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\n

\nConrad, Count<\/b> a character – a young
\nnobleman – in Sri Aurobindo’s play The
\nMaid in the Mill.<\/i>  7: 821, 825,834-36,840,
\n876,880<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nConservative
\n<\/b>Party in Great Britain, the
\n<\/b>political party associated with the maintenance of institutions, confidence in private
\nenterprise, and a preference for a pragmatic,
\nrather than ideological, approach to the
\nproblems of government. The party is the
\nheir, and in some measure the continuation,
\nof the old Tory Party. (Enc. Br.) Der:<\/font><\/p>\n

Conservatism<\/font><\/p>\n

 I: 104-05,143,323,384,409,419.448,573
\n2: 56, 101, 195, 234, 267-72, 285, 299. 306-07,
\n379-80 4:205,212-14,221,233,248 27:4,54
\nXXII: 126<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nConstable,<\/b> John (1776-1837). English painter
\nwho, with J.M.W. Turner, dominated English landscape painting in the 19th century.
\nConstable is famous for his inspired land-
\nscapes of Suffolk, Hampstead, Salisbury,
\nand Brighton. Although he was praised in
\nFrance, recognition in England was slow.
\nand he was not made a fellow of the Royal
\nAcademy until 1829. (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.)
\nn 14:237<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nConstance <\/b>a <\/b>character – mother to Arthur –
\nin Shakespeare’s play King John.<\/i> (Shakes.)  3:285 X:172<\/font>
\nConstantine Constantine the Great
\n(2887-337), Roman emperor who initiated
\nthe evolution of the empire into a Christian
\nstate and prepared the way for a distinctively
\nChristian Western and Byzantine medieval
\nculture. (Col. Enc.: Enc. Br.)  14:80,
\n193 15:164 17:163 27:484<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nConstantinople<\/b> former capital of the
\nByzantine Empire and of the Ottoman
\nEmpire, since 1930 officially called Istanbul.
\nBuilt on seven hills (in Asiatic Turkey on the Bosphorus), Constantinople had an almost
\ninconceivable wealth of artistic and literary
\ntreasures before it was sacked in 1204 and in
\n1453. (Col. Enc.)  15:457 27:163.352
\nXXI:4,32.66.87<\/font><\/p>\n

Conventionalisms) in the freedom movement
\nof India, a term used generally for the
\nMODF-RA THS. since, after the Surat debacle,
\nthey organized a national Convention in
\nplace of the broken Congress. (A) Var:<\/font><\/p>\n

Conventionist  I: 864-66, 869, 871 -72, 904
\n2:305,307<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nConvention
\n<\/b>and Revolt in Poetry<\/i> a book
\nwritten in 1918 by Livingstone Lowes. (A)  9:443 Conversations Conversations with the
\nMother,<\/i> a bopk by the Mother, printed in
\n1931 for private circulation. It contains a
\nrecord of her answers (in English) to ques-
\ntions put by Sadhaks after meditation
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nat
\nSunday meetings held during the period
\nApril to August 1929. The notes of these
\nconversations were taken by one of the
\nSadhaks and corrected and approved for
\npublication by the Mother. The conversa-
\ntions were made available to the public in
\n1940 by being included in Words of the
\nMother.<\/i> In 1956 the title was changed to
\nConversations.<\/i> The book has since gone
\nthrough several editions, n 23: 586 25:209,
\n259.369.383.390.396,398-401 26:353,450<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCoochbehar<\/b> Cooch Behar, former native
\nstate, now a district ofJalpaiguri division in
\nnorthern West Bengal state. The chief town
\nand headquarters of the district is also
\nnamed Cooch Behar. (Col. Enc.)
\nn <\/b>1:394,414<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCook, <\/b> Dr.<\/b> Frederick Albert Cook
\n(1865-1940), U.S. physician and Arctic
\nexplorer who was the centre of much con-
\ntroversy about polar exploration. He was
\nsurgeop on the Peary Arctic expedition
\n(1891-92). He also claimed to have reached
\nthe North Pole in 1908, but his claim was
\ndenounced by Peary and later rejected by
\nscientists. (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.)  2:217<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCoomaraswamy, <\/b> A. K. Dr. Ananda Kentish
\nCoomaraswamy (1877-1947), pioneer
\nhistorian of Indian art and a foremost
\ninterpreter of Indian culture to the West.
\nIn 1917 he was appointed the fellow for
\nresearch in Indian, Persian and Moslem art
\nin the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, a post
\nthat he held until his death. (Enc. Br.)  2:209-11,213 14:196 XIII: 47-48<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCoomood (Cumary)<\/b> a character – daughter
\nof Rana Curran by a concubine – in Sri
\nAurobindo’s play Prince of Edur.<\/i>  7:739,
\n747-48, 750-51, 755. 760-63, 766, 771, 773, 775-76,
\n786.788.805.807-11,814-16<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCoonty<\/b> SeeKunti(e)’<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCoontybhoj<\/b> Kuntibhoja, in the Mahabharata,
\n<\/i>king of a people called Kuntis, in Upper
\nIndia: he was the adoptive father of Kunti,
\nthe daughter of Shoorasen and a wife of
\nPandu. (Dow.) 8:77<\/font><\/p>\n

Cooper, Dr. and Mrs. Dr. Cooper was the
\nHealth Officer of Baroda State about 1902.
\n(A)  1:73<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-81 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nCoral<\/b> Mill(s) a mill located at Tuticorin in
\nSouth India, it was run with British capital.
\nIn 1908 there was a strike at the mill, which
\nended in an absolute victory for the
\nlabourers. (A) 1:727,752,754,778<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCorecbus<\/b> in Sri Aurobindo’s Ilion,<\/i>
\n<\/b>a Lycian leader. (M.I.)  5:461<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCorillo<\/b> a proposed character – prince of
\nlini_mentioned in the Dramatis Personae of
\nSri Aurobindo’s incomplete play The Witch
\nofllni.<\/i> (A)  7:1057<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCorineus<\/b> a proposed character –
\n<\/b>a brother
\nof Brutus – mentioned in the Dramatis
\nPersonae of Sri Aurobindo’s incomplete play
\nThe House of Brut.<\/i>  7:883<\/font><\/p>\n

Corinthian Theatre a small old theatre hall
\nnear Chowringee in central Calcutta.  1:760<\/font><\/p>\n

Corneille, Pierre (1606-84), French dramatist,
\noften called the father of French classical
\ntragedy. He prepared the way for a drama
\nthat was the envy of Europe throughout the
\n17th century. (Enc. Br.)  9:67,87,521<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCornish<\/b> a language belonging to the
\nBrythonic group of the Celtic subfamily of
\nIndo-European languages; it was formerly
\nspoken in Cornwall in southwestern Britain.
\nIt became extinct in the 18th or early 19th
\ncentury. (Enc. Br.)  15:390<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCornwall<\/b> a maritime county in extreme
\nsouthwest England. (Col. Enc.)  3:486<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCorobhus<\/b> Karabha, in the Mahabharata,<\/i> a
\nking subservient to Jarasandha, the king of
\nMagadha. (M.N.)  8:40<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCorrusus<\/b> Karusa, in the Mahabharata,<\/i> a
\nking of Karusa, an ancient land of India.
\n(Pur. Enc.; M.N.)  8:40<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCorsican<\/b> a native of Corsica (the fourth
\nlargest island in the Mediterranean Sea,
\nlocated southeast of France and north of
\n<\/b>Sardinia). Corsica formerly constituted a
\ndepartement of France: but on 1 January
\n1976 two departements were established:<\/font><\/p>\n

Haute Corse and Corse du Sud. The term here (17:
\n382) stands for Napoleon Bonaparte, a native of Corsica. (Enc. Br.)
\nn 17:382<\/font><\/p>\n

Cortes Hernan Cortes or Hernando Cortez
\n(1485-1547), Spanish conquistador; he
\ncaptured Mexico for Spain, crushing an
\nancient civilisation. (Col. Enc.; Pears) 9:3 15:323<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCorydon<\/b> a character participating in
\n"A Dialogue" (incomplete), which Sri
\nAurobindo wrote sometime around 1891.
\n(A&R,II:91) D 11:5,8
\nCos Latin form of the Greek "Kos", a Greek island in the Aegean
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nSea, off the
\nsouthwestern coast of Turkey; it is second
\nlargest of the Dodecanese Islands. Cos was
\nonce famous for the manufacture of light
\ntransparent garments. (Enc. Br.)
\nDer:Coan a 6:59.421<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCoshala<\/b> See<\/i> Koshala<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCossacks<\/b> peasant-soldiers of several regions
\nin Russia, who under the czars held certain
\nprivileges in return for rendering military
\nservice as Cossack cavalry. In the Ukraine,
\nthey set up a separate state which in 1654
\nbecame a vassal of Russia. (Col. Enc.)
\nn 15:513<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCossimbazar<\/b> a town in Murshidabad district
\nof Bengal (now West Bengal state).
\nD 8:320<\/font><\/p>\n

