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Shakkanakku
Shakkanakku, also written shakkanaku, is an Akkadian title meaning military governor, borne from about 2300 BCE and held by the rulers of Mari for nearly three centuries.
Shako
Shako: tall rigid-crowned military cap with a visor, from Hungarian csákós süveg (hussar peaked cap); standard infantry headdress from 1800, with British, Russian, and French patterns, displaced by the kepi and spiked helmet in the mid-19th century.
Shakoor Faqeer
Shakoor Faqeer is a Pakistani musician credited as a guest instrumentalist on the khamach in Coke Studio Pakistan season 12 (2019); press recaps name him in no song.
Shakshouka (شكشوكة)
Shakshouka (شكشوكة), also shakshuka or chakchouka, is a North African one-pan dish of eggs poached in spiced tomato-pepper sauce; carried to Israel by Maghrebi Jewish migrants in the 1950s, now a global brunch staple.
Shakthi Thirumagan (சக்தி திருமகன்)
Shakthi Thirumagan (சக்தி திருமகன்), Telugu title Bhadrakaali, is a 2025 Tamil political action thriller directed by Arun Prabhu Purushothaman, starring Vijay Antony in his 25th film as fixer Kittu; released 19 September 2025, streamed on JioHotstar from 24 October 2025.
Shakthi Vasudevan
Shakthi Vasudevan (சக்தி வாசுதேவன்), born Prashanth Vasudevan in 1983 in Chennai, is a Tamil film actor, son of director P. Vasu; child artist in Chinna Thambi (1991), lead in Thottal Poo Malarum (2007), Bigg Boss Tamil season 1 contestant.
Shakthisree Gopalan
Shakthisree Gopalan (சக்திஸ்ரீ கோபாலன்), Indian playback singer-songwriter and composer from Kochi, Kerala; known for "Nenjukulle" from Kadal, work with A.R. Rahman, and her 2025 composing debut on Netflix's Test.
Shakti
Shakti, also called Devi Shakti or Adya Shakti (शक्ति), is the divine feminine power of Hinduism, worshipped as the supreme Goddess or as Shiva's consort and active energy.
Shakti (शक्ति) (1982 film)
Shakti (शक्ति), 1982 Hindi crime drama by Ramesh Sippy, written by Salim-Javed, starring Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan together for the only time; won four Filmfare Awards including Best Film.
Shakti Anand
Shakti Anand (शक्ति आनंद) is an Indian television actor and producer, born 1975 in Delhi, who debuted in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2000) as Hemant Virani, a role he reprised in the 2025 sequel.
Shakti Arora
Shakti Arora (born 1986, Mumbai) is an Indian Hindi television actor, grandson of actor Chandrashekhar, known for Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi, Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka, Kundali Bhagya, and Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin.
Shakti Chattopadhyay
Shakti Chattopadhyay (শক্তি চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 1933–1995) was a major Bengali poet who helped found the Hungry Generation movement in 1961 and won the 1983 Sahitya Akademi Award.
Shakti Kapoor (शक्ति कपूर)
Shakti Kapoor (शक्ति कपूर), born Sunil Sikanderlal Kapoor in Delhi in 1952, is an Indian actor with 700+ Hindi films, famous as a villain (Qurbani, Rocky, Himmatwala) and comedian (Nandu in Raja Babu, Crime Master Gogo in Andaz Apna Apna), father of Shraddha Kapoor.
Shakti Mills gang rape
Shakti Mills gang rape: 22 August 2013 assault of a 22-year-old photojournalist by five men in Mumbai's abandoned Shakti Mills compound; rapid arrests, first Section 376E death sentences, commuted to life by Bombay High Court in 2021.
Shakti Mohan (शक्ति मोहन)
Shakti Mohan (शक्ति मोहन), Indian contemporary dancer and choreographer from Mumbai, winner of Dance India Dance season 2 (2010), Dance Plus judge, founder of Nritya Shakti studio, choreographer of Padmaavat's Nainowale.
