ORIENTAL SERIES.

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$UR YA-SIDDHANTASUTRA.
touch, to give out lieat in the sun's rays. There is a similar
moon-stone. It is also called Dahanopala. See Chandra-kanta.
StJRYA SIDDHANTA. A celebrated work on astronomy,
said to have been revealed by the sun (Surya).
It has been
edited in the Bibliotheca Indica by Hall, and there are other
editions. It has been translated by "Whitney and Burgess.
StJRYA-VAN&L The Solar race. A race or lineage of
Kshatriyas which sprank from Ikshwaku, grandson of the sun.
Kama was of this race, and so were many other great kings and
heroes. Many Rajputs claim descent from this and the other
great lineage, the Lunar race. The Rana of Udaypur claims to
be of the Surya-vansa, and the Jharejas of Cutch and Sindh
assert a descent from the Chandra-vansa. There were two
dynasties of the Solar race. The elder branch, which reigned at
Ayodhya, descended from Ikshwaku through his eldest son,
Yikukshi. The other dynasty, reigning at Mithila, descended
from another of Ikshwaku's sons, named Nimi. The lists of
these two dynasties on the opposite page are taken from the
Vishnu Purima. The lists given by other authorities show some
discrepancies, but they agree in general as to the chief names.
STJ-SARMAN. A king of Tri-gartta, who attacked the Raja
of Virafo, and defeated him and made him prisoner, but Bhima
rescued the Raja and made Su-sarman prisoner.
SUSHEKA i. A son of Krishna, and Rukmim. 2. A physician
in the army of Rama, who brought the dead to life and
performed other miraculous cures.
SUSELWA. An Asura mentioned in the JSzg-veda as killed
by Indra.
SURUTA. A medical writer whose date is uncertain, but
his work was translated into Arabic before the end of the eighth
century. The book has been printed at Calcutta. There is a
Latin translation by Hepler and one in German by Yullers.
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StJTA. Charioteer.' A title given to Kama.
SU-TlKSHJVA. A hermit sage who dwelt in the Dawdaka
forest, and was visited by Rama and Sita.
StlTRA. c A thread or string/ A rule or aphorism. A verse
expressed in brief and technical language, a very favourite
form among the Hindus of embodying and transmitting rules.
There are Sutras upon almost every subject, but " the Sutras "
generally signify those which are connected with the Yedas, viz.,