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Taylor, Robert +

English biblical critic, formerly a surgeon and clergyman, who left the Church and lectured and wrote on deism. His works include Diegesis and The Devil's Pulpit (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#476|8:476]][[SMW::on]]). +

Taylor, Thomas +

English scholar and translator of Greek philosophy. He translated works of Plato, Aristotle, the Neoplatonists and the Orphic tradition into English. His translations influenced later writers, including G. R. S. Mead. The bibliography cites his five-volume The Works of Plato (London, 1804), printed for Taylor by R. Wilks. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#546|2:546]][[SMW::on]]). ''The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries'' is cited in its third edition, published by J. W. Bouton at New York in 1875; the bibliography also refers to the entry on Porphyry. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#399|7:399]][[SMW::on]]). +

Tchaitya +

Any locality made sacred through some event in the life of Buddha ; a term signifying the same in relation to gods, and any kind of place or object of worship. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tchakchur +

The first ''Vidjnâna ''(''q.v''.). Lit., “the eye”, meaning the faculty of sight, or rather, an occult perception of spiritual and subjective realities (''Chakshur''). [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tchakra +

A spell. The disk of Vishnu, which served as a weapon; the wheel of the Zodiac, also the wheel of time, etc. With Vishnu, it was a symbol of divine authority. One of the sixty‐five figures of the ''Sripâda'', or the mystic foot‐print of Buddha which contains that number of symbolical figures. The Tchakra is used in mesmeric phenomena and other abnormal practices. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tchandalas +

Outcasts, or people without caste, a name now given to all the lower classes of the Hindus; but in antiquity it was applied to a certain class of men, who, having forfeited their right to any of the four castes‐ — Brâhmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas and Sûdras — were expelled from cities and sought refuge in the forests. Then they became “bricklayers ”, until finally expelled they left the country, some 4,000 years before our era. Some see in them the ancestors of the earlier Jews, whose tribes began with A‐brahm or “ No Brahm ”. To this day it is the class most despised by the Brahmins in India. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tchandragupta +

The son of Nanda, the first Buddhist King of the Morya Dynasty, the grandfather of King Asoka, “the beloved of the gods” (''Piyadasi''). [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tchatur Maharaja +

The “four kings ”, Devas, who guard the four quarters of the universe, and are connected with Karma. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tcherno‐Bog +

Lit., “black god”; the chief deity of the ancient Slavonian nations. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tchertchen +

An oasis in Central Asia, situated about 4,000 feet above the river Tchertchen Darya ; the very hot‐bed and centre of ancient civilization, surrounded on all sides by numberless ruins, above and below ground, of cities, towns, and burial‐places of every description. As the late Colonel Prjevalski reported, the oasis is inhabited by some 3,000 people “representing the relics of about a hundred nations and races now extinct, the very names of which are at present unknown to ethnologists”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tchhanda Riddhi Pada +

“The step of desire”, a term used in Râja Yoga. It is the final renunciation of all desire as a ''sine quânon'' condition of phenomenal powers, and entrance on the direct path of Nirvâna. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tchikitsa Vidya Shastra +

A treatise on occult medicine, which contains a number of “ magic ” prescriptions. It is one of the ''Pancha Vidyâ Shâstra''s or Scriptures. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tchina +

The name of China in Buddhist works, the land being so called since the Tsin dynasty, which was established in the year 349 before our era. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tchitta Riddhi Pada +

“ The step of memory.” The third condition of the mystic series which leads to the acquirement of adept‐ship ; i.e., the renunciation of physical memory, and of all thoughts connected with worldly or personal events in one’s life — benefits, personal pleasures or associations. physical memory has to be sacrificed, and recalled by will power only when absolutely needed. The ''Riddhi'' ''Pâda'', lit., the four “ Steps to Riddhi ”, are the four modes of controlling and finally of annihilating desire, memory, and finally meditation itself — so far as these are connected with any effort of the physical brain — meditation then becomes absolutely spiritual. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tchitta Smriti Upasthana +

One of the four aims of ''Smriti Upasthâna,'' i.e., the keeping ever in mind the transitory character of man’s life, and the incessant revolution of the wheel of existence. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tebah +

Nature; which mystically and esoterically is the same as its personified Elohim, the numerical value of both words — Tebah and Elohim (or Aleim) being the same, namely 86. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tebb, William +

English businessman and social reformer, known for his campaigns against compulsory vaccination and premature burial. +

Tefnant +

One of the three deities who inhabit “the land of the rebirth of gods” and good men, i.e., ''Aamroo '' (Devâchân) The three deities are Scheo, Tefnant, and Seb. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Tela ignea Satanae +

A work by [[Wagenseil, Johann Christoph|J. C. Wagenseil]] (Altdorf, 1681), containing the Disputation of Rabbi Jehiel and the Hebrew text of Toledot Yeshu. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] identifies the former with É. Lévi’s reference in La Science des Esprits. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (4)#224|BCW 8:224]]) +

Telang, Kashinath Trimbak +

An Indian scholar and translator. He translated the ''Bhagavadgita'', ''Sanatsujatiya'' and ''Anugita'' for the ''Sacred Books of the East'' series. His articles in ''The Theosophist'' concern Sankaracharya and Indian philosophical literature. Author of “The Life of Sankaracharya, Philosopher and Mystic”. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] annotated his account of Shankara, discussing the transfer of consciousness and traditional reports of extraordinary powers. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Footnotes to The Life of Sankaracharya, Philosopher and Mystic|BCW 2:217-219]]) +