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Asvaghosha +

Sanskrit poet and Buddhist philosopher, traditionally credited with the biography of the Buddha, the ''Buddhacarita''. +

Aswamedha +

The Horse‐sacrifice; an ancient Brahmanical ceremony [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Aswattha +

The '''''Bo‐tree''''', the tree of knowledge, '''''ficus religiosa''''' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Aswins +

Are the most mysterious and occult deities of all; who have “puzzled the oldest commentators”. Literally, they are the “Horsemen”, the “divine charioteers”, as they ride in a ''golden car ''drawn by horses or birds or animals, and “''are possessed of many forms”''. They are two Vedic deities, the twin sons of the sun and the sky, which becomes the nymph Aswini. In mythological symbolism they are “the bright harbingers of Ushas, the dawn”, who are “ever young and handsome, bright, agile, swift as falcons”, who “prepare the way for the brilliant dawn to those who have patiently awaited through the night”. They are also called time “physicians of Swarga” (or Devachan), inasmuch as they heal every pain and suffering, and cure all diseases. Astronomically, they are asterisms. They were enthusiastically worshipped, as their epithets show. They are the “Ocean‐born” (i.e., '''''space '''''born) or ''Abdhijau, ''“crowned with lotuses” or '''''Pushhara‐srajam, '''''etc., etc. Yâska, the commentator in the ''Nirukta, ''thinks that “the Aswins represent the transition from darkness to light ” — cosmically, and we may add, metaphysically, also. But Muir and Goldstücker are inclined to see in them ancient “horsemen of great renown”, because, forsooth, of the legend “that the gods refused the Aswins admittance to a sacrifice on the ground that ''they had been on too familiar terms with men”''. Just so, because as explained by the same Yâska “they are identified with heaven and earth”, only for quite a different reason. Truly they are like the ''Ribhus, ''“originally renowned mortals (but also non‐renowned occasionally) who in the course of time are translated into the companionship of gods”; and they show a negative character, “the result of the‐ alliance of light with darkness”, simply because these ''twins ''are, in the esoteric philosophy, the '''''Kumâra‐Egos, '''''the reincarnating “Principles” in this Manvantara [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG).

Atala +

One of the regions in the Hindu lokas, and one of the seven mountains; but esoterically Atala is on an astral plane, and was, once on a time, a real island upon this earth [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Atalanta Fugiens +

A famous treatise by the eminent Rosicrucian Michael Maier; it has many beautiful engravings of Alchemic symbolism: here is to be found the original of the picture of a man and woman within a circle, a triangle around it, then a square: the inscription is, “From the first '''''ens '''''proceed two contraries, thence come the three principles, and from them the four elementary states ; if you separate the pure from the impure you will have the stone of the Philosophers”. [ w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Atarpi +

A personage who was “pious to the gods”; and who prayed the god Hea to remove the evil of drought and other things before the Deluge is sent. The story is found on one of the most ancient Babylonian tablets, and relates to the sin of the world. In the words of G. Smith “the god Elu or Bel calls together an assembly of the gods, his sons, and relates to them that he is angry at the sin of the world”; and in the fragmentary phrases of the tablet: “ . . . . I made them . . . . Their wickedness I am angry at, their punishment shall not be small . . . . let food be exhausted, above let Vul drink up his rain”, etc., etc. In answer to Atarpi’s prayer the god Hea announces his resolve to destroy the people he created, which he does finally by a deluge [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Atash Behram +

The sacred fire of the Parsis, preserved perpetually in their fire‐temples [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Atef +

It consisted of a tall white cap with ram’s horns, and the ''urœus ''in front. Its two feathers represent the two truths — ''life and death.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Athamaz +

The same as Adonis with the Greeks, the Jews having borrowed all their gods [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Athanor +

The ''“astral” ''fluid of the Alchemists, their Archimedean lever; exoterically, the furnace of the Alchemist [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Atharva Veda +