Cotton, Henry Sir Henry John Stedman
\nCotton (1845-1915), a most liberal English-
\nman who held various offices in the I.C.S.
\nfrom 1867 to 1902, and became a leading
\nchampion of Indian nationalism. He took
\na prominent part in starting the Indian
\nNational Congress, and was the president of
\nits 20th session held at Bombay. (D. I. H.;<\/font><\/p>\n

Purani)<\/b>  1:172.190.201,373.420,565,574,
\n863 2:161,234,363 26:2.6 27:18,33,44
\n11:88<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCotton, James<\/b> (or J.S.) James Sutherland
\nCotton (1847-1918), younger brother of Sir
\nHenry Cotton, born in India at Coonoor. He
\nwas a scholar of Trinity College, an M.A.,
\nand later, fellow and lecturer at Queen’s
\nCollege, Oxford, He edited the revised
\nedition of the Imperial Gazetteer of India,
\n<\/i>and was also editor of The Academy.
\n<\/i> 4:205,225 26:2.6 11:88-89 IV: 196<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCoue.<\/b> Emile (1857-1926), French pharmacist
\nand psychotherapist. He is remembered for
\nhis formula for curing by optimistic autosug-
\ngestion: "Day by day, in every way, 1 am
\ngetting better and better". (Col. Enc.)  24:1106.1571.1589.1686 25:162<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCouncil of Education<\/b> See<\/i> (National) Council
\nof Education<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCouncil of Notables <\/b> See<\/i> (Advisory) Council
\nof Notables<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCounty<\/b> See<\/i> Kunti(e)’<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCourland<\/b> or Kurland, region and former
\nduchy in western Latvia, on the Baltic
\nseacoast. (Col. Enc.)  15:512<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCourt of Cassation<\/b> Court of Appeal
\n(especially of European countries other
\nthan England, e.g. France). (C.O.D.)
\na 27:471<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-82 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nCourtship of Miles Standish<\/i><\/b> a poem (1858)
\nby Longfellow. The subject is an incident in
\nthe lives of Priscilla and John Alden. (Col.
\nEnc.)  5:346<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCousins, James H.<\/b> (1873-1956), Irish poet,
\ntheosophist, social worker, and educationist;<\/font><\/p>\n

author of New Ways in English Literature
\n<\/i>and many other books. He came to India in
\n1915; later he and his wife became Indian
\ncitizens. Cousins was very much interested in
\nIndian culture and occultism, and was one of
\nthe founders of Kala Kshetra, an institution
\nof art and culture at Adyar, Madras. He was
\na close associate of Mrs. Annie Besant, and
\nwas the literary sub-editor of her paper New
\nIndia. (The Mail<\/i> – special number)  9: 1-8. 66, 152. 157, 308, 462 14: 46,397-99,
\n409 17:319 26:276-77.371 V: 17<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCousins, Mme<\/b> wife of James H. Cousins
\n[From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov. 1913-Oct. ’27]<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCoventry<\/b> city and borough in Warwickshire
\nfrom 1888 to 1974; after 1974, in the metropolitan county of West Midlands, England.
\nThe phrase "to send to Coventry", meaning
\n"to ostracize socially", is of uncertain origin,
\nand refers to the practice of social ostracism
\nof individual workers by their fellows
\n<\/b>during
\n<\/b>industrial disputes. (Enc. Br.)  2: 144<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCoverer<\/b> See<\/i> Vritra<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCowel, Professor<\/b> Edward Byles
\n<\/b>Cowell
\n<\/b>(1826-1903), English Sanskrit scholar. He
\nwas educated at Oxford, and was for some
\nyears principal of the Sanskrit College,
\nCalcutta. From 1867 he was professor at
\nCambridge University and was ranked as the
\nforemost English Orientalist of his day. He
\npublished a large number of works both in
\nSanskrit and English. Prof. Cowell reviewed
\nBankim’s first novel Durgeshnandini<\/i> in the
\n<\/b>MacMillun’s Magazine<\/i> in 1872. (Enc. <\/b>Am.;<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

A)  27:352<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCowper, William (1731-1800), one of the
\nmost widely read English poets of his day.
\nHe wrote of the joys and sorrows of every-
\nday life. In his sympathy with commonplace
\nphenomena, his concern for the poor and
\ndowntrodden, and in his comparative simpli-
\ncity of language, he may be seen as one in
\nrevolt against much 18th-century verse and
\nas a forerunner of Burns, Wordsworth, and
\nColeridge. (Enc. Br.)
\na 9:51,92,308 1:9,15 11:11-12<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCowsambie<\/b> an ancient city in the lower part
\nof the Doab in Uttar Pradesh, near the
\nconfluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna. (Dow.) 
\n6:205,207,211,215,217,220,222, 226,228.245-46, 252, 257-58, 263-65,270,272,
\n275-77, 280,305,309-11, 315, 324,328<\/font> <\/td>\n

\n

\nCowshalya<\/b> in the Ramayana,<\/i> wife of
\nDasharatha, senior queen of Ayodhya, and
\nmother of Rama. She belonged to Koshala,
\nhence her name Kausalya. (Dow.)
\n3:285 8:8,11 X: 173<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCowshic<\/b> Kausika, in the Mahabharata,<\/i> a
\nminister of Jarasandha, also known as Hansa
\nor Hamsa; he was brother of Chitrasen or
\nDimbhuk. (M.N.)  8:58<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCowshiquie<\/b> See<\/i> Caushiquie<\/font><\/p>\n

C. P. See<\/i> Central Provinces<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCrab<\/b> also called Cancer, a Latin word
\nmeaning "crab", the fourth sign of the
\nzodiac. In Hindu astronomy, it is known as
\n"Karka", a Sanskrit word meaning "crab". It
\nis a northern constellation which contains the
\nstar cluster Praesepe (sometimes known as
\nthe "beehive" or the "manger"). The Tropic
\nof Cancer takes its name from this constel-
\nlation. (Col. Enc.)7:257-58,260<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCrabbe,<\/b> George (1754-1832), writer of verse
\ntales memorable for their realistic details
\n<\/b>of
\n<\/b>everyday life. (Enc. Br.) a 11:11<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCrawford Market<\/b> a big building housing a
\nvegetable and fruit market, near the Victoria
\nTerminus station, in Bombay.
\nD 1:194<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCreagan<\/b> Richard Creagan, Superintendent of
\nPolice in Calcutta who led a party of police
\nto search Sri Aurobindo’s residence and
\narrest him on 2 May 1908. (A.B.T., p. 60)
\nn 4:258-59<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCreon<\/b> in Greek legend, brother of Jocasta.
\nHe became regent of Thebes after the
\nbanishment of OEDIPUS. See also<\/i> Antigone.
\n(Col. Enc.)  9:217<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCrete<\/b> a large island in the eastern
\nMediterranean, off the southeast coast of
\nGreece. By the time of the Troj an War it
\nwas under Greek domination, though a
\nbrilliant civilisation of a distinctive character
\nhad flourished there earlier in the second
\nmillennium BC. Idomeneus was the leader of
\nthe Cretan contingent against Troy. (M.I.) Der: <\/b> Cretan <\/b> 2:167-69,248 5:405,418,
\n430.459.464,475. 477-78, 484,491<\/font><\/p>\n

Creiisa in Greek and Roman legend,
\ndaughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was wife
\nof Aeneas, and mother of Ascanius. She
\ndied while fleeing from Troy during the
\nsiege. (Col. Enc.; M.I.)  5:398,442-43,461<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCripa<\/b> See<\/i> Kripa<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-83 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nCripps, Stafford Sir (Richard) Stafford
\nCripps (1889-1952), British statesman and
\nlawyer, chiefly remembered in England for
\nhis rigid austerity programme as Chancellor
\nof Exchequer (1947-50). He was known to be
\nliberal in his views regarding the constitu-
\ntional changes that were to be introduced in
\nIndia and was deputed to present to Indian’
\nleaders the offer of partial sovereignty made
\nby the British in 1942. The "Cripps Offer"
\nwas publicly supported by Sri Aurobindo.
\n(D.I.H.;Enc.Br.)  26:36,39-40,54,399
\nXVII: 65<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCrishna<\/b> (literally, black; of dark
\ncomplexion); See<\/i> Krishna<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCritanta<\/b> in Hindu mythology, a name of
\n<\/b>Yama, the god of death; "who ends all
\nthings and at last himself shall <\/b> end".<\/b> (A)
\nD [Indexed with Yama]<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCritavurm<\/b> Krtavarma, in the Mahabharata,<\/i> a
\nKuru warrior who accompanies Ashwatthama
\nto make the murderous night attack upon the
\ncampofthePandavas. (Dow.)  8:43<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCroce, Benedetto<\/b> (1866-1952), historian,
\nhumanist, critic, and the foremost Italian
\nphilosopher of the first half of the 20th
\ncentury. (Enc. Br.)  9:485-87<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCrocodile<\/b> Makara in Hindu astrology,.
\nrepresented as Capricornus (the Goat) in
\nWestern astrology, an inconspicuous
\nconstellation of the Southern Hemisphere
\nlying between Sagittarius and Aquarius. It is
\nthe 10th sign of the zodiac. The Tropic of
\nCapricorn takes its name from this con-
\nstellation. (Col. Enc.)  17:257-58,260<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCromer, Lord<\/b> Evelyn Baring (1841-1917),
\n1st Earl of Cromer, British administrator
\nand diplomat in Egypt. Until he resigned in
\n<\/b>1907, the history of Egypt was also his, for
\nhe was virtual ruler, reforming finances,
\nadministration, and education. In India
\nhe worked as the Finance Member of the
\nViceroy’s Executive Council for three years
\nfrom 1880. (Col. Enc.)  2:407<\/font><\/p>\n

Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658), soldier and
\nstatesman who led parliamentary forces in
\nthe English Civil War, and was Lord Pro-
\ntector of England, Scotland, and Ireland
\nfrom 1653 to 1658. Opinions of Cromwell
\nhave always varied widely; his military skill
\nand force of character are universally recognized. (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.)  7:1047-49,1051 14:191 15:513<\/font><\/p>\n

Cronion an epithet of Zeus (son of Cronos, a
\nTitan). (M.I.)  5:431,460,472,486,498,
\n503,505,510-11<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCronos<\/b> (Greek "Kronos")<\/b>, in Greek myth-
\nology, the youngest of the twelve Titans,
\ngigantic primeval children of Ouranos and Gaea (Heaven and Earth). He ruled the
\nworld after overthrowing his father, until <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nhe in turn was vanquished by his own children, Zeus
\nand the Olympian gods. The Romans identified him with Saturn, the god of
\nagriculture. His reign was regarded as the
\nGolden Age. (A&R,XV:87) Var:<\/font>  Cronus<\/b>  6:85 8:410 XV: 44<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCrounchanindhra<\/b> in Hindu mythology,
\nname of a pass situated somewhere in the
\nHimalayas, said to have been opened by
\nParasurama with his arrows to make a
\npassage from Kailasa southwards. The Vayu
\nPurana<\/i> attributes the opening of the pass to
\nKartikeya, who used his lance. (Dow.)  3:238 27:98<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCnrth<\/b> in the Mahabharata,<\/i> name of an
\nancient country which was conquered by
\nBhismaka (see<\/i> Bhishmuc), the king of
\nVidarbha. (M.N.)  8:40<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCuba<\/b> westernmost island of the West Indies.
\nHavana is the capital. As a result of the
\ntreaty of 1898 ending the Spanish-American
\nWar, Cuba was established an independent
\nrepublic under U.S. protection. After Fidel
\nCastro’s revolution in 1959, it became a
\nsocialist republic. (Col. Enc.; Enc. Br.)  15:478,508 26:395<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCubera<\/b> See<\/i> Kuvera<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCuckoo<\/b> To the Cuckoo,<\/i> a well-known lyrical
\npoem by Wordsworth,  9:305<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCuddalore<\/b> administrative headquarters
\nof South Arcot district in the province of
\nMadras (now in Tamil Nadu state). It is a
\nseaport on the Bay of Bengal, twenty-two km
\nsouth of Pondicherry. (Enc. Br.)
\nQ27:427,445,448<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCumberland<\/b> former county in the extreme
\nNorth England, bordering on the Irish Sea
\nand Solway Firth to the west and Scotland to
\nthe north. Since 1974 Cumberland has been
\npart of Cumbria county. (Col. Enc.; Enc.
\nBr.)  3:117,486<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCunca<\/b> in the Mahabharata,<\/i> one of the seven
\ngreat heroes of the Vrishni family of the
\nYadavas. (M.N.)  8:43<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCunning Old Fury<\/b> a character in Alice’s
\nAdventures in Wonderland<\/i> by Lewis
\nCarroll.  1:346<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCupid<\/b> Roman god of Love, counterpart
\nof Greek god Eros; a character in Sri
\nAurobindo’s play The Maid in the Mill.
\n<\/i>D 7:821,870<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-84 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nCuma<\/b> See<\/i> Kama<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCursetji<\/b> a Parsi, private secretary of Nawab
\nSalimullah of Dacca. He was involved
\n<\/b>in
\n<\/b>the Comilla incident of 1907. (A)  1:211,213<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCurtius<\/b> Marcus Curtius, a legendary hero
\nof ancient Rome. According to the story, in
\n362 BC a deep chasm opened in the Roman
\nForum. The seers declared that the pit would
\nnever close until Rome’s most valuable pos-
\nsession was thrown into it. Claiming that
\nnothing was more precious than a brave
\ncitizen, Curtius leaped, fully armed and on
\nhorseback, into the chasm, which immediately closed. (Enc. Br.)  9:549<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCurzon, Lord<\/b> George Nathaniel, Marquis
\nof Kedleston (1859-1925), British statesman,
\nViceroy of India (1899-1905). His administration was marked by many reforms. But some
\nof his measures (like the Universities Act
\nand the Partition of Bengal in 1905, as well
\nas contemptuous references in his public
\nspeeches to Indian character and to the
\nCongress) roused a great deal of popular
\nresentment against him in India, and he
\nresigned in 1905. (D.I.H.) <\/b>Der: Curaonian;<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCurzonismI:<\/b>76,78,137,161,164,167,173,
\n296,307,317,327,337,359,395,419,478,485,
\n493,597-98,627, 702, 706,715, 727,857 2:144,
\n190,203, 217, 243,246, 371-72,405 3: 393-94
\n4:158, 230 17: 369 26:65 27:4,10,16, 63
\n1:4,6,70 111:12<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCurzon-Wyllie, Sir William<\/b> (1848-1909).
\nServed in the Army, 1866-80; Resident in
\nNepal, 1893-98; Viceroy’s Agent in Central
\nIndia, 1898-1900; Agent in Rajputana,
\n1900-01; Political A.D.C. to the Secretary of
\nState for India, 1901-09; knighted, 1902. He
\nwas shot dead by Madan Lal DHINGRA at a
\ngathering at the Imperial Institute in London
\non July 1,1909. (Gilbert, p. 27; P.T.I.)
\na 2:97,234<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCushan<\/b> The Kushans, originally a nomadic
\npeople, later settled in Bactria and in the
\nfirst century BC began to make raids into
\nIndia. Subsequently they established a vast
\nempire in India and ruled from c. AD 48 to
\n220. (D.I.H.) <\/b>Der: Cushanian  7:742<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCybele<\/b> in Phrygian religion, the Great
\nMother of the Gods, an Oriental-Greek-
\nRoman deity who usually appears with mural
\ncrown and veil, seated on a throne or in a
\nchariot, and accompanied by two lions.
\n(Enc. Br.)  6:12 XV: 20<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCyclades<\/b> an island group consisting of 24
\nislands; it is a part of the Greek archipelago
\nin the Aegean Sea and stretches southeast
\nfrom Attica. (Col. Enc.; Enc. Br.)  5:32 6:185<\/font>
\nCyclopes in Greek mythology, one-eyed giants
\ndescended from Uranus and Gaea. Some of the Cyclopes <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nwere shepherds, like Polyphemus, who captured Odysseus. Others
\nworked in the smithy of Hephaestus, forging
\nthunderbolts for Zeus, and often on the
\nfortifications of ancient cities. In Homer,
\nthey are savage and pastoral and have no
\ngovernment or laws. (Col. Enc.; M.I.)
\nDer: Cyclopean; Cyclops (singular)
\nn 3:32 5:358,392,501,507-08 29:642<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCycnus<\/b> in Sri Aurobindo’s Ilion,<\/i> brother
\nof Zethus, a Hellene. He was killed in
\nbattle by Penthesilea. (M.I.) a 5:514-15
\n("Cyenus" is a misreading) VI: 135<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCydone<\/b> a character – mistress of lolaus – in
\nSri Aurobindo’s play Perseus the Deliverer
\n<\/i>  <\/b>6:<\/b>3,26,66-74,126-30,158-61,166,176,
\n181-83<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCyenus<\/b> , a misreading of CYCNUS.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCygne, Le<\/b><\/i> a French sonnet by Mallarme.
\n(A)  9:530-32<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCymbeline<\/b> or Cunobelinus, legendary
\nBritish king (c. 1st cent.AD) who resisted
\nthe Romans. A leading character in Shakes-
\npeare’s comedy Cymbeline.<\/i> (Enc. Br.)<\/font><\/p>\n

