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Daly, John Bowles +

Irish writer and former Anglican clergyman who joined the Theosophical Society and worked for Buddhist education in Ceylon. Lectured at Adyar and became General Secretary of the Ceylon Section in 1890. +

Dama +

Restraint of the senses [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dambulla +

The name of a huge rock in Ceylon. It is about 400 feet above the level of the sea. Its upper portion is excavated, and several large cave‐temples, or Vihâras, are cut out of the solid rock, all of these being of pre‐ Christian date. They are considered as the best‐ preserved antiquities in the island. The North side of the rock is vertical and quite inaccessible, but on the South side, about 150 feet from its summit, its huge overhanging granite mass has been fashioned into a platform with a row of large cave‐temples excavated in the surrounding walls — evidently at an enormous sacrifice of labour and money. Two Vihâras may he mentioned out of the many: the ''Maha Râja Vihâra'', 172 ft. in length and 75 in breadth, in which there are upwards of fifty figures of Buddha, most of them larger than life and all formed from the solid rock. A well has been dug out at the foot of the central ''Dâgoba ''and from a fissure in the rock there constantly drips into it beautiful clear water which is kept for sacred purposes. In the other, the ''Maha'' ''Dewiyo Vihâra, ''there is to be seen a gigantic figure of the dead Gautama Buddha, 7 feet long, reclining on a couch and pillow cut out of solid rock like the rest. “This long, narrow and dark temple, the position and placid aspect of Buddha, together with the stillness of the place, tend to impress the beholder with the idea that he is in the chamber of death. The priest asserts . . . . that such was Buddha, and such were those (at his feet stands an attendant) who witnessed the last moments of his mortality” (Hardy’s East. ''Monachism''). The view from Dambulla is magnificent. On the large rock platform which seems to he now more visited by very intelligent tame white monkeys than by monks, there stands a huge Bo‐Tree, one of the numerous scions from the original Bo‐ Tree under which the Lord Siddhârtha reached Nirvâna. “About 50 ft. from the summit there is a pond which, as the priests assert, is never without water.” (The ''Ceylon Almanac'', 1834.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG).

Dammapadan +

A Buddhist work containing moral precepts [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Damodar K. Mavalankar +

An Indian Theosophist from Ahmedabad. He joined the Theosophical Society in 1879 and worked at its headquarters. He contributed articles to ''The Theosophist'' and corresponded with prominent members of the movement. His writings and letters were later collected by Sven Eek. Joined the Theosophical Society in early August 1879. The account of the founding of The Theosophist gives 2 August, whereas the chronology dates the issue of membership papers to 3 August; these may describe different stages of admission. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Founding of The Theosophist|BCW 2:83-84]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|BCW 2:xxviii]]) Appointed Joint Recording Secretary of the Theosophical Society on 17 February 1881. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.3)|BCW 3:xxiii]]) Recuperated for about a month in Poona in August 1882 as A. D. Ezekiel’s guest; accompanied the Founders on their move from Bombay to Adyar in December. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxv|BCW 4:xxv]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxvii|BCW 4:xxvii]]) Accompanied [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] on his North Indian tour in October–November 1883. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]]’s chronology records his departure from the house at Jammu on 25 November and return on 27 November; Olcott associated the absence with a visit to his Teacher’s ashram. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.5)#xxvi|BCW 5:xxvi-xxviii]]) According to [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]]’s chronology, left Adyar for Tibet on 23 February 1885 and Darjeeling on 13 April; the last entry in his diary is dated 23 April. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.6)|BCW 6:xli-xlii]])

Dana +

Almsgiving to mendicants, lit., “charity”, the first of the six Paramitas in Buddhism [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dana, C. A. +

American journalist and Assistant Secretary of War during the American Civil War. A testimonial concerning Henry Steel Olcott was reproduced in the January 1881 Supplement to ''The Theosophist''. +

Danavas +

Almost the same as ''Daityas''; giants and demons, the opponents of the ritualistic gods [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dane, Louis W. +

British Indian government official who served as private secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab. +

Dangma +

In Esotericism a purified Soul. A Seer and an Initiate; one who has attained full wisdom [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dante, Alighieri +

Bibliographical references include: La Divina Comedia (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#411|9:411]][[SMW::on]]). +

Daos +

The seventh King (Shepherd) of the divine Dynasty, who reigned over the Babylonians for the space of ''ten sari, ''or 36,000 years, a saros being of 3,600 years’ duration. In his time four Annedoti, or Men‐fishes (Dagons) made their appearance [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Darabjee +

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

Darasta +

Ceremonial magic practised by the central Indian tribes, especially among the Kolarians [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Darbhagiri Nath +

Member of the Theosophical Society, described as a chela among the signatories of the protest published in September 1882. +

Dardanus +

The Son of Jupiter and Electra, who received the Kabeiri gods as a dowry, and took them to Samothrace, where they were worshipped long before the hero laid the foundations of Troy, and before Tyre and Sidon were ever heard of, though Tyre was built 2,760 years B.C. (See for fuller details “[[Kabiri]]”.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Darha +

The ancestral spirits of the Kolarians [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Darmesteter, James +

The appendix refers readers to the Avesta entry, which lists his translations in ''Sacred Books of the East''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#641|4:641]][[SMW::on]]). +

Darsanas +

The Schools of Indian philosophy, of which there are six; ''Shad‐darsanas ''or six demonstrations [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Darwin, Charles Robert +

*''On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life''. Published on November 24, 1859, the entire edition of 1250 copies being exhausted on the day of issue. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#454|1:454-455]][[SMW::on]]). +