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Nyaya +

One of the six ''Darshanas ''or schools of Philosophy in India; a system of Hindu logic founded by the Rishi Gautama [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Gna +

One of the three handmaidens of the goddess Freya. She is a female Mercury who bears her mistress’ messages into all parts of the world [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Hahnir +

One of the three mighty gods (Odin, Hahnir and Lodur) who, while wandering on earth, found lying on the sea‐shore two human forms, motionless, speechless, and senseless. Odin gave them souls; Hahnir, motion and senses; and Lodur, blooming complexions. Thus were men created [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Bhaskara +

One of the titles of Surya, the Sun; meaning “life‐ giver” and “light‐maker” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Kols +

One of the tribes in central India, much addicted to magic. They are considered to he great sorcerers [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Djati +

One of the twelve “Nidanas” (q.v.); the cause and the effect in the mode of birth taking place according to the “Chatur Yoni”(q.v.), when in each case a being, whether man or animal, is placed in one of the six (esoteric seven) Gâti or paths of sentient existence, which esoterically, counting downward, are: (1) the highest Dhyani (''Anupadaka)''; (2) Devas ; (3) Men; (4) Elementals or Nature Spirits; (5) Animals; (6) lower Elementals; (7) organic Germs. These are in the popular or exoteric nomenclature, Devas, Men, Asûras, Beings in Hells, Prêtas (hungry demons), and Animals [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Marichi +

One of the “mind‐born” sons of Brahmâ in the ''Purânas''. Brahmans make of him the personified light, the parent of Sûrya, the Sun and the direct ancestor of Mahâkâsyapa. The Northern Buddhists of the Yogachârya School, see in Mârîchi Deva, a Bodhisattva, while Chinese Buddhists (especially the Tauists), have made of this conception the Queen of Heaven, the goddess of light, ruler of the sun and moon. With the pious but illiterate Buddhists, her magic formula “Om Mârîchi svâha” is very powerful. Speaking of Mârîchi, Eitel mentions “Georgi, who explains the name as a ‘Chinese transcription of the name of the holy Virgin Mary’” (!!). As Mârîchi is the chief of the Maruts and one of the seven primitive Rishis, the supposed derivation does seem a little far fetched [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Klikoosha +

One possessed by the Evil one. Lit., a “crier out”, a “screamer”, as such unfortunates are periodically attacked with fits during which they crow like cocks, neigh, bray and prophesy [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Brahmajnani +

One possessed of complete Knowledge; an ''Illuminatus ''in esoteric parlance [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Deist +

One who admits the existence of a god or gods, but claims to know nothing of either and denies revelation. A Freethinker of olden times [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Nirvani +

One who has attained Nirvana—an emancipated soul. That Nirvâna means nothing of the kind asserted by Orientalists every scholar who has visited China, India and Japan is well aware. It is “''escape ''from misery” but only from that of matter, freedom from ''Klêsha'', or ''Kâma, ''and the complete extinction of animal desires. If we are told that ''Abidharma ''defines Nirvâna “as a state of absolute annihilation”, we concur, adding to the last word the qualification “of everything connected with matter or the physical world”, and this simply because the latter (as also all in it) is illusion, ''mâyâ''. Sâkya‐mûni Buddha said in the last moments of his life that “the spiritual body is immortal” (See ''Sans. Chin. Dict''.). As Mr. Eitel, the scholarly Sinologist, explains it: “The popular exoteric systems agree in defining Nirvâna ''negatively ''as a state of absolute exemption from the circle of transmigration; as a state of entire freedom from all forms of existence; to begin with, freedom from all passion and exertion; a state of indifference to all sensibility” and he might have added “death of all compassion for the world of suffering”. And this is why the Bodhisattvas who prefer the Nirmânakâya to the Dharmakâya vesture, stand higher in the popular estimation than the Nirvânîs. But the same scholar adds that: “Positively (and esoterically) they define Nirvâna as the highest state of spiritual bliss, as absolute immortality through absorption of the soul (spirit rather) into itself, but ''preserving individuality ''so that, e.g., Buddhas, after entering Nirvâna, may reappear on earth”—i.e., in the future Manvantara [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Occultist +