 1:40<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCymothea<\/b> a woman’s name, mentioned in Sri
\nAurobindo’s poem Songs to Myrtilla.<\/i> Q 5:5<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCymric<\/b> of Cymru, the name of Wales in the
\nWelsh language. (Enc. Br.)  15:306,309<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCynthia<\/b> or Cynthius, names given in Greek
\nlegend to Artemis (Diana) and Apollo,
\nderived from Cynthus, a mountain in their
\nnative Delos. (O.C.C.L.)  5:20<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCynthia<\/b><\/i> a poem by Keats. (A)
\nD 3:291 X: 141<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCyprian<\/b> of Cyprus, an island in the eastern
\nMediterranean Sea, south of Turkey. (Col.
\nEnc.;C.O.D.)  6:365<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCypris<\/b> in Greek mythology, an epithet of
\nAphrodite. Her sanctuaries in Cyprus (at
\nPaphos and Amathus) were especially
\nrenowned, hence Homer called her "the
\nCyprian". (M.I.)  5:33,445-46,506,524,
\n546<\/font>
\nCyrene<\/b> an ancient Greek colony on the coast
\nof Libya, founded c. 632 BC (Enc. Br.)  8:411<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCythera<\/b> a Greek island in the Mediterranean, off the southeast promontory of
\nthe Peloponnesus, on which there was a
\nsanctuary of Aphrodite. According to one<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tlegend Aphrodite is said to have landed on it
\n<\/b>after her birth in the sea. (M.I.)  5:481,
\n499,501<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-85 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nCytherea<\/b> in Greek mythology, an epithet of
\nAphrodite. 5eeCythera. (M.I.)  5:501
\n7:1074 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCzar<\/b> title adopted by the grand princes of
\nMuscovy (Moscow) in the 16th century. In
\n1721 Peter I officially changed the title to
\n"emperor"; the rulers of Russia, however,
\ncontinued to be popularly called "czar" until
\n1917. (Enc. Br.) Var: <\/b> Tsar Der: Czardom; <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCzarism<\/b>1:330,420,4522:135,206,254,399-400 15:357,444,457,512 17:326 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nCzarina<\/b> wife of a czar; Russian empress.
\n(C.O.D.)  2:254 Czech formerly "Bohemian": the language
\nor a native of Bohemia, the westernmost
\nprovince of Czecho-Slovakia. (Enc.Br.; Col. Enc.)  15:496,505 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nD<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nD<\/b>. See<\/i> David. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDabhoi<\/b> a town in the former princely state
\nof Baroda (now in Gujarat state), about 20
\nmiles southeast of the city of Baroda. (A; S. Atlas) a 27:116 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDacca<\/b> chief city of eastern Bengal, situated
\njust north of the Burhi Ganga River. In 1905′
\nit was designated capital of the newly formed
\nprovince of Eastern Bengal and Assam
\n(1905-12). Later it became the capital of East
\nBengal province of Pakistan (1947), and of
\nEast Pakistan (1956). Since 1971 Dacca has
\nbeen the capital of the separate country of
\nBangladesh; and now it is officially spelled
\n"Dhaka". (Enc. Br.)  1:135,169,196,
\n209,212,262,272, 288, 357, 369, 373, 375, 384,
\n402-03,414,610,626-27,635 2:229-30 4:196,
\n229, 232, 247  27: 6-7,20-21,40 . <\/b> VIII:<\/b> 131 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDacre(s)<\/b> in Sri Aurobindo’s story "The
\nDevil’s Mastiff", name of a family. Three
\ncharacters in the story bear the surname
\n"Dacre": John, Margaret, and Matilda.  7:1048,1050-51 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDadabhai1<\/b> See<\/i> Naoroji, <\/b> Dadabhai <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDadabhai2<\/b> a character, representing
\nDadabhai Naoroji, in the tragedy "The
\nSlaying of Congress" published in Bande
\nMataram<\/i> in February 1908. 1:673-74 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDadaists<\/b> followers of Dadaism, an inter-
\nnational nihilistic movement in the arts that
\nexisted primarily in
\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nZurich, Berlin, Cologne, Hannover, Paris, and New York, in the early 20th century. According to the most widely
\naccepted accoupt, the name "Dada" was
\nadopted at Zurich during one of the meet-
\nings held in 1916 by a group of artists and
\nwar resisters, including the poet Tristan
\nTzara. The word was considered appropriate
\nfor their anti-aesthetic creations and protest  activities, which were engendered by disgust
\nfor bourgeois values and despair over World
\nWar I. Dadaism was a doctrine of utter
\nformlessness; words, or even syllables, were
\nused without regard to meaning, as in the
\nspeech of a small child. (Enc.Br.) 9:446 Dadhichi (later form of Dadhyanca or
\nDadhica), a Rishi of the Vedic times, son of
\nAtharvan. According to a legend, which ap-
\npears in the Rig-veda,<\/i> Indra taught Dadhi-
\ncha certain sciences, but threatened to cut
\noff his head if he taught them to anyone else.
\nDadhicha was, however, prevailed upon by
\nthe Aswins to communicate his knowl-
\nedge to them. They replaced his head with
\nthat of a horse, and after it was cut off by
\nIndra, they restored his own head. Another
\nstory related about Dadhicha is that he
\ngladly accepted death in order that Indra
\nmight slay Vritra with the thunderbolt
\nfabricated by TWASHTRI out of his bones.
\n(Dow.; M.W.) Der: Dadhyang (an inflected
\nform) o n:278 IX: 5
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDadhikra(van)<\/b> in the Veda, the divine war-
\nhorse, a power of Agni; he is the White
\nHorse who carries us through the battle to
\nthe goal of our voyaging. (A)  9:213 10:130,298,413,424 <\/b>11:<\/b>32,143,197-98,238
\nVI:127,131 XIV:110 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDadhyang<\/b> See<\/i> Dadhichi <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaedalus<\/b> mythical Greek architect and
\nsculptor who was said to have built the
\nlabyrinth for King Minos of Crete. Falling
\nout of favour with Minos, he made wings for
\nhimself and his son Icarus in order to escape
\nto Sicily. All went well with Daedalus; <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIcarus, however, flew too near the sun. The
\nwax joints of the wings melted and he fell
\ninto the sea and was drowned. Stories of the
\nmarvels constructed by Daedalus are many.
\n(Enc.Br.; Col. Enc.)  6:55 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaffodils<\/i><\/b> one of the best-known poems of
\nWordsworth, a 9:305 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDagon<\/b> West Semitic god of crop fertility,
\nworshipped extensively throughout the
\nancient Near East. His cult is attested as
\nearly as c. 2500 BC. He was the father of the
\ngod BAAL. (Enc.Br.)  6:8 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaily<\/b> Express<\/i> British newspaper, founded in
\n1900. (Enc.Br.)  2:119<\/font><\/p>\n

Daily Mail<\/i> British newspaper, founded in
\n1896 by Alfred Charles William Harmsworth. It was an instant success. Sri <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\npage-86 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nAurobindo read
\nit for its comic "Curly Wee" feature.
\n(H.L.)  2:119<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaily<\/b> News1<\/b><\/i> (of India). See (Indian) Daily
\nNews.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaily<\/b> News2<\/b><\/i> a paper of London which al-
\nways overflowed with praise for "British
\nLiberalism" in India. H. W. NEVINSON
\nvisited India in 1907-08 as the special
\ncorrespondent of this paper. (A; S.F.F.)  1:574<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaitya<\/b>(s) in Hindu mythology, descendants
\nfrom Dili by Kashyapa. They were a race of
\ngiants who warred against the gods and
\ninterfered with sacrifices. (Dow.)  1:663 4:29, 86 10:199, 493 11: 445,
\n456,467 12:532 23:1042 27:158 11:76
\nXVI: 144,152 XIX: 54<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaksha<\/b> I. in the Veda, a god, master of the
\nworks of unerring discernment; 2. in the
\nPuranas, one of the Prajapatis, the original
\nprogenitors, and father of Sati. Sati married
\nShiva, and killed herself in consequence of
\na quarrel between her husband and her
\nfather. (A; Dow.)  1:892-95 8:107,
\n118 10:66-68,421,521 11:494,496 12:416
\nXV: 45,47 \u2014<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDakshina<\/b> (Daksina), perhaps a female form
\nof the Vedic Daksha; she is the goddess of
\ndivine discernment. (A)  10:68,153,
\n186-87,319,364 11:32,496,498<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDakshina Marga<\/b> one of the two forms of
\nworship – the "right-hand" form – in Tantra.
\nThe followers of this marga (path) are
\nknown as Daksinacaris. (Dow.)  16:336 20:37<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDakshineshwar<\/b> a locality about seven miles
\nfrom Calcutta, on the banks of the Ganga,
\nwhere there are ghats and temples (one main
\ntemple of Kali and twelve small temples of
\nShiva). Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa lived
\nhere in the temple of Kali; it is here that he
\nhad his realisation. (Guide) Var:<\/font><\/p>\n

Dukkhineswar  1:655,799 2:412 4:259
\n26:59 1:23 IX: 25<\/font><\/p>\n

Dal, Lake a picturesque lake in the Kashmir
\nvalley, in Srinagar. (Gaz.-L,p. 17)  IV: 194<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDalbha<\/b> a Vedic Rishi, spoken of as father
\n<\/b>or
\n<\/b>brother of Baka. a 12:390<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaley<\/b> Honorary Captain F. J. Daley, the
\ndoctor in charge of the Alipore Jail hospital.He was of Irish stock and
\ninherited many of the qualities of that liberal race. Dr. Daley had to pay for
\nhis humanitarianism. Found guilty of "grave neglect of duty and want of
\nsupervision over his subordinates", he <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nwas removed from the charge of the Jail
\nhospital and appointed to a less responsible
\npost. (A; A & R, <\/b> XI:<\/b> 110)  4:274-75,
\n280,297,300<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDamascus<\/b> a city in southern Syria; capital
\nof Syria, on the Barada River. It is thought
\nto be the world’s oldest existing city. Damas-
\ncene steel (famous swords and other wares)
\nis no more, but fine textiles, fruits and
\nDamascene ware are still the pride of the
\nancient city. (Col. Enc.; Enc. Br.) Der:<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDamasc<\/b>  3:475 5:276 6:99,156 7:597,
\n634 15:645 26:242 29:788 111:27<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDamayanti<\/b> wife of Nala and heroine of
\nthe tale of Nala and Damayanti, one of the
\nepisodes of the Mahabharata.<\/i> She was the
\nonly daughter of the king of Vidarbha, and
\nwas very lovely and accomplished. (M.N.;<\/font><\/p>\n

