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Galton, Francis +

English scientist, statistician and explorer, known for his studies of heredity and for developing the concept of regression to the mean. An advocate of eugenics. English anthropologist (1822-1911), also active in exploration and meteorology. He researched heredity, mental imagery and fingerprints, and promoted eugenics; his books include ''Hereditary Genius'' and ''Inquiries into Human Faculty''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#371|7:371-372]][[SMW::on]]). +

Gal‐hinnom +

The name of Hell in the Talmud [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gambatrin +

The name of Hermodur’s “magic staff” in the ''Edda'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ganadevas +

A certain class of celestial Beings who are said to inhabit ''Maharloka. ''They are the rulers of our Kalpa (Cycle) and therefore termed Kalpâdhikârins, or Lord of the Kalpas. They last only “One Day” of Brahmâ [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gandapada +

A celebrated Brahman teacher, the author of the Commentaries on the ''Sankhya Karika, Mandukya Upanishad'', and other works [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gandhara +

A musical note of great occult power in the Hindu gamut — the third of the diatonic scale [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gandharva +

The celestial choristers and musicians of India. in the ''Vedas ''these deities reveal the secrets of heaven and earth and esoteric science to mortals. They had charge of the sacred Soma plant and its juice, the ambrosia drunk in the temple which gives “omniscienceʺ [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ganesa +

The elephant‐headed God of Wisdom, the ''son ''of Siva. He is the same as the Egyptian Thoth‐Hermes, and Anubis or Hermanubis (''q.v.''). The legend shows him as having lost his human head, which was replaced by that of an elephant [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ganga +

The Ganges, the principal sacred river in India. There are two versions of its myth: one relates that Gangâ (the goddess) having transformed herself into a river, flows from the big toe of Vishnu; the other, that the Gangâ drop from the ear of Siva into the Anavatapta lake, thence passes out, through the mouth of the silver cow (''gômukhi''), crosses all Eastern India and falls into the Southern Ocean. “An ‘heretical superstition ”, remarks Mr. Eitel in his ''Sanskrit, Chinese Dictionary ''“ascribes to the waters of the Ganges ''sin‐cleansing power''” No more a “superstition” one would say, than the belief that the waters of Baptism and the Jordan have “sin‐cleansing power” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gangaram Bhau +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol6|vol. 6]] (1884–1885). +

Gangi +

A renowned Sorcerer in the time of Kâsyapa Buddha (a predecessor of Gautama). Gangi was regarded as an incarnation of Apalâla, the Nâga (Serpent), the guardian Spirit of the Sources of Subhavastu, a river in Udyâna. Apalâla is said to have been converted by Gautama Buddha, to the good Law, and become an Arhat. The allegory of the name is comprehensible : all the Adepts and Initiates were called ''nâgas, ''“ Serpents of Wisdom” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gangooly, Dina Nath +

President of the Adhi Bhoutic Bhratri Theosophical Society at Berhampur in 1884–1885. +

Ganguli, Dinanath +

President of the Berhampore Branch of the Theosophical Society in 1891. +

Ganguli, M. G. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol8|vol. 8]] (1886–1887). +

Ganguli, Mohendra Nath +

Indian physician and secretary of the Chohan Theosophical Society established at Cawnpore in March 1882. +

Gangâdwâra +

“The gate or door of the Ganges”, literally; the name of a town now called Hardwar, at the foot of the Himalayas [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ganinnanse +

A Singhalese priest who has not yet been ordained — from ''gana'', an assemblage or brotherhood. The higher ordained priests “are called ''terunnânse ''from the Pali ''théro'', an elder”(Hardy) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gan‐Eden +

Also ''Ganduniyas. ''(See “[[Eden]]”.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Garde, Ganesh Krishna +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol6|vol. 6]] (1884–1885). +

Garga-samhita +

Work including the ''Yuga-Purana''. Zirkoff cites an edition with a Hindi commentary published by the Venkatesvara Press, Bombay, in 1911. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#364|5:364]][[SMW::on]]). +