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SABHA: A meeting.
SÁDÁSÁTI PANOTI: A panoti extending over seven years and a half.
SÁDHAN: Accomplishment.
SÁDHU: A saint.
SAGAR: A king of the Solar race, an ancestor of Ráma.
SAHÁN: A levigating slab.
SAHASRABHOJAN: Feeding a thousand Bráhmans.
SAITÁN: An order of ghosts.
SAIYED: A name for Musalmáns directly descended from the Prophet.
SAKHARADO: A kind of disease.
SAKHOTIA: Name of a tree.
SAKINI: An order of ghosts.
SÁKSHI: Witness.
SALÁM: The word used in salutation by and to Muhammadans and other people not Hindu.
SALBAYA: Name of a deity.
SAMÁCHARI: The death anniversary.
SAMÁDH: The edifice which is erected over the burial-place of a Sanyási or saint; deep and devout meditation.
SAMÁDHI: See Samádh.
SAMAI: A brass lamp.
SÁMÁNYA PUJA: Ordinary worship.
SAMBANDHA: Spirit of a Bráhman who dies without an heir and whose funeral rites have not been performed.
SÁMELU: A log of wood.
SÁMISHYA: Entering the divine order.
SAMPAT SHANIWÁR: Wealth-giving Shaniwár, a Saturday in the month of Shrávan.
SAMUDRA: The sea.
SAMVAT: A year.
SAMVATSAR: A year; A period of three cycles of twenty years each, that is sixty years.
SAMVATSARI: Death anniversary.
SÁMVATSARIK SHRÁDDHA: The yearly Shráddha.
SANATKUMAR: One of the four sons of Brahma.
SANCHAL: A kind of salt.
SANDHYA: The morning, noon or evening prayers of a Bráhman.
SANDHYA ÁRATI: Offerings of Milk, sugar and cakes to the gods in the evening.
SANIPÁT: Delirium.
SÁNKAL: A chain.
SANKAR: A stone.
SANKASTI CHATURTHI: The fourth lunar day of every dark fortnight.
SANKRÁNT: Transit or passage of the sun or a planet from one sign of the zodiac into another.
SANKRÁNTI: See Sankránt.
SANYÁSI: The Bráhman of the fourth order, the religious mendicant.
SAPINDI: The offering of a ball of rice, etc., to the spirit of a deceased relative, commonly on the twelfth day after his decease.
SAPTÁHA: A perusal or reading through of a purán or other sacred book in seven consecutive days.
SAPTÁHA-PÁRÁYAN: See Saptáha.
SAPTA-RISHI: Ursa Major (the seven stars of which are supposed to be the seven great saints Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya. Pulaha, Kratu and Vasishtha.)
SAPTA SANI: Name of an incarnation.
SÁRANGDHA: A kind of fruit.
SARASVATI: The goddess of learning.
SÁRI: A robe.
SARPA BÁNDHANE: A process by which a snake can be prevented from entering or leaving a particular area.
SARVASÁKSHI: The observer of all things.
SATÁP: A kind of tree.
SATARSINGO: Name of a goblin.
SÁTEM: The seventh day of the bright or dark half of a month.
SÁTERI: Name of a goddess.
SÁTHARA: The place in the house where a corpse is placed.
SATHIA: An auspicious figure drawn on the floor.
SATSANG: Contract with the righteous.
SATVÁI: Name of a goddess; the ghost of a woman.
SATYA NÁRÁYAN: Name of a deity; a vow of that name.
SATYAWÁN: Name of a mythological king.
SAUDÁMINI: The lightning.
SAUNDAD: The Shami tree, Prosopis spicigera.
SÁVAJ: A wild animal.
SAVAPÁTI: Weighing about six pounds and a quarter.
SAVITA: The sun.
SÁVITRI: A mythological woman celebrated for her devotion to her husband.
SAWANEKARIN: Name of a goddess.
SÁWAR: A kind of tree.
SÁWKÁR: A money-lender.
SÁVO: Sewed.