Dow)<\/b>  2:399 3:154,159-61 14:192<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDambhodbhove<\/b> a king whose story is related
\nin the Mahabharata<\/i> as an antidote to pride.
\nHe had an overweening conceit of his own
\nprowess and even challenged Nara and
\nNarayana. (Dow.)  8:57<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDamien, Father<\/b> (1840-89), Belgian priest
\nwho devoted his life to missionary work
\namong the Hawaiian lepers. (Enc. Br.)
\na 12:484<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDamie,<\/b> S. <\/b> K. a pleader of Poona (presently
\nin Maharashtra state, and spelled "Pune")
\naround 1908. (A)  27:62<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDamocles<\/b> (fl. 4th cent. Be), a courtier of
\nDionysius the Elder of Syracuse, tyrant from
\n405 to 367 BC, known to history through the
\nlegend of the "Sword of Damocles". Accord-
\ning to the legend, when Damocles glorified
\nin extravagant terms the riches and power of
\nthe tyrant, Dionysius, to demonstrate the
\ndangers and the unhappiness of high estate,
\ngave a banquet in his honour. Damocles
\nenjoyed the splendour of the banquet to the
\nfull, until, looking up, he beheld a sword
\nsuspended above his head by a single hair.
\n(Enc.Br.; Col. Enc.) a 2:93-94<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDamoetes<\/b> a character – villager or towns- .
\nman – in Sri Aurobindo’s play Perseus the
\nDeliverer,<\/i>  6:3,115-17,119-25,135,138, 140,
\n142,144-46,148,155-56, 166-67,170,191,196<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDanaans<\/b> Argives (the men of Argos regarded as descendants of Danaus). (M.I.)
\n5:468<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\tDanae in Greek legend, daughter of Acrisius, the Argive king; she bore to Zeus a
\nson named Perseus (see 6:<\/i>1). (Col. <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-87 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nEnc.)
\na 6:1,3,9,15,25,161-62,173,192<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDanaus<\/b> in Greek legend, ancestor of the
\nDanaans, men of Argos. (M.I.)  5:476<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDanava<\/b>(s) in Hindu mythology, descendants
\nfrom Danu by the sage Kashyapa. They were
\ngiants who warred against the gods. One
\nhundred sons were born to Danu, from
\nwhom arose ten families of Danavas.
\n(Dow.; Pur. Enc. ) Der: Danavi (danavi,
\na female danava)  4:147 10:126,199,
\n224 11:29 13:454<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDance of Life<\/b>, The<\/i> a book (1923) by
\nHavelock Ellis. (A)  9:329<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDane, Sir<\/b> Louis Sir Louis William Dane
\n(1856-1946), Lt. Governor of Punjab
\n(1908-13). He joined the I.C.S. in 1876 in
\nPunjab; appointed Chief Secretary, Punjab,
\nin 1898; Resident in Kashmir in 1901; and
\nForeign Secretary in Government of India in
\n1903. He was sent to Kabul (Afghanistan) as
\nthe Head of the British Indian Mission
\n(1904-05). Sir Dane was with Lord Hardinge
\nin the Delhi Durbar (1911). In 1940 he was
\nwounded when Sir Michael O’Dwyer was
\nkilled,  2:345<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaniel<\/b> legendary Biblical hero, the central
\nfigure of the Book of Daniel in the Old
\nTestament. Daniel is extolled for his upright
\ncharacter. He was an upright judge, and a
\nperson of infallible wisdom. (Enc. Br.)
\na 1:486<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDanish<\/b> official language of Denmark, used
\nby about five million speakers. It belongs to
\nthe East Scandinavian branch of the North
\nGermanic languages. Danish had some
\ninfluence on the Swedish and Icelandic
\nlanguages and was the official written and
\nadministrative language of Norway from the
\nReformation until the 19th century. (Enc.
\nBr.)  27:89 .<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nD’Annunzio,<\/b> Gabriele (1863-1938), Italian
\npoet, novelist, dramatist, short-story writer,
\njournalist, military hero, and political
\nleader. (Enc. Br.)  9:96<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDante<\/b> Dante (Alighieri) (1265-1321), the
\ngreatest poet of Italy and also a prose writer,
\nliterary theorist, moral philosopher, and
\npolitical thinker, whose Christian epic Divina
\nCommedia<\/i> (The Divine Comedy) is one of
\nthe landmarks of world literature. (Enc.
\nBr.) Der: Dantesque  3:101,147,217
\n9: 30,37,42,61, 76, 84-85,206, 305-06.311,314,
\n381,479-80,521,524 12:pre. 14:66,257 17:137,182 26:276,302-03 27:86,92 VI: 198
\nX:114 XVII: 66,73<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nDanton,<\/b> Georges(- Jacques) (1759-94),
\nFrench statesman, one of the leading figures
\nof the French Revolution. He was one of the
\nmost complex and controversial statesmen of
\nthe period, and is regarded as both a defender
\nof the oppressed and a political opportunist.
\n(Enc. Br.)  1:273,405 3:459 17:378,
\n380-82<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDanu<\/b> in Hindu mythology, daughter of
\nDaksha Prajapati and wife of the sage
\nKashyapa; she is the mother of the Danavas.
\nShe is considered by many, Sri Aurobindo
\namong them (10:199, 383), as identical with
\nDiti. (M.N.;A)  10:126,199,383,421<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDanube<\/b> great river of central and south-
\neastern Europe, second only to the Volga
\namong European rivers. It rises in the Black
\nForest and passes through many countries
\nbefore entering the Black Sea. (Col. Enc.)  15:347<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDanzig<\/b> (German form of Gdansk) capital
\nof Gdansk province, north central Poland,
\nsituated at the mouth of the Vistula River
\non the Baltic Sea. (Enc. Br.) 27:466<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaphne<\/b> in Greek mythology, a daughter
\nof the river god Peneus in Thessaly. She
\nattracted the love of Apollo, who pursued
\nher in the beautiful vale of Tempe. When
\nshe prayed to Earth (or to her father) to
\nrescue her, she was turned into a laurel-tree,
\nwhich became the favourite tree of Apollo.
\nThis myth may refer to the Hellenes’ capture
\nof Tempe, where the goddess Daphne was
\nworshipped by Maenads (or Bacchantes),
\nwho chewed the laurel and thus intoxicated
\nthemselves. (Pears; Enc. Br.)  6:352,417<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDarbhanga<\/b> a district in the state of Bihar,
\nIndia; the administrative headquarters of the
\ndistrict is the town of Darbhanga. Under
\nBritish rule Darbhanga was a semi-
\nautonomous princely state. (Enc. Br.)  1:414 2:345<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDardanelles<\/b> See Hellespont<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDardanid<\/b> an epithet of the descendants of
\nDARDANUS. In Ilion,<\/i> it has been used mainly
\nfor Aeneas, sometimes also for Deiphobus.
\n(M.I.) a 5:382,398,446,458<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDardanus<\/b> in Greek legend, son of Zeus by
\nElectra, the daughter of Atlas. He married
\nthe daughter of Teucer and became the
\nancestor of both the younger and older
\nbranches of the royal house of Troy.
\n(M.I.)  5:410,412,418,428,440,465,511<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nDarius<\/b> (Hystaspes) Darius I or Darius the
\nGreat (550-486 Be), king of ancient Persia
\n(522-486 BC), called also Dariavaush and
\nDarius Hystaspes (after his father, Hystaspes
\nor Vishtaspa). Darius consolidated Persian
\npower in the East, including northwest India.
\nHe is noted for his administrative genius and
\nfor his building projects. (Enc. Br.; Col.
\nEnc.)  3:199 16:90<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDarjeeling<\/b> a town in northern Bengal (now
\nnorthern West Bengal state). It is a famous
\nhill resort. Here, at the Loreto Convent
\nSchool, Sri Aurobindo was educated between
\n1877 and 1879. (Col. Enc.; A)  1:410,
\n491 4:317 26:1<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDark<\/b> Ages earlier part of the MIDDLE AGES,
\nending with the 12th century, during which
\nscience was dead, theology was the main
\npreoccupation, and the language of the
\nlearned West was Latin. (Pears, p. L79)
\n1:270 3:433<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDark Well<\/i><\/b> a collection of poems by Harindranath Chattopadhyay, written in the
\nAshram.  26:289<\/font>  Darshana(s) the six traditional orthodox
\nsystems of Hindu philosophy: Sankhya,
\nYoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and
\nVedanta. (Sometimes the heterodox schools
\nof Buddhism, Jainism and the materialistic
\nCharvakas are also listed among the
\nDarshanas.) (Enc. Br.)  2:19 4:43,128 12:427,522 16:339
\n27:299 1:57 VIII: 170-71,180 XIV: 126
\nXVII: 27 XVIII: 152 XXI: 77<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaruk<\/b> in the Mahabharata,<\/i> Krishna’s
\ncharioteer, and his attendant in his last days.
\nHe is also called SATYAKI. (Dow.)  8:29-30<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDarwin<\/b> Charles (Robert) Darwin (1809-82),
\nEnglish naturalist renowned for his documentation of evolution and for a theory of
\nits operation. His influence on the scientific
\nand religious tenor of his time was immense
\nand provocative. (Enc. Br.) Der: Darwinian;<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDarwinism<\/b>  2:213 3:459 4:44 13:38
\n15:147 16:226 18: 55,199 26:387 27:385<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDarwin,<\/b> Erasmus (1731-1802), prominent
\nphysician, grandfather of the biologists
\nCharles Darwin and Francis Gallon. A free
\nthinker and radical, Darwin often set his
\nopinions and scientific treatises to verse that,
\nalthough awkward technically, shows a
\nrugged power. (Enc.
\n<\/b>Br.)
\n<\/b> 11:11,16-17<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDas<\/b> See<\/i> Das, C. R.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nDas, C. R.<\/b> (1870-1925),
\n<\/b>Indian politician,<\/font> <\/font><\/b>
\nleader of the Swaraj party in Bengal province under British rule. He presided over the
\nCongress session at Gaya in 1922. He was
\none of Sri Aurobindo’s nationalist collaborators and an eminent lawyer of Calcutta, who
\ndevoted himself for months to the defence of
\nSri Aurobindo in the Alipore Bomb Case.
\nHe was also his friend and fellow poet.
\nToward the end of his short life he came to
\nPondicherry for spiritual as well as political
\nadvice. (A; Enc. Br.) Var: Chitta Das;<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nChitta Ranjan (Das)<\/b> 2:54:pre.,3148:35714:385 26:34,59,169,252-53, 389-90,
\n436,438-39 27:437,439-40, 451, 455,473<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDas, Hem(chandra)<\/b> Hem Chandra Das
\nKanungo (1871-1951), one of the pioneer
\nleaders of the secret revolutionary organization , and a principal co-accused with Sri
\nAurobindo in the Alipore Bomb Case (1908-
\n09). He went to England and Paris to learn
\nthe manufacture of explosives and bombs.
\nHe was sentenced to transportation for life
\nin the Andamans, but was released in 1921.
\nHemchandra had a most colourful personality. (D.N.B)  4:264,272,297,310<\/font><\/p>\n

