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by Boris de Zirkoff

H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writtings, vol. 9, page(s) 402-462

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NOTE ON THE TRANSLITERATION OF SANSKRIT

The system of diacritical marks used in the Bibliographies and the Index (with square brackets), as well as in the English translations of original French and Russian texts, does not strictly follow any one specific scholar, to the exclusion of all others. While adhering to a very large extent to Sir Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, as for instance in the case of the Anusvâra, the transliteration adopted includes forms introduced by other Sanskrit scholars as well, being therefore of a selective nature.

It should also be noted that the diacritical mark for a long “a” was in the early days a circumflex, and therefore all of H.P.B.’s writings embody this sound in the form of “â.” No change has been made from this earlier notation to its more modern form of the “macron,” or line over the “a.” Such a change would have necessitated too many alterations, and almost certainly would have produced confusion; therefore the older usage has been adhered to throughout.

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GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY (With Selected Biographical Notes)

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 (*).

In the case of Oriental Works, of which only a very few are quoted in the present volume, no attempt has been made to include all the known editions. Those mentioned represent, therefore, only some of the most noteworthy publications. Translations are in the English language, unless otherwise stated. As a rule, the works referred to may be consulted for a short time by means of Inter-Library Loans. To facilitate this, Institutions and Libraries where such works may be obtained are indicated within square brackets. The Key to the Abbreviations used is as follows:

AOS—Library of the American Oriental Society, New Haven, Conn. BM—Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.

C—Columbia University Library, New York City, N.Y.

CH—University of Chicago Library, Chicago, Ill.

Cl—Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio.

Cong—Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

H—Harvard University Library, Cambridge, Mass.

JHU—Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.

NYP—New York Public Library, New York City, N.Y.

Pea—Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Md.

UP—University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, Pa.

Y—Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn.

Ed. stands for Editions of the original text in Devanagari characters; Roman—indicates the text to be in Roman characters.

*Agnipwrana. Edited by Rajendralala Mitra. 3 vols.; 3, 2, 384; 3, 481; 3, xxxix, 385. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1873, 1876, 1879. Bibi. Ind. work 65, N.S. nos. 189, 197, 201, 291; 306, 312, 313, 316, 357; 373, 390, 399, 404, 421. [Y. AOS. C. NYP. Pea. UP. Cong. Cl. BM.].—A prose English translation of Agni Puranam. Edited and published by Manmatha Nath Dutt Shastri .... 2 vols.; 404xviii, vii, 1-640; 641-1346. Calcutta, printed by H. C. Das, Elysium Press, 1903-04. Dutt’s Wealth of India Series. [Y. C. NYP. JHU. UP. Cl. Ch. H. BM.].

*Aitareyabrdhmana. The Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveda...Edited, translated and explained by Martin Haug ... 2 vols.; ix, 80, 215, vi; vii, 535. Bombay: Government Central Book Depot, 1863. [Y. AOS. C. NYP. JHU. Pea. UP. Cong. Cl. Ch. H.].—Translation republished at Allahabad: Panini Office, 1919-22. SBH extra volume 4.

Alagona, Pietro. Sicilian Jesuit theologian, b. at Syracuse, 1549; d. in Rome, Oct. 19, 1624. Entered the Society of Jesus at Palermo, Dec. 22, 1564. Showed from early youth profound knowledge of canonical law; taught for twenty years philosophy and theology at Palermo and Messina, and was vice-rector of the College of Trapani. Called to Rome by Claudio Aquaviva, he exercised there for some thirty years the difficult function of examiner of bishops, being also the rector of the penitents at the Vatican. His earlier works were published under his mother’s name, Giwara. Best known for his Compendium of the works of Martin Aspilcueta (Rome, 1590; Lyons, 1591, etc.); his* S. Thomae Aquinatis theologicae summae compendium, which went through twenty- five editions (Rome, 1619, 1620; Lyons, 1619; Wurzburg and Cologne, 1620; Paris, 1621; Turin, 1891; British Museum has the Venice ed. of 1 762, 4to.); and his Enchiridion, seu manuale confessa- riorum, which went through more than twenty editions. He also published a Compendium of the whole Canon Law (Rome, 1622-23, etc.).

Amico, Francesco (Francis Amicus). Italian Jesuit theologian, b. at Cosenza, April 2, 1578; d. at Graz, Jan. 31, 1651. Began his novitiate, 1596. At first taught philosophy for some years, then occupied for 24 years the chair of theology at Aquila and at Naples, later at Graz and Vienna; after returning to Graz, he was for five years chancellor of the University. He is the author of* Cursus theologicae juxta scholasticum hujus temporis Societatis fesu methodum, 9 vols., folio, Duaci, 1640-49, and Antwerp, 1650; its first vol. appeared in Vienna, 1630; its fifth vol., “De iure et iustitia,” was placed on the Index, June, 1651, on acc. of three propositions, and was again condemned by Alexander VII and Innocent XL Pascal in his Les Provinciales, t. I, pp. 339-44 (Paris: Maynard, 1851), speaks of Amico and his ideas on homicide.

Ammianus Marcellinus (330-395 a.d.). *History. Loeb Class. Library.

Anthon, Charles. American classical scholar, b. in New York, Nov. 17, 1797; d. in New York, July 29, 1867. Grad, of Columbia Univ., 1815; studied law; was admitted to the bar, 4051819, but never practised. Adjunct prof, of Greek and Latin at Columbia, 1820; prof, of Greek language and literature, and head of the Gram. School connected with the College, 1830. Began editing in 1835 a classical series which later found wide use in schools and colleges. Works: Horatii Poemata, 1830.—*A Classical Dictionary. New York, 1841. 8vo.; 4th ed., 1842; also 1843 and New York: Harper & Bros., 1892.—A System of Ancient and Mediaeval Geography, 1850.

Ariamnes II. King of Cappadocia in the fourth century b.c.; succeeded his father Ariarathes II, whose eldest son he was. Being very fond of his children, he shared his crown with his son who also succeeded him as Ariarathes III. The name occurs also in the form of Ariaramnes.