ALL ABOUT YOGA FROM 'S'
Sa (स) - this
Shabda (शब्द) - word / sound
Shabdhaadi (शब्दादि) - sound and others
Shabda jnaana (शब्द ज्ञान) - verbal knowledge
Sabija (सबीज) - with seed
Shachi (शची) - wife of Indra
Sadaa (सदा) - always
Sadaajnaataa (सदाज्ञाता) - ever alert and aware
Sadaanandaachaarya (सदानंदाचार्य) - pupil of Shri Shankaraachaarya also known as Padmapaadaachaarya as he had lotus print on his feet, he used to walk on water
Saadhaka (साधक) - aspirant / practitioner
Saadhanaa (साधना) - practice
Saadhanaa paada (साधना पाद) - second chapter of Yoga Sutras
Saadhaarana (साधारण) - common to all
Saguna (सगुण) - good or virtuous qualities
Sah (सः) - that
Sahabhuvah (सहभुवः) - concurrent / side by side
Sahaja (सहज) - natural
Saharaara (सहस्रार) - thousand petalled energy chakra at crown Centre
Sahita (सहित) - deliberate
Saai baabaa (साईं बाबा) - 20th century saint of Shirdi
Shaithilya (शैथिल्य) - laxity
Saakshaatkaarana (साक्षात्कारण) - to see directly with one’s eyes and mind
Shakti (शक्ति) - power / capacity / faculty
Saalambana (सालम्बन) - with support
Samaadhi (समाधि) - putting together / profound meditation / eighth limb of ashtanga yoga
Samaadhi paada (समाधि पाद) - first chapter of Yoga Sutras
Samadhi parinaama (समाधि परिणाम) - transformation towards tranquility
Samaadhi samskaara (समाधि संस्कार) - imprints of tranquility
Samaahita chitta (समाहित चित्त) - cultured or stable consciousness
Samaana (समान) - praana vaayu that governs navel region
Samaapattia (समापत्ति) - transformation / contemplation / assuming the original form
Samaapti (समाप्ति) - the end
Samaya (समय) - condition / circumstances / time
Sambandha (संबंध) - relationship
Samhananatva (संहननत्व) - compactness / firmness
Samhatya (संहत्व) - well knitted / firmly united
Samjna (संज्ञा) - resolution / understanding / knowledge
Saamkhya (सांख्य) - minuteness / precision / one of the six Indian philosophies that enumerate the principles of nature and soul
Sampat (सम्पत) - wealth / perfection
Samprajnaata (सम्प्रज्ञात) - distinguish / know actually
Samprajnaata Samaapattia (सम्प्रज्ञात समापत्ति) - untinged transformation of the consciousness
Samprayoga (सम्प्रयोग) - communion
Samskaara (संस्कार) - subliminal impressions
Samskaara phala (संस्कार फल) - effect of subliminal impressions
Samskaara sheshah (संस्कार शेषः) - balance of subliminal impressions
Samvedana (संवेदन) - perception / consciousness / understanding / to be known / to be understood
Samvega (संवेग) - cheerful / quick
Samyama (संयम) - holding together / integration
Samyama yoga (संयम योग) - yoga of integration
Saamyataa (साम्यता) - equanimity
Saamye (साम्ये) - being equal
Samyoga (संयोग) - union
Saananda (सानंद) - unalloyed bliss
Sanchita Karma (संचित कर्म) - merit or demerit accumulated from past lives
Sangha (संघ) - association coming together
Sanghritatva (संघृतत्व) - help together
Sanjivani (संजीवनी) - a plant that restores life
Shankaraachaarya (शंकराचार्य) - 8th century teacher who expounded the advaita philosophy
Shankarah (शङ्करः) - commingle / intermixture / confusion
Sankirna (संकीर्ण) - strewn / pounded together
Sannidhau (सन्निधौ) - vicinity
Sanyaasaashram (सन्यासाश्रम) - fourth stage of religious order in which all worldly possessions and affections are relinquished
Sanyaasi (सन्यासी) - one who renounces all worldly possessions / an ascetic
Shaanta (शांत) - appeased / calmed / pacified
Santosha (संतोष) - contentment
Saptadhaa (सप्तधा) - sevenfold
Saptarshi (सप्तर्षि) - 7 rishis or great sages - Agastya, Angirasa, Atri, Bharadvaaj, Jamadagni, Kashyapa, Vashishtha
Shaaradaa (शारदा) - a monastery built at shringeri by Adi Shankaraachaarya in honor of Bharati, the wife of Mandana Mishra
Sharira (शरीर) - body
Sharira Jnaana (शरीर ज्ञान) - Knowledge of the Body
Sharira prajnaa (शरीर प्रज्ञा) - awareness of the body
Sharmishthaa (शर्मिष्ठा) - daughter of the king of demons and wife of Yayaati
Sarpa (सर्प) - snake / to go fast
Sarpobhav (सर्पोभव) - become a snake
Saarupyam (सारूप्यं) - closeness / likeness / nearness
Sarvabhaumaah (सार्वभौमाः) - universal
Sarvajna (सर्वज्ञ) - all-knowing / omniscient / all-wise
Sarvam (सर्वं) - whole / all
