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\nGaea (Earth); also certain of the offspring
\nof these Titans. The names of the twelve
\nTitans, the ancestors of the Olympian gods, were Oceanus, Coeus, Crius,
\nHyperion, lapetos, Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, and Cronos. Cronos, the
\nyoungest of them, ruled the world after
\noverthrowing and castrating Uranus. He
\nswallowed each of his own children at
\nbirth, but Zeus escaped. Cronos was made
\nto vomit up the others (including Hera, Demeter, Poseidon, and Hades) and, after
\na protracted struggle, he and the other
\nTitans were vanquished, all of them but
\nAtlas imprisoned in Tartarus, and the reign
\nof Zeus was established. More broadly, the
\nword Titan may be applied to any being of
\na colossal force or grandiose and lawless
\nself-assertion, or even to whatever is huge
\nor mighty. (M.I.) Der: Titanic; Titanic-
\nally; Titanism 1: 144 2: 32 3: 78, 95, 97, 122, 149, 176, 228, 238, 268, 277, 297, 422
\n5: 61, 84, 95, 100, 106, 111-12, 146, 149, 196, 201, 211, 217, 241, 253, 291, 335, 394, 396, 401-02, 404, 406-07, 410, 414, 418, 420, 429, 444, 481, 485, 498, 532-33, 539-40, 543-45, 564 6: 126, 180, 212, 216, 232 7: 913-15, 918, 920, 922, 924, 941, 1006
\n8: 27-28, 30-33, 50, 52, 57, 101, 126, 130-31, 175
\n9: 51, 78, 112, 119, 149, 192, 559 10: 182, 336, 421, 426, 442, 470 11: 28, 445 12: 107, 387, 399-400, 408, 410, 430, 435, 439, 474, 499
\n13: 53-54, 161, 163, 165-66, 332, 343, 349, 366, 370, 454-55, 457 14: 103, 288, 301, 398 15: 36, 73, 224, 235, 244, 374, 456, 596 16: 266, 276-78, 284, 311 17: 12, 73, 94, 106, 142-43, 169, 259, 383 18: 324, 603 19:776, 783, 1022, 1068
\n20: 100, 108, 161-64, 214, 450 21: 540, 716
\n22: 178 27: 98, 152, 154, 157-58, 309, 325-26
\n28: 18, 25, 132, 163, 215, 224, 230, 336, 341, 343, 380 29: 450-52, 480, 505, 507, 510, 590, 631, 642, 651 1:22 11:46-47, 57, 77 V: 9-11
\nVI: 200-01 VII: 70 VIII: 189 IX: 10 X: 148; 150-51, 154, 158, 167 XI: 64, 67.74 XII: 194
\nXIV: 127, 131 XV: 20, 44 XVI: 144 XVII: 2, 3, 58-59 XIX: 54 <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nTitanic a famous ocean liner, (when
\nlaunched) the largest ever built; it sank on its
\nmaiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg
\non the night of 14-15 April 1912, with a loss
\nof 1, 517 lives, a XX: 118 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTitian<\/b> full name: Tiziano Vecellio
\n(1488\/90-1576), Italian painter of the
\nVenetian school, whose mastery of handling
\ncolour and the technique of oil painting
\nmade him one of the greatest artists of the
\nRenaissance. (Enc. Br.) 14: 247
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTogos<\/b> natives of Togoland, former German
\nprotectorate in Western Africa, now divided
\nbetween the Republics of Togo and Ghana.
\n(Enc. Br.) 1: 219 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nTokyo<\/b> capital of Japan, located on the
\nnortheast coast of Honshu, on Tokyo Bay.
\nTokyo-to is the name of the metropolis, which includes the national capital of Tokyo
\nand numerous industrial and residential
\nsuburbs. (Pears; Enc. Br.) Var: Tokio
\n(now an unusual spelling) 5:120 14:9 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTolstoy Leo<\/b> (Lev) Nikolayevich Tolstoi
\n(1828-1910), Russian novelist and philosopher, one of the world’s greatest writers.
