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Sui-zăn, the first ruler who broke up the Primal Unity, 39, 370, 370 n.; words of S., 40, 7. Suka, the son of Vyâsa, travelled to the sphere of the sun, 38, 375. Sukanyâ, daughter of Saryâta, wife of Kyavana, 26, 273-5. Sukesas Bharadvâga, n. of a sage, 15, 271, 283. Suketâ (good-will?), identified with the sun, 29, 348. Sukhâkara Sukhâvatî, q. v. Sukhâvatî, the Land of Bliss, the paradise or Buddha-country of Amitâbha, where there are women, and existence is by apparitional birth, 21, 389, 417; 49 (ii), v, viii, 28; its Paurânik prototype, 49 (ii), xxii; description of S., 49 (ii), 1, 33-44, 49-59, 61-5, 91-8; those who think of the Tathagata are after death born in S., 49 (ii), 45 sq.; beings who are born in S., 49 (ii), 55-9, 66-72, 98-102, 18899; how to obtain it, 49 (ii), 16699. See also Buddha-fields, and Paradise. Sukhâvatî- vyûha, and MahâSudassana - Sutta, 11, 246; the larger and the smaller S., sacred books of Buddhists in Japan, 49 (ii), v-xii, xxii sq.; the larger S. translated, 49 (ii), 1-75; the smaller S. translated, 49 (ii), 87-103. Sûkiloma, Yakkha, threatens to harm Buddha, if he cannot answer his questions, 10 (ii), 45. Sûkilomasutta, t.c., 10 (ii), 45 sq. Sukra Brihaspati became S., 15, 342; son of Angiras, 19, 10; 49 (1), 8; worships Indra, 19, 95; 49 (i), 93; is the sun, 26, 278 sq., 324 sq., 338, 407, 419 sq.; Soma libations for S. (and Manthin), 26, 278-88, 316 n., 324 sq., 332, 338, 407-9, 419-21; 41, 111; 44, 209. Sûktavâka, see Prayers (c). Sukurkura, a demon harassing
children, 30, 219. See also Kûrkura. Sula, converted by Buddha, 19, 241. Sulabhâ Maitreyî, worshipped at the Tarpana, 29, 123, 220; entered into the body of Ganaka, to carry on a discussion with him, 38, 237. Sûlagava, see Animal Sacrifice (b), and Cattle.
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Sulasâ, female lay votary, 22, 267 sq.; a courtesan, 36, 249. Sumana, appointed on the jury at the council of Vesâlî, 20, 407; the garland maker, a devout Buddhist, 35, 172; 36, 146 sq., 249. Sumanobhadra, disciple of Sambhûtavigaya, 22, 289. Sumantra left Râma in the forest, 19, 65, 65 n.
Sumantu, worshipped at the Tarpana, 29, 122, 149, 220. Sumati, son of Mâra, 19, xxii. Sumati, son of a former Buddha Kandrasûryapradîpa, 21, 19. Sumati, n. of a Tirthakara, 22, 280. Sumati, son of Bhrigu, author of a version of Manu's Code, 25, xvii, xcv; 33, xi, xiii sq., 3, 3 n. Sumeru swayed by the birth of Buddha, 19, 5, 5 n.; chief of mountains, 19, 9; Buddha compared with S., 19, 221, 221 n., 276, 276 n. Sumerukalpa, n. of a Tathagata, 49 (ii), 6, 101. Sumitra, left the son of Raghu, 49 (i), 66.
Summum bonum, see Emancipation, Highest Good, and Nirvâna. Sumukha, perished through want of humility, 25, 222. Sun.
(a) The s. as a heavenly body. (6) The s. in mysticism and symbolism. (c) The s. in mythology; world of the s. (d) Sacredness and worship of the s.
(a) THE S. AS A HEAVENLY BODY.
Connexion between the rays of the s. and the arteries of the heart, 1, 132-4; Hûshêdar makes the s. stand still for ten days at the end of millennium, 5, lii, 231 sq., 233 n.; 47, xii sq., 105-7, 110-12, 114-16; revolution of the s. round Mount Albûrz, 5, 22-4, 23 n.; position of the s., and lengths of midday and afternoon shadows, 5, 397-400; is the first among shining bodies, 8, 346, 346 n., 352 sq.; 10 (ii), 105; 14, 196; light of s. is the source of colours, 8, 352; magic power of being able to touch the s., 11, 214; hard to look at is the s. in autumn, 11, 268; is the cause of time, 15, 316; 42, 683; Buddha compared with the s., 19, 3; description of a
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