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Vina +

A kind of large guitar used in India and Tibet, whose invention is attributed variously to Siva, Nârada, and others. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vinata +

A daughter of Daksha and wife of Kashyapa (one of the “seven orators” of the world). She brought forth the egg from which Garuda the seer was born. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vincent de Beauvais +

Medieval French encyclopaedist, author of Speculum majus, a compendium divided into natural, doctrinal and historical sections. The moral section, Speculum morale, was added later and is probably a fourteenth-century work. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#548|2:548]][[SMW::on]]). +

Viprachitti +

The chief of the Dânavas — the giants that warred with the gods: the Titans of India. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Virabhadra +

A thousand‐headed and thousand‐ armed monster, “born of the breath” of Siva Rudra, a symbol having reference to the “sweat‐born ”, the second race of mankind (''Secret Doctrine,'' II., p. 182). [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Viraj +

The Hindu Logos in the ''Purânas''; the male Manu, created in the female portion of Brahmâ’s body (Vâch) by that god. Says Manu: “ Having divided his body into two parts, the lord (Brahmâ) became with the one half a male and with the other half a female; and in her he created Virâj”. The ''Rig ‐Veda'' makes Virâj spring from Purusha, and Purusha spring from Virâj. The latter is the type of all male beings, and Vâch, Sata‐rûpa (she of the hundred forms), the type of all female forms. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Virgil +

De Zirkoff cites his ''Aeneid'' in the Loeb Classical Library edition. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#536|3:536]][[SMW::on]]). The ''Aeneid'' and ''Georgics'' are cited in the Loeb Classical Library. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#400|7:400]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Aeneid. Loeb Classical Library (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#592|11:592]][[SMW::on]]). His Aeneid is cited in the Loeb Classical Library edition (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.10)#428|10:428]][[SMW::on]]). +

Virgil - Aeneid +

A poem by Virgil. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Signs of the Time|BCW 3:67]]) Book VI, lines 730-731, is the source of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s quotation on ethereal vigour and heavenly birth; [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] did not identify her verse translation. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Star-Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic Church#14|BCW 10:14]]) The description of Polyphemus as a huge, shapeless monster deprived of sight, quoted by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]], is from Book III, line 658. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Thoughts on the Elementals#197|BCW 12:197]]) +

Virubov, Grigoriy Nikolayevich +

Russian philosopher and writer (1843-1913), a friend of Émile Littré and advocate of positivism. Together they founded ''La Philosophie positive'' in 1867. He edited Herzen's collected works in 1875-1879 and also pursued mineralogy and crystallography. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#536|3:536]][[SMW::on]]). +

Vishnu +

The second person of the Hindu Trimûrti (trinity), composed of Brahmâ, Vishnu and Siva. From the root '''vish''', “to pervade”. in the ''Rig ‐Veda'', Vishnu is no high god, but simply a manifestation of the solar energy, described as “striding through the seven regions of the Universe in ''three'' steps and enveloping all things with the dust (of his beams ”.) Whatever may be the six other occult significances of the statement, this is related to the same class of types as the seven and ten Sephiroth, as the'' '' ''seven'' and ''three'' orifices of the perfect Adam Kadmon, as the seven “principles” and the higher triad in man, etc., etc. Later on this mystic type becomes a great god, the preserver and the renovator, he “of a thousand names — Sahasranâma ”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vishnu Bawa Brahmâchâri +

Author of an essay in Marathi, whose exact title and publication details Zirkoff notes could not be identified. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#530|1:530]][[SMW::on]]). Author of “True Religion Defined”, which explains dharma as the nature and duty of a living being. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Footnotes to True Religion Defined|BCW 3:141-142]]) +

Vishnu Purana +

H. H. Wilson's English translation, edited by Fitzedward Hall, was published by Trübner & Co. in London in volumes dated 1864, 1865, 1866, 1868 and 1870, as part of Wilson's collected works. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#536|3:536]][[SMW::on]]). Zirkoff lists Jivananda Vidyasagara’s edition (Calcutta, 1882) and H. H. Wilson’s translation edited by Fitzedward Hall (London, 1864-70). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#368|5:368]][[SMW::on]]). De Zirkoff lists Jivananda Vidyasagara’s Calcutta edition of 1882 and H. H. Wilson’s English translation, edited by Fitzedward Hall and published in London in 1864-1870. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#426|6:426]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography lists Jīvānanda Vidyāsāgara’s Calcutta edition of 1882 and H. H. Wilson’s English translation edited by Fitzedward Hall, published at London in 1864-1870. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#400|7:400]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography lists Jivananda Vidyasagara's Calcutta edition (1882) and H. H. Wilson's translation edited by Fitzedward Hall (London, 1864-1870) (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.10)#428|10:428]][[SMW::on]]). The passages on Vishnu as the single and manifold cause of the world in the Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge derive from Book I, chapter II, pp. 13-15 and 17-18 of H. H. Wilson’s translation. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge of The Theosophical Society#332|BCW 10:332]])

Vishwakarman +

The “Omnificent”. A Vedic god, a personification of the creative Force, described as the One “all‐seeing god, . . . the generator, disposer, who . . . is beyond the comprehension of (uninitiated) mortals”. In the two hymns of the ''Rig ‐Veda'' specially devoted to him, he is said “to sacrifice ''himself ''to ''himself ''”. The names of his mother, “the lovely and virtuous '''Yoga‐Siddha'''” (''Purânas'') and of his daughter ''Sanjnâ ''(spiritual consciousness), show his mystic character. (See ''Secret Doctrine, sub voc''.) As the artificer of the gods and maker of their weapons, he is called Karu, “workman”, ''Takshaka'' “carpenter”, or “wood‐cutter”, etc., etc. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vishwatryarchas +

The fourth solar (mystic) ray of the seven. (See ''Secret Doctrine'', I., p. 515, n.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vivaswat +

The “bright One”, the Sun. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Viwan +

Some kind “of air‐vehicle”, like a balloon, mentioned but not described in the old Sanskrit works, which the Atlanteans and the ancient Aryas seem to have known and used. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Volkmar, Gustav +

German Protestant theologian (1809-1893), professor at Zurich, chiefly occupied with New Testament interpretation. His works include ''Der Ursprung unserer Evangelien'' (1866) and ''Die Evangelien'' (1870). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#447|6:447]][[SMW::on]]). +

Volney, Constantin Francois Chassebeuf, Comte de +

French scholar, writer and traveller. Spent about four years in Egypt and Syria, publishing an account of his travels in 1787, and sat in both the Estates-General and the Constituent Assembly. His 1791 essay on the philosophy of history, ''Les Ruines, ou méditations sur les révolutions des empires'', attempted to apply his political and economic theories, including a practical application in Corsica. Imprisoned during the Jacobin Terror but escaped execution; later travelled to the United States, where he was suspected of being a French spy, before returning to France and becoming a member of the Institute. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#530|1:530]][[SMW::on]]). +

Volney, de +

Bibliographical references include: Les Ruines, etc. 1791. See Vol I, p. 530, for data (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#592|11:592]][[SMW::on]]). +

Voltaire - A Philosophical Dictionary +

[[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s quotations derive from “Idolatry”, section III, and “Initiation (Ancient Mysteries)”. She may have translated directly from French. ([[BCW|BCW editors]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Origin of the Mysteries#250|BCW 14:250]]) +