\nMoral and social elements play a great role
\nin his later works, for which he is much
\nrespected. Perhaps his best and certainly his
\nmost famous work is his long novel War and
\nPeace.<\/i> (Col. Enc.; A; Pears) Var: Tolstoi
\nDer: Tolstoian; Tolstoyism l: 860 2: 14, 42 4: 73, 92, 215 9: 105, 329, 477. 555
\n13: 31 14: 47 15: 488 VII: 4, 16 XIV: 118 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLe Tombeau d’Edgar Poe<\/b><\/i> a sonnet by
\nMallarme. (A) 9:531-32 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTommy<\/b> Atkins a familiar name for the
\ntypical private soldier in the British Army, arising out of the casual use of this name in
\nthe specimen form given in the official Army
\nregulations from 1815 onwards, showing how
\nsuch forms should be filled up with the name
\nof the soldier concerned, etc. (Ox. Comp.) 26: 343 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTongres<\/b> a town in Belgium some twenty
\nkilometres northwest of Liege. Any German
\nretreat that took place here in August 1914
\n(if the "recoil" was not invented by the
\nAllied press) was a minor diversion in the
\ngeneral German advance.
\n[From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov.l913-0ct. ’27] Tooly Street probably "Kumartuli Street" in
\nnorthwest Calcutta. 2:205 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTophet<\/b> a place in the valley of Hinnom near
\nJerusalem used for idolatrous worship and
\nlater for depositing refuse, to incinerate
\nwhich fires were kept burning. Tophet
\nbecame a name for Hell. (C. 0. D.; Col.
\nEnc.) 2: 254 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nToraman<\/b> a character – Prince of Cashmere –
\nin Sri Aurobindo’s incomplete plays Prince
\nof Edur<\/i> and The Prince of Mathura.<\/i> Historically, Toraman was the leader of the Hun
\ntribe that came to south Rajasthan from west
\nAsia. (A) 7:739, 742, 749, 752-53, 755, 761, 780-82, 784-86, 791-93, 801, 803, 812, 891, 896-98 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nTorquemada, <\/b> Tomasde (1420-98), first
\nGrand Inquisitor in Spain, whose name has
\nbecome synonymous with the Inquisition’s
\nhorror, religious bigotry, and cruel fanaticism. (Enc. Br.) 1: 443 3: 464 17: 141 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTory<\/b> Tory and Whig are names used to
\ndenote two opposing political parties in
\nEngland. This was particularly true during
\nthe 18th century. Originally they were terms
\nof abuse introduced in 1679 during the
\nheated controversy over the bill to exclude
\nJames, Duke of York (afterwards James II), from the succession. The term Tory was
\napplied to those who supported the hereditary right of James despite his Roman
\nCatholic faith. The term Whig connoted
\nnonconformity and rebellion and was applied
\nto those who claimed the power of excluding
\nthe heir from the throne. After the Revolution of 1688 Toryism became identified with
\nAnglicanism and the squirearchy and Whiggism with the aristocratic landowning
\nfamilies and the financial interests of the
\nwealthy middle classes. The connotation
\nof the two terms has changed continually as
\nthey were applied to individuals or parties by
\nsentiment and tradition. Although the label
\nTory has continued to be used to designate
\nthe Conservative Party, Whig has ceased to
\nhave much political meaning. (Enc. Br., under "Whig & Tory") 1:201, 435, 565, 573, 863 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTotalitarian<\/i><\/b> a poem by ARJAVA, published in
\nhis collection Poems<\/i> (1939) (A) 9:356, 358 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTota Puri the Naga sannyasi<\/i> who initiated
\nSri Ramakrishna into sannyasa.<\/i> The latter
\nused to refer to him as "Nangta", the "naked
\none". Tota Puri was a great Vedantist and a
\nman of profound knowledge. He became
\nJivanmukta, "liberated in life", as a result of austere spiritual practices over
\nforty years. He was ignorant of the path of devotion, but he was moved to tears
\nwhen once Sri Ramakrishna sang to him a devotional song. Tota
\nPuri stayed at Dakshineshwar for eleven months, and there used to be frequent
\nconversations between him and Sri Ramakrishna. He was born, it is said, at some
\nplace in or near Punjab. (S.R.G.M.; Gospel) a 23:788 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTower of Babel<\/b> See<\/i> under Babel D 15:491 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTower of Silence<\/b> also known as Dokhma, one of the places for the disposal of the dead
\namong the Parsis. It is a round structure with
\na well in the middle, and on the sides three rows meant for adults and children.
\nThe bodies are laid bare and are soon consumed by vultures. According to
\nZoroastrian principles neither fire nor earth should be defiled. The practice
\nseems to go back <\/font><\/td>\n

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\nto the
\nold Iranian custom of exposing the dead on
\nmountain tops. (Gaz.-I) 1: 189 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTownsend, Meredith<\/b> a British statesman, perhaps an M.P., who was closely watching
\nIndian affairs and expressing his views on
\nthem around 1907. (A) 1: 582 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nToy Cart<\/b><\/i> title, translated into English, of a
\nbeautiful Sanskrit drama Mrcchakatika<\/i> in ten
\nacts composed in the 1st and 2nd cent. AD by
\nKing Shudraka, and supposed to be the
\noldest extant Sanskrit drama. (Dow.) 3: 297 9: 113 X: 161 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrades<\/b> Union(s) Bill the bill that was passed
\nwithout Conservative opposition, and
\nbecame the Trade-Union Act of 1871, the
\nBritish Law giving unions an assured legal
\nstatus. (Record; Enc. Br.) XXII: 126, 133 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrafalgar<\/b> the Battle of Trafalgar, a naval
\nengagement of the Napoleonic Wars
\n(1800-15), which established British naval
\nsupremacy for more than a hundred years. It
\nwas fought on 21 October 1805 west of Cape
\nTrafalgar, Spain. (Enc. Br.) 1: 815 III: 23 (Traivrishna) Tryaruna (Traivrsna
\nTryaruna), a Vedic Rishi, author of hymns.
\nHis name is Tryaruna; Traivrishna is his
\npatronymic from Trivrsan. (Note: "Trasadasyu", which term at some places appears as if associated with one or both these
\nnames, is the name of another Rishi whose
\npatronymic is Paurukutsa see<\/i> B. P. C. and
\nthe list of Rishis on p. 1018 of the Rigveda
\nSamhitd<\/i> of Vaidika Samsodhana Mandala, Poona.) Var: Tryaruna Traivrishna 10: 416 11: 241 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrance<\/b><\/i> a poem by Sri Aurobindo, written on
\n15 October 1933. (A) a 5:578 9:363, 412 26:303-04 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrance<\/b> of Waiting<\/i> a poem composed by Sri
\nAurobindo in hexameters and pentameters
\nwith leonine rhyme. 26: 239 29: 786 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTransformation<\/i><\/b> a sonnet by Sri Aurobindo.
\nIt was written sometime in the early 1930s; its first draft was entitled "Liberation". The
\npoem first appeared in the Calcutta Review
\nof<\/i> October 1934. (Sonnets; I & G)
\n0 9:531 29:735 Transition<\/i> title of a poem (in free verse)
\nby Eleanor Hammond, published in the
\nAmerican journal Poetry<\/i> and reproduced or quoted from in the second
\nnumber<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n of
\nShama’a<\/i> that was reviewed by Sri Aurobindo
\nmArya.<\/i> (A) 17:321 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTranslations<\/b><\/i> title of Vol. 8 of Sri Aurobindo
\nBirth Centenary Library, containing translotions by Sri Aurobindo from
\nSanskrit and other languages, Indian and foreign.
\n<\/b>26: 240 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTransvaal<\/b> northernmost province of South
\nAfrica. After the defeat of the Boers, the Transvaal was made a British crown
\ncolony (1902). It became self-governing in 1907 and joined the Union of South
\nAfrica in 1910. Now it is one of the four provinces constituting the Republic of South Africa.
\n(Col. Enc.; Pears) l: 132, 560, 575, 651, 753, 815, 829 2: 301-03, 326, 330, 334-35
\n4: 223-25, 242, 246 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrasadasyu<\/b> See<\/i> (Traivrishna) Tryaruna. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrasadasyu (Paurukutsa)<\/b> a royal sage and
\nauthor of hymns, mentioned in the Rig-veda
\n<\/i>as king of the Purus. He was the son of
\nPaurukutsa by his wife Paurukutsa, born to
\nher at a time of great distress. (V. Index)
\n4:26, 29 10:417 11:241-42, 433 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTravancore<\/b> former princely state in extreme
\nsouthwest India, on the Arabian Sea. The
\nregion now forms part of Kerala state in the
\nRepublic of India. (Enc. Br.) 1:817 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Traveller<\/i> one of the best known poems
\nof Oliver Goldsmith, published in 1764.
