Saviolina (sav"i-o-li'nä)

A character in Ben Jonson's comedy "Every Man out of his Humour": "a court lady, whose weightiest praise is a light wit, admired by herself and one more, ✓ her servant Brisk." IMG:content-1020.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] Savior of the Nations. A title given to the Duke of Wellington. Savitri (sä'vi-tre). 1. The celebrated verse of the Rigveda III. lxii. 10, repeated by every Brahman at his morning and evening devotions, and often in religious ceremonies, as especially in investing the members of the three castes of the twice-born with the sacred sacrificial thread (whence the thread itself is also known as savitra). The verse is so called as addre ed to the Sun (Savitri). It is also called Gayatri. See that word, under which it is quoted. 2. The heroine of an episode of the Mahabharata. She was the daughter of Ashvapati, king of Madra, and beautiful as Lakshmi; but, when the time came for her to choose a husband in accordance with the custom of the svayamvara, chose Satyavant, the son of the blind and exiled king Dyumatsena, who dwelt with his wife and son in the forest. The divine seer Narada warns against the choice, as Satyavant, though handsome, magnanimous, and pious, has only a year to live. Savitri is firm, weds Satyavant, and lives in joy with him until the approach of the fatal day. On that day Satyavant and Savitrigo together into the forest. Satyavant sinks to the ground in deadly illne ; and, while Savitri supports his head upon her bosom, Yama the death god appears and withdraws Satyavant's soul. As Yama turns to go, Savitri follows him, asking her husband's life. Yama urges her to return, offering her other gifts but not Satyavant. She obtains the restoration of Dyumatsena's sight and kingdom, for her father a hundred sons, and a hundred sons for herself and Satyavant, but still insists upon following Satyavant into the realm of death if his life is not restored. At last Yama relents, and when Savitri goes back to Satyavant's body and again takes his head upon her bosom, he awakes as from a sleep, and the two live happy many years in the recovered kingdom of the now-seeing Dyumatsena. The Savitri episode has been translated into German by Bopp, Rückert, Höfer, Holtz mann, Meier, and Merkel. Savoie (sä-vwä'). A department of France, capital Chambéry, formed in 1860 from a part of Savoy ceded by Sardinia. It is bounded by Haute-Savoie on the north, Italy on the east, Italy and Hautes-Alpes on the south, Isère on the southwest and west, and Ain on the northwest. The surface is mountain The leading occupation is agriculture. Area, 2,224 ous. square miles. Population (1891), 263,297. Savoie, Haute-. See Haute - Savoie . Savona (sä-võ'nä). A seaport in the province of Genoa, Italy, situated on the Gulf of Genoa 23 miles west-southwest of Genoa: the ancient Savo. It is one of the chief cities of the Riviera; has an active trade in silk, fruits, etc.; and has manufactures of pottery, soap, cloth, gla , etc. The cathedral is a inlaid choir-stalls from the older cathedral, and some exvery good cla ical church of 1598, containing magnificent cellent sculptures and paintings. The harbor was destroyed by the Genoese in 1525. The place was conquered by Sardinia in 1746, but restored to Genoa. It was the enforced residence of Pope Pius VII. 1809-12. Population (1881), 24,481. Saxe-Altenburg chapel royal. On Feb. 12, 1246, a grant of land lying between the "Straunde" and the Thames was made by Henry IIL to Peter of Savoy, uncle of Queen Eleanor, and he built the palace there. Peter died and left his property to the friars of Montjoy, who sold the palace to Queen Eleanor in 1270. In 1284 she gave it to Edmund, earl of Lancaster, and later it became the town seat of the dukes of Lancaster. When the Savoy was occupied by John of Gaunt in 1376, it was twice attacked by a mob and again by Wat Tyler's followers in 1381, who completely destroyed the palace. It was rebuilt about 1505 as a hospital, and endowed by the will of Henry VII.; suppre ed by Edward VI.; refounded by Mary; and finally di olved by Elizabeth. The present chapel royal was built on the ruins of a chapel of John of Gaunt, dedicated in 1511. The style is Perpendicular; the wooden ceiling is modern; there is excellent gla . This is the only one of the old buildings remaining, and was made a chapel royal by George III. in 1773; in 1864 it was partly destroyed by fire, and was reopened in 1865: it is entirely supported from the queen's privy purse. The French Protestants had a chapel here from the time of Charles II. till about 1737: this is the origin of the name Savoy, given in the 18th century to the psalm-tune known as "Old Hundredth." The Savoy Theatre was built near here on the Strand, and opened in 1881. Savoy Conference. A conference held at the Savoy in London, after the restoration of Charles II. (1661), between 21 Episcopalians and an equal number of Presbyterians, for the purpose of securing ecclesiastical unity. It utterly failed, leaving both parties more bitterly hostile than before. Savoy Declaration. A "declaration of the faith and order owned and practised in the Congregational churches in England," agreed upon at a meeting at the Savoy, London, in 1658. Doctrinally it is a modification of the Westminster A embly's confe ion of faith. It is no longer regarded as authoritative among Congregational churches. Also called Savoy Confe ion . Savus (sā'vus). The Roman name of the river Save. Sawaii. See Savaii . Sawantwari (sä-wunt-wä'rē). A native state in India, under British control, situated near the western coast, north of Goa, about lat. 16° Ν. Area, about 900 square miles. Population (1881), 174,433. Sawatch Range. See Saguache Range . Sawney (sa'ni). [A corruption of Sandy , which is a familiar contraction of Alexander .] A nickname for a Scotsman. Sawtelle's Peak (sâ-telz' pēk). A volcanic peak in the Rocky Mountains, in Montana. Sawyer (sâ'yer), Bob. A medical student in Dickens's "Pickwick Papers." Sawyer, Frederick Adolphus. Born at Bolton, Ma ., Dec. 12, 1822: died at Sewanee, Tenn., July 31, 1891. An American politician. He was a Republican United States senator from South Carolina from 1868 to 1873, when he became a istant secretary of the treasury, a post which he occupied about a year.