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Anagarika Dharmapala +

Sri Lankan Buddhist reformer and founder of the Maha Bodhi Society. Born Don David Hewavitharane, he worked with Henry Steel Olcott and Helena P. Blavatsky and helped bring Buddhism to Western audiences. Spoke at the World’s Parliament of Religions in 1893. First met [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] and [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] during their initial visit to Ceylon in 1880. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|BCW 2:xxxi]]) Accompanied [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] in Japan in February 1889; rheumatism obliged him to remain in Kyoto. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxiii|BCW 11:xxiii]]) +

Anahata Chakram +

The seat or “wheel” of life; the heart, according to some commentators [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Anahata Shabda +

The mystic voices and sounds heard by the Yogi at the incipient stage of his meditation, The third of the four states of sound, otherwise called Madhyamâ — the fourth state being when it is perceptible by the physical sense of hearing. The sound in its previous stages is not heard except by those who have developed their internal, highest spiritual senses. The four stages are called respectively, Parâ, Pashyantî, Madhyamâ and Vaikharî [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Anaitia +

A derivation from Anâ ''(q.v.)'', a goddess identical with the Hindu ''Annapurna, ''one of the names of Kâlî — the female aspect of Siva — at her best [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Analogeticists +

The disciples of Ammonius Saccas (q.v.), so called because of their practice of interpreting all sacred legends, myths and mysteries by a principle of analogy and correspondence, which is now found in the Kabbalistic system, and pre‐eminently so in the Schools of Esoteric Philosophy, in the East. (See “ The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac,” by T. Subba Row in ''Five Years of Theosophy.'') [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ananda +

Bliss, joy, felicity, happiness. A name of the favourite disciple of Gautama, the Lord Buddha [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Anandagiri +

Commentator on Samkaracharya and author of ''Samkaravijaya'', also known as Anandajnana. Zirkoff describes him as a pupil of Samkaracharya. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#369|5:369]][[SMW::on]]). +

Anandamaya‐Kosha +

“The illusive Sheath of Bliss”, i.e., the mâyâvic or illusory form, the appearance of that which is formless. “Bliss”, or the higher soul. The Vedantic name for one of the five Koshas or “principles” in man; identical with our Âtmâ‐Buddhi or the Spiritual Soul [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Anandasrama Sanskrit Series +

Sanskrit publication series issued at Poona, abbreviated AnSS in Zirkoff’s bibliography. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#362|5:362]][[SMW::on]]). Sanskrit publication series issued at Poona, abbreviated AnSS in de Zirkoff’s bibliography. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#424|6:424]][[SMW::on]]). +

Ananda‐Lahari +

“The wave of joy”; a beautiful poem written by Sankarâchârya, a hymn to Pârvati, very mystical and occult [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ananga +

The “Bodiless”. An epithet of Kâma, god of love [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ananta‐Sesha +

The Serpent of Eternity — the couch of Vishnu during Pralaya (lit., endless remain) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Anastasis +

The continued existence of the soul [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Anatu +

The female aspect of Anu (q.v.). She represents the Earth and Depth, while her consort represents the Heaven and Height. She is the mother of the god Hea, and produces heaven and earth. Astronomically she is Ishtar, Venus, the Ashtoreth of the Jews [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Anaxagoras +

A famous Ionian philosopher who lived 500 B.C., studied philosophy under Anaximenes of Miletus, and settled in the days of Pericles at Athens. Socrates, Euripides, Archelaus and other distinguished men and philosophers were among his disciples and pupils. He was a most learned astronomer and was one of the first to explain openly that which was taught by Pythagoras secretly, namely, the movements of the planets, the eclipses of the sun and moon, etc. It was he who taught the theory of Chaos, on the principle that “nothing comes from nothing”; and of atoms, as the underlying essence and substance of all bodies, “of the same nature as the bodies which they formed”. These atoms, he taught, were primarily put in motion by Nous (Universal Intelligence, the Mahat of the Hindus), which Nous is an immaterial, eternal, spiritual entity; by this combination the world was formed, the material gross bodies sinking down, and the ethereal atoms (or fiery ether) rising and spreading in the upper celestial regions. Antedating modern science by over 2000 years, he taught that the stars were of the same material as our earth, and the sun a glowing mass; that the moon was a dark, uninhabitable body, receiving its light from the sun; the comets, wandering stars or bodies ; and over and above the said science, he confessed himself thoroughly convinced that the real existence of things, perceived by our senses, could not be demonstrably proved. He died in exile at Lampsacus at the age of seventy‐two [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ancient Fragments +

[[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s quotation from Proclus’s commentary on the Timaeus in her notes to The Ancient Empire of China is taken from the second edition of this collection (London, 1832), p. 265. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Footnotes to The Ancient Empire of China#17|BCW 11:17]]) The Chaldean oracle quoted by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] occurs in the second London edition of 1832, p. 269, as fragment CXLIV, marked “Psellus, 4”. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Denials and the Mistakes of the Nineteenth Century#230|BCW 13:230]]) +

Ancients +

The. A name given by Occultists to the seven creative Rays, born of Chaos, or the “Deep” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Anda‐Kataha +

The outer covering, or the “shell” of Brahmâ’s egg; the area within which our manifested universe is encompassed [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Anderson, James +

Bibliographical references include: The Book of Constitutions for Freemasons, London, 1723 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#564|11:564]][[SMW::on]]). +

Anderson, Jerome A. +

American physician and theosophical writer active in San Francisco. Joined the Theosophical Society in 1887 and edited [[New Californian, The|''The New Californian'']] and [[Pacific Theosophist, The|''The Pacific Theosophist'']]. Spoke before the San Francisco Free-thought Society on the individual persistence of the spiritual monad during a manvantara. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] commented on a published report of his statement. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (58)#58|BCW 12:58]]) +