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Sanskrit (; attributively संस्कृत-, saṃskṛta-; nominally संस्कृतम्, saṃskṛtam, IPA: [ˈsɐ̃skr̩tɐm]) is a classical language of South Asia that belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism It was a link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions...

The Sapta Puri (Sanskrit: सप्त-पुरी (saptapurī), a Sanskrit meaning “seven cities”) are the seven holy pilgrimage centres in India These are the seven holy pilgrimage sites in Hinduism, which bless the pilgrims with moksha (liberation from the cycle of birth and death)

The Saptarishi (from Sanskrit: सप्तर्षि (saptarṣī), a Sanskrit dvigu meaning “seven sages”; Sapta or Saptan, in cognate with Latin Septem - seven, Rishi - sage(s) are the seven rishis in ancient India, who are extolled at many places in the Vedas and other Hindu literature The Vedic Samhitas never enumerate these rishis by name, though later Vedic texts such as the Brahmanas and Upanisads do so The earliest list of the Seven Rishis is given by Jaiminiya Brahmana 2...

Saraswati (Sanskrit: सरस्वती, IAST: Sarasvatī) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning She is a part of the tridevi of Saraswati, along with Lakshmi and Parvati The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a goddess is in the Rigveda She has remained significant as a goddess from the Vedic period through modern times of Hindu traditions She is generally shown to have four arms, holding a book, a rosary, a water pot and a musical instrument called Veena...

Sarvajña (Kannada: ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞ) was a Kannada poet, pragmatist and philosopher of the 16th century The word “Sarvajna” in Sanskrit literally means “the all knowing” His father name is Kumbara Malla and his mother name is MallalaDevi His birth anniversary is celebrated on February 20th every year He belongs to the cast of Kumbara He is famous for his pithy three-lined poems called tripadi (written in the native three-line verse metre, “with three padas, a form of Vachana”)...

Sat (Sanskrit: सत्) is the root of many Sanskrit words and concepts such as sattva, “pure, truthful”, and satya, “truth”. The Sanskrit root sat has several meanings or translations.

Satcitananda (Sanskrit: सच्चिदानन्द, IAST: Saccidānanda; also Sat-cit-ananda or Sacchidānanda) is an epithet and description for the subjective experience of the ultimate unchanging reality, called Brahman, in certain branches of Hindu philosophy, especially Vedanta It represents “existence, consciousness, and bliss” or “truth, consciousness, bliss”

Satguru (Sanskrit: सत्गुरु), or Sadguru (Sanskrit: सद्गुरु), means the ’true guru’ in Sanskrit The word ‘Satguru’ signifies three things- Sat+Gu+Ru - Sat means truth; Gu means darkness and Ru means Light Thus Satguru means a divine personage who removes the darkness of ignorance and gives Divine Light to human beings However, the term is distinguished from other forms of gurus, such as musical instructors, scriptural teachers, parents, and so on...

The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (Majjhima Nikaya 10: The Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), and the subsequently created Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (Dīgha Nikāya 22: The Great Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), are two of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism, acting as the foundation for contemporary vipassana meditational practice The Pāli texts of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta and the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta are largely similar in content; the main difference being a section about the Four Noble Truths (Catu Ariya Sacca) in the Observation of Phenomena (Dhammānupassana), which is greatly expanded in the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta...

Satguru (Sanskrit: सत्गुरु), or Sadguru (Sanskrit: सद्गुरु), means the ’true guru’ in Sanskrit The word ‘Satguru’ signifies three things- Sat+Gu+Ru - Sat means truth; Gu means darkness and Ru means Light Thus Satguru means a divine personage who removes the darkness of ignorance and gives Divine Light to human beings However, the term is distinguished from other forms of gurus, such as musical instructors, scriptural teachers, parents, and so on...

Sattva (Sanskrit: सत्त्व, meaning honesty) is one of the three guṇas or “modes of existence” (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept understood by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy The other two qualities are rajas (passion and activity) and tamas (destruction, chaos) Sattva is the quality of goodness, positivity, truth, serenity, balance, peacefulness, and virtuousness that is drawn towards Dharma and Jnana (knowledge)

Sattva (Sanskrit: सत्त्व, meaning honesty) is one of the three guṇas or “modes of existence” (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept understood by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy The other two qualities are rajas (passion and activity) and tamas (destruction, chaos) Sattva is the quality of goodness, positivity, truth, serenity, balance, peacefulness, and virtuousness that is drawn towards Dharma and Jnana (knowledge)

Satya (Sanskrit: सत्य; IAST: satya) is a Sanskrit word loosely translated as truth, essence It also refers to a virtue in Indian religions, referring to being truthful in one’s thought, speech and action In Yoga, satya is one of five yamas, the virtuous restraint from falsehood and distortion of reality in one’s expressions and actions

The Satya Yuga (aka Krita Yuga), in Hinduism, is the first and best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Kali Yuga of the previous cycle and followed by Treta Yuga Satya Yuga lasts for 1,728,000 years (4,800 divine years) Satya Yuga is known as the age of truth, when humanity is governed by gods, and every manifestation or work is close to the purest ideal and humanity will allow intrinsic goodness to rule supreme...

Satyagraha (; Sanskrit: सत्याग्रह; satya: “truth”, āgraha: “insistence” or “holding firmly to”), or “holding firmly to truth”, or “truth force”, is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance Someone who practises satyagraha is a satyagrahi The term satyagraha was coined and developed by Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), who practised satyagraha in the Indian independence movement and also during his earlier struggles in South Africa for Indian rights Satyagraha theory influenced Martin Luther King Jr...