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Bhutesa +

lit., “Lord of beings or of existent lives”. A name applied to Vishnu, to Brahmâ and Krishna [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Bhuts +

''Bhûta.'': Ghosts, phantoms. To call them “demons”, as do the Orientalists, is incorrect. For, if on the one hand, a Bhûta is “a malignant spirit which haunts cemeteries, lurks in trees, animates dead bodies, and deludes and devours human beings”, in popular fancy, in India in Tibet and China, by Bhûtas are also meant “heretics” who besmear their bodies with ashes, or Shaiva ascetics (Siva being held in India for the King of Bhûtas) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Bhuvana +

A name of Rudra or Siva, one of the Indian ''Trimurti ''(Trinity) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Bhuya‐loka +

One of the 14 worlds [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Bianchini, Francesco Giuseppe +

Italian historian, astronomer and antiquary associated with the papal court. He studied historical antiquities and calendar reform and wrote on astronomy and chronology (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.10)#413|10:413]][[SMW::on]]). +

Bibesco, Martha +

Author of ''Katia'', translated into English by Priscilla Bibesco and published in New York by Doubleday, Doran & Co. in 1939. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#497|3:497]][[SMW::on]]). +

Bible +

Sources of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s quotations include Matthew 23:27, Proverbs 19:28 and 1 Corinthians 10:12. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Another Orthodox Prosecution#74|BCW 4:74]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - A Faithful Witness will not Lie#83|BCW 4:83]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Chelas and Lay Chelas#613|BCW 4:613]]) The reference to Proverbs is corrected to 19:28 from the printed BCW reading 29:28. ([https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Proverbs-19-28/ King James Bible: Proverbs 19:28]) [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] used J. F. Ostervald’s French version to check biblical quotations in Abbé Roca’s controversy with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]: Luke 10:2 and Matthew 12:32. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Abbe Roca - Reponse de lAbbe Roca aux Allegations de Madame Blavatsky contre lEsoterisme Chretien#346|BCW 9:346,365]]) +

Biblical Antiquities of Pseudo-Philo +

An apocryphal retelling of biblical history from Adam to Saul’s death, formerly attributed to Philo of Alexandria. J. Sichart published its Latin text at Basel in 1527 from manuscripts at Lorsch and Fulda. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] tentatively identifies it as the source of the account of seven golden idols cited by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] through J. E. de Mirville. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Animated Statues#217|BCW 7:217-218]]) +

Bibliotheca Hebraea +

The appendix cites ''Index a Jacobo Gaffarello'' in ''Bibliotheca Hebraea'' under the surname Wolf, without further bibliographical detail. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#401|7:401]][[SMW::on]]). +

Bibliotheca Indica +

Collection of Sanskrit, Hindi, Persian and Arabic works published by the Asiatic Society of Bengal from 1845, in Old and New Series; abbreviated Bibl. Ind. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#362|5:362]][[SMW::on]]). Collection of original works in Sanskrit, Hindi, Persian and Arabic published by the Asiatic Society of Bengal from 1845, in old and new series. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#424|6:424]][[SMW::on]]). +

Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus +

Bibliography of the Society of Jesus associated with Carlos Sommervogel and Augustin de Backer; nine volumes appeared in Paris in 1890-1900, followed by a volume of tables in 1904 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#454|9:454]][[SMW::on]]). +

Bibliothèque des sciences +

The bibliography lists this title by a cross-reference to Richard Dean. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#357|7:357]][[SMW::on]]). +

Bichat, Marie François Xavier +

French physiologist and anatomist (1771-1802), a pupil of P. J. Desault. He developed the study of the body’s elementary tissues and distinguished organic from animal functions; his works include ''Recherches physiologiques sur la vie et la mort'' and ''Anatomie générale''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#427|6:427-428]][[SMW::on]]). +

Bifrost +

A bridge built by the gods to protect Asgard. On it “the third Sword‐god, known as Heimdal or Riger”, stands night and day girded with his sword, for he is the watchman selected to protect Asgard, the abode of gods. Heimdal is the Scandinavian Cherubim with the flaming sword, “which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Bigandet, Paul-Ambroise +

French missionary and Apostolic Vicar of Burma, noted for educational work, knowledge of Burmese language and Buddhism, and religious tolerance; author of ''The Legend of Gaudama'', praised by Olcott. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#633|4:633-634]][[SMW::on]]). Bishop of Ramatha and author of ''The Life, or Legend, of Gaudama, the Budha, of the Burmese''. Zirkoff’s bibliography cites the Rangoon edition of 1866 and later London editions. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#371|5:371]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: The Life, or Legend, of Gaudama, the Budha, of the Burmese, etc. Rangoon, 1866. 8vo; 4th ed. London: Trübner & Co. 1911, 1912. Vide Col. H. S. Olcott’s Old Diary Leaves, Series IV, p. 274, for interesting information concerning his relation to this very remarkable ecclesiastic (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#407|9:407]][[SMW::on]]). +

Bihar Gyalpo +

A king deified by the Dugpas. A patron over all their religious buildings [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Billimoria, N. F. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol7|vol. 7]] (1885–1886). +

Billing, Mary Hollis +

In January 1879 [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] and [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] stayed with the Billings at Norwood Park near London; on 6 January Mrs. Billing accompanied Blavatsky to the British Museum. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|BCW 2:xxv]]) +

Binah +

Understanding. The third of the 10 Sephiroth, the third of the Supernal Triad; a female potency, corresponding to the letter ''hé ''of the Tetragrammaton IHVH. Binah is called AIMA, the Supernal Mother, and “the great Sea”. [ w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Bing, L. Levy +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol5|vol. 5]] (1883–1884). +