Sanron sect, <page 112>, <page 163>, <page 176>

Sapor I., <page 148>

Sarvastivadins, <page 90>, <page 94>, <page 109>

Scythia, <page 46>, <page 98>, <page 100>

Scythianus, <page 67>, <page 146>

Sects: contemporary with S'akyamuni, <page 11>; of the Hinayana, <page 89>, <page 133>; Chinese, <page 163>; Japanese criticized by Nichiren, <page 293>, etc.

Sei-wang-mu, <page 127> n.

Self-immolation, <page 36>, <page 220>, <page 244>

Self-nature assembly, date of, <page 69>

Shiloh, <page 50>, <page 78>, <page 82>

Shingon, <page 55>, <page 60>; comp. with Gnosticism, <page 61>, <page 165>; explained, <page 237>; patriarchs of, <page 257>

Shinran, <page 268>, <page 273>

Shinshu, doctrines of, <page 269>

Shintai, <page 110>, <page 151>

Shinto, <page 371>; part played in Restoration, <page 377>

Shoguns, lists of, <page 342>

Shoshinge, <page 269>

Shotoku Taishi, <page 175>, <page 178>, <page 209>; constitution, <page 182>

Shushi (Confucianist), <page 349>, <page 364>

Sila, <page 136>

Siladitya Harsha, <page 197>, <page 209>

Silence, period of, in life of S'akyamuni, <page 18>

Silk trade between Asia and Europe, <page 53>

Silphium, <page 33>

Singanfu, <page 192>, <page 209>

Six Letters of the Divine Name, <page 17> n., <page 38> n.

Soga no Iname, <page 173>

Son of Man, <page 111>, <page 122>

Sthaviras, <page 21>, <page 90>

Stoicism, <page 34>

Sugawara Michizane, <page 259>

Sukhavati Vyuha, <page 110>, <page 166>, <page 212>, <page 265>

Sui dynasty, <page 192>, <page 208>

Suicide. See SELF-IMMOLATION

Sun dynasties, <page 251>

Sutras, mentioned by As'oka, <page 42>, <page 86>; Shatparamita, <page 123>, <page 339>; preached on by Shotoku Taishi, <page 187>-9; Amida, <page 166>; quoted by Nichiren, <page 327>; reduced to writing, <page 265>

Swedenborg, <page 383>

Sword, of Empire, <page 100>, <page 251>; two-edged, <page 308>

TADA KANAE, analysis of his book, <page 269>

Taihoryo, code of laws, <page 206>

Taikwa, reforms of, <page 205>

Takshakaputra, <page 74>, <page 113>

Tangs, <page 192>, <page 209>

Taoism, attempts to amalgamate Buddhism with, <page 141>, <page 154>