There are currently 2 terms in this directory beginning with the letter Ś.
Ś
Śakyamuni
‘The saint of the Sakyas’—in Buddhism [q.v.] one of the names of the historical buddhas [q.v.].
śarīra
'Body’ in Sanskrit, and used for the relics [q.v.] of the Buddha and of monks, but also for small bead-shaped objects that were said to be found among the ashes of spiritual masters and to be evidence of their enlightenment.
