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| sadhu | ||
| A holy man who has renounced the material world to devote himself to spiritual practice. He wanders from place to place and owns nothing. A female sadhu is a sadhvi. |
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| Saivism | ||
| Hindu denomination devoted to the worship of Shiva, which usually tends to be more ascetic than Vaisnavism. Saivas are distinguished by three horizontal markings on the forehead. Saiva ascetics usually wear their hair long and matted and are often covered in ashes. |
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| samyama | ||
| In yoga, movement from meditative concentration into total mental absorption. |
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| sanatana dharma | ||
| ("everlasting truth"). Hinduism. | ||
| Shaktism | ||
| Hindu denomination devoted to the worship of the goddess or divine female power (Sakti). Some schools (Sri Kula) worship the Goddess in her benign and beautiful form of Sri, while others (Kali Kula) worship the fierce goddess Kali. | ||
| Shakti (or Sakti) | ||
| The Great Goddess and consort of Shiva. Her many forms include Durga, Kali and Amba. |
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| Shiva | ||
| ("auspicious"). Major deity and the third in the Hindu trinity (with Brahma and Vishnu). Shiva has roots in the pre-Vedic period, there associated with the god Rudra. To Saivities, Shiva is creator, preserver and destroyer, and the supreme deity. |
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| smrti | ||
| ("remembered"). Scriptures of human origin (as opposed to sruti) but highly regarded and authoritative. |
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| sruti | ||
| ("heard"). Revealed scriptures. | ||
| svarodaya | ||
| The science of breath control in yoga. | ||
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