Shakti Pitha
A Shakti Pitha, also called Shakti Peetha, is a Hindu pilgrimage shrine, one of a network of over 100 seats across the subcontinent where pieces of the goddess Sati's body are said to have fallen.
Shakti Rani Sharma (शक्ति रानी शर्मा)
Shakti Rani Sharma (शक्ति रानी शर्मा), BJP MLA from Kalka, Haryana, since October 2024; first woman mayor of Ambala (2020, Haryana Jan Chetna Party); wife of Venod Sharma, mother of MP Kartikeya Sharma.
Shakti Singh
Shakti Singh (शक्ति सिंह) was a Sisodia Rajput prince of Mewar, son of Maharana Udai Singh and younger brother of Maharana Pratap, remembered as founder of the Shaktawat sub-clan.
Shakti: The Power (शक्ति: द पावर)
Shakti: The Power (शक्ति: द पावर), a 2002 Hindi action drama by Krishna Vamsi, a remake of Telugu film Anthapuram; stars Karisma Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Sanjay Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan; released 20 September 2002, a box-office flop with two Filmfare nominations.
Shaktikanta Das (ଶକ୍ତିକାନ୍ତ ଦାସ)
Shaktikanta Das (ଶକ୍ତିକାନ୍ତ ଦାସ) is an Indian civil servant who served as the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2018 to 2024.
Shaktimaan (शक्तिमान)
Shaktimaan (शक्तिमान) is an Indian Hindi-language superhero TV series created by and starring Mukesh Khanna, aired on Doordarshan 1997–2005, featuring the hero Gangadhar with powers from the five elements.
Shaktism (शाक्तम्)
Shaktism (शाक्तम्) is a major form of Hinduism centered on worship of the Goddess, Shakti, as supreme reality or Shiva's consort, strongest in Bengal and Assam.
Shakudō (赤銅)
Shakudō (赤銅) is a Japanese alloy of copper with a small percentage of gold that patinates to a deep bluish-black, used as the ground for sword fittings and decorative metalwork.
Shakugan no Shana (灼眼のシャナ)
Shakugan no Shana (灼眼のシャナ) is a Japanese school battle fantasy light novel series by Yashichiro Takahashi and Noizi Ito, Dengeki Bunko, first volume 10 November 2002, concluded 2012, adapted into three TV anime seasons, a film, and OVAs from 2005 to 2011 by J.C.STAFF.
Shakuhachi (尺八)
Shakuhachi (尺八), the Japanese end-blown bamboo flute of Zen komusō monks, introduced from China in the Nara period, with Shōsōin examples from 752, Fuke sect honkyoku repertoire, and Meiji-era secular schools.
Shakun Batra
Shakun Batra (born 1983) is an Indian film director and screenwriter of Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Kapoor & Sons, Gehraiyaan, and Netflix's Lust Stories 3, a Filmfare-winning screenwriter and founder of Jouska Films.
Shakuni
Shakuni (Sanskrit: शकुनि) is a prince of Gandhara in the Mahabharata, brother of Queen Gandhari and maternal uncle of Duryodhana, who rigged the dice game against Yudhishthira.
Shakuntal
Shakuntal, known in full as Abhijnanashakuntalam (The Recognition of Shakuntala), is Kalidasa's Sanskrit drama in seven acts telling the love story of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala.
Shakuntala
Shakuntala (Abhijnanashakuntalam) is Kalidasa's seven-act Sanskrit play about Dushyanta, Shakuntala, a curse, and a recognition ring, adapted from the Mahabharata; first translated into English by William Jones in 1789.
Shakuntala (play)
Shakuntala (Abhijñānaśākuntalam), Kalidasa's seven-act Sanskrit play of the late 4th/early 5th century CE, dramatizes Shakuntala and King Dushyanta's romance, separation by a curse, and reunion through a recognition ring; first translated by William Jones in 1789.