The fourth Veda; ''lit.'', magic incantation containing aphorisms, incantations and magic formula One of the most ancient and revered Books of the Brahmans [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). Editions include the ''Sanhitâ'' edited by R. Roth and W. D. Whitney (Berlin, 1855-56) and an edition with Sâyanâchârya's commentary edited by Shankar Pândurang Pandit (Bombay, 1895-98, 4 vols.). English translations listed by Boris de Zirkoff include those of Ralph T. H. Griffith (Benares, 1895-96), Whitney and C. R. Lanman (Cambridge, Mass., 1905), and M. Bloomfield (Oxford, 1897; ''SBE'', Vol. XLII). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#522|2:522]][[SMW::on]]). The fourth Veda, traditionally attributed to Atharvan, consists chiefly of formulas and spells against disease and calamity. Zirkoff lists Sanskrit editions and translations by Griffith, Whitney and Bloomfield. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#621|4:621]][[SMW::on]]). +

Athenaeum, The +

Initiated in 1828 by James Silk Buckingham, it was sold within a few weeks to Frederick Maurice and John Sterling, who failed to make it profitable. In 1829, Charles Wentworth Dilke became part proprietor and editor; he greatly extended the influence of the magazine. In 1846, he resigned the editorship and assumed that of the Daily News of London, but contributed a series of notable articles to the Athenaeum. The poet and critic Thomas Kibble Hervey succeeded Dilke as editor and served from 1846 until his resignation due to ill health in 1853. Historian and traveller William Hepworth Dixon succeeded Hervey in 1853, and remained editor until 1869. Editor from 1871 to 1900 was Norman MacColl. From 1849 to 1880 Geraldine Jewsbury contributed more than 2300 reviews. She was one of very few women who reviewed for the Athenaeum and started submitting her reviews regularly by 1854. She rated highly novels that showed character morality and were also entertaining. She criticized the "fallen woman" theme, which was common in Victorian literature. During the second half of the 1850s, Jewsbury was entrusted with editing the "New Novels" section. [[Category: CTD info from Wikipedia]] (WP) +

Athenagoras +

A Platonic philosopher of Athens, who wrote a Greek Apology for the Christians in A.D. 177, addressed to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, to prove that the accusations brought against them, namely that they were incestuous and ate murdered children, were untrue [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). Christian apologist and philosopher of the second century, traditionally associated with Athens; the bibliography identifies his Apology as his principal work (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#566|11:566]][[SMW::on]]). +

Athor +

“Mother Night.” Primeval Chaos, in the Egyptian cosmogony. The goddess of night [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Athos +

A monastic community on the easternmost of the three peninsulas projecting from Macedonia into the Aegean Sea, also known as Hagion Oros. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Beacon of the Unknown#254|BCW 11:254]]) +

Ativahikas +

With the Visishtadwaitees, these are the Pitris, or ''Devas'', who help the disembodied soul or ''Jiva ''in its transit from its dead body to ''Paramapadha.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Atkins, Anita +

Assisted from New York in preparing volume XIII of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s Collected Writings, as acknowledged by [[Eklund, Dara R.|D. Eklund]]. ([[Eklund, Dara R.|D. Eklund]], [[Eklund D. - Foreword (BCW vol.13)#xxi|BCW 13:xxi]]) +

Atkinson, Edward +

An American economist and publicist who wrote on manufacturing, trade and social questions. His interest in the use of cotton products is reflected in the contribution on cottonseed as food reprinted in ''The Theosophist''. +

Atkinson, Henry George +

English writer interested in mesmerism and naturalistic philosophy. With Harriet Martineau he co-authored ''Letters on the Laws of Man’s Nature and Development'' (1851). Co-author with Harriet Martineau of ''Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development'', published in Boston and London in 1851. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#621|4:621]][[SMW::on]]). Drew attention to an account of reproducing the image of a rose from its ashes in J. Gaffarel’s book; [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] commented on his explanation of such phenomena. She visited him at Boulogne-sur-Mer in April 1884. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (29)#71|BCW 6:71-72]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.6)#xxviii|BCW 6:xxviii]]) +