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Shridhar Pandit
Shridhar Pandit (श्रीधर पंडित), fully Shridhar Brahmanand Nazarekar, was a Marathi narrative poet and philosopher, 1658 to 1729, who retold the epics and puranas in simple verse.
Shridhara Ashrama
Shridhara Ashrama is a name given in some published lists to holder no. 70 of the Shankaracharya of the Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Gujarat, with a stated tenure of 1816–1856.
Shriek (character)
Shriek (Frances Louise Barrison, alias Sandra Deel) is a Marvel Comics mutant supervillain with sonic powers, created by DeFalco and Lim in Spider-Man Unlimited #1 (1993), Carnage's lover in Maximum Carnage, played by Naomie Harris in Venom: Let There Be Carnage; distinct from DC's Batman Beyond Shriek.
Shriftn
Shriftn (שריפטן) was a Yiddish literary journal published in New York from 1912 to 1926 by David Ignatoff, the main outlet for the modernist group Di Yunge.
Shriharsha
Shriharsha (श्रीहर्ष, Śrīharṣa) was a 12th-century Sanskrit poet and Advaita philosopher honored at the Gahadavala court of Kanauj, known for the epic Naishadhiyacarita and the philosophical Khandanakhandakhadya.
Shrikant Shinde (श्रीकांत शिंदे)
Shrikant Shinde (श्रीकांत शिंदे), Shiv Sena MP from Kalyan, Maharashtra, since 2014 and son of Deputy CM Eknath Shinde; credited with organizing Operation Tiger, the 2026 defection of six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs.
Shrikant Verma
Shrikant Verma (श्रीकांत वर्मा, 1931–1986) was a Hindi poet, journalist, and Congress politician, a central figure of the Nayi Kavita movement, best known for Magadh (1984), a book of 56 poems.
Shrike
Shrike (Laniidae): predatory songbirds of Africa, Eurasia, and North America, also called butcherbirds, known for impaling prey on thorns or barbed wire; about 28 Lanius species, with Pliocene radiation and declining populations in several species.
Shrilal Shukla
Shrilal Shukla (श्रीलाल शुक्ल; 1925–2011) was a Hindi novelist, satirist, and civil servant in Uttar Pradesh whose satirical novel Raag Darbari (1968) won the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Jnanpith Award.
Shrill (TV series)
Shrill is a Hulu comedy series (2019-2021, three seasons, 22 episodes) starring Aidy Bryant as Annie Easton, loosely adapted from Lindy West's 2016 memoir Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman; co-created by Bryant, West, and Ali Rushfield, set in Portland, Oregon.
Shrimaan Shrimati (श्रीमान श्रीमती) (TV series)
Shrimaan Shrimati (श्रीमान श्रीमती) is a 1994 Doordarshan Hindi sitcom starring Jatin Kanakia, Reema Lagoo, Rakesh Bedi, and Archana Puran Singh, about two neighbours coveting each other's wives; remade as Aaj Ke Shrimaan Shrimati and Shrimaan Shrimati Phir Se (2018).
Shrimad Rajchandra (શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્ર)
Shrimad Rajchandra (શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્ર), also Raichandbhai Mehta (1867–1901), was a Jain poet-philosopher from Gujarat, author of Atmasiddhi Shastra, and the spiritual guide Mahatma Gandhi credited above all others.
Shrimad Ramayan (श्रीमद् रामायण)
Shrimad Ramayan (श्रीमद् रामायण) is a 2024–2025 Hindi mythological TV series by Swastik Productions' Siddharth Kumar Tewary, retelling the Ramayana with Sujay Reu as Ram and Prachi Bansal as Sita on Sony TV and Sony SAB, 341 episodes, IMDb 8.9.
Shriman Yogi
Shriman Yogi (श्रीमान योगी) is a Marathi biographical historical novel by Ranjit Desai, first published in 1968, following the life of Shivaji Maharaj from childhood to his rule as Chhatrapati.
Shrimp
Shrimp: informal name for small swimming decapod crustaceans, also called prawns with no scientific distinction. Key facts: ~4,000 species, mid-Jurassic fossils, ~6 million tonnes annual production, top traded fishery commodity by value, major bycatch and aquaculture issues.
Shrimp and grits
Shrimp and grits, also called breakfast shrimp or shrimp and hominy, is a Lowcountry dish of shrimp in bacon-fat gravy over stone-ground corn grits, created in Gullah Geechee kitchens and popularized nationally by Bill Neal and Craig Claiborne in 1985.
Shrimp and prawn as food
Shrimp and prawn as food covers the human consumption of shrimp and prawns, the most valuable internationally traded fishery commodity, supplied by wild catch and by farming.
Shrimp paste
Shrimp paste, called kapi, belacan, terasi, ngapi, mam tom, or bagoong alamang, is a salt-fermented condiment of tiny shrimp or krill from Southeast Asia and southern China, valued for umami, with 20-25% salt and Tetragenococcus-driven fermentation.
Shrinathji
Shrinathji, also known as Shreenathji, is the presiding deity of the Pushtimarg tradition, worshipped as the child Krishna lifting Govardhan hill, enshrined at Nathdwara, Rajasthan, since 1672.
Shrine
A shrine is a receptacle, shelter, or building made hallowed by prayer and offerings, becoming a place of religious veneration and pilgrimage; in its original sense it houses a revered relic, often over a tomb.
Shrine of Abu Lu'lu'a (بابا شجاع الدین)
The Shrine of Abu Lu'lu'a (بابا شجاع الدین), also called the tomb of Baba Shuja' al-Din, is a conical-domed mausoleum near Kashan, Iran, traditionally linked to Caliph Umar's assassin.
Shrine of Chen Bao
The Shrine of Chen Bao (陈宝祠) was a Qin and Han state cult at Chencang, founded by Qin Wengong in 747 BC around a miraculous stone honored as a deity.
Shrine of Taharqa
The Shrine of Taharqa is a small sandstone temple built by the Kushite pharaoh Taharqa at Kawa in Sudan around 684 BC, now displayed in Oxford's Ashmolean Museum.
Shrine of the Three Kings
The Shrine of the Three Kings (Dreikönigenschrein) is a gilded reliquary in Cologne Cathedral holding bones venerated since the twelfth century as those of the Biblical Magi.
Shrine of Venus Cloacina
The Shrine of Venus Cloacina (Sacrum Cloacina) was a small circular shrine in the Roman Forum dedicated to the goddess of Rome's great sewer, the Cloaca Maxima.
Shriners
Shriners, or Shriners International (Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine), a Masonic fraternity founded 1872 in New York, known for red fezzes and for founding Shriners Children's hospitals in 1922.
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Shriners Hospitals for Children, also branded Shriners Children's, is a 501(c)(3) pediatric specialty healthcare system founded in 1922 in Shreveport, Louisiana, owned by the Shriners International Masonic fraternity, treating children regardless of ability to pay.
Shrines and Temples of Nikko
Shrines and Temples of Nikko (日光の社寺), UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999 in Tochigi, Japan: 103 buildings across Toshogu shrine, Futarasan-jinja shrine, and Rinno-ji temple, including Tokugawa Ieyasu's mausoleum.
Shringara rasa
Shringara rasa (शृंगार रस) is the rasa of love, beauty, and erotic sentiment in Indian poetics, arising from the emotion rati and divided into love in union and in separation.
Shringarashataka
Shringarashataka, or Shringara Shataka, is a Sanskrit collection of about one hundred verses on erotic love attributed to the poet Bhartrihari of the 4th to 5th centuries.