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Sakshatkar
Sakshatkar (साक्षात्कार) is a Hindi title associated with the poet Nagarjun, a Hindi and Maithili writer called Janakavi, the People's Poet, and a modern Kabir, who died in 1998.
Sakshi (साक्षी) (witness)
Sakshi (साक्षी), or witness-consciousness, from Sanskrit sākṣin meaning witness, is the unchanging consciousness that observes mind and body in Vedānta, Sāṃkhya, and Yoga, persisting through waking, dream, and deep sleep.
Sakshi (సాక్షి) (1967 film)
Sakshi (Telugu: సాక్షి, "witness") is a 1967 Indian Telugu-language crime drama directed by Bapu, starring Krishna and Vijaya Nirmala, screened at the 1968 Tashkent film festival.
Sakshi Agarwal
Sakshi Agarwal (born 1990) is an Indian actress in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and Hindi cinema, known for Kaala, Viswasam, Aranmanai 3, Bigg Boss Tamil 3, and her Okuu protein bar brand, distinct from other actresses named Sakshi.
Sakshi Chaudhary (साक्षी चौधरी) (boxer)
Sakshi Chaudhary (साक्षी चौधरी), Indian Army boxer from Bhiwani, Haryana; 51kg flyweight. Won gold at 2026 Commonwealth Games beating Ruby White 5-0; former world junior and two-time world youth champion.
Sakshi Chopra
Sakshi Chopra is a managing director at Peak XV Partners, the India venture firm known until 2023 as Sequoia Capital India, where she has invested since joining in 2010.
Sakshi Maharaj
Sakshi Maharaj (Swami Sachchidanand Hari Sakshi), born 1956 in Kasganj, UP, is a BJP politician, sadhu, and six-term Lok Sabha MP representing Unnao since 2014, known for Hindu-nationalist statements, a 2015 four-children remark, criminal allegations, and Lodh community support.
Sakshi Malik (साक्षी मलिक)
Sakshi Malik (साक्षी मलिक), Indian freestyle wrestler from Rohtak, Haryana; first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal (bronze, 58 kg, Rio 2016); 2022 Commonwealth Games gold; led 2023 WFI protest and retired December 2023.
Sakshi Tanwar
Sakshi Tanwar (born 1973, Alwar, Rajasthan) is an Indian actress known as Parvati in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii (2000–2008), Priya in Bade Acche Lagte Hain, and Daya Kaur in Dangal (2016); she led Netflix's Mai and has never married.
Sakshi Vaidya
Sakshi Vaidya (సాక్షీ వైద్య), Indian actress in Telugu cinema, born 2000 in Maharashtra; debut lead in Agent (2023) opposite Akhil Akkineni, then Gandeevadhari Arjuna, Haal, and Nari Nari Naduma Murari (2026); physiotherapist turned actress.
Sakthan Thampuran
Sakthan Thampuran (ശക്തൻ തമ്പുരാൻ) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Cochin from 1790 until his death in 1805, known for founding the Thrissur Pooram festival.
Sakti Burman
Sakti Burman (born 1935) is an Indian modernist painter, sculptor, and lithographer based in Paris, known for dreamlike paintings blending Hindu mythology and fresco-like marbling.
Saktivarman I
Saktivarman I (శక్తివర్మ ప్రథమ) was an Eastern Chalukya ruler of Vengi, restored to the throne around 1000 by Rajaraja I and reigning until 1010 or 1011.
Saku Maenalanen
Saku Maenalanen (Saku Petteri Mäenalanen), Finnish ice hockey forward born 1994, 2022 Olympic gold medalist and 2022 and 2026 world champion with Finland; also played NHL for Carolina and Winnipeg, now SCL Tigers.
Sakuhei Fujiwhara
Sakuhei Fujiwhara, also romanized Fujiwara, was a Japanese meteorologist who directed the Central Meteorological Observatory from 1941 to 1947 and described how two nearby cyclones rotate about a common center, the Fujiwhara effect.