SÁYUJJA: Merging into the divine form.
SER: A measure of weight.
SERAJA: A kind of gift.
SEVA: Vermicelli.
SEVAK: A disciple, a follower.
SEVAKA: See Sevak.
SHADÁNADA: Name of a goddess.
SHAKARIO: Name of a cattle disease.
SHÁKTA MÁTA: Name of a goddess.
SHAKTI: The energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife; as Párvati of Shiva.
SHAKTIMÁTA: Name of a goddess.
SHAKTI-PANTHI: A follower of the Shakti or Shákta sect that is those who worship a divine energy under its feminine personification.
SHAKTIYÁG: A sacrifice in honour of Shakti.
SHÁLIGRÁM: A sacred stone supposed to represent Vishnu.
SHÁLUNKI: A species of singing birds.
SHANI: Saturn.
SHANGÁR ARATI: The ceremony of taking off the idols night garments and putting on others for the day.
SHANKARÁCHÁRYA: The designation of the celebrated teacher of the Vedánt philosophy.
SHANKÁSUR: Name of a demon.
SHANKHÁSUR: Name of a demon.
SHANKHINI: An order of ghosts.
SHÁNTANU: A king of the lunar race who married Ganga and Satyavati.
SHARÁDIAN: The dark half of the month of Bhádrapad.
SHÁRANG: The bow of Vishnu.
SHARAD PUNEMA: The full-moon day of Ashvin.
SHARAD-RITU: The Autumn.
SHÁSTRA: Scripture.
SHATACHANDI: An incantation in honour of the goddess.
SHATANJIVA: Live for a hundred years.
SHATATÁRAKA: Name of a constellation.
SHATCHANDI: An incantation in honour of the goddess Chandi.
SHES BHARANE: Name of a ceremony.
SHENDUR: Red lead.
SHESH NÁG: The snake of one thousand hoods who supports the earth.
SHEVARI: A kind of tree.
SHIKHANDI: Amba born as the daughter of Drupada. She was given out to be, and brought up as, a male child.
SHIKHAR: Top.
SHIKOTAR: Name of a goddess.
SHILI: Stale.
SHILI SÁTEM: The stale seventh, the seventh day of the dark half of Shrávan.
SHIRÁLSHET: Name of an ancient Váni or trader who became a king, and reigned three and a half ghatika (a measure of time).
SHISHIR-RITU: The cold season.
SHIT: The fowl tied to the top of the bamboo planted in the pit of the Holi fire.
SHITALA ASHTAKA: A hymn in praise of the goddess Shitala.
SHITALÁI-PUJAN: A holiday observed by women.
SHITALÁDEVI: The small-pox goddess.
SHITALA MÁTA: See Shitaládevi.
SHITAL-SAPTAMI: See Shili Sátem.
SHIVA: The third god of the Hindu Trinity.
SHIVALANGI: Name of a plant.
SHIVÁ-MUTHA: A vow in which handfuls of corn are offered by married girls to the god Vishnu on every Monday in the month of Shrávan.
SHIVARÁTRA: The fourteenth day of the dark half of every month sacred for the worship of Shiva.
SHIVARÁTRI: See Shivarátra.
SHIWANI: A kind of tree.
SHIWAR: An offering of boiled rice mixed with curds; an offering of a goat or fowl.
SHLOKA: A stanza, a verse.
SHODASHOPACHÁR: The sixteen ways of doing homage.
SHOKA-PAGLÁN: Morning foot prints.
SHRÁVAD: A kind of shrub.
SHRÁVAK: A term applied to the members of the Jain religion.
SHRÁVAN: The fifth month of the Deccani and the tenth month of the Gujarát Hindu calendar year.
SHRÁVANI: The ceremony of renewing the sacred thread.
SHRAWANA: Name of a constellation.
SHRI DUTTA: Name of a deity.
SHRINGÁR ÁRATI: See Shangár árati.
SHRINGHI: Name of a sage.
SHRI SATYA NÁRÁYAN: Name of a deity.
SHUDDHA: Pure; the bright half of a month.
