SUSKA 774 SUTAPAS V evils of their by force. (See under Jamadagni, Para 8) . (Brahmanda Kaliyuga. Having heard complaints Brahma a wheel of the of mind and it be- Purana, Chapter 61) ; brought figure placing SUSKA. A Maharsi who lived in the Gokarna temple. fore th^ hermits told them thus: ''You follow this wheel. When Bhaglratha brought GaagI from heaven to the The place where this wheel falls down will be a place of earth, sea water began to rise and the temples situated purity, which will not be affected by the evils of Kali- near the sea were submerged. At that time Su.ska went age. There you can live in peace, without being affected along with other Maharsis to visit Paras urama at the by the evils of Kali-age till the coming of the Satya- Mihendra mountain. In response to Suska's prayer, yuga." Saying these words Brahma set the wheel rolling Parasurama raised the sub.nerged temples including the in front of them. The hermits followed it. The wheel Gokarna temple, above the water. rolled on till it reached the earth, fell down and was SUSIVA. An asura. In Rgveda we find that once Indra crumbled to powder in a particular place. That place bound the magician Susna in chains and put him in became famous later under the name Naimisaranya. prison. Suta came to this place. SUSOBHANA. A Mauduka princess. King Parlksit of As soon as they saw Suta, the hermits such as Saunaka Iksvaku dynasty married her and three sons Sala, Dala and others who were living there welcomed Suta with and Bala, were born to the couple. (See under Parkisit hospitality and told him thus: "Oh ! hermit, you are ID. the disciple of Vyasa. You have learned the eighteen SUSRAVAS I A Vidarbha princess. King Jayatsena of Puranas from Vyasa We are eager to hear them. So the Puru dynasty married her and a son called Arvaclna please recite to us the Puranas, the hearing of which was born to them. (Adi Parva, Chapter 95, Verse 17). will remit all sins and secure heaven." SUSRAVAS II. A king of the Rgveda period. When According to this request Suta recited the eighteen enemies encircled him he prayed to Indra who helped Puranasto the gathering of the hermits. It is in the form him by diving away the 10099 enemy warriors. (Rgveda, of the teaching of Suta to Saunaka and the others, i.e. Mandala 1, Anuvaka 10, Sukta 53). in the form of a dialogue between Suta and Saunaka, SUSRAVAS III. A spy of the Devas. He once informed that the people got the Puranas. (Devi Bhagavata, Sarasvatl secretly about the penance by the Sage Skandha I) . Katyayana. Sarasvatl appeared before the Sage and told 3) Suta was beheaded. In Bhagavata, Skandha 10, there him that he would get from Sage Sarasvata the know- occurs a story, stating how Balabhadrarama cut off the ledge he wanted. Accordingly Katyayana ended his head of Suta as the battle of Kuruksetra had started penance and went to Sage Sarasvata. when Suta had been reciting the eighteen Puranas in SURUTA. Reputed master of the science of Surgery, Naimisaranya and how his head was fixed in its place Susruta was the grandson of King Gadhi and son of again and he was brought to life. (For further details see ViSvamitra. ( Anugasana Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 55) . under Balabhadrarama, Para 6). He is the author of Susrutasarhhita, one of the famous 4) Other details. Suta was one of the hermits who visited texts on Ayurveda. Bhisma on his bed of arrows during the battle of SUSTHALA. A place of Puranic fame in ancient India. _Bharata. (MB. Santi Parva, Chapter 47 Verse 12). The people who lived here were called Susthalas. (Sabha SUTA II. One of Visvamitra's sons who were expounders Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 16). of the Vedas. (Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva, Chapter SUSUPTI. One of the four states or conditions of man. 4, Verse 57.) and are the four states SUTA. II I. blended class of See . Jagrat, Svapna, Susupti Turiya A people. ( under Varna ) of man. (For details see under Jagrat) . SUTALA. A part of Patala (netherworld). (See under SUSVARA. A Gandharva woman. (See under Pramoh ini) . Patala) . SUSYAMA. An apsara woman. She was the wife of SUTANU I. The wife of Asvasuta, the son of the King Rtadhvaja, son of Arstisena. The couple had a daughter of Vajra. Sutanu was the daughter of YudhisUiira. called Vrddha. (Brahmanda Purana) . (Vayu Purana. 96, 250). SOTA I SUTANU II. The daughter of Ahuka otherwise called 1) General information. A hermit who recounted the Ugrasena. (Mahabharata, Sabha Parva, Chapter 14, Puranas to other hermits at Naimisa forest. He was a Verse 33) Sri Krsna made Akrura marry this Sutanu. disciple of Vyasa. Vyasa composed the Puranas and SUTAPAS I. A King of the dynasty of Bharata. He was taught them to his son, hermit Suka who was a man of the son of Homa and the father of Bala. (Bhagavata, abstinence and who was not born of womb. At this time Skandha 9) . Vyasa had another disciple named Suta. It is stated in SUTAPAS II. A Prajapiti who lived in days of yore. Devi Bhagavata. Skandha 9, that this Suta who was a A son named Prsnigarbha was born to this Prajapati fellowdisciple of Suka, who had learned all the Puranas by his wife Prsni. That son was a partial incarnation directly from the teacher Vyasa, and who was capable ofMahavisnu. (For further details see under Aditi saying stories so convincingly, was the son of the her- Para 7). mit Lomaharsa. SUTAPAS III. A son of Vasistha. Seven sons named 2) In Naimisaranya. Suta who had learnrd the Puranas Rajas, Gotra, Urdhvaba.hu, Savana, Anagha, Sutapas directly form Vyasa, happened to reach Naimisaranya and Sukra, were born by his wife Urjja. All the seven once. (See under Naimisaranya) . Naimisaranya is of them were the Saptarsis (seven hermits) of the third the abode of hermits in the Kali-age. In days of old, Manvantara. (See under Manvantara). hermits, who were miserable because of the evils of Kali- SUTAPAS IV. Father of the hermit Upamanyn. (Brah- yuga, which was fast approaching, gathered here at the manda Purana, Chapter 18). end of Dvaparayuga. They went to the world of Brahma SUTAPAS V. 'A hermit of the family of Bhrgu. (See to consult about the means and ways of preventing the under Ugratapas)..