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Sunya-vada A Buddhist theory (vada) holding the world to be void (sunya) or unreal. Otherwise known as Madhyamaka (q.v.), this Mahayana (q.v.) school as founded by Nagarjuna and elaborated in the Madhyama-kasastra, is hardly correctly translated by nihilism. To be sure, the phenomenal world is said to have no reality, yet the world underlying it … Continue reading “Sunya-vada”

Sunstroke SUNSTROKE.See preced. art. and Medicine, p. 599a. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Sunstroke sunstrok. See SUN, SMITING BY. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Sunstroke 2Ki 4:19 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Sunrising sunrz-ing: A frequent designationin the Old Testament for the East (Num 21:11; Deu 4:41, Deu 4:47; Jos 1:15, etc.). In Rev 7:2, the Revised Version (British and American) has sunrising for the King James Version east. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Sunnites traditionists, or believers in the Sunna (q.v.); the name of the orthodox Moslems, as opposed to the Shiites (q.s.v.). They are subdivided into four principal sects, who, though at issue on different minor points, yet are acknowledged by each other to belong to the faithful and to be capable of salvation, and they each … Continue reading “Sunnites”

Sunna one of the Norse asas, the daughter of Mundilfare, the star god. Her brother and herself were possessed of extraordinary beauty, which induced their parents to name them the sun and moon (Sol, or Sunna, and Maani); but the gods considered the bestowal of such names a crime, and accordingly kidnapped the children, afterwards … Continue reading “Sunna (2)”

Sunias an epithet of the Grecian Minerva, from her temple at Sunium in Attica (Pausan. 1, 1, 1). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sundry * For SUNDRY see PORTION, C Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Sunderland, La Roy a brilliant but erratic character, was born at Exeter, R.I., May 18, 1802. He became a Methodist preacher in 1823, and soon was known as a prominent orator on temperance, antislavery, and eventually on physiology and psychology. He died a professed infidel, May 15, 1885. He was the editor of various journals, … Continue reading “Sunderland, La Roy”

Sunder (asunder) * For SUNDER (Asunder) see CUT, No. 6 Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Sundays, Special There are a number of Sundays in the year, which have received names suggested by events happening upon or near those days. We give below a classified list: ADVENT SEE ADVENT (q.v.). The Sundays in Advent are called in the Greek Church by a certain number in connection with St. Luke’s Gospel; thus, … Continue reading “Sundays, Special”