Proper Nouns Lexicon

Rudabai, also known as Rudadevi, was a queen in late fifteenth-century Gujarat, remembered for commissioning the Adalaj Stepwell, dated to 1499. The wife of the Vaghela chief Veersinh, she remains closely associated with the monument, which is also called the Rudabai Stepwell.

Sahastrabahu, also known as Kartavirya Arjuna, is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, famous for his thousand arms and extraordinary feats.

The Sailendra dynasty ruled over Java and parts of Sumatra, Indonesia, between the 8th and 9th centuries. This Buddhist dynasty is renowned for building major monuments, including the famous Borobudur temple.

The Sailodbhava dynasty was a regional Indian ruling house that governed parts of present-day Odisha between the 6th and 8th centuries CE. It contributed to the political and religious formation of coastal Odisha during the post-Gupta period.

Saint Francis Xavier, born in 1506 and died in 1552, was a Spanish Jesuit missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus. He is renowned for his missionary work in Asia.

Sakya is one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism, founded in the 11th century by Khon Konchog Gyalpo. It is renowned for its esoteric teachings and lineages of scholarly masters.

Saladin, born in 1137 in Tikrit and died in 1193 in Damascus, was the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. He is renowned for recapturing Jerusalem during the Crusades.

Salastambha is regarded as the founder of the Mlechchha dynasty, also known as the Salastambha dynasty, which ruled the kingdom of Kamarupa in Assam between the seventh and tenth centuries. His reign marks a political transition after the end of the Varman dynasty and the shift of power toward Haruppeshvara, generally associated with the Tezpur region.

Saluva refers to the second ruling dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire in South India. It ruled briefly from about 1485 to 1505, during a political transition between the Sangama and Tuluva dynasties.

Born on October 21, 1948, Salvador González Escalona is a celebrated Cuban artist known for his mural paintings and sculptures, marked by a vibrant and colorful style.