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Lang‐Shu +

The title of the translation of Nagarjuna’s work, the ''Ekasloka‐Shastra.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lanigan, George Thomas +

Canadian journalist and poet. +

Lanka +

The ancient name of the island now called Ceylon. It is also the name of a mountain in the South East of Ceylon, where, as tradition says, was a town peopled with demons named Lankapuri. It is described in the epic of the ''Ramayana ''as of gigantic extent and magnificence, “with seven broad moats and seven stupendous walls of stone and metal”. Its foundation is attributed to Visva‐Karma, who built it for Kuvera, the king of the demons, from whom it was taken by Ravana, the ravisher of Sita. The ''Bhâgavat Purâna ''shows Lanka or Ceylon as primarily the summit of Mount Meru, which was broken off by Vayu, god of the wind, and hurled into the ocean. It has since become the seat of the Southern Buddhist Church, the Siamese Sect (headed at present by the High Priest Sumangala), the representation of the purest exoteric Buddhism on this side of the Himalayas [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lankavatara Sutra +

Sections 18, 38 and 53 of D. T. Suzuki’s English translation (London, Routledge, 1932) are recommended for comparison with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s discussion of Nirvana and rebirth. ([[BCW|BCW editors]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Nirvana-Moksha#416|BCW 14:416]]) +

Lanoo +

A disciple, the same as “chela” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lao‐tze +

A great sage, saint and philosopher who preceded Confucius [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lapide, Cornelius Cornelii à +

Flemish Jesuit and biblical commentator (1567-1637), professor at Louvain and later resident in Rome. His commentaries combine historical study of Scripture with allegorical interpretation. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#379|7:379]][[SMW::on]]). The compiler could not identify the precise source of the Latin passage attributed to him; further biographical data are referenced to BCW volume 7 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#462|8:462]][[SMW::on]]). +

Lapis philosophorum +

The “Philosopher’s stone”; a mystic term in alchemy, having quite a different meaning from that usually attributed to it [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lara, D. E. de +

A learned old gentleman of Portuguese-Hebrew extraction who was present at the meeting of September 8, 1875, when the Theosophical Society was formed. Both H.P.B. and Col. Olcott had great affection for him. He seems to have remained a member till he died, but very little is known about his life and work. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#491|1:491]][[SMW::on]]). +

Lararium +

An apartment in the house of ancient Romans where the ''Lares ''or household gods were preserved, with other family relics [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lares +

These were of three kinds: ''Lares familiares'', the guardians and invisible presidents of the family circle; ''Lares parvi'', small idols used for divinations and augury: and ''Lares præstites'', which were supposed to maintain order among the others. The Lares are the ''manes ''or ghosts of disembodied people. Apuleius says that the tumulary in scription, ''To the gods manes who lived'', meant that the Soul had been transformed in a ''Lemure ''; and adds that though “the human Soul is a demon that our languages may name genius”, and “is an ''immortal god ''though in ''a certain sense she is born at the same time as the man in whom she is'', yet we may say ''that she dies in the same way that she is born''”. Which means in plainer language that ''Lares ''and ''Lemures ''are simply the shells cast off by the EGO, the high spiritual and immortal Soul, whose ''shell'', and also its astral reflection, the ''animal ''Soul, die, whereas the higher Soul prevails throughout eternity [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Larva +

The animal Soul. ''Larvæ ''are the shadows of men that have lived and died [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lassen, Christian +

Norwegian-born German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar (22 October 1800, Bergen - 8 May 1876, Bonn). Professor of ancient Indian language and literature at Bonn from 1840. His principal work was the four-volume ''[[Indische Altertumskunde]]'', a study of Indian history and culture drawing on literary, epigraphic and numismatic evidence. ([https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd119512831.html#ndbcontent Neue Deutsche Biographie, vol. 13 (1982), p. 673]) +

Lauber, Erica +

Assisted from London 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]]) +

Law of Retribution +

See “Karma” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Laws of Manu +

For verses XII.3 and XII.55 discussed by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]], [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] supplies G. Bühler’s translation in Sacred Books of the East, volume 25 (1886). He identifies the statement connecting dependence and self-control with suffering and happiness as IV.160. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Transmigration of the Life-Atoms#114|BCW 5:114]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Morality and Pantheism#340|BCW 5:340]]) +

Laya +

From the root ''Li ''“to dissolve, to disintegrate” a point of equilibrium (''zero‐point'') in physics and chemistry. In occultism, that point where substance becomes homogeneous and is unable to act or differentiate [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Layard, Sir Austen Henry +

British archaeologist, diplomat and writer (1817-1894), known for excavations at Nimrud and Kuyunjik and the identification of ancient Nineveh. His books include Nineveh and its Remains and Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#533|2:533]][[SMW::on]]). British diplomat, author and excavator of Assyrian sites (1817-1894). His expeditions at Kuyunjik and Nimrud supplied major collections to the British Museum; their results appeared in ''Nineveh and its Remains'' and ''Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#514|3:514]][[SMW::on]]). +

Lazarev, Ivan Davidovich +

Russian military commander. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] tentatively identifies him as the Lazarev named by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Armenians|BCW 2:266]]) The Military Encyclopaedia identifies him as Ivan Davidovich Lazarev (1820-1879), commander of the Akhal-Teke expedition of 1879. ([https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/ВЭ/ДО/Лазаревы Военная энциклопедия, т. 14: Лазаревы]) +

Lazarus, Montague R. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol8|vol. 8]] (1886–1887). The Kabbala and the Microcosm compares Hebrew, Hindu and Greek views of the constitution of man; continuations appeared in The Theosophist, volume IX, October–December 1887, pp. 45–52, 119–124 and 167–171. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Kabalah and the Kabalists at the Close of the Nineteenth Century#271|BCW 7:271]]) +