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SABDA-BEDHI, an archer who shoots an invisible game by hearing the
sound it makes.
SAKTI, javelin.
SALA, a tall forest tree.
SAMADHI, austere religious practice.
SAMAN, hymn chanted at sacrifice.
SAMI, a dark leafy tree.
SANKRA, conch-shell used as a sounding instrument in wars and in festivities.
SAPTA-PARNA, a plant with a seven branched leaf.
SARASA, the Indian crane.
SARVAVARNIN, an Indian tree.
SASTRA, sacred scriptures.
SATAGHNI, a weapon of war, supposed to kill a hundred men at one discharge.
SAVANA, a religious rite.
SAVITRI, a hymn; also the goddess of the hymn.
SIDDHA, holy celestial beings.
SLESHA, an Indian tree.
SRAVANA, July -August.
SRI, the goddess of beauty and wealth, wife of Vishnu.
SUPARNA, celestial bird.
SWARGA, heaven.
SWASTI, a word uttered to dispel evil.
SWAYAMVARA, a form of bridal, the bride selecting her husband from among Suitors.
TALA, a Species of palm-tree bearing a large round fruit; also the fruit of the tree.
TAMALA, a graceful leafy tree.
THIRTHA, holy rites at the crossing of rivers.
THIRATRA, a three nights' penance and fast.
USIRA, a kind of hard wood.
VANARA, monkey. T'he hill tribes of Southern India, who formed an alliance with the
hero of the Epic, are represented as Vanaras.
VEDA, the most ancient and holiest scriptures of the Hindus.
VIJAYA, Karna's bow.
VILWA, a tree bearing an edible fruit.
VINA, the lyre.
YAJNA, sacrifice.
YATO DHARMA STATO JAYAH, where there is virtue there is victory.
YOJANA, a measure of distance equal to about nine English miles.
YUGA, the period of the world's existence.