SHUDRA: The last of the four-fold divisions of Manu.
SHUKAMUNI: Name of a sage.
SHUKRA: Venus.
SIDDHA: An order of semi-divine beings.
SIDDHA PURUSHA: A magician.
SIDDHI: Accomplishment; the acquisition of supernatural powers; name of a wife of Ganpati.
SIDDHI KARAN: Name of a book in which Dharmarája keeps an account of the good and bad actions of men.
SIDHA: Uncooked articles of food.
SIDIO: Nigro-like.
SIKAN: A sling.
SIKE: A sling.
SIKOTARU: See Sikoturu.
SIKOTURU: Ghost of a woman dying with certain desires unfulfilled.
SIMÁNT: The first pregnancy ceremony.
SINDHÁVÁR: Name of a goddess.
SINDUR: Red lead.
SINHA: A lion; Leo.
SINHIKA: The mother of Ráhu.
SITA: The consort of Ráma.
SIWA BÁNDHANE: Binding the boundary-name of a ceremony.
SIWO: Sewn.
SMÁRTA AGNI: The fire which is kept constantly burning and worshipped during the Cháturmás.
SOD-MUNJ: The ceremony of loosening the munja (string) from the loins of a Bráhman.
SOLANKI: Name of a clan of Rajputs.
SOLA SOMVÁR-VRATA: A vow observed on sixteen successive Mondays.
SOMAPA: Name of a water nymph.
SOMAVATI-AMÁVÁSYA: The fifteenth day of the dark half of a month falling on Monday.
SOMAGA: Name of a religious ceremony.
SONI: A caste of goldsmiths or an individual of it.
SORRO: Sulphuret of antimony.
SOSHI: Name of a class of chudels.
SOVALEN: A silk garment.
SPHATIKA MANI: A crystal stone.
STAMBHAN: A branch of black magic.
STHÁNA: Locality.
STHÁNA-DEVA: A local deity.
STHÁNADEVATA: See Sthána-deva.
STHÁPAN: Installation.
SUD: The bright half of a month.
SUDARSHAN: See Sudarshan chakra.
SUDARSHAN CHAKRA: The discus of Vishnu.
SUDHA: Nectar.
SUDHÁKAR: The moon.
SUDYAMAN: Name of a mythological king.
SUGAD: A little earthen vessel.
SUKÁL: A plentiful harvest.
SULIO: An order of ghosts.
SULEIMÁNI PÁRO: A kind of stone.
SUMARIA GANESH: A name of Ganpati.
SUNA: Unoccupied.
SUNAKU: A kind of cattle disease.
SUNKÁI: Name of a goddess.
SUNTH: Dry ginger.
SUPADUN: A winnowing fan.
SURA: Liquor.
SURAKANO: Twisted iron wire.
SURAN: A morphophallus campalatus (elephant foot).
SURANG: A kind of tree.
SURDHAN: Ghost of a male member dying with certain of his desires unfulfilled.
SURMO: See Sorro.
SUROPURO: A spirit of one who meets death on a field of battle.
SURYA: The sun.
SURYA KAVACH: A hymn in honour of the Sun.
SURYA-VRAT: A vow in honour of the Sun.
SUTAKI: One ceremonially impure on account of the death of a relative.
SUTÁR: A caste of carpenters or an individual of it.
SUTI: An order of ghosts.
SUTTEE: A woman who burns herself on the funeral pyre of her husband.
SUVA: An ingredient used in preparing spices.
SUWARN: Gold.
SUWÁSINI: An unwidowed woman.
SWÁMI: A lord, a term applied to saints.
SWÁMI MAHÁRÁJ: An epithet of Dattátraya or Shri Dutta.
SWÁMINÁRÁYAN: A sect of Hindus.
SWAPNA: A dream.
SWARGA: Heaven.
SWASTIKA: A kind of mystical figure.
SWÁTI: Name of constellation.
SWAYAMBHU: Self-existent.
SWAYAMVAR: A maiden’s choice marriage.