\n(Enc. Br.) : 17, 19 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTrebizond<\/b> or Trabzon, capital of the
\nprovince of Trabzon in Turkish Armenia, northeastern Turkey. It is a port on the
\n<\/b>Black Sea. (Col. Enc.) 7:597 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTreitschke, <\/b> Heinrich von (1834-96), German
\nhistorian and political writer whose advocacy
\nof power politics was influential at home and
\ncontributed to distrust of Germany abroad.
\n(Enc.Br.) 15:35 Treneth (or Prince Paradox), one of the
\nparticipants in the dialogues "The Harmony
\nof Virtue" and "Beauty in the Real", written
\nby Sri Aurobindo at Cambridge. D . 3: 46-50, 52-53, 55-61, 63, 65-68 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTreta<\/b> in the ancient Indian astronomical
\nreckoning, the second of the four Yugas
\n(Ages), a period of 1, 296, 000 years. In the
\nTreta, sacrifice commenced and righteousness decreased by one-fourth; men adhered
\nto truth, and were devoted to a righteousness dependent on ceremonies. Vishnu<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nmanifested in this Yuga as Rama, his seventh
\nincarnation. (Dow.) 3:453 4:68
\n11:449, 451-52 12:271 15:118 16:412
\n27:363 11:37 V: 96 VI: 156 VIII: 191, 193
\nXTV:119 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrevesham Hall<\/b> in Sri Aurobindo’s story
\n"The Devil’s Mastiff’, home of Lady Alicia
\nNevil. (A) 7: 1051 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTrevor<\/b> one of the participants in Sri
\nAurobindo’s dialogue "The Harmony of
\nVirtue". 3: 24-29 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTribune<\/b><\/i> English daily founded in 1881 at
\nLahore. Under the editorship of Nagendranath Gupta (1911) and Kalinath Roy
\n(1917), the paper regained its old importance. In 1947 it stopped publication, but
\nreappeared at Simla after a lapse of forty
\ndays. The following year it was shifted to
\nAmbala, and in 1969 to Chandigarh, where it
\nstill continues to be published. (Enc. Ind.; S.F.F., p. 1020) 1:254, 648, 819 2:103
\n27: 57 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrichinopoly<\/b> a city and district in the former
\nprovince of Madras; the name is now spelled
\nTiruchchirappalli; it is the administrative
\nheadquarters of the district of the same name
\nin the state of Tamil Nadu. (Enc. Br.) 26: 400, 406 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrieste<\/b> capital (since 1963) of the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and of
\nTrieste province, in northeastern Italy, at the
\nhead of the Adriatic Sea. Trieste was once
\nthe prosperous main port of the Austro-
\nHungarian empire, but, in spite of its ties
\nwith Austria, it preserved its Italian language
\nand culture. (Enc.Br.) 15:514, 519 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrigartas<\/b> mathe Mahabharata, <\/i> name of the
\npeople of a country called Trigarta, whose
\nking was also called by the same name.
\nArjuna defeated the Trigartas during his
\nconquest of the "North"; his brother Nakul
\nalso once did the same. Consequently the
\nTrigartas bore ill will against Arjuna and his
\nbrothers and fought against them at
\nKurukshetra. (M.N.) 3: 191 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrimurti<\/b> the supreme triad in Hindu
\nmythology, consisting of the gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, the representatives of
\nthe creative, preservative and destructive
\nprinciples of the universe. The triad was
\nforeshadowed in the Vedic association of
\nthe three gods, Agni, Surya and Vayu. The
\nrepresentation of the Trimurti is one body
\nwith three heads, in the middle Brahma, on
\nthe right Vishnu, and on the left Shiva.
