Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2928.2

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When enemies encircled him he prayed to Indra who helped him by diving away the 10099 enemy warriors. (Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 10, Sūkta 53). SUŚRAVAS III. A spy of the Devas. He once informed Sarasvatī secretly about the penance by the Sage Kātyāyana. Sarasvatī appeared before the Sage and told him that he would get from Sage Sārasvata the knowledge he wanted. Accordingly Kātyāyana ended his penance and went to Sage Sārasvata. SUŚRUTA. Reputed master of the science of Surgery, Suśruta was the grandson of King Gādhi and son of Viśvāmitra. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 55). He is the author of Suśrutasaṃhitā, one of the famous texts on Āyurveda. SUSTHALA. A place of Purāṇic fame in ancient India. The people who lived here were called Susthalas. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 16). SUṢUPTI. One of the four states or conditions of man. Jāgrat, Svapna, Suṣupti and Turīya are the four states of man. (For details see under Jāgrat). SUSVARĀ. A Gandharva woman. (See under Pramohinī). SUŚYĀMĀ. An apsarā woman. She was the wife of Ṛtadhvaja, son of Ārṣiṣeṇa. The couple had a daughter called Vṛddhā. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa). SŪTA I