Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Sankuman In Hindu mythology, is a wise and pious king, who secured the welfare of his realm and then became a penitent. He received from Vishnu the promise that the god would become incarnate in his family, which was fulfilled in his being born as Rama. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sankt Pouml;lten Diocese in Lower Austria, derives its name and origin from Fanum Sancti Hippolyti, a monastery founded there in the ninth century and dedicated to St. Hippolytus. The origin of this monastery is obscure. Some think that monks from Lake Tegernsee in Bavaria founded a Benedictine abbey on the Traisen in 791, when Charlemagne … Continue reading “Sankt Pouml;lten”

Sanks, James A minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Anne Arundel County, Md., June 12, 1806, and early removed to Virginia. In 1828 he was received on trial in the Baltimore Conference, where he labored until 1858. when he was transferred to the East Baltimore Conference and placed in charge of the … Continue reading “Sanks, James”

Sankrandanna In Hindu mythology, is the variable one, a surname of Indra, the god of the heavens and of the air. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sankhya-karika (Skr.) The earliest extant text of the Sankhya by Isvarakrsna; a famous commentary on it is that of Gaudeapada. — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Sankhya (Sanscrit, synthetic reasoning), The name of one of the three great systems of orthodox Hindu philosophy. Like the other systems, it professes to teach the means by which eternal beatitude, or the complete and perpetual exemption from every sort of ill, may be attained. This means is the discriminative acquaintance with tatwa, or the … Continue reading “Sankhya”

Sankhar An evil spirit mentioned in the Jewish Talmud as having taken possession of the throne of Solomon. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sanke, Christopher a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born December 12, 1700, at Guben, Lower Lusatia. He studied at Leipsic, and died there, May 4, 1752. He wrote, Diss. Philol. de Anathemate Pauli Votivo Rom 9:3 (Leipsic, 1729): Vollstandige Anweisung zu den Accenten der Hebraer (1740): De Differentia Inter Vocationentm ac Tentationem circa Munus Ecclesiasticum … Continue reading “Sanke, Christopher”

Sankara, Or Sankaracharya The name of one of the most renowned theologians of India. The time in which he flourished is unknown, tradition placing him at about B.C. 200, but H.H. Wilson assigns him to the 8th or 9th century after Christ. Most accounts agree in making him a native of Kerala or Malabar, and … Continue reading “Sankara, Or Sankaracharya”

Sankara One of the greatest of Indian philosophers, defender of Brahamism, who died about 820 AD., after having led a manysided, partly legendary, life as peripatetic teacher and author of numerous treatises, the most influential of which is his commentary on the Vedanta (s.v.) in which he established the doctrine of advaita (q.v.). — K.F.L. … Continue reading “Sankara”