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mysterious relationship with the
planetary and the cosmic deities of
Venus.
Sanatsuja-ta : One of the seven Kuma-ra-s who are the
mental emanations of Brahma. (See
Sanat Kuma-ra). He imparted the highest
spiritual wisdom to Vidura and
Dhrutara-shtra according to Maha-bha-rata.
Sanjna : A symbol. A name of the wife of the solar
God. The term signifies the centre of
spiritual wisdom of the solar logos as
well as the soul of man.
Sankalpa : The will to do. The first spur of the whole
creation. The first affirmative of the
Creator. The true import of the
invocation ‘So mote it be’.
Saraswati : The Goddess of speech. The Goddess who
presides over the externalisation of
“The Word’ in the microcosm and the
macrocosm. She is described as the
wife of the four-faced Brahma.
Sa-tvik : Pertaining to Satva (Poise).
Satyava-n : The husband of Sa-vitri. He went to a forest
with Savitri and died there. Yama took
off his ‘life’ to the nether worlds. Sa-vitri
followed Yama and brought Satyava-n
back to life.
Satyavati : The mother of Ve-davya-sa (of course in a
spiritual sense). She is described as the
daughter of a great king, Vasu (the
wealth of the Yellow Ray which
represents a branch of the Solar
wisdom). She was found by a king of
fishermen in the belly of a big fish. She
begot Ve-davya-sa by Para-s’ara.