man from bondage, salvation,
da, to give ; 'he who gives
salvation5.

Nishadha 19 ; name of a range
of the Himalayas.

Padma, 50, 51 ; 'lotus5; name of
a king.

ParameshthI 11 ; a name of
Brahma ; parama, supreme,
stha, to stand ; Standing on,
based on, established in, the
Supreme Self.

^Prahlada 31; name of one of the
greatest and best kings of the
Titans, great devotee of Vishnu
and grandfather of Ball.

Pulaha 13 ; a primal Rshi.

Pulastya 13 ; a primal RshL

Rama, (Foreword), 1; son of
Dasha-ratha ; ram, to rejoice ;

'he in whom all beings rejoice';

the Self. embodiment of Good.

Ravana, (Foreword); 'the groan-
maker', embodiment of Evil;

foe of Rama ; ru^ to sound, to
make a noise ('row', 'roar'), to
cry, to groan, rav, to cause to
do so,

Sanat-Kumara 26 ; the (Ever-
Virgin5, 'Eternal Youth', one
of the four (sometimes counted
as seven) mind-born sons of
Brahma.

Sarasvati 52 ; the Goddess of
Speech and Wisdom, daughter
(sometimes spoken of as the
consort) of Brahma; saras^
'lake (of the waters of know-
ledge, science, wisdom', va^i,
possessing, owning'.

Shara-loma 13 ; a Rshi ; shara,
arrow, loma, hair ; 'the rough-
haired*.

Shiva 11 ; the great God of
Destuction ; sh~i, to sleep ; 'he
who sleeps in the heart', 'who
causes the world to go to
sleep', and is 'beneficent' as
bestower of restful sleep ; the
Destroyer-aspect of the Trinity.

Shuka 16 ; the virgin Bshi, son
of Vyasa ; named after a favo-
rite 'parrot', or because of his
quick and retentive memory,
a characteristic of parrots.

Sindhu 73 ; name of a king.

Sum^ru 9 ; same as Meru (q.v.);

su, good, excellent, merUy
men, mddhl^ pivot, peg.

Svayam-bhn 19; Self-born;

svayam, oneself, bhf^ to be ;

a name of Brahma the Uni-
versal Mind.

Uddalaka 13 ; a Rshi.

Ushira 13 ; a Rshi.

Valmiki 20; a great Kshi,
author of the Kamdyana and
the Maha-Ramciyana or Yogar
VasishSha ; so named because,
once, when lost, rapt, in deep,
death-like meditation, he was
covered up with a valmzka, an
ant-hill, by valmi's, vamri-s,
('worms'), termites ; wimika
also means a rainbow-cloud ;

the .Ramayana is as full of
emotional and instructive
themes, as a rainbow of
colours.

Vasishtha 2, 50, 58; wsu^
wealth'; ^he possessor of the
finest wealth, of wisdom and
superphysical powers.

Vibhlshana 32 ; brother of Rava-
na, but devoted friend of Rama;

vi, without, bh^ fear, ^ho does