sahadeva who fought against the
Pāṇḍavas in the Mahābhārata war
Śalya
Parvana – the ninth book of the Mahābhārata encompassing Śalya’s
role as commander-in-chief of the Kaurava army
sam
– the first beat of a rhythmic cycle
samādhi
– 1) trance, complete absorption in God consciousness 2) a tomb of a great
devotee
samāveta
bhakta vṛnda – assembled devotees
Samba
– one of the sons of Lord Kṛṣṇa; cursed by Durvāsā Muni
Sampāti
– Jaṭāyu’s older brother
whose wings were burnt
sampūrṇa
– (lit. “complete, full”) a scale bearing seven notes
Sanata
Kumāra – the four brothers, the sons of Brahmā, who founded the
Kumāra sampradāya
Sanātana
– a pen-name Rūpa Gosvāmī used in the Stavamālā
Sanātana
Dharma – “eternal duties, religion, and its principles”
Sanātana
Gosvāmī – one of the six Gosvāmīs, author of the Kṛṣṇa Līlā Stava, direct follower of Lord Caitanya
Śāṇḍilya
– a great seer who a contemporary of Garga Muni
Sāndīpani
Muni – the teacher of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma
sañjīvanī
– the plant that could bring the dead to life
Śańkara – 1) name of Lord Śiva 2) see Ādi Śańkarācārya
Sańkarṣaṇa
– expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is in the Balarāma tattva
śańkha – conchshell
Śańkhacūḍa
– servant of Kuvera who tried to kidnap the gopīs
sāńkhya – 1) analytical discrimination between
spirit and matter 2) the path of devotional service as described by Lord
Kapila, the son of Devahūti
sańkīrṇa – the scheme classifying rhythmic
cycles with nine-beat characteristics
sańkīrtana –
congregational chanting of the Lord’s names
sannyāsa
– the final order of life for renunciation
sannyāsī
– one who practices the sannyasa order of life
Śāntī
Parvana – the twelfth book of the Mahābhārata with the final
instructions given to Yudhiṣṭhira by Bhīṣma
santūr
– (santoor) a hammered-dulcimer instrument with thirty strings
saptaka
– “heptave”; analog of the octave; collection of the seven notes
śaraṇa
– surrender to the Lord
Śaraṇāgati
– a book by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
on the six processes of surrender
sārańgī
– (“sau + rańgī = “one
hundred colors”) a bowed instrument with main gun strings and thirty-five
sympathetic strings
Sarasvatī
– demigoddess of the arts, learning, culture, and music; wife of Brahmā
Sarasvatī-vīṇā
– the most common type of vīṇā in
Śārīraka-bhāṣya – the famous commentary on
Vedānta-sūtra by Ādi Śańkarācārya,
in which he presents his philosophy of monism
sarod
– an Indian version of a rabāb
Sārvabhauma
Bhaṭṭācārya – a great scholar who was
philosophically defeated by Lord Caitanya; he surrendered to Him and became His
disciple
Sarvagata
– son of Bhīma and Kālī
sāstra
– weapons
śāstra
– Vedic literature or scripture
Śatadhanvā – the
king who requested the Yadu clan to help steal the Syamantaka jewel; murderer
of Satrājit
Śatānīka
– son of Nakula and Draupadī
śatatantrī
vīṇā – an ancient one-hundred stringed dulcimer
Satrājit –
the king who owned the Syamantaka
Śatrughna
– son of Sumitrā and twin of Lakṣmaṇa
sattva
guṇa – the mode of goodness
Satya
Yuga – the golden age where goodness prevailed; human civilization was at its
greatest peak
Satyabhāmā
– one of the main wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa; daughter of Satrājit
Satyavatī
– the second wife of Śāntanu; mother of Citrāńgada and
Vicitravīrya; mother of Vyāsadeva
Sauptika
Parvana – the tenth book discussing the death of the five sons of the
Pāṇḍava brothers in their sleep
savārī
– (lit. “ride”) the class of rhythmic cycles known for their characteristic
uneven ends
Śeṣa –
Lord Viṣṇu’s great-cobra
bed
sevā
– service
Śikhaṇḍī
– 1) lit. birds akin to peacocks 2) son of Drupada; formerly Ambā
(Kāśī princess) who was reborn in order to slay Bhīṣma in
the war
śikṣā
– instruction
Śikṣāṣṭaka – eight verses uttered by Lord Caitanya
giving instructions on how to approach Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
Siḿhikā
– the lion-faced demon who was killed by Hanumān
Sindhu
– 1) a nation by the present-day
Sītā
– 1) Lord Rāma’s eternal consort 2) Advaitācārya’s wife (Ṭhakurānī)
sitār
– a lute with a long neck, a gourd resonator with nearly nineteen strings
Śiva
– deity in charge of checking the mode of ignorance; destroyer; the greatest
Vaiṣṇava
Skandha
– (Kārtikeya) the commander-in-chief of the demigods
