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noun
- (context, Hinduism) a holy man
- 1993: So for the meanwhile I continued with my ritualised observances, obsessively counting the number of steps it took me to walk to any given location, carefully avoiding the cracks in the pavement for fear that the bears of the id might get me, and attending to my bodily functions with the pure metrical devotion of a . " Will Self, My Idea of Fun
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noun Safira
- the second month of the Islamic calendar
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| Said |
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proper noun - An alternative form of the male given name Saeed.
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| salat |
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noun
- (Islam) The prayer sessions held five times daily; one of the five pillars of Islam.
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| samadhi |
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noun
- A state of transcendent union supposed to be assumed by a holy man or yogi at his death.
- 2005: She had seated herself cross-legged in the position and simply ceased to be. " Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown (Vintage 2006, p. 227)
- The burial of a holy man before his death in anticipation of such a state.
- The highest state of meditation, at which complete unity is reached.
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| sangha |
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noun (uncountable)
- The community of all followers of the Buddha; the ecclesia in which the devout take refuge as one of the three jewels.
- The Buddhist congregation of renunciate monks and nuns.
- Those who have "entered the stream" towards nirvana.
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| Sati |
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proper noun - (Hinduism) One of the daughters of Prasuti and Daksha; killed herself by self-immolation on a fire
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| satori |
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noun
- (italbrac, Zen Buddhism) A sudden inexpressible feeling of inner understanding or enlightenment.
- 2005: What happened to the Merry Band on its trip during the summer of 1964 ranged from the cosmically sublime to the ridiculous, from peak ecstasy to full-tilt . " Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 115)
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| Sayyid |
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noun From Arabic س���د, meaning master, sir, mister.
- Arabic given name, meaning "master".
- (Islam) an honorific title borne by descendants of the prophet Muhammad.
- In Arabic it is also a form of address of a male dignitary, feminin form is س�دة.
- Arabic equvalent to Mr. in English.
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| Set |
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proper noun (also Seth)
- An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.
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| Seth |
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proper noun
- (biblical) The third son of Adam and Eve.
- (given name, male).
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| shahada |
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noun
- (Islam) The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God and the prophethood of Mohammed, one of the five pillars, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed)
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| shaitan |
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noun
- An evil djinn of Arab mythology.
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| Shawwal |
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noun
- the tenth month of the Islamic calendar
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| sheik |
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noun
- The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
- (colloquial) An Islamic religious clergy; the leader of an Islamic religious order.
- (context, some Arab Persian Gulf, Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families.
- (context, 1920s) A romantic lover. (rfdate, turn this into real quote) (from The Sheikh, 1921 film)
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| shin |
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noun
- The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
verb (shinn, ing)
- To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up.
- to up a mast
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| Shinto |
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proper noun
- Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.
adjective
- Pertaining to Shintoism.
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| Shiva |
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proper noun - (Hinduism) together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal Hindu deities - the destroyer
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| Shraddha |
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proper noun
- an Indian given name
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| Siddhartha |
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proper noun
- a male given name of Indian origin
- Siddharatha Gautama - the personal name of the Buddha
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| siddhi |
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noun - (in Hinduism and tantric Buddhism) spiritual power or psychic ability
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| Sikhism |
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noun
- A revealed, monotheistic religion originating in northern India, in the 16th century through w:Guru Nanak, Guru Nanak and his successors.
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| sin |
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noun
- (theology) A violation of a moral or religious law; an error.
- A misdeed.
verb (sin, n, ing)
- (theology) To commit a sin.
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| Siva |
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proper noun
- The Hindu God of Destruction - part of the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu & Siva. Brahma is the Creator, Vishnu is the Preserver & Siva is the Destroyer.
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| stupa |
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noun - A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.
- 1993: He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas. " Will Self, My Idea of Fun
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| Sufi |
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noun
- a Muslim mystic or ascetic
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| Sufism |
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noun
- Islamic mysticism
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| Sunna |
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noun
- Muhammad's way of life, especially when viewed as a model for Muslim; recorded in the hadiths
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| sura |
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noun
- any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an.
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| sutra |
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noun
- A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.
- (Buddhism) A scriptural narrative, especially a discourse of the Buddha.
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| suttee |
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noun
- The custom and/or act of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband"s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion to her late spouse.
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