Another historical work is extant, partly compiled trora the above, by Abul-Fatah, an author of the 14th century, but is not he"ld in esteem by the Samaritans themselves.
El-Tabak, a history of the Jews, principally relating the judgments that had befallen them : written by Abu Has- san es-Suri in the f2th century. (Hel)rew and Arabic.)
Kitab es-Satir, a compendium of history from Adam to Moses. No author is named; but it is staled to have been written at the command of Moses. (Hebrew only.) Ihlni Attatvarlk. This is simply a chronological table according to the Samaritan dates, extending from the cre- ation of man to the present time. It is well known that the Samaritan copy of the Pentateuch diflers in its dates from both the Jewish Hebrew text and the Sept. version, thus causing a dift'erence in the date of all subsequent his- torical events. Independently of this, there is a further differeuce between this table and all other accepted data down to the commencement of the Christian sera. F(n- example, the entrance of the Israelites into Canaan took place, according to common chronology, in A.M. 2553; hut, according to the Samaritan, it was in '2T94, making a differeuce of 241 years. The same chronology gives the age of the world at the commencement of the Christian sera as 4438 A.M., while the accepted date is 4004, thus making a diflference of 4.S4 years. But from this period the table generally agrees with our ordinary chronology.
4. Scientijic— Under this head may be comprised the following :
El-Chuhs, an astronomical work treating of the rules reL'ulating the first month of the year, and the conjunc- tions of the sun and moon. It was written, we are told, under the direction of Adam. (Hebrew.)
Rlmlat. This is a sort of expositi<m of the former Work, written by several authors, but whose names and times are unknown. (Hebrew and Arabic.)
To the foregoing list may be added the following works extant and known in Europe, but not now in the possession of the Samaritans themselves — viz. Ghazal and Zadaka on parts of the law; Abul-Hassan and Za- daka el-Israili on religion and ceremonies; and Abu Said and Abu Itshak Ibrahim on language and gram- mar.
Sam'atUS (Sa/mroc; Vulg. Semedius), given in the Apocrypha (1 Esdr. ix,.34) as the name of the fourth of the six sons of Osora (i. e. Abiah or Mochnadebai) among those Israelites who had married foreign wives after the captivity; but the Heb. list (Ezra x, 41,42) contains the names Shelemiah, Shemariah, and .Shallura in the corresponding place.
Samavarti, in HindCi mythology, is an appellation of Dhama, the god of the uiKlcr-world, who judges the dead and separates the good from the wicked.
Samba, in HindCi mythology, was a son of Vishnu in tha avatar of Krislnia, born of Dshamty, the beauti- ful daughter of the king of the bears. Samba, guided by the counsel of his father, and in order to avert the in- fliction of a threatening curse to which he had impru- dently exposed himself, built a city, to which he gave his own name, and introduced in it the worship of the sun, to which he gathered the priests by conveyinj them on the saddle-horse Garudha, which was sacred to Vishnu. — Vollmcr, Wurterh. d. Mi/f/iol. s. v.
Sambation, a river menlioncd in the Talmud as flowing during tlie first six days of every week and dry- ing up on the Sabbath. The rabbins arc not agreed as to the situation of the river, some i)lacing it on the bor- ders of Ethiopia and some in India. — (iardner, /«jVAs oj'the World, s.y. See .Sauuatical KiviiR.
Sam-beid, or Saman Veda, is the Hindi\ title of the third section of the Vedas (q. v.).
Samber, in Hindfi mythology, is an evil daemon and king of giants, who brought under his power the beautiful Keti, consort of the god of love, and sought to win her for himself, but was defeated by Kamadewa, the son of Krislnia.
Sambhara, synonymous with Samber (q.v.).
Sambhava, in Hindu mythology, is the third of the twenty-eight Buddhaswho have hitherto appeared to save the world. His symbol is a horse, whicli there- fore constantly appears with him in the representations.
Samblasi, Fr.vncesco, an Italian missionary to China, was born at Cosenza in 1582, and died in 1649.
Sa'mech (prop. Sa'mek, D ; fully r|'?0, a prop), the fifteenth letter of the Heb. alphabet (Psa. cxix, 113). See AcKOSTic.
Same'ius (Sn^uToc, v. r. SajitaTof and Qoj^iaioc), a corrupt (ireek form (1 Esdr. ix, 21) of the name SiiE- maiaii (q. v.) of the Heb. text (Ezra x, 21).
Samerius, Henry, a Jesuit, was born in France in 1540. For some time he was confessor to Mary queen of Scots. He died about 1610. He was the author of a work entitled Chronologia Saa'a.
Sam'gar-ne'bo {WGh.Samgar' Nehu', !123""'i5':0, sword of Ktbo, or perhaps conqueror of Neho ; Sept. YcifiaydS, V. r. Sa/iaywS, ^a^iayap), one of the princes or commanders of Nebuchadnezzar's army against Jeru- salem at its downfall (Jer. xxxix, 3). B.C. 589. The Nebo (q.v.) is the Chaldsean Mercury; about the Sam- gar, opinions are divided. Von Bohlen suggested that from the Sanscrit s««r7Hz-o, '' war," might be formed sdmiara, "warrior," and that this was the original of Samgar. FUrst suggests that neho should perhaps be joined to the following word Sarsechim (q.v.), as in the Sept., since it is contrary to analogy for this to stand at the end of a name. See Nebuchadnp;zzar, etc. As in ver. 13 the chief of the eunuchs is called Nebu-shas- BAN, it has been supposed that Nebu-Sarsechim is only another name of the same person, and that Samgar is but a name of his ofHce. It may be compounded of the Persic cham, a '• cup," and kar, a derivative particle, and so be equivalent to cup-bearer, or Rabsbakeh (q.v.).