\n(Dow.) D 22: 82 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nTrinity College at Dublin (Ireland), also
\nknown as the University of Dublin; founded
\nin 1591 on the site of a 12th-century monastery. (Col. Enc., pp. 567-68) 1: 23 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTriple Alliance<\/b> name given to four European
\ntreaties; the most important was a secret
\nagreement between Germany, Austria-
\nHungary, and Italy formed in 1882 and
\nrenewed periodically until World War I.
\n(Enc. Br.) XX: 148 XXI: 2, 66, 88 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTripoli<\/b> city in northwestern Libya, the chief
\nseaport (on the Mediterranean) and capital
\nof the country. Tripoli was occupied by
\nRome, the Vandals, Arabs, and Turkey
\n(1551-1911); in 1911 it passed to Italy and
\nwas made the capital of Libya. (Enc. Br.) 15:328, 367, 502 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTripos Honours Examination of Cambridge
\nUniversity, originally for honours in mathematics. (C.O.D.;Web.) 3:1, 486
\nXVI:66, 73 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTripour<\/b> also known as Tripurasura, in Hindu
\n<\/b>mythology, a name of the Asura Bana, so
\ncalled because he received as a gift three
\ncities (Tripura) from Shiva, Brahma and
\nVishnu. He was slain by Shiva. (Dow.)
\nVar: Tripura<\/b> 3: 242-43, 245 27: 103, 105 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrishanku<\/b> the name of a sage mentioned as
\na teacher in the Taittiriya Upanishad;<\/i> in a
\nlater legend, it is the name given perhaps by
\nVasishtha to Satyavrata, a king of the Solar
\nrace, for being guilty of three great sins.
\nRishi Vishwamitra, gratified by the assistance
\nwhich Satyavrata had rendered to his family, tried to send him alive to heaven
\n(by performing a sacrifice for that purpose) as desired
\nby the king in spite of the resistance and
\nopposition of the gods and of Vasishtha. The
\nking was eventually fixed in the sky as a
\nconstellation. (V. Index; Dow.)
\nVar: Trishuncou<\/b> 5: 53 12: 324 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrishiras Twashtra<\/b> Trisiras Tvastra, a Vedic
\nRishi, descendant of Tvastr. 11:390 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrishuncou<\/b> See<\/i> Trishanku <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrita<\/b> (Aptya) a minor deity mentioned
\noccasionally in the Rig-veda, <\/i> and generally in
\nsome relation to Indra. From his origin in
\nwater (apah) he was called Aptya. Trita is
\nthe god or Rishi of the third plane, full of
\nluminous mental kingdoms unknown to the
\nphysical mind. Yaska in one passage of the
\nNirukta<\/i> explains the name as that of a Rishi
\nor seer. (Dow.; A; V. Index) 10:361, 387, 403-04 11: 32, 220, 379, 391, 403-04, 427 Tritons Triton, in Greek mythology, was son
\nof Poseidon. He was a sea creature like a<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nmerman, the upper half of his body being
\nhuman, the lower halffishlike. Later Greek
\nliterature speaks of many Tritons, sometimes
\ndescribed as riding over the sea on horses.
\nThey characteristically blew trumpets of
\nconch-shells. (Col. Enc.) D 5:506, 524, 546 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTritsuraj<\/b> an epithet of SUOAS. He was the
\nking of a people known as TRITSUS
\n(Dow.) 4: 24 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTritsus<\/b> "Those who seek to pass beyond", a
\npeople frequently mentioned in the Veda.
\nSayana says they were "priests who were
\nVasishtha’s disciples". Vasishtha himself is
\nsaid to have belonged to this class of priests.
\nThe Tritsus were helpers of SUDAS in the
\ngreat battle against ten kings. The defeat of
\nthe ten kings is celebrated in one hymn of
\nthe Rig-veda, <\/i> and is evidently alluded to in
\ntwo others. (A; Dow; V. Index) D IV: 127 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Triumph of Dante<\/b><\/i> a poem by K. D.
\nSethna written in 1936. 0 26: 301 Triumph of Life The Triumph of Life, <\/i> a
\npoem by P. B. Shelley, written in 1822 and
\npublished in 1824; the poet was working on
\nit at the time of his accidental death. It is, in
\nSri Aurobindo’s opinion, a metrical failure.
