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The material contained in the following pages is of necessity a selective one, and is intended to serve three purposes: (a) to give condensed information, not otherwise readily available, about the life and writings of some individuals mentioned by H. P. B. in the text, and who are practically unknown to the present-day student; (b) to give similar data about a few well-known scholars who are discussed at length by H. P. B., and whose writings she constantly quotes; and (c) to give full information regarding all works and periodicals quoted or referred to in the main text and in the Compiler’s Notes, with or without biographical data of their authors. All such works are marked with an asterisk(*).

'''Agassiz, Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873)'''. *Principles of Zoology, etc. In collab. with Augustus A. Gould. Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1848. Subs, ed., 1851, 1856, 1873.

'''Amara (or Amarasinha)'''. Hindu Buddhist Sanskrit lexicographer, fl. about middle of 6th century A. D. His dictionary, the *Amara- ko'sa (See App. p. 362), known also as the Namalinganusasana or Trikanda (mean, “in three parts”), superseded all previous similar works, and occupies same dominant position in lexicography as Panini’s work does in grammar. Essentially a dictionary of synonyms ; words being arranged acc. to subject-matter. Contains 1,500 verses.

'''Anandagiri (or Anandajnana)'''. Pupil of, and annotator on, Samkaracharya. Author of Samkaravijaya (See App. p. 367).

'''Anandatirtha'''. See Madhava.

'''Arrianus, Flavius'''. Greek historian, native of Nicomedia, fl. 2nd century, under Hadrian and the Antonines. In his own country, priest of Ceres and Proserpina. Became disciple of Epictetus in Rome. Patronized by Hadrian for learning and talents, honored with citizenship of Rome, appointed Prefect of Cappadocia, later Senator and Consul. Like Xenophon, united literary with military {{Page aside|370}}character. On intimate terms with men of learning. Of numerous historical works, only two remain: *Anabasis of Alexander, seven books principally comp, from the memoirs of Ptolemy Lagus and Aristobulus, both of whom served under Alexander (ed. by Grono- vius, Ludg. Bat., 1704, fol. and Schmieder, Lips., 1798, 8vo.) ; and *Indian History, appended to the former (ed. by Schmieder, Halae, 1798, 8vo.). Orig. Greek and English trans, by E. Iliff Robson, Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press; London: Wm. Heinemann, 1946. 2 vols. Loeb Class. Libr.

'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>Asiatick Researches'''; or, Transactions of the Society Instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia. Calcutta, 1788-1839. 20 vols. 4to; London, 1801-12. 11 vols. 8vo; new ed. Calcutta, 1875. 8vo.

'''Assier, Adolphe d’'''. French scientist and philosopher, b. 1828 at Bastide de Sérou (Ariège). Prof, of mathematics; member, Bordeaux Academy of Sciences. Editor, Revue d‘Aquitaine et du Languedoc, 1869-70. Offered his services to Gambetta, 1870, and founded newspaper La Patrie en Danger in Ariège. Returned to Bordeaux, 1871, then retired at Aulus. Valuable studies in the science of languages. Works: Essai de Grammaire Générale d’après la comparaison des principales langues indo-européennes, 1868. — Histoire naturelle du Language, 1868 — Essai de Philosophie Positive, 3 vols., 1870,1881,1889.—*Essa i sur l’Humanité Posthume et le Spiritisme, par un Positiviste. Paris, 1883. New ed. as Revenants et Fantômes. English trans, by Col. H. S. Olcott, as Posthumous Humanity: A Study of Phantoms, with annotations and Appendix showing the popular beliefs current in India respecting the post-mortem vicissitudes of the Human Entity. London: Geo. Redway, 1887. xxiv, 360 pp.. Rpr. Wizards Bookshelf, San Diego, 1981.