śloka
– 1) a verse in Vedic literature 2) a common meter used in verses with each
line containing eight syallbles
smaraṇam
– devotional remembrance of the Lord
smṛti –
revealed scriptures supplementary to the Vedas
śraddhā
– faith in one’s heart needed to love
śravaṇa
– hearing about the Lord
Śravaṇa
– the brāhmaṇa who was accidentally killed by Daśaratha
Śrāvaṇa
– August-September month
Śrī
– 1) Lakṣmī 2) title of
great honor (female = Śrīmatī)
(included: Śrīpāda, Śrīla, Śrīmad) 3) one of
the six seasonal rāgas 4) one of the four authorized sampradāyas
Śrī-kṣetra
– see Jagannātha Purī
Śrīdhara
– name of Kṛṣṇa
Śrīmad
Bhāgavatam – see Bhāgavata Purāṇa
Śrīnivāsa
Ācārya – a great Vaiṣṇava spiritual master and follower of
Rūpa, Sanātana, and Jīva Gosvāmī
Śrīvāsa
Ṭhākura – one of the five Pañca-Tattva deities
Śṛńgāra Āratī – the deity worshipping ceremony where the
Lord’s appearance and decoration is glorified via a rotating mirror, devotees
chant (or listen) to the Brahmā Saḿhita verses
Śrutakarmā
– son of Sahadeva and Draupadī
Śrutakīrtī
– Arjuna’s son with Draupadī
Śrutasena
– 1) Śatrughna’s son 2) son of Bhīma and Draupadī 3) son of
Parikṣit
śruti
– 1) commentaries of Vedic literature 2) microtone
Śrutikīrtī
– Śatrughna’s wife
stava
– hymns
Stavamālā
– book of hymns by Rūpa Gosvāmī
Stavāmṛta
Lahari – book of prayers by Viśvanātha Cakravartī
Ṭhākura
Stavāvali
– book of hymns by Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī
stotra
– (stotram) hymns
Strī
Parvana – the eleventh book of the Mahābhārata on how the mothers and
the widows of the warriors lamented for the dead
Subāhu
– 1) demon that Rāma slayed 2) Śatrughna’s son
Sudarśana
– the disc weapon of Lord Kṛṣṇa possessed by most of His expansions
Subhadrā
– 1) sister of Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa, wife of Arjuna 2) deity form sister
of Baladeva and Jagannātha
śudra
– the laborer class
Sudeṣṇā
– wife of Virāṭa
Sugrīva
– the king of the apes after Vālī’s death, friend and devotee of Lord
Rāma
Suhotra
– wife of Sahadeva
Śuka
– (Śukadeva Gosvāmī) the son of Vyāsadeva who read the
Bhāgavatam to King Parīkṣit before his death
śūla
tāla – (surfaqtā) an ancient pakhawaj cycle of ten beats
Sumantra
– the royal minister of Ayodhyā
Sumitrā
– mother of and Śatrughna and
Lakṣmaṇa
Sunanda
– one of the cowherd chiefs, associate of Nanda Mahārāja
Sunayanā
– Janaka’s wife
Sundara
Kāṇḍa – canto written to glorify Hanumān
Sunītī
– mother of Dhruva Mahārāja
sura
– 1) one with demigod-like qualities
sūra
– 1) another name for the maidan 2) the key of the song 3) drone
Sūra
Dāsa – blind devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa who wrote bhajans in Braja Bhāṣa;
it is said that Lord Kṛṣṇa descends to play the flute accompanying
his bhajans
Śūrasena
– father of Vasudeva
Surasā
– the she-demon that tested Hanumān’s intelligence
sūraśṛńgāra – an endangered sarod-like instrument used in drupada music
Śūrpanakhā
– Rāvaṇa’s sister whose nose was disfigured by Lakṣmaṇa’s sword
Suruci
– mother of Uttama and stepmother of Dhruva Mahārāja
Surya
– the deity of the sun; royal deity of the Raghus
Suṣeṇa
– the royal physician of Lankā who helped cure Lakṣmaṇa when He was injured during the war
suṣīra vādya – instruments which
produce sounds through air such as harmonium, flute, etc.
Suta
Gosvāmī – the great devotee seer who is the primary narrator of the
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Sutala
– a hellish planet
Suyodhana
– another name of Duryodhana
svādhyāya
– the authorized and disciplined way of studying the Vedic scriptures
svāmī
– 1) master 2) husband 3) title received when one in the renounced order of
life
svara
– notes
svaramaṇḍala
– (lit. “globe of notes”) an autoharp with its strings tuned to the notes of
the rāga performed
svara-sthāna
– positioning of the notes
svarga-loka
– the heavenly material planets, the abodes of the demigods
Svargarohaṇa
Parvana – the final (eighteenth) book of the Mahābhārata discussing
the happenings of how the Pāṇḍavas entered the spiritual
planets
svarūpa
– 1) the original spiritual form or constitutional position of the soul 2) the
characteristic movement of a rāga
Śyāma
– Lord Kṛṣṇa; the dark-one
Śyāmā
– one of the gopīs of Vṛndāvana
Śyāmasundara
– blackish beauty; name for Kṛṣṇa