| Words |
Category |
Meaning |
| Saathar, Janghaa |
Divya Darshan |
The Lord's divine thigh
|
| Saayansandhya Mansi Pooja |
Worship |
The mental worship of the Lord performed after the dusk aarti
|
| Sadaachaar |
Worship |
Good (moral) conduct
|
| Saddharma Ratnakar |
Worship |
The ocean of true religiosity
|
| Sadguru |
Worship |
Higher category of Saints; senior Saints are given this title
|
| Sadguru Din |
Worship |
Day to commemorate Sadgurubapa which falls on the last day of each month
|
| Sadguru Shree Ishwarcharan Swamibapa |
Spiritual Heritage |
Nidar Siddhant Vaadi (unfaltering and principled) Sadguru Shree Ishwarcharandasji Swamibapa was affectionately known as Sadguru Swamibapa. Sadguru Shree Nirgundasji Swamibapa gave the leadership of the Karan Satsang to Sadguru Swamibapa in Samvat 1948 (1892 CE) |
| Sadguru Shree Nirgun Swamibapa |
Spiritual Heritage |
Sadguru Shree Nirgundasji Swamibapa manifested in Chuda in Samvat 1873 (1817 CE); and in 1852 CE, Sadguru Shree Gopalanand Swamibapa, made Sadguru Shree Nirgundasji Swamibapa the leader of the Swaminarayan Karan Satsang. Sadguru Shree Nirgundasji Swamibapa openly and with great authority taught that Jeevanpran Abji Bapashree was Lord Swaminarayan Himself |
| Sadhu |
Worship |
Sants, individuals who have taken a vow to given up worldly life to serve the Lord
|
| Sahajanand Swami |
Spiritual Heritage |
One of the two names give to Lord Swaminarayan by Sadguru Shree Ramanand Swami when he initiated Shree Nilkanthvarni, Lord Swaminarayan as a Sant (year Samvat 1857)
|
| Sakhya bhakti |
Worship |
Having total faith in the Lord's commands
|
| Samadhi |
Worship |
Spiritual trance
|
| Samarpan bhakti |
Worship |
Offering wealth, body and soul to the Lord
|
| Sammelan |
|
Gathering; meeting or conference
|
| Sampradaya |
Worship |
Religious sect or following
|
| Sanatan |
Worship |
Eternal, without beginning
|
| Sanatan dharma samrat |
Worship |
The protector of the eternal religion, Sanatan Dharma
|
| Sandhya Aarti |
Worship |
The aarti performed at sunset
|
| Sangeet Sala |
|
Music academy
|
| Sankalp Swaroop |
|
Divine persons which give dharshan on the earth by the will of God. These divine persoms represent God on this earth. |
| Sankhyogi |
Worship |
A separate ascetic class of women - closest Western equivalent would probably be nuns
|
| Sanskar |
|
Good conduct
|
| Sant |
Worship |
A category of ascetic; closest western equivalent is a Monk
|
| Sarvajivheetavaha |
Worship |
The Shikshapatri written for the benefit of all souls.
|
| Sarvavtari |
Worship |
Incarnator of all incarnations |
| Sarvopari |
Worship |
Supreme |
| Sarvotkrusht |
Worship |
Best of all |
| Sashtang Dandavat-pranam |
Worship |
Eight-fold prostration before the Lord's murti performed by males |
| Satsang |
Worship |
Divine fellowship - Swaminarayan fellowship |
| Satsangi |
Worship |
Devotee, a person who follows the rules of the Satsang |
| Satya |
|
Truth |
| Seva Murti Param Tapa |
Worship |
The service incarnate of highest austerity referring to Acharya Swamishree |
| Shalgram |
Worship |
Sacred stone found in the river Gandki |
| Shangar Aarti |
Worship |
The aarti performed after the Lord has been adorned with garments and ornaments |
| Shanti |
|
Peace |
| Shayan Aarti |
Worship |
The aarti performed as the Lord rests at the end of the day |
| Shikhaa |
Divya Darshan |
The Lord's divine choti |
| Shikshapatri |
Worship |
Divine scripture of 212 holy commandments, written by Lord Swaminarayan |
| Shir / Mastak |
Divya Darshan |
The Lord's divine head |
| Shravan bhakti |
Worship |
Listening to discourses of the Lord |
| Shree Abji Bapashreeni Vato |
Worship |
|
| Shree Brahmanand Swami |
Spiritual Heritage |
|
| Shree Gopalanand Swamibapa |
Spiritual Heritage |
Sadguru Shree Gopalanand Swamibapa, Lord Swaminarayan's dearest and choicest sant to whom He entrusted the helms of the entire Swaminarayan religion, and thus became the Acharaya of Shree Swaminarayan Gadi |
| Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa |
Spiritual Heritage |
|
| Shree Muktanand Swami |
Spiritual Heritage |
|
| Shree Ramanujacharya |
Spiritual Heritage |
|
| Shree Swaminarayan Bhagwan |
Spiritual Heritage |
|
| Shree Swaminarayan Gadi |
Spiritual Heritage |
|
| Shreeji Maharaj |
Spiritual Heritage |
|
| Shreeji-Sankalpamurti |
Spiritual Heritage |
Will-manifest; The Lord's incarnated upon this earth by his own decision and will, in a manner that is evident to the eye or to the understanding |
| Shruti |
Worship |
The teachings of Lord Himself, the words that have come from him personally |
| Shukshma |
Worship |
Invisible body |
| Sinhasan |
Worship |
Divine throne |
| Slok |
Worship |
Verse; stanza |
| Smaran bhakti |
Worship |
Reminiscing about the Lord |
| Smruti |
Worship |
Remembrance |
| Smruti Mandir |
Worship |
Memorial mandir for Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa built at the exact eternal Samadhi (funeral pyre) site of Swamibapa, in Godasar, Ahmedabad, India. The temple was inspired by the unparalleled devotion of His Divine Holiness Acharya Swamishree unto His Gurudev and was opened in 1991 CE |
| Sud |
Worship |
That part of the lunar calendar when the moon is waxing. |
| Sutak |
Worship |
Ritual periods during times of births and deaths, in which one is considered impure |
| Suvasini Bhabhi |
Spiritual Heritage |
Lord Swaminarayan's elder sister-in-law, wife of Shree Rampratapbhai and mother of Ayodhyaprasadji Maharaj |
| Svaroop |
Divya Darshan |
The Lord's divine face |
| SwaminarayanBapa Swamibapa |
Worship |
Reference to Swaminarayan Bhagwan, Jeevanpran Bapashree and Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa indicating that all three murti are one |