'''Barth, Marie Étienne Auguste'''. French Orientalist, b. Meh. 22, 1834, at Strassburg; d. Apr. 15, 1916, at Paris. Educated in native city which he left after war of 1870. Collaborated on the Revue Critique, 1872. Authority in the field of Indology. Reputation established by his Religions de l’Inde (orig. publ. in the Encyclopédie des Sciences Religieuses), Paris, G. Fischbacher, 1879 (*The Religions of India, trans, by Rev. J. Wood, rev. and augm. by the author. London: Triibner and Co., 1882. 8vo), a work of remarkable lucidity, scholarship and nobility of conception. Edited, 1885, Aymonier’s work, Inscriptions Sanscrites recueillies au Cambodge. One of the chief collaborators of the Revue de l’Histoire des Religions. Collected Oeuvres publ. in 2 vols., 1914.

'''Beal, Samuel (1825-1889)'''. *Abhinishkramanasûtra: The Romantic Legend of Sâkya Muni, Trans, from the Chinese. London: Trubner and Co., 1875. 8vo.

'''Beglar, J. D.''' *Report of Tours in the South-Eastern Provinces in 1874-75 and 1875-76 . . . under the superint. of Maj. Gen. A. Cunningham. Calcutta: Off. Superint. Govern. Printing, 1882 (Archaeol. Survey of India. Reports. Old Series, Vol. XIII).

'''Bigandet, Pierre, Bishop of Ramatha (1812-1894)'''. *The Life, or Legend, of Gaudama, the Budha, of the Burmese, etc. Rangoon, 1866. 8vo; 4th ed. London: Trübner and Co., 1911, 1912.

'''Blech, Charles'''. *Contribution à l’Histoire de la Société Théosophique en France. Paris: Éditions Adyar, 1933. 215 pp.

'''Buchanan, Claudius'''. English divine, b. 1766, near Glasgow; d. 1815. Educ. Univ, of Glasgow and Cambridge. Vice-Principal, College of Ft. William. Travelled widely in the Orient. Helped establish an episcopate in India. Works: Christian Researches in Asia, Cambridge, 1811. 8vo. 270 pp. New ed. London, 1840. — Colonial Ecclesiastical Establishments. Lend., 1813. 8vo.

'''Carnarvon, Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of'''. English statesman and writer, b. June 24, 1841; d. June 29, 1890. Educ. at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Under-Sec’y, Fort Collins, 1858; Sec’y of State, 1866; introduced bill for federation of British No. American provinces, 1867, but before mission became law, resigned owing to distaste for Disraeli’s reform bill. Resumed office, 1874, endeavoring to confer similar boon on So. Africa, but without success. Resigned in opposition to Lord Beaconsfield’s policy on Eastern questions, 1878. Lord-lieut. of Ireland, 1885. Resigned because personal veracity was questioned by Parnell. High stewart Univ, of Oxford. Pres, of Soc. of Antiquaries. Author of: *Recollections of the Druses of the Lebanon, and Notes on their Religion, London: J. Murray, 1860. vi, 2, 122 pp. 8vo. — Reminiscences of Athens and the Morea. Ed. by his son, 1869. 8vo.

'''Chambers, Ephraim'''. English encyclopaedist, b. ca. 1860 at Kendal, Westmorland; d. May 15, 1740. Apprenticed to globe maker in London. Wrote for the Literary Magazine, 1735-36. Trans. The Philosophical History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, 1742. The first edition of his * Cyclopaedia; or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, appeared by subscription, 1728, in 2 vols., dedicated to the King (2nd ed. Lond., 1738; 5th ed. London: D. Midwinter, 1741-43). The Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert owed its inception to French trans, of Chambers’ work.

'''Charaka'''. “Wanderer.” Ancient Muni and physician, born in Panchanada, Kashmir. Acc. to Chinese trans, of the Buddhist Tripitaka, he was the official physician of Indo-Scythian King Kanishka in the first or second century A. D. Acc. to legend, the {{Page aside|372}}Serpent-King Sesha, who was the recipient of the Ayur-veda, when visiting the earth and finding it full of sickness, became moved with pity and determined to become incarnated as the son of a Muni for alleviating disease. He was called Charaka because he visited earth as a kind of spy or chara. Wrote a Compendium, the Charaka-samhitâ (See App. p. 364), representing Âtreya’s system of medicine, as handed down by his pupil Agnivesa.