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Surya +

The Sun, worshipped in the'' Vedas''. The offspring of Aditi (Space), the mother of the gods. The husband of Sanjnâ, or spiritual consciousness. The great god whom Visvakârman, his father‐in‐law, the creator of the gods and men, and their “carpenter”, crucifies on a lathe, and cutting off the eighth part of his rays, deprives his head of its effulgency, creating round it a dark aureole. A mystery of the last initiation, and an allegorical representation of it. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Suryasiddhanta +

A Sanskrit treatise on astronomy. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). Astronomical work attributed to Asuramaya. Zirkoff lists Sudhakara Dvivedi’s edition (Calcutta, 1909-11) and Ebenezer Burgess’s translation, prepared with W. D. Whitney’s assistance and published in 1860. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#367|5:367]][[SMW::on]]). +

Suryavansa +

The solar race. A ''Sûrayavansee'' is one who claims descent from the lineage headed by ''Ikshvâku''. Thus, while Râma belonged to the Ayodhyâ Dynasty of the Sûryavansa, Krishna belonged to the line of Yadu of the lunar race, or the Chandravansa, as did Gautama Buddha. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Suryavarta +

A degree or stage of Samâdhi. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sushumna +

The solar ray — the first of the seven rays. Also the name of a spinal nerve which connects the heart with the Brahmarandra, and plays a most important part in Yoga practices. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sushupti Avastha +

Deep sleep; one of the four aspects of Prânava. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sutra +

The second division of the sacred writings, addressed to the Buddhist laity. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sutra Period +

One of the periods into which Vedic literature is divided. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sutra of Forty-Two Sections +

Transl. Chu Ch’an. The Buddhist Society, London, 1947. Originally of the Hinayana School, it was early taken to China and is said to be the first Sanskrit work to be translated into Chinese (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#591|11:591]][[SMW::on]]). +

Sutra of Immeasurable Life +

A Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra, also known as the ''Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra'', and one of the three principal scriptures of the Pure Land tradition. It concerns [[Amitabha|Amitābha]], also called Amitāyus, and his western Pure Land, Sukhāvatī. Śākyamuni recounts the vows of the bodhisattva Dharmākara, who became Amitābha, and describes Sukhāvatī and the path to birth there for the attainment of awakening. The widely used Chinese version contains forty-eight vows ([https://www.bdkamerica.org/product/the-three-pure-land-sutras/ BDK, The Three Pure Land Sutras]). The Chinese title means “Sūtra of Immeasurable Life”. Early translations are associated with Lokakṣema (second century CE) and Zhi Qian (third century); the attribution of the surviving versions has been reassessed by scholars ([https://www.shin-ibs.edu/documents/pwj3-9/PWJ3-9.pdf R. K. Payne, “Aparimitāyus: ‘Tantra’ and ‘Pure Land’ in Medieval Indian Buddhism?”, 2007, p. 281]). The version entitled ''Wuliangshou jing'', numbered T360 in the Taishō canon, is traditionally attributed to Saṃghavarman (Kang Sengkai). Scholars have also identified it with the translation made by Buddhabhadra and Baoyun in 421; the question remains disputed ([https://dazangthings.nz/cbc/text/1308/ Chinese Buddhist Canonical Attributions, T0360]). J. Edkins gives the title as ''Wu-liang-sheu-king''. In the quotation from his work in the third volume of ''The Secret Doctrine'' (1897, p. 429), it appears as ''Ku-liang-sheu-King'', apparently a misprint when compared with the source. Edkins’s reference to the Han dynasty should be understood as referring to the early history of Chinese translations, rather than dating every version of the sūtra ([https://sacred-texts.com/book/chinese-buddhism/read/chapter-vii-the-schools-of-chinese-buddhism J. Edkins, Chinese Buddhism, ch. VII, p. 171]; [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56880/56880-h/56880-h.htm H. P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, vol. III, p. 429]).

Sutratman +

Lit., “the thread of spirit”; the immortal Ego, the Individuality which incarnates in men one life after the other, and upon which are strung, like beads on a string, his countless Personalities. The universal life‐ supporting air, ''Samashti prau''; universal energy. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sutta-Nipata +

Transl. by Sir M. Coomaraswamy. Lond.: Triibner, 1874. One of the oldest scriptures in the Pali Canon; a collection of 71 Suttas in five Vaggas or Sections. The passage quoted is from the Khaggavisana Sutta (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#591|11:591]][[SMW::on]]). +

Suvorin, Alexey Sergeyevich +

Editor of the St Petersburg Novoye Vremya to whom a collective protest against the Coulombs’ accusations concerning [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] was sent. According to her niece H. V. de Zhelihovsky, the newspaper did not publish it. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - One Eternal Truth#269|BCW 13:269]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - One Eternal Truth#270|BCW 13:270]]) +

Su‐Meru +

The same as Meru, the world‐mountain. The prefix '''Su''' implies the laudation and exaltation of the object or personal name which follows it. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Su‐darshana +

The Discus of Krishna; a flaming weapon that plays a great part in Krishna’s biographies. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Su‐rasa +

A daughter of Daksha, Kashyapa’s wife, and the mother of a thousand many‐headed serpents and dragons. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svabhavat +

Explained by the Orientalists as “plastic substance”, which is an inadequate definition. Svabhâvat is the world‐substance and stuff, or rather that which is behind it — the spirit and essence of substance. The name comes from ''Subhâva'' and is composed of three words — '''su''', good, perfect, fair, handsome; '''sva,''' self; and '''bkâva''', being, or ''state of being.'' From it all nature proceeds and into it all returns at the end of the life‐cycles. In Esotericism it is called “Father‐Mother”. It is the plastic essence of matter. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svabhavika +

The oldest existing school of Buddhism. They assigned the manifestation of the universe and physical phenomena to Svabhâva or respective nature of things. According to Wilson the Svabhâvas of things are “the inherent properties of the qualities by which they act, as soothing, terrific or stupefying, and the forms ''Swarûpas'' are the distinction of biped, quadruped, brute, fish, animal and the like ”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svadha +

Oblation; allegorically called “the wife of the Pitris ”, the Agnishwattas and Barhishads. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svaha +

A customary exclamation meaning “May it be perpetuated” or rather, “so be it”. When used at ancestral sacrifices (Brahmanic), it means “ May the race be perpetuated!” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +