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Sukra +

A name of the planet Venus, called also Usanas. In this impersonation Usanas is the Guru and preceptor of the Daityas—the giants of the earth—in the Purânas. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sukshma Sarira +

The dream‐like, illusive body akin to ''Mânasarûpa'' or “thought‐body ”. It is the vesture of the gods, or the Dhyânis and the Devas. Written also ''Sukshama Sharîra'' and called ''Sukshmopadhi'' by the Târaka Râja Yogis. (''Secret Doctrine'', I.,157) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sukshmopadhi +

In Târaka Râja Yoga the “principle” containing both the higher and the lower Manas and Kâma. It corresponds to the ''Manomaya Kosha'' of the Vedantic classification and to the ''Svapna ''state. (See [[Svapna]].) +

Sumangala +

Ceylonese Buddhist scholar and high priest (1827-1911), founder and lifelong principal of Vidyodaya College for monks. He formed a lasting friendship with the founders of the Theosophical Society after their visit in 1880 and served as one of its honorary vice-presidents. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#531|3:531-532]][[SMW::on]]). +

Sumangala, Hikkaduwe Sri +

Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and scholar, born in the village of Hikkaduwa, Galle district, Ceylon. High Priest of the Sri Pada temple on Adam's Peak. Founded the Vidyodaya Pirivena in 1873 (later the University of Sri Jayewardenepura) and served as its principal until his death. Admitted to the Theosophical Society on June 16, 1880, and served as a Vice-President from 1881 to 1888; a close collaborator of Col. H. S. Olcott in the Buddhist revival in Ceylon, though he was never active as a student of Theosophical literature himself. Contributed [[Sumangala H. - The Nature and Office of Buddhas Religion|"The Nature and Office of Buddha's Religion"]] to the first number of ''The Path'' (vol. I, April 1886, pp. 24-26), styled there "the Rt. Rev. H. Sumangala, High Priest of Adam's Peak, Ceylon". +

Summerland +

The name given by the American Spiritualists and Phenomenalists to the land or region inhabited after death by their “Spirits”. It is situated, says Andrew Jackson Davis, either within or beyond the Milky Way. It is described as having cities and beautiful buildings, a Congress Hall, museums and libraries for the instruction of the growing generations of young “ Spirits ”. We are not told whether the latter are subject to disease, decay and death; but unless they are, the claim that the disembodied “Spirit” of a child and even still‐born babe grows and develops as an adult is hardly consistent with logic. But that which we are distinctly told is, that in the Summerland Spirits are given in marriage, beget spiritual (?) children, and are even concerned with politics. All this is no satire or exaggeration of ours, since the numerous works by Mr. A. Jackson Davis are there to prove it, e.g., the ''International Congress of Spirits'' by that author, as well as we remember the title. It is this grossly materialistic way of viewing a disembodied spirit that has turned many of the present Theosophists away from Spiritualism and its “philosophy”. The majesty of death is thus desecrated, and its awful and solemn mystery becomes no better than a farce. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sun, The +

New York English-language daily newspaper, founded by Benjamin Henry Day on September 3, 1833. One of the pioneering successful penny newspapers in the United States, it was known for local reporting, crime news and human-interest stories. Its history extended to 1950, when it merged with the ''New York World-Telegram''. [https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83030272/ Library of Congress] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_(New_York_City) Wikipedia] In 1874 Henry Steel Olcott investigated the phenomena at the Eddy homestead in Vermont on an assignment from the ''Sun'', before continuing his reports for the ''Daily Graphic''. [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/olcott-henry-steel Theosophy World] On June 1, 1890, the newspaper published Elliott Coues’s attack on H. P. Blavatsky, which prompted her libel action against the newspaper. [https://theosophy.wiki/en/Elliott_F._Coues Theosophy Wiki] +

Sunasepha +

The Purânic “Isaac”; the son of the sage Rishika who sold him for one hundred cows to King Ambarisha, for a sacrifice and “burnt offering” to Varuna, as a substitute for the king’s son Rohita, devoted by his father to the god. When already stretched on the altar Sunasepha is saved by Rishi Visvâmitra, who calls upon his own hundred sons to take the place of the victim, and upon their refusal degrades them to the condition of Chândâlas. After which the Sage teaches the victim a'' '' ''mantram'' the repetition of which brings the gods to his rescue; he then adopts Sunasepha for his elder son. (See Râmâyana.) There are different versions of this story. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sundaram Iyer +

Bibliographical references include: Absolute Monism; or, Mind is Matter and Matter is Mind. Madras, 1887. Pamphlet (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#455|9:455]][[SMW::on]]). +

Sunday Mercury +

The Sunday Mercury (1839–1896) (sometimes referred to as the New York Sunday Mercury) was a weekly Sunday newspaper published in New York City that grew to become the highest-circulation weekly newspaper (at least by its own claims) in the United States at its peak.[1] It was known for publishing and popularizing the work of many notable 19th-century writers, including Charles Farrar Browne and Robert Henry Newell, and was the first Eastern paper to publish Mark Twain.[2] It was also the first newspaper to provide regular coverage of baseball, and was popular for the extensive war correspondence from soldiers it published during the Civil War. [[Category: CTD info from Wikipedia]] (WP). +

Sung‐Ming‐Shu +

The Chinese tree of knowledge and tree of life. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sunya +

Illusion, in the sense that all existence is but a phantom, a dream, or a shadow. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sunyata +

Void, space, nothingness. The name of our objective universe in the sense of its unreality and illusiveness. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Suoyator +

In the epic poem of the Finns, the ''Kalevala'', the name for the primordial Spirit of Evil, from whose saliva the serpent of sin was born. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Surabhi +

The “cow of plenty ”; a fabulous creation, one of the fourteen precious things yielded by the ocean of milk when churned by the gods. A “cow” which yields every desire to its possessor. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Surarani +

A title of Aditi, the mother of the gods or ''suras''. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Suras +

A general term for gods, the same as devas; the contrary to asuras or “no‐gods“. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Surpa +

“Winnower.” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Surtur +

The leader of the fiery sons of Muspel in the ''Eddas''. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Surukaya +

One of the “Seven Buddhas”, or ''Sapta '' ''Tathâgata''. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +