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(su) and mind (mana)." Name of a plant and of its juice, which is intoxicating and is used at Brahmanical festivals; the Soma drink is identified with the moon and personified as a deity.—141.

Subā´hu, p. and skt., a friend of Yasa.—61.

Subha´dda, p., Subha´dra, skt., name of a samana. Subhádda, Buddha's last convert, must not be confounded with another man of the same name who caused dissension soon after Buddha's death.—119, 246, 147.

Suddho´dana, p., Śuddho´dana, skt., Buddha's father. The word means "possessing pure rice." Buddhists always represent him as a king, but Oldenberg declares that this does not appear in the oldest records, and speaks of him as "a great and wealthy land-owner." (See his Buddha, English version, pp. 99 and 416–417).—7, 8, 13, 14, 25, 82, 83, 85, 91.

Su´mana, p. and skt., name of a householder.—189, 190.

Suprabuddha, father of Devadatta.—110.

Su´tta, p., Sū´tra, skt., literally" thread," any essay, or guide of a religious character.


Tanhā, p., Tr´ishna, skt., thirst; the word denotes generally all intense desire, cleaving and clinging with passion. The name of one of Māra's daughters, q. v.—36, 138.

Tapu´ssa, p. and skt., a merchant. 42.

Tāru´kkha, p., Tāru´kshya, skt., name of a Brahman philosopher.—139.

Tathā´gata, p. and skt., generally explained as "the Perfect One." The highest attribute of Buddha, 21, 32, 34, 44, 49, 50, 55", 58, 59, 63, 65, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 80, 82, 85, 86, 87, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96, 111 121, 124, 127, 128, 129, 130, 138, 142, 143, 144, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 154, 156, 157, 158, 163, 164, 165, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 181, 188, 195, 197, 198, 199, 201, 202, 213, 214, 217, 225, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 240, 241, 242, 246, 247, 248, 249, 253; robe of the Tathāgata, 127; soldiers of the Tathāgatá, 130; the law the body of the Tathāgata, 253; Tathāgatas are only preachers, 131.

Tiratana, p., Trira´tna, skt., the three jewels or the holy trinity of the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, a doctrine peculiar to Northern Buddhism. (See Trikāya.)

Títthiya, p., Tī´rthika, skt., a religious school of India in Buddha's time.—98.

Trikā´ya, the three bodies or personalities of Buddha, the Dharmakā´ya, the Sambhoga-kāya, and the Nirmāna-kāya.—254.


Uddaka, p., Ú´draka, skt., a Brahman philosopher.—29, 31.

Ujje´nī, p., Ujja´yinī, skt., name of a city.—90.

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