Sarvaarthaa (सर्वार्था) - wholly / in all ways / at all times
Sarvaartham सर्वार्थम) - all-pervading
Sarvaarthataa (सर्वार्थता) - all or many pointedness
Saasmitaa (सस्मिता) - sense of saatvik individuality
Shaastras (शास्त्रः) - treatises
Sat (सत) - being / pure
Satchidaananda (सत्चिदानंद) - pure unalloyed bliss
Sati (सति) - being / being accomplished
Saatkaara (सात्कार) - dedication / devotion
Sattva (सत्त्व) - luminosity / white / pure
Sattva buddhi (सत्त्व बुद्धि) - illuminative intelligence
Sattvaapatti (सत्त्वापत्ति) - experiencing pure sattva
Sattvashuddhi (सत्त्वशुद्धि) - purity in sattva
Satya (सत्य) - truthfulness / honest / faithful / one of the five Yamas
Satyaloka (सत्यलोक) - one of the seven aerial regions
Shaicha (शौच) - cleanliness / purity
Shavaasana (शवासन) - relaxing asana that resembles a corpse
Savichaara (सविचार) - right reflection / deliberation / consideration
Savitarkaa (सवितर्का) - right analysis
Siddha (सिद्ध) - the perfect being
Siddhi vidyaa (सिद्धि विद्या) - knowledge of attainments
Siddhih (सिद्धिः) - attainment / perfection
Shilam (शीलं) - virtue
Shirshaasana (शीर्षासन) - headstand
Shiva (शिव) - the destroyer / the third deity of the Hindu triad / auspicious / prosperous
Shiva samhitaa (शिव संहिता) - A classical text on Hatha Yoga
Smaya (स्मय) - wonder
Smriti (स्मृति) - memory / recollection
Sopakrama (सोपक्रम) - immediate effects of actions
Sparsha (स्पर्ष) - touch
Shraddhaa (श्रद्धा) - faith / reverence / confidence
Shravana (श्रवण) - faculty of hearing
Shrimad bhaagavatam (श्रीमद भागवतम) - one of the sacred puranas
Shringri (श्रृंगेरी) - a place of worship in South India
Shrotra (श्रोत्र) - organ of hearing
Stambha (स्तंभ) - restraint / suspension
Stambha vritti (स्तंभ वृत्ति) - act of holding the breath
Sthairya (स्थैर्य) - steadiness / immovability
Sthaana (स्थान) - position / rank
Sthira (स्थिर) - firm
Sthita (स्थित) - constant / steady
Sthita prajnaa (स्थित प्रज्ञा) - a perfect yogi / a steadfast person
Sthula (स्थूल) - gross
Styaana ( स्त्यान) - languor / sluggishness / lack of interest
Shubhachhaa (शुभेच्छा) - right desire
Shuchi (शुचि) - pure
Shuddha buddhi (शुद्ध बुद्धि) - pure intelligence
Shudhan (शुधन) - a pure person
Shuddhi (शुद्धि) - cleanliness / purity
Shudra (शूद्र) - working class / one of the four varnas of classes of Hinduism
Shuka (शुक) - son of Vyaasa
Sukha (सुख) - happiness
Shukla (शुक्ल) - white
Shukra (शुक्र) - semen / one of the seven constituents of the body
Shukraachaarya (शुक्राचार्य) - preceptor of the demons and the inventor of the elixir of life
Sukshma (सूक्ष्म) - subtle / soft / fine / minute
Sukshma sharira (सूक्ष्म शरीर) - subtle body
Sukshmottama (सूक्ष्मोत्तम) - subtlest of the subtle
Surya (सूर्य) - sun
Surya sthaana (सूर्य स्थान) - energy centre for sympathetic nervous system
Sushumna (सुषुम्न) - nadi or the psychic channel that controls central nervous system
Sushupti (सुषुप्ति) - sleep
Sushuptyaavastha (सुषुप्त्यावस्था) - state of sleep
Sutala (सुतल) - one of the seven nether worlds
Suvarloka (सुवर्लोक) - one of the seven aerial worlds
Sva (स्व) - one’s own
Svaabhaasam (स्वाभासम) - self-illuminative
Svaadhishthaana Chakra (स्वाधिष्ठान चक्र) - energy centre situated above the organ of generation
Svaadhyaaya (स्वाध्याय) - study of the self / study of the spiritual scriptures
Svapna (स्वप्न) - dream
Svapnaavasthaa (स्वप्नावस्था) - dream filled state
Svarasavaahi (स्वरसवाही) - current of love of life
Svarasavaahini (स्वरसवाहिनी) - flow of the fragrance of consciousness
Svaartha (स्वार्थ) - one's own / self interest
Svarupa (स्वरूप) - one’s own state / of true form
Svarupamaatrajyoti (स्वरूपमातृज्योति) - light of one’s own form / one’s visage / one’s own sight
Svarupa shunya (स्वरूप शून्य) - devoid of one’s nature
Shvaasa (श्वास) - inbreath / inhalation
Shvaasa prashvaasa (श्वास प्रश्वास) - irregular respiration
Svayambhu (स्वयंभू) - incarnation by one’s own will (svayam - of one’s own account, bhu - existent)
Svayambhulingam (स्वयम्भूलिंगम) - symbol of the self in Muladhaara Chakra / the unconscious mind and body
Swami (स्वामी) - owner / master / lord / seer
Swami raamdaas (स्वामी रामदास) - saint of maharashtra
Syat (स्यत) - would happen