Sakuji Ikeda
Sakuji Ikeda (1920–1984) was a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Hideki Shirakawa's supervisor, credited with observing that halogen treatment of polyacetylene films dramatically decreased infrared transmission.
Sakuludāyī
Sakuludāyī (सकुलुदायी) was a famous wandering ascetic of the Buddha's time, the interlocutor of two Majjhima Nikāya discourses, MN 77 and MN 79, set at Rājagaha.
Sakuma Nobumori
Sakuma Nobumori (佐久間信盛) was a senior retainer of the Oda clan under Oda Nobunaga, known as "Retreating Sakuma" for his rearguard command, banished in 1580.
Sakuma Shōzan
Sakuma Shōzan (佐久間象山, 1811–1864) was a Japanese Confucian and Dutch-learning scholar who urged the shogunate to adopt Western military technology, coining "Eastern morality, Western arts."
Sakura (train)
Sakura (さくら) is a Japanese limited-stop Shinkansen service from Shin-Osaka to Kagoshima-Chuo on the Sanyo and Kyushu lines, started in 2011 and usable with the Japan Rail Pass.
Sakura Bakushin O (サクラバクシンオー)
Sakura Bakushin O (サクラバクシンオー), Japanese sprinter 1992-1994; 11 wins in 21 starts, all at 1400 m or less; back-to-back Sprinters Stakes G1 wins 1993-94, record 1:07.1; sire of Grand Prix Boss.
Sakura Chiyono O
Sakura Chiyono O (サクラチヨノオー), Japanese Thoroughbred colt foaled 1985 by Maruzensky; won 1987 Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes and 1988 Japanese Derby in record 2:26.3; sire of 445 foals, no G1 winner.
Sakura flower flavoring
Sakura flower flavoring: extracts and distillates of Prunus serrulata cherry blossoms used as flavoring agents; FDA issued no-questions GRAS letters (GRN 1223, 1224) to Suntory Global Spirits in June 2025.
Sakura Fujiwara
Sakura Fujiwara (藤原さくら) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actress born in 1995 in Fukuoka Prefecture, who debuted in 2015 and sang the theme of a Fuji TV drama.
Sakura Gakuin (さくら学院)
Sakura Gakuin (さくら学院) was a Japanese idol girl group run by Amuse from April 2010 to August 2021, a "growth-period limited" school-themed unit whose members graduated upon finishing junior high; it produced BABYMETAL, @onefive, Miyoshi Ayaka, and Matsui Airi.
Sakura Haruno (春野サクラ)
Sakura Haruno, also known as Sakura Uchiha, is a fictional character and the main heroine of Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto's manga and anime series first published in 1999, later trained as a medical ninja.
Sakura Laurel (サクラローレル)
Sakura Laurel (サクラローレル), Japanese racehorse foaled 1991 by Rainbow Quest; 1996 Horse of the Year, won Tenno Sho Spring and Arima Kinen; 9 of 21 wins; later stallion.
Sakura leaf distillate
Sakura leaf distillate is a colorless, ethanol-based flavoring made from Oshima cherry leaves, used in distilled spirits and cocktails; Suntory's GRAS notice drew no FDA questions in 2025.
Sakura Miko (さくらみこ)
Sakura Miko (さくらみこ) is a hololive Generation 0 VTuber who debuted 1 August 2018, a self-styled elite shrine-maiden idol with fan name 35P; albums flower rhapsody (2024) and Blooming Cinderella (2026), Tokyo Tourism Ambassador since 2023.
Sakura Miyawaki (宮脇咲良)
Sakura Miyawaki (宮脇咲良, SAKURA), born 1998 in Kagoshima, is a Japanese singer who debuted with HKT48 (2011), IZ*ONE (2018, Produce 48 runner-up), and HYBE's LE SSERAFIM (2022).