author of the Mahabharata. 
     Purusha, spirit. 
     Rajas, the quality of foulness; passionate activity. 
     Rajarshi, a king-adept. 
     Raj Yoga, the true science of the development of psychic
powers and union with the Supreme Spirit. 
     Rakshasas, evil spirits; literally, raw-eaters. 
     Ramayana, an epic poem describing the life of Rama, a
deified Indian hero. 
     Ram Mohun Roy, the well-known Indian Reformer, died 1833. 
     Rechaka, out-breathing, regulated according to the system of
Hatha Yoga. 
     Rig Veda, the first of the Vedas. 
     Rishabham, the Zodiacal sign Taurus, the sacred syllable
Aum. 
     Rishis (lit. “revealers"), holy sages. 
     Ruach, one of the souls, according to the Kabala; second
three principles in the human septenary.

     Sabda, the Logos or Word. 
     Saketa, the capital of the ancient Indian kingdom of
Ayodhya. 
     Sukshma sariram, the subtile body. 
     Sakti, the crown of the astral light; the power of Nature. 
     Sakuntala, a Sanskrit drama by Kalidasa. 
     Samadhana, incapacity to diverge from the path of spiritual
progress. 
     Sama, repression of mental perturbations. 
     Samadhi, state of ecstatic trance. 
     Samanya, community or commingling of qualities. 
     Samma-Sambuddha, perfect illumination. 
     Samvat, an Indian era which, is usually supposed to have
commenced 57 B.C. 
     Sankaracharya, the great expositor of the monistic Vedanta
Philosophy, which denies the personality of the Divine Principle, and affirms its unity with the spirit of man. 
     Sankhya Karika, a treatise containing the aphorisms of
Kapila, the founder of the Sankhya system, one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. 
     Sankhya Yog, the system of Yog as set forth by Sankhya
philosophers. 
     Sannyasi, a Hindu, ascetic whose mind is steadfastly fixed
upon the Supreme Truth. 
     Sarira, body. 
     Sat, the real, Purusha. 
     Sattwa, purity. 
     Satva, goodness. 
     Satya Loka, the abode of Truth, one of the subjective
spheres in our solar system. 
     Shamanism, spirit worship; the oldest religion of Mongolia. 
     Siddhasana, one of the postures enjoined by the system of
Hatha Yoga. 
     Siddhi, abnormal power obtained by spiritual development. 
     Sing Bonga, sun spirit of the Kolarian tribes. 
     Siva, one of the Hindu gods, with Brahma and Vishnu, forming
the Trimurti or Trinity; the principle of destruction. 
     Sivite, a worshipper of Siva, the name of a sect among the
Hindus. 
     Skandhas, the impermanent elements which constitute a man. 
     Slokas, stanzas (Sanskrit). 
     Smriti, legal and ceremonial writings of the Hindus. 
     Soham, mystic syllable representing involution; lit. “that
am I.” 
     Soonium, a magical ceremony