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N. C. Paul

A nineteenth-century Bengali physician who studied the physiological aspects of yoga. His A Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy was reprinted in The Theosophist beginning in September 1880, with editorial comments by H. P. Blavatsky.
Known in India as Navinachandra Pala. The bibliography lists A Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy, second edition (Calcutta, 1883) and third edition edited by Tookaram Tatya (Bombay, 1888).  (BCW 2:539).
Also named Navinachandra Pala. His A Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy appeared in a second edition at Calcutta in 1883 and a third, edited by Tukaram Tatya, at Bombay in 1888.  (BCW 3:517).

According to H. P. Blavatsky’s narrative, maintained contact with Captain Seymour, who had adopted a yogic way of life. B. de Zirkoff compares the story with The Mahatma Letters, but identifying Seymour with one of the Englishmen mentioned there remains conjectural.  (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 3:152-153)

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Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
CTD article in Russian: Пол, Навина Чандра
Wikipedia: N. C. Paul

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-|description=Navina Chandra Paul was a nineteenth-century Bengali physician who studied the physiological aspects of yoga. His A Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy was reprinted in The Theosophist beginning in September 1880, with editorial comments by H. P. Blavatsky.
+Known in India as Navinachandra Pala. The bibliography lists A Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy, second edition (Calcutta, 1883) and third edition edited by Tookaram Tatya (Bombay, 1888). {{ctd-source|BCW|2|539}}.
+Also named Navinachandra Pala. His ''A Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy'' appeared in a second edition at Calcutta in 1883 and a third, edited by Tukaram Tatya, at Bombay in 1888. {{ctd-source|BCW|3|517}}.
+According to [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s narrative, maintained contact with Captain Seymour, who had adopted a yogic way of life. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] compares the story with The Mahatma Letters, but identifying Seymour with one of the Englishmen mentioned there remains conjectural. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (14)|BCW 3:152-153]]}}
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-== Contributions to The Theosophist, volume 1 ==
-* A Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy (1). September 1880, vol. 1, no. 12, p. 312. ID: 001-0312-01.
-== Sources ==
-* [https://ru.teopedia.org/lib/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB,_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0 Biographical source].
-* [https://en.teopedia.org/lib/Theosophist/Vol1 The Theosophist, vol. 1 (1879–1880)]: the cited articles and the volume’s Names of Contributors.
-* The Theosophist 1879 - 1885 Reference.xlsx, volume 1 entries; used as a finding aid, with attributions checked against the journal.