One who studies the various branches of occult science. The term is used by the French Kabbalists (See Eliphas Lévi’s works). Occultism embraces the whole range of psychological, physiological, cosmical, physical, and spiritual phenomena. From the word occultus hidden or secret. It therefore applies to the study of the '''Kabbalah''', astrology, alchemy, and all arcane sciences [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Nazar +

One “set apart”; a temporary monastic class of celibates spoken of in the ''Old Testament, ''who married not, nor did they use wine during the time of their vow, and who wore their hair long, cutting it only at their initiation. Paul must have belonged to this class of Initiates, for he himself tells the ''Galatians ''(i. x5) that he was ''separated ''or “set apart” from the moment of his birth ; and that he had his hair cut at Cenchrea, because “he had a vow” (''Acts ''xviii.18), i.e., had been initiated as a Nazar; after which he became a “ master‐builder” (i ''Corinth''. iii.10). Joseph is styled a Nazar (''Gen''. xlix. 26). Samson and Samuel were also Nazars, and many more [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Avidya +

Opposed to ''Vidyâ'', Knowledge. Ignorance which proceeds from, and is produced by the illusion of the Senses or ''Viparyaya.'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Airyamen Yaego +

Or ''Airyana Vaêgo''; the primeval land of bliss referred to in the ''Vendîdâd'', where Ahura Mazda delivered his laws to Zoroaster (Spitama Zarathustra). [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Aindriya +

Or ''Indrânî, ''Indriya; ''Sakti. ''The female aspect or “wife” of Indra. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Alcyone +

Or Halcyone, daughter of Æolus, and wife of Ceyx, who was drowned as he was journeying to consult the oracle, upon which she threw herself into the sea. Accordingly both were changed, through the mercy of the gods, into king‐fishers. The female is said to lay her eggs ''on the sea and keep it calm ''during the seven days before and seven days after the winter solstice. It has a very occult significance in ornithomancy. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Hermanubis +

Or Hermes Anubis “the revealer of the mysteries of the lower world ”—not of Hell or Hades as interpreted, but of our Earth ''(the lowest world of the septenary chain of worlds'')—and also of the sexual mysteries. Creuzer must have guessed at the truth of the right interpretation, as he calls Anubis‐Thoth‐Hermes “''a symbol of science and of the intellectual world ''”. He was always represented with a cross in his hand, one of the earliest symbols of the mystery of generation, or procreation on this earth. In the Chaldean Kabbala (''Book of Numbers'') the Tat symbol, or '''+''', is referred to as Adam and Eve, the latter being the transverse or horizontal bar drawn out of the side (or rib) of ''Hadam'', the perpendicular bar. The fact is that, esoterically, Adam and Eve while representing the early ''third ''Root Race—those who, being still mindless, imitated the animals and degraded themselves with the latter—stand also as the dual symbol of the sexes. Hence Anubis, the Egyptian god of generation, is represented with the head of an animal, a dog or a jackal, and is also said to be the “ Lord of the underworld” or “ Hades ” into which he introduces the souls of the dead (the reincarnating entities), for Hades is in one sense the womb, as some of the writings of the Church Fathers fully show [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Anacalypsis +

Or an “Attempt to withdraw the veil of the Saitic Isis”, by Godfrey Higgins. This is a very valuable work, now only obtainable at extravagant prices; it treats of the origin of all myths, religions and mysteries, and displays an immense fund of classical erudition. [w.w.w.] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Mundane Egg +

Or any other such symbolical object in the world Mythologies. ''Meru ''is a “Mundane Mountain” ; the Bodhi Tree, or ''Ficus religiosa, ''is the Mundane Tree of the Buddhists; just as the Yggdrasil is the “''Mundane ''Tree” of the Scandinavians or Norsemen [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +