Quotes:Joshi, Anandibai

Zirkoff, Boris

Joshi, Anandibai. Hindu woman-physician, b. in March, 1865, as daughter of Ganpatrao Amritaswar Joshi of Kalyan. Given name of “Jamuna”; learned Sanskrit and married in 1874 Gopal Vinayek Joshi who served in the Postal Dpt. Devoted herself to the study of medicine and went in 1883 to England and the U.S.A.; in the latter country she was the guest of Mrs. Carpenter in New Jersey. Instructed at the Women’s Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. 654 gained scholarship and took her degree as M.D. there in 1886. Appointed Resident Physician to the female ward of the Albert Edward Hospital in Kolapur, India. Her health failed her and she died of tuberculosis at Poona, Feb. 27, 1887; her body was cremated and the ashes sent to America, to be buried there.

Dr. A. Joshi joined the Theosophical Society in India and was on friendly terms with the Founders.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 4, pp. 653-654