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SETU-BANDHASIDDHANTA-SIRQMANL
sleeping during
the intervals of creation. Sometimes 5esha ia
represented as supporting the world, and sometimes as upholding
the seven Patalas or hells. Whenever he yawns he causes earth-
quakes. At the end of each kalpa he vomits venomous fire
which destroys all creation. When the gods churned the ocean
they made use of Sesha as a great rope, which they twisted round
the mountain Mandara, and so used it as a churn. He is repre-
sented clothed in purple and wearing a white necklace, holding
in one hand a plough and in the other a pestle. He is also
called Ananta, 'the endless/ as the symbol of eternity. His
wife was named Ananta-sirsha. He is sometimes distinct from
Vasuki but generally identified with him. In the Pura^as he
is said to be the son of Kasyapa and Kadru, and according to
some authorities he was incarnate in Bala-rama. His hood is
called Mawi-dwipa, 'the island of jewels/ and his palace Mam-
bhitti, f
jewel-walled/ or Mawi-mawrfapa, l
jewel palace/
SETU-BANDHA. f
Kama's bridge.' The line of rocks be-
>r
tween the continent and Ceylon called in maps "Adam's bridge.
It is also know as Samudraru, There is a poem called Setu-
bandha or Setu-kavya on the subject of the building of the
bridge by Eama's allies,
SHAD-DAKSANA. See Darsana.
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SHAJ9-YINSA. Twenty-sixth.' One of the Brahmanas of
the Sama-veda. It is called " "
the twenty-sixth because it
was added to the Praucflia Brahmawa, which has twenty-five
sections,
SHA^-PURA. 'The sixfold city/ or <
the six cities '
granted
by Brahma to the Asuras, and of which Nikumbha was king.
It was taken by Krishna and given to Brahma-datta, a Brahman.
Hari-vansa.
SIDDHAS. A class of semi-divine beings of great purity
and holiness, who dwell in the regions of the sky between the
earth and the sun. They are said to be SIDDHANTA,
88,000 in number.
Any scientific work on matics.
astronomy or mathe-
S1DDHANTA KAUMTIDl A modern and simplified form
of Pawinfs Grammar by Bha^ojl Dikshita. It is in print
SrDDHA^TA-SIEOMA^VL A work on astronomy by
Bhaskaracharya, It has been printed, and has been translated
for the Bibliotheca Indica.