Das, Lolit Mohan (1868-1932), a Moderate
\nleader who, as a disciple of Surendra Nath
\nBanerji, took active part in the Swadeshi
\nmovement and the agitation against the
\npartition of Bengal. In protest against the
\nRisley Circular, he resigned his job in the
\nCity College. He was the president till his
\ndeath of the Barisal Seva Samiti established
\nby him in Calcutta in 1909 with the cooperation of a few young students. (S.B.C.)  VI: 123<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDas, Madhusudan<\/b> (1848-1934), a leading
\nlawyer of Cuttack (Orissa), and a prominent
\nmember of the Congress till 1911. Though
\nWestern-oriented, he was critical of English
\nways. He was a forceful speaker both in
\nEnglish and in Oriya. (D.N.B)  2:97<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDas, Sundari Mohan<\/b> (1857-1950), a
\nphysician and philanthropist who played a
\nsignificant part in the political and social life
\nof Bengal. (D.N.B.)  1:850<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDasabodha<\/i><\/b> title of a book written in the 7th
\ncentury by Ramdas, the famous guru of
\nShivaji (D.I.H.)  4:92<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDasarath(a)<\/b> in the Ramayana,<\/i> father of
\nRAMA’, and a king of the Solar race at
\nAyodhya. He was a descendant of
\nIkshwaku. (Dow.) Var: <\/b>Dasharath;<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDussaruth(a)  <\/b> 1:768 3:428 8:3-5,10
\nV:7,ll<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nDasarhan<\/b> Dasarha was a noble Kshatriya
\nborn in the line of Yadu. His descendants
\nwere called Dasarha. Sri Krishna is also
\ntherefore called Dasarha or Dasarhapati.
\nThese terms occur in the Mahabharata.
\n<\/i>(M.N.)  27:83<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDashagwa<\/b>(s) a class "Ten-rayed" of Vedic
\nRishis (perhaps Rishis who sacrificed for ten
\nmonths). They are mentioned along with the
\nNavagwas in several Vedic hymns. They
\nwere descendants of Angiras. Seealso<\/i>Navagwas.(V.G.)10:149-50,166-70,172,
\n177,184,204,208,234<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDasharath<\/b> See<\/i> Dasarath(a)<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDasharnas<\/b> Dasarna was the name of an
\nancient region of India, mentioned in the
\nMahabharata<\/i> and located in what is now
\nMadhya Pradesh state, southeast of the
\nVindhyas. The people of the region were
\nalso called Dasarnas. (M.N.)  3:215<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDasyu<\/b>(s) The Dasyus of the Veda are
\nrobbers, destroyers, dividers, plunderers,
\npowers of darkness. They are adversaries of
\nthe seekers of Light and the Truth. Whether
\nhuman or superhuman, they keep their wealth
\nof cows and horses and other treasure for
\nthemselves, and do not give them to the
\nseers. There are two great divisions of the
\nDasyus: the Panis and the Vritras. (I & G;<\/font><\/p>\n

A)  4:141 10:24,36,71.134,136,140,163,
\n204-05,215-17,219-21,224, 226-28,230,235-38,
\n310, 363, 383,428,471, 485-86,493 <\/b>11:8-10,14,
\n17,28-29,445,456,459,467,478 IV: 128 XV:<\/font><\/p>\n

17 XXI: 10<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDatta, Kumar Krishna<\/b> a man of Calcutta
\nknown to Sri Aurobindo, one of the first
\npeople he met after his arrest. (A) a 4:263<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDattatreya<\/b> a sage said to be son of Atri by
\nAnasuya. Regarded as an incarnation of the
\nTriad (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva), he is
\nsometimes represented as having three heads.
\nNot much known in popular Hinduism, Dat-
\ntatreya is looked upon as the founder of a
\nmethod of yoga practised mostly in Maha-
\nrashtra. According to Sri Aurobindo, the
\ntruth behind the Dattatreya cult is that Dattatreya represents the highest realisation \u2014
\nhe always keeps his consciousness immersed in the Infinite and the freedom of
\nthe Infinite is brought down by him to the
\nmental, vital, and even to the physical plane.
\nA siddha of the Dattatreya-Marga, therefore,
\nacts freely like the Infinite even in the
\nPrakriti. There is an unbridled pleasure or
\nenjoyment on the one hand; there is renun-
\nciation  
\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nof pleasure on the other. (Eve. T., pp. 301-02)
\nXVIII: 163<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaudet,<\/b> Alphonse-Marie Leon (1867-1942),
\nFrench journalist and novelist, the most
\nvirulent and courageous polemicist of his
\ngeneration in France, whose literary reputation rests largely upon his journalistic work
\nand his vivid memoirs. (Enc. Br.)  23: 842<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDaulatpur<\/b> a town of East Bengal (now in
\nBangladesh), near Khulna. (S. Atlas)  2:250<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDavid<\/b> Joseph David, a resident of Pondi-
\ncherry who later became Mayor of the city.
\nHe was one of Sri Aurobindo’s earliest
\nPondicherry friends and long remained so.
\nDavid was one of the few people whom Sri
\nAurobindo went out to see, visiting him
\ntwice at his house during the period 1913-20.
\nIn his Record of Yoga (XXI: 2), by "D." Sri
\nAurobindo very probably means David. (A;<\/font><\/p>\n

