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we drink out of the skulls of Brahmans; our sacrificial fires 
are fed with the brains and lungs of men, mixed up with 
their flesh; and human victims, covered with the fresh blood 
gushing from the dreadful wound in their throats, are the 
offerings by which we appease the terrible god.” By the 
terrible god is of course meant Siva, whose name in this 
character is Bhairava, or Vairava, the tremendous. 
SAK, a small lake of the south of European Russia, in 
the government of Taurida; 20 miles west-by-north of 
Simferopol. 
SAK AN, a small river of Persia, which falls into the 
Persian gulf, near Bender, Rigk. a 
SAKARA, a village of Upper Egypt, about 20 miles above 
Cairo, on the opposite side of the river. It is distinguished 
by containing in its vicinity several pyramids as lofty as 
any in Egypt, though not so remarkable in their structure, 
nor so carefully explored, as those of Gize. See Py¬ 
ramids. 
SAKARIA. See Sikaria. 
SAKE, s. [pac, Saxon; saeke, Dutch.] Final cause ; 
end ; purpose. 
Thou neither clo’st persuade me to seek wealth 
For empire’s sake , nor empire to affect 
For glory’s sake. Milton. 
Account; regard to any person or thing.—Would I were 
young for your sake, mistress Anne. S/iakspeare. 
The general so likes your musick, that he desires you, 
for love’s sake, to make no more noise with it. Shak- 
speare. 
SA'KER, s. [Salcer originally signifies an hawk, the 
pieces of artillery being often denominated from birds of 
prey. Dr. Johnson. —Fr. sacre, “thehawke, and the artil¬ 
lery so called.” Cotgrave. —Hisp. sacre, “ aecipiter, sic 
forte dictus vel ab Icel. sacker, acquisitor, aut etiam a Goth. 
saka, vulnerare, nocere.” Screniusi ]—A hawk, of the fal¬ 
con kind.—They cast offhaukes, called sakers, to the kytes. 
Hall. —A piece of artillery. 
The cannon, blunderbuss, and salcer. 
He was th’ inventor of, and maker. Hud liras. 
There were three species of Sakers; extraordinary, or¬ 
dinary, and least sized. 
The Saker extraordinary, was about four inches diameter 
at the bore, 1800 pounds weight, ten feet long; its load five 
pounds, shot three inches and a half diameter, and some¬ 
thing more than seven pounds and a quarter weight; its 
level range was estimated at 163 paces. 
The Ordinary Saker, was a size less, three inches three 
qaruters bore, nine feet long, 1500 weight; its charge, four 
pounds of powder; bullet’s diameter, three inches and a 
half; weight, six pounds; its level range was 160 paces. 
The Saker of the least size, was three inches and a half 
diameter at the bore, 1400 pounds weight, eight feet long, 
its load near three pounds and a half; shot four pounds 
three quarters weight, and three inches and a quarter dia¬ 
meter. 
SAC'KERET, s. The male of a saker-hawk. This kind 
of hawk is esteemed next after the falcon and gryfalcon. 
'Bailey. 
' SAKERTOL, a town and fortress of Hindosfan, pro¬ 
vince of Delhi, and district of Saharunpore. It was strong¬ 
ly fortified by the Nabob Nijeeb Khan, but was taken by 
the Mahrattas in 1772. It stands near the western bank of 
fhe Ganges. Lat. 29. 25. N. long. 77. E. 
SAKI, in Mythology, a name of Indrani, the consort or 
sakts of Indra, the Hindoo regent of the firmanent. 
SAKIEH, a village of Irak Arabi; 80 miles north-west 
of Bassorah. 
SAK IT, a village of Upper Egypt, on the western side of 
the Nile; 8 miles north-east of Ashmunein. 
SAKKAR, a district of Hindostan, province of Bejapore, 
belonging to the Nizam. It is situated between the rivers 
Beemah and Krishna, about the 17th degree of northern 
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latitude, and is extremely fertile. By the Mahometans it 
is called Nusseritabad, or Territory of Victory. 
SAKKAR, the capital of the abovementioned district, 
situated on the north side of the river Beemah, and the. 
residence of the Nizam’s collector. Lat. 17. 4. X. long. 76. 
38. E. 
SAKMARA. See Sacmara. 
SAKRA, in Mythology, a name of the Hindoo regent 
of the firmanent, of whom an account will be found under 
his more common appellation of Indra. See also Va- 
MANAVATARA. 
SAKRADAWENDRA, is the name of one of the 
Ceylonese deities, who commands and governs all the rest, 
and formerly answered the prayers of his worshippers; but, 
according to the fabulous account which is given of him, 
the golden chair on which he sat, and the foot of which 
was made of wax, that was softened by their prayers and 
tears, and sunk downwards, so that he could take notice of 
their requests and relieve them, being disposed of among the 
poor, they no longer derive any benefit from him, or 
pay him any reverence. Phil. Trans, abr. vol. v. part ii, 
p. 182. 
SAKRIPA, in Mythology, a name of the Indian deity 
Boodh, or Budha. One of his leading tenets was the sin 
of depriving any animal of life: hence, and from the general 
tenderness and humanity of his doctrines, contrasted with 
the practises of some sects of Hindoos of that time, Boodha 
obtained the appellation of Sakripa, or benevolent; also that 
of Sadayr-hridaya, or tender-hearted. 
SAKTA, the designation of a sect of Hindoos, who 
worship exclusively the female principle of nature, typified 
in Parvati, as the sakti or active energy of Siva. 
SAKTI, a name given, by Hindoo mythologisls, to the 
consorts of their male divinities. It must be recollected 
that their system has personified the abstract and attractive 
powers of the deity, and has popularly ascribed sexes to 
those mythological personages. The sakti, or energy, of 
an attribute of God is female, and is fabled as the consort 
of that personified attribute. The most obvious attributes 
of the deity, those of creation, preservation, and destruc¬ 
tion, personified, form the trimutri, or triad, of Brahma, 
Vishnu, and Siva. Their saktis, or active energies, are 
Saraswali, Lakshmi, and Parvati. Not only are the great 
powers so accommodated; the inferior deities in their own 
persons, and the avataras or terrestrial incarnations of the 
superior, are likewise mated in fable, and have their will 
executed by active helpmates; each of whom, “with the 
same form, the same decoration, and the same vehicle,” as 
is expressed in one of the Puranas, exactly resembles the 
deity whose partner she is; from whose bodies, indeed, as 
Eve from Adam’s, they are in some theogonies stated to 
have proceeded, and whose powers and attributes they are 
armed with. 
SAKYA, a name of the Hindoo deity Budha, or Boodh, 
The term is said to mean a wise man,—a philosopher. 
SAL, [Lat.] The old scientific term for salt. It is 
now nearly obsolete. Before the change in chemical nomen¬ 
clature, there were the following terms :— Sal Ammoniac, 
now muriate of ammonia; Sal /Egvpti, or Sal Aquinum, 
now carbonate of soda; Sal Catharticus Amarus, now sul¬ 
phate of magnesia, or Epsom salts; Sal Catharticus Glau- 
beri, now sulphate of soda, or Glauber’s salts; Sal Com¬ 
munis, now muriate of soda, or common salt; Sal de 
Duobus, now sulphate of potash; Sal Decrepitatum, now 
muriate of soda; Sal Diureticus, now acetate of potash; 
Sal Enixum, now super-sulphate of potash ; Sal Jamblici, 
an old compound of several salts and simples; Sal Luci- 
dum, used by some, for the present nitrate of potash; by 
others, for sulphate of soda; Sal Marinus, now muriate of 
soda; Sal Marinus Regenerate, muriate of potash; Sal, 
Martis, now sulphate of iron; Sal Mirabile, now sulphate 
of soda; Sal Nitricum, or Sal Petrae, now nitrate of potash; 
Sal Polychresf, now sulphate of potash; Sal Prunella, i. e, 
nitrate of potash deprived of its water of crystallization; 
7 C Sal 
