Word origins

• SarvastivadinA Buddhist of the Sarvastivada school.
• SarvodayA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SasikalaDaughter of Subahu, king of Kasi.
• Satavahanathe surname of the rulers of the Satavahana dynasty (a dynasty of southern India, extant from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE)
• satviklactovegetarian (in ayurvedic philosophy)
• SatwikA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SatyabhamaThe wife of Lord Krishna.
• Satyameva JayateSatyameva Jayate; national motto of India, meaning "truth alone triumphs"
• SatyavatiThe mother of Vyasa.
• Satya YugaThe first and best of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas; it lasts for 1,728,000 years.
• SatyvatiThe queen of the Kuru king Shantanu, mother of Vyasa, Chitrangada, and Vichitravirya, and grandmother of Dhritarashtra and Pandu in the Mahabharata.
• SaumitraA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SaumyaA male given name from Sanskrit.
• SaumyāA female given name from Sanskrit.
• SavitrA solar deity (Deva) and one of the Adityas. He is sometimes identified with, and at other times distinguished from, the chief Sun deity Surya.
• SenavatiA rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the seventh melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
• SeshagiriA male given name from Sanskrit.
• seṭof a root, having a final i sound in certain forms, originating from a final laryngeal in Proto-Indo-European
• ShabariAn elderly ascetic devotee of Rāma in the Ramayana, renowned for offering sweet berries to Rāma during his search for Sita.
• ShachiThe queen of the gods and the wife of Lord Indra.
• shadjamThe first of the seven swaras, or primary musical notes.
• ShailajaA female given name of Indian usage.
• Shailaputrian epithet of the Goddess Parvati
• ShailputriA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ShaivistAn adherent of Shaivism.
• shakhaEither a school of the Vedas, or the traditional texts followed by a school.
• ShakuniThe personification of Dvapara Yuga, the brother of Gandhari in the Mahabharata.
• ShalyaThe brother of Madri (mother of Nakula and Sahadeva), as well as the ruler of the Madra kingdom in the Mahabharata.
• ShambhaviAn epithet of goddess Durga/Parvati, meaning "consort of Shiva".
• SharangaThe divine bow of Lord Vishnu and his avatars.
• SharmishthaThe daughter of the danava King Vrishparva and the wife of King Yayati.
• SharvariA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ShashtiThe sixth day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu calendar.
• ShashvatA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ShashwatA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ShatakshiAn epithet of Goddess Durga/Lakshmi.
• ShatarupaThe first woman, created by Lord Brahma alongside Manu to populate the earth
• ShatrughnaSon of Dasharatha and the younger brother of Rāma.
• ShauryaA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• shavasanaA resting pose in which one lies flat on one's back with the arms and legs slightly spread and eyes closed.
• ShephaliA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• Sheshnagathe king of all nagas and the serpent upon whom Lord Vishnu reclines.
• ShikhandiA character in the Mahabharata, child of Drupada, born as a girl but transformed into a boy by a yaksha; slayer of Bhishma.
• shikharaA spire or pyramid-shaped tower forming part of a Hindu temple.
• shirshasanaThe pose wherein the body is completely inverted, and held upright supported by the forearms, while the crown of the head rests on the floor.
• ShivanshA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ShivaratriMaha Shivaratri.
• shlokaA distich of Sanskrit verse, in which each line contains sixteen syllables.
• ShraavanaThe fifth month in the Hindu lunar calendar, considered sacred to the god Shiva.
• shraddhaA Hindu ceremony performed in commemoration of one's deceased relatives, especially a parent.
• ShraddhanjaliA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ShreyA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ShrishtiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• shrivatsaan ancient symbolic motif composed of interwoven lines with no beginning and no end
• ShrutakirtiThe younger daughter of King Kushadhwaja and wife of Shatrughna in the Ramayana.
• ShubhA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• ShuchitaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• shudraA member of the Hindu varna (caste) of workers.
• shukaA sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.
• ShukraThe son of Bhrigu, and preceptor of the Daityas, and the guru of the Asuras.
• ShurasenaShurasena, King of Mathura, and the father of Samudravijaya, Vasudeva and Kunti
• ShurpanakhaThe sister of Ravana in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
• SiddhantA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SimhachalamName of a mountain in the Eastern Ghats.
• SimhamukhaA wisdom dakini of the Dzogchen tradition.
• sindoorA traditional red or orange cosmetic powder from India, usually worn by Hindu women along the parting of the hair as a sign of marriage.
• sinhaliteAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, magnesium, and oxygen.
• Sitātapatrāa bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
• SkandA bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.
• skandhaAny of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being; aggregate
• SmartaA follower of the Smartha Tradition, a denomination of the Vedic Hindu religion that accepts all major Hindu deities as forms of the one Brahman.
• SoumyāA female given name from Sanskrit.
• SparshA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SrajanaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• sramanaSynonym of samana (“Indian ascetic, particularly in Hindu and Jain contexts”).
• sravakaA holy disciple.
• sravyamelodious (in the context of Sanskrit poetry)
• SriharikotaA barrier island off the coast of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It houses the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
• SrijanA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SrijanaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SrijnaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SrikalahastiA holy town and municipality of Andhra Pradesh, India.
• stobhaA syllable or word, etc. inserted into Vedic chant as an embellishment to aid the flow.
• StutiA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SubahuName of a Nagasura.
• SuchitaA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SudhanshuA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• SudyumnaThe son of Vaivasvata Manu and progenitor of the Lunar dynasty through his female form, Ila, as the wife of Lord Budha.
• SugrivaThe younger brother of Vali, whom he succeeded as ruler of the Kishkindha in Ramayana.
• SukhavatiThe pure land of Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism.
• SuktimatiThe capital city of the ancient Indian kingdom of Chedi.
• SulochanaThe wife of Meghnada in Ramayana.
• SumaliA rakshasa king, son of Sukesha, and maternal grandfather of Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana, and Shurpanakha in the Ramayana.
• SunayanaThe wife of King Janaka and adoptive mother of Goddess Sita.
• SunitiThe queen of King Uttanapada and mother of Dhruva.
• Sun SalutationA common series of asanas in yoga.
• SupratikAn Ashtadiggaja guarding the Ishan (northeast) quarter and the husband of Anjana.
• SupratīkaAn Ashtadiggaja guarding the Ishan (northeast) quarter and the husband of Anjanā.
• Supratiṣṭhitacāritraa bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
• SupuṣpacandraA bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.