Purani)<\/b>  27:455 <\/b>XXI: 2<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDavid<\/b> Neel, Madame Alexandra David-Neel
\n(1868-1969), a well-known French writer on Tibetan occultism and mysticism. She
\nstudied Sanskrit and Eastern philosophy as a young woman. From the age of twenty
\nshe dreamed of visiting India, and eventually did come. In 1911 she managed to
\nmeet the Dalai Lama at Delhi, and became the first person from the West to be
\ninitiated in the mysteries of Tibetan occultism. She published more than thirty volumes, many of
\nwhich went through several editions and
\nwere translated into a number of languages.
\nAt the age of one hundred she was still
\nworking on three more books. Madame
\nDavid-Neel visited Pondicherry and met Sri
\nAurobindo in November 1911. (The Sunday
\nStandard,<\/i> Madras: Magazine Section, 15
\nJune 1969)  22:215<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDa Vinci<\/b> See<\/i> Leonardo da Vinci<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDawn<\/b> the divine Dawn; the goddess Dawn;<\/font><\/p>\n

the same as USHA’.  10:42, 68,118-31,133,
\n135,138-42,144-50,152-54,156,159-60,163-64,
\n166-67,172-73,177-79,186,188-89,194,197,199,
\n201, 203-06,208-09,215,219, 221-22,225,228,
\n231,233,236,238,250,261,268,272,276,278-79,281-86,290,293,311, 314, 316, 319, 321-22, 348,
\n353, 359-60, 364, 376-77,403,419, 422, 424-26,
\n429-33,438,441,447-48,463, 467, 524-28,530,
\n541 11:11,27, 31, 33, 56-57, 59, 67,74, 85-86,
\n89,113,119,123,162,164-65, 169-70.173,180,
\n195. 197, 212, 243, 254, 273, 328, 343, 490, 498
\n12: 401 16:337 19:726 23:968 28:4 29:18
\nIV: 122,136 V: 21-22, 33 VII: 38 VIII: 148
\nIX: 10 X: 183-85 XIV: 110,120 XV: 6,55
\nXVI: 137 XVII: 33,45,53<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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\n\n\n
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\nDayananda<\/b>, Thakur (1881-1937), spiritual
\nleader and founder of Arunachal Mission at
\nSilchar (Assam). He had wonderful powers as a yogi. In family life his name was
\nGuru-das. (L.toSl.;S.B.C.;A)  27:444,
\n496 VII: 9, 22<\/font><\/p>\n

Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College of Lahore,
\nfounded in 1888 by some followers of Swami
\nDayanand with the object of propagating the
\nideas of the Arya Samaj without discarding
\nEnglish and Western education. Lala Hans
\nRaj was the institution’s principal. (P.T.I.;<\/font><\/p>\n

D.I.H.)<\/b>  1:717,719<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDayanandas<\/b> See<\/i> Dayananda, Thakur<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDayananda<\/b> (Saraswati), Swami (1824-83),
\nHindu ascetic, a profoundly learned Sanskrit
\nscholar, a social reformer, and the founder
\n(1875) of the Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement advocating a return to the temporal and spiritual authority of the Vedas.
\nSri Aurobindo considered him the first discoverer of the right clues in the matter of
\nVedic interpretation. Swami Dayananda was
\na great force in the promotion of Indian
\nnationalism in the 19th century. (D.I.H.;<\/font><\/p>\n

A)  2:353-55,364 3:214 4:246-47
\n10:29-31 11:471,473 12:400 14:187
\n17:331-43 27:182 VII: 22 XV: 18 XVI: 135<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDead<\/b> Sea salt lake between Israel and
\nJordan into which the Jordan River flows.
\nIt is the lowest body of water on earth’s
\nsurface, 1,296 ft. below sea level.
\n(Enc. Br.)  1:320<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeb, Kumar Kshitendra<\/b> a renowned
\nstatesman of Bengal; a candidate for
\n<\/b>the
\n<\/b>Bengal Legislative Council in 1906. (A)  1:151<\/font><\/p>\n

Deb, Prabhas(chandra) In January 1910, he
\npublished in Hitabadi<\/i> a romantic story of
\na Dead Letter Office return. (A)  2:367-68<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeb, Suresh Chandra<\/b> a worker in the
\nBande Mataram<\/i> office, whose article "Sri
\nAurobindo as I Knew Him" appeared in
\nMother India,<\/i> August 15,1950. (A)
\nD 27:pre.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDebabrata<\/b> See<\/i> Bose, Debabrata<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDebi<\/b> Chaudhurani<\/b><\/i> a Bengali novel (1884)
\nby Bankim Chandra. It is a domestic novel.
\n(Enc. Br.) Var: Devi Chaudhurani
\n<\/i> 3:91 17:345-46<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDecameron<\/i><\/b> a collection of one hundred
\nwitty, often licentious, tales by Boccaccio,
\nwritten probably between 1348 and 1353. They reflect not only the eternal
\nfoolishness of man but also fascinating details of 14th-century Italian life.
\nThe setting of the tales is as follows: Florence being visited by the Plague in
\n1348,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nseven women and three men
\nleave the city for neighbouring villas. As part
\nof their revels, they tell stories until the epidemic abates. This they do for ten days, hence
\nthe title "Decameron" or "Ten Days’ Work".
\nEach person tells one story each day, and so
\nthere are 100 tales in all. The work proved
\nto be the fountainhead of Italian literary
\nprose for succeeding centuries. (Enc. Br.;<\/font> Ox. Comp.)  1:7<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeccan,<\/b> the high triangular tableland comprising most of peninsular India south of the
\nNarmada River, and including the coastal
\nplains. (Enc. Br.)  1:141,147,157,182,
\n198, 380, 479, 533, 570, 591, 639,687 2:309,
\n370 3:193 5:281,284 17:303,352 111:7<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDectora<\/b> a character in Yeats’ play The
\nShadowy Waters.<\/i> (A) 9:533<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDedar Buksh,<\/b> Moulvi a person, probably a
\nnationalist Muslim, who attended the Bengal
\nProvincial Conference of the Indian National
\nCongress held at Hooghly in September 1909
\nand moved resolution No. 4 (for continuation
\nof the boycott of foreign goods). He was also
\none of the speakers at the Swadeshi Meeting
\nheld at Bhowanipur (Calcutta) the following
\nmonth, in connection with the observance of
\nPartition Day. (A) Var: Dedar Bux,
\nMoulvi  VI: 125 XIV: 100<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeepnarain<\/b> Singh (1875-1935), an enlightened zamindar of Bihar who, though a
\nbarrister, never cared for his practice and
\nthrew himself heart and soul into public
\nactivities. He held various offices in the
\nCongress. He was regarded as a paragon of
\naestheticism, elegance and refinement.
\n(D.N.B.)  1:226-28,255 2:306<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeesa<\/b> a town in the former princely state of
\nBaroda, now in north Gujarat about thirty
\nmiles from its border with Rajasthan and
\nabout ninety-five miles north-west of Idar.
\n(A; S.Atlas)  27:114<\/font><\/p>\n

La <\/b>Defense <\/b>de <\/b>I’Occident Defense
\n<\/b>de
\n<\/b>{‘Occident,<\/i> a book (1927) in French by Henri
\nMassis. (A)  22:128<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDefoe,<\/b> Daniel (1660-1731), English novelist,
\npamphleteer, and journalist, who wrote
\nRobinson Crusoe,<\/i> one of the world’s most
\nfamous books, and a number of other works
\nof exceptional quality and range. (Enc. Br.)  4:284<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeidamia<\/b> in Greek legend, daughter of
\nLycomedes, king of Scyros. She was mother of
\nNeoptolemus by Achilles. (M.I.)  5:405<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tDeiphobus in Greek legend, a son of Priam
\nand Hecuba and a great Trojan hero. In Sri
\nAurobindo’s llion,<\/i> he is shown <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nas the leader
\nof the Trojans both in counsel and war, as
\nhis father, the king, is old and inactive and
\nhis elder brother Hector is dead. (M.I.)  5: 33, 393, 396-98,400,402-03,413,415,427,440,454,457,459-60,465,468,470,493,499
\nVI:134<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDe la Mare, Walter (1873-1956), English
\npoet and novelist with an unusual power to
\nevoke the ghostly, evanescent moments of
\nlife. Both his prose and verse show a delight
\nin imaginative excursions and the purely
\nfantastic. Much of his poetry is written for or
\nabout children. (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.)  9:356-58<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDelarcy, General<\/b> ("Delarcy" is a misreading
\nfor "Delarey") Jacobus Hercules De la Rey
\n(1847-1914), South African military leader,
\ngiven the rank of general on the outbreak
\n<\/b>of
\n<\/b>the Boer War. (Enc. Am.) o 1:74<\/font><\/p>\n

