Chatterji, Mohini Mohun

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Mohini Mohun Chatterji

Also: • Mohini Mohan Chatterji • Mohini Mohun Chatterjee •

(1858–1936)

Bengali lawyer and scholar who joined the Theosophical Society in 1882. Assistant secretary of its Bengal branch, lecturer and translator of Sanskrit philosophical works.

Calcutta lawyer, early Theosophical lecturer and pupil of K. H.; defended Blavatsky during the 1884-1885 controversy, translated the Bhagavad Gita, and helped compile Theosophical anthologies. He resigned from the Society in 1887 and returned to legal practice. (BCW 4:638-639).

Collected accounts of Himalayan teachers in October–November 1882, published in December 1883. During the controversy over Esoteric Buddhism, H. P. Blavatsky forwarded T. Subba Row’s reply to A. Kingsford and E. Maitland to him on 27 January 1884. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 6:21-22, BCW 6:131-132)

Sailed from Boston for India in September 1887, visiting friends in Rome on the way. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 8:xxii)

Returned to India in July 1888 after five years abroad and settled in Calcutta. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 10:xxiv)

Contributed "The Common Sense of Theosophy" to The Path in November 1886, reprinted there (by permission of the author) from the Dublin University Review, May 1886.

Some links:

• Works: Chatterji M.M. (works)
• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Чаттерджи, Мохини Мохан
• Theosophy Wiki: Mohini Mohun Chatterji
• Other resources: The Theosophist, vol. 4, November 1882, p. 46

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Lifetime: 1858–1936
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