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The “great age” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
Lit., the great interludes between the “Manus”. The period of universal activity. Manvantara implying here simply a period of activity, as opposed to Pralaya, or rest — without reference to the length of the cycle [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
The great illusion of manifestation. This universe, and all in it in their mutual relation, is called the great Illusion or ''Mahâmâyâ ''It is also the usual title given to Gautama the Buddha’s Immaculate Mother — Mayâdêvi, or the “Great Mystery”, as she is called by the Mystics [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
One of the most authoritative of the Buddhist sacred writings [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>.
Pali text corresponding in title to the Sanskrit ''Mahaparinirvana-Sutra''. Zirkoff cites T. W. Rhys Davids’s translation in volume XI of ''Sacred Books of the East'' (Oxford, 1881). <span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings' compiled by B. de Zirkoff">BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#365|5:365]][[SMW::on]]</span>)</span>. +
The opposite of Mahâmanvantara, literally “the great Dissolution”, the “Night” following the “Day of Brahmâ”. It is the great rest and sleep of all nature after a period of active manifestation; orthodox Christians would refer to it as the “Destruction of the World” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
Supreme or Great Spirit. A title of Vishnu [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
A ''gana ''or class of gods 236 in number. Certain ''Forces ''in esoteric teachings [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
Space, or eternal law; the great void or chaos [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
The great esoteric science. The highest Initiates alone are in possession of this science, which embraces almost universal knowledge [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
The “great ascetic”. A title of Siva [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
The aggregate of four ''Yugas ''or ages, of 4,320,000 solar years; a “Day of Brahmâ”, in the Brahmanical system ; lit., “the great age” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
Lit., the “great war”; the celebrated epic poem of India (probably the longest poem in the world) which includes both the ''Ramayana ''and the ''Bhagavad Gîtâ ''“the Song Celestial”. No two Orientalists agree as to its date. But it is undeniably extremely ancient [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>.
Listed editions include the Asiatic Society of Bengal text with Harivamsa (Calcutta, 1834-1839), the Ganguli/Roy English edition (1883-1896, twelve volumes), and M. N. Dutt’s translation (1895-1905, eighteen volumes). <span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings' compiled by B. de Zirkoff">BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#536|2:536]][[SMW::on]]</span>)</span>.
The bibliography lists the 1834-1839 edition, the critical edition begun under V. S. Sukthankar in 1927 and M. N. Dutt's English translation (1895-1905). <span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings' compiled by B. de Zirkoff">BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#656|4:656]][[SMW::on]]</span>)</span>.
Epic attributed to Vyasa. Zirkoff’s bibliography includes the Calcutta edition with the ''Harivansa'' (1834-39), the critical edition begun under V. S. Sukthankar (1927), and translations associated with K. M. Ganguli, Pratap Chandra Roy and M. N. Dutt. <span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings' compiled by B. de Zirkoff">BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#365|5:365]][[SMW::on]]</span>)</span>.
The thirteenth book of the ''Mahabharata''. <span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings' compiled by B. de Zirkoff">BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#365|5:365]][[SMW::on]]</span>)</span>. +
According to the best Hindu Commentators and Swami Dayanand Saraswati, 5,000 years B.C. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
The great commentary on Pânini’s grammar by Patanjali [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>.
Grammatical work by Patanjali. Zirkoff cites F. Kielhorn’s three-volume edition in the ''Bombay Sanskrit Series'' and partial translations by P. Chandra Chakravarti published in 1925. <span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings' compiled by B. de Zirkoff">BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#365|5:365]][[SMW::on]]</span>)</span>. +
Belonging to the Macrocosmic principles [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
Gross elementary principles of matter [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
A certain hell [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. +
The appendix associates it with the Atharva Veda and cites G. A. Jacob's edition with the commentary ''Narayana-Dipika'' (Bombay Sanskrit Series, 1888). <span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings' compiled by B. de Zirkoff">BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#656|4:656]][[SMW::on]]</span>)</span>. +
Zirkoff lists an edition by Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe; Madras, 1929) and his translation (London: Luzac, 1913). <span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings' compiled by B. de Zirkoff">BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#365|5:365]][[SMW::on]]</span>)</span>. +