Delhi capital of India, chosen as such by
\nmany rulers in the past. It is situated on
\nthe Jamuna River. New Delhi, built by the
\nBritish about six miles from (old) Delhi, was
\ninaugurated as the capital of British India in
\n1911. It continues to be the capital of the
\nindependent Republic of India. The city of
\n(New) Delhi lies within the union territory of
\nDelhi; it is the third largest city of the Indian
\nUnion. (D.I.H.; Enc. Br.)
\na 2:242 3:424 7:598 8:340 26:168
\n27:470 XXII: 132<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDelian of Delos, a small island off Greece in
\nthe southern Aegean, regarded as the centre
\nof the Cyclades Islands. In Greek mythology,
\nLeto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis on
\nDelos, which became the seat of an oracle of
\nApollo. (M.I.; Col. Enc.) 5:489<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Deliverance<\/b><\/i> English translation of
\n<\/b>Sarat
\n<\/b>Chandra’s Bengali novel Nishkriti,<\/i> done by
\nDilip Kumar Roy in 1944. (A) 9: 463 Delphi a rugged spot on the slopes of Mt.
\nParnassus in central Greece, the site of the
\nmost important temple of Apollo, where the
\nPythia (see<\/i> Pythian and Pythoness) delivered
\nthe cryptic messages of the god. Delphi was
\nconsidered by the ancient Greeks as the cen-
\ntre of the world, the exact site being marked
\nin the temple by a stone, the omphalos
\n(navel). (Col. Enc.; Enc. Br.) Der:<\/font> Delphic n 5:394,405,420,433,490,503,
\n544 16:275 XV: 22<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDelsa<\/b> See<\/i> Dilsa<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDemeter in Greek mythology, <\/b>goddess of<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/b> corn, fruitfulness, and the harvest. She is
\ndaughter of Cronus and Rhea, and sister of
\nZeus. Zeus and Demeter had a daughter,
\nPersephone (or Kore), who was picking flowers in the fields of Enna in Sicily
\nwhen she was seized by the god of the underworld and <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\ncarried to Hades to be his bride. As a
\nresult of her mother’s piteous efforts to get
\nher back, Persephone is permitted to spend
\nsix months of the year (spring and summer)
\non earth but must return to Hades for the
\nother six months (autumn and winter).
\n(Col. Enc.; M.I.)  5:510 XVI: 138<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDemiurge<\/b> term used by Plato in his Timaeus
\n<\/i>for the "creator of the world". It was later
\nadopted by the Gnostics (members of a
\ndualistic religious movement in the early
\nChristian era) with reference to the creator
\nof the material universe, when they wished
\nto distinguish him from the supreme God. In
\nHomer the term includes manual workers,
\nheralds, and physicians. (Enc. Br.)
\na 16:99 18:398 19:709 XIII: 28<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDemocracy<\/b> a character – democracy
\npersonified – in Sri Aurobindo’s play "The
\nSlaying of Congress", a tragedy published in
\nBands Mataram<\/i> in February 1908. (A)
\nD <\/b>1:673-80,684-86, 688, 690-97<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDemogorgon<\/b> a mysterious and terrible
\ninfernal deity. Etymologically it derives from
\ndemos<\/i> (people) and gorgos<\/i> (grim, terrible).
\n(C.O.D.) a 1:415,558 2:286 15:627
\n17:233<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDemos<\/b> personification of the populace or
\ndemocracy. (C.O.D.) a 1:207 2:254<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDemosthenes<\/b> (384-322 BC), Greek statesman,
\ngenerally considered the greatest of Greek
\norators, who roused Athens to oppose Philip
\nof Macedon and, later, his son Alexander
\nthe Great. (Enc. Br.) n 26:241 29:787<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDenham<\/b> G. C. Denham, a deputy
\nsuperintendent of police (1908-11) in the
\nCriminal Investigation Department of
\nBengal. He was a prominent figure in the
\nManiktolla conspiracy and other later
\npolitical inquiries. (P.T.I.; A.B.T.)  2:367<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDenmark<\/b> Scandinavian kingdom of Europe,
\noccupying the greater part of the Jutland
\nPeninsula and a number of offshore islands
\nbetween the North and Baltic seas. (Enc.
\nBr.)  7:886 15:333<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDenshawi<\/b> incident Dinshaway Incident: a
\nclash between villagers and a party of British
\nofficers on a pigeon-shooting trip at Dinsha-way, Egypt, in 1906. The severity of the<\/font><\/p>\n

 judicial sentences served to unite the
\nEgyptian peasants and middle class against
\nthe British occupation. (Enc. Br.)
\n<\/b>1:261,504 2:407<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDenzil<\/b> See<\/i> Ibbetson, Sir Denzil<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeoghar<\/b> a town in Santal Parganas district
\nof Bihar, about 200 miles west of Calcutta.
\nSri Aurobindo always stayed here with the
\nfamily of his maternal grandfather Raj
\nNarain Bose. (Enc.Br.;A) Var: Deoghur
\n0 2:240,265-66 4:210,215,320,323 26:16,
\n44 1:70,73,76 111:84<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDercetes <\/b>a character – a Syrian captain – in
\nSri Aurobindo’s play Perseus the Deliverer.
\n<\/i> 6:3, 16. 21-24, 101-02,104,113,166,169,
\n171-72,1-75-76,186, 195-97<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDesai<\/b> See<\/i> Keshav (Ganesh) (Desai)<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDescent<\/b><\/i> a poem in sapphics by
\n<\/b>Sri
\n<\/b>Aurobindo. D 26:239,252,258 29:785,797<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDesdemona<\/b> a character – daughter to Brabantio, and wife to Othello – in
\nShakespeare’s tragedy Othello, the Moor
\nof Venice.<\/i> (Shakes.)  12:37, 39,470 14: 192 27:207 <\/b>1:40<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Deserted Village<\/b><\/i> one of the best
\nknown poems of Oliver Goldsmith, published in 1770. (Enc. Br.)  <\/b>II: 17.19<\/font><\/p>\n

Desher Katha<\/i> "Story of the Nation", a
\nBengali book (1904) by Sakharam Ganesh
\nDeuskar, a Maratha Brahmin resident in
\nCalcutta, compiling all the details of India’s
\neconomic servitude and the British com-
\nmercial and industrial exploitation of
\nIndia. (A; P.T.I.; B.P.P., p. 49)  26:15,25<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeshpande<\/b> probably. <\/b> Dr. Yasavanta Khusala
\nDeshpande (1884- ? ), Indian research
\nscholar and writer of international fame in
\nhistory. (B.A.C.)  3:311-13.319<\/font><\/p>\n

Deshpande, Baji (Prabhou) (c. 1618-1660), a
\nlieutenant of Shivaji, famous for his
\n<\/b>heroic
\nself-sacrifice while holding the pass of Rangana for two hours with a small company
\nof men against 12,000 Moghuls, to cover
\nShivaji’s retreat when Fazil Khan of Bijapur
\ntried to encircle the Marathas in Panhalgarh
\nfort. (Enc.Ind.;A)  5:279,281-85,287,
\n289-93<\/font><\/p>\n

Deshpande, K. G. Keshavrao Ganesh
\nDeshpande (1869-1939), a barrister and
\nsocial worker of Baroda. After his return
\nfrom England, where he had been at Cam-
\nbridge with his friend Sri Aurobindo, he
\nbecame for a time editor of the English
\nsection of Indu Prakash of<\/i> Bombay.
\nDeshpande was also a close friend of Tilak’s, whom he is said to have defended in his trial
\nfor sedition in L897. (A: A & R; B.A.C.)
\nVar: Deshpande, Keshavrao  1:3 4:296
\n26: 13. 19. 24 IV: 197-98 XIV: 166<\/font> Deshpande, Krishnajirao name of a person
\n"of Baroda" to whom, according to the
\npolice, a telegram had been sent by "Ghose"<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nfrom the Manicktolla Garden. A copy of the
\ntelegram, said to have been recovered from
\nSri Aurobindo’s residence during the search
\nof 2 May 1908, was produced by the police
\nbefore the magistrate in the Alipore Bomb Case. (No person of this name was,
\nhow- ever, traceable at Baroda.) (A) 4:296<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeshpande, Moro<\/b> a character – a Maratha
\nwarrior and close associate of Baji Prabhou – in Sri Aurobindo’s poem Baji Prabhou.
\n<\/i>D 5:291<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeshsevak<\/i><\/b> a paper edited by Achyutrao
\nKohalatkar, in which reports were published
\nof speeches delivered by Sri Aurobindo at
\nNagpur. (A)  2:172<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeuskar<\/b>, Sakharam Ganesh (1869-1912), a
\nMaratha writer whose family had lived long
\nin Bengal. An able writer in Bengali, he was
\nauthor of Desher Katha,<\/i> and the first person
\nto use the word "Swaraj" (in his life of
\nShivaji). He was among the early writers in
\nthe revolutionary journal Yuganfar.<\/i> and the
\nchief organiser of "political festivals" in
\nBengal, like the Shivaji festival held in June
\n1906. (A;I.F.F.;S.B.C.)  26:15,25<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeussen<\/b>, Paul (1845-1919), Orientalist, and
\nprofessor of philosophy at the University of
\nKiel, West Germany. Some of his chief
\nworks are: Das System des Vedanta<\/i> (1883),
\nDie Sutras des Vedanta<\/i> (1887), On the
\nPhilosophy of the Vedanta in its Relation to
\nOccidental Metaphysics<\/i> (1893). (Enc. Ind.)  12:427<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDeva<\/b> 1. god, godhead, or the "divine man",
\nas opposed to Asura. In the Mahabharata<\/i> it
\nis said that Kashyapa’s sons by Aditi became
\nDevas (Adityas) and his sons by Diti became
\nAsuras (Daityas). 2. The seventh type from
\nbelow of the ten forms of consciousness in
\nthe evolutionary scale of man. The Deva is
\nmind concentrated in vijhdna,<\/i> exceeding
\nitself. The Asura-Deva or Devasura makes
\nthe vijhana<\/i> serve the buddhi.<\/i> (A; I & G;<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPur.<\/b> Enc., p. 244) Der: <\/b>Daivic; Devahood;<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDevic<\/b>  1: 62 3:177 4:1,23,29,126,135,
\n141,156,160, 299. 304-05 10: 30-31, 53,112-13,
\n170,194, 197-99, 207,306,333,335, 338,341-42,
\n345-48,372,455,466 11:21-22,442, 453,456,
\n459,473 12:95-96,158,162,465,474,491,499,<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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