\n(Enc.Br.;A) 27:93 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTriveni<\/b> "the triple braid of waters"; the
\nwaters of the Ganga and Yamuna joined by
\nthe waters of the mysterious underground
\nstream of the Saraswati at their confluence in
\nPrayag near Allahabad, XVI: 146 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTroad, the<\/b> sameasTROAS. 5:395, 402, 426-27, 446.449-50, 458, 461, 480, 484, 486, 492-93, 503, 506-07, 516, 518 VI: 134 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTroas<\/b> or the Troad, the territory surrounding ancient Troy (which was its capital)
\non the northwest coast of Asia Minor; scene
\nof the events of the lliad<\/i> and an ancient
\ncentre of Aegean civilization. The territory
\nconsisted of a number of allied independent
\ncities, which were harried by the Greeks for
\nthe first nine years of the Trojan War before
\nthey attacked the capital city itself. (Col.
\nEnc.; M.I.) 5:391, 400, 413, 435, 443, 463-64, 472, 475, 477, 516, 595 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTroezen<\/b> a town in ARGOLIS near the eastern
\ntip of the Peloponnesus. (M.I.) 5:487 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTroilus<\/b> in Greek legend, a son of Hecuba
\nand Priam (Apollo, according to one story, was his real father). He has already been
\nslain when Sri Aurobindo’s poem llion
\n<\/i>opens. Legend says that he dared to meet
\nAchilles in single combat, and having fallen
\nwounded was dragged to his death by his
\nown horses. The tale of his tragic love for <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nCressida was a post-classical development
\npopular in medieval Europe. (M.I.)
\n<\/b>5:416, 426-27, 450, 453, 457, 478 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrojan<\/b> See<\/i> Troy <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTrondhjem<\/b> or Trondheim, historic port city, ancient capital of Norway; presently capital
\nof Sor-Trondelag county in central Norway.
\nIt is known by several variant spellings
\nincluding Trondhjem. (Enc. Br.; Col.
\nEnc.) 6:480, 485, 487, 514-15, 519, 526, 530, 540, 555-56 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTros<\/b> in Greek legend, an early Trojan
\nprince, son ofErichthanius, grandson of
\nDardanus. The district of the Troad and the Trojans were named after him. He is
\nremembered in llion<\/i> as a great conqueror.
\n(M.I.) l-l 5:412, 417-18, 426-27, 467, 498 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTroy<\/b> ancient city in northwest Asia Minor, which was situated a few miles south of the
\nentrance to the Hellespont (Dardanelles) on
\na mound commanding the triangular plateau
\nbetween the rivers Scamander and Simois.
\nIn the second millennium BC it was the
\nstrongest power on the coast of Asia Minor
\nand its location gave it control over trade
\nbetween the Aegean and the Black Sea; the
\nTrojan War (c. 1200 BC) may have actually
\nbeen fought by the Greeks mainly to destroy
\nthis control. Excavations have discovered on
\nthe site of Troy a series of towns one above
\nthe other dating back to the third millennium
\nBC. The city of Priam, named after Tros and
\nalso known as Ilium or llion, was built on
\nthe ruins of ancient cities and was surrounded by a massive wall erected, according to
\nGreek legend, by Poseidon and Apollo for
\nLaomedon. The Trojans, according to the Greeks, traced their descent through Dardanus to Zeus and considered their city to
\nbe inviolable because of the presence of the
\nPALLADIUM. See also<\/i> llion, Troya, and
\nIlian2. (M.I.) Der: Trojan (native of Troja, the name of Troy in Latin) 3: 188-89
\n5: 33, 383-85, 392-93, 395-400, 402-07, 410-16, 418-32, 434-35, 437-41, 443-71, 474-81, 483-86, 491, 493, 497, 504-06, 508, 511-16, 518, 595
\n9: 206, 230, 315, 372, 482 16: 83 17: 83
\nI: 72 VI: 134-35 XVII: 44 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTroya<\/b> same as Troy; perhaps from the
\nGreek word "Troia" for Troy. 5: 392, 397, 399, 401-02, 404, 408, 411-12, 414, 417, 419, 421-22, 424-28, 431-32, 439-40, 442, 447, 449, 452, 456-59, 461-64, 466, 468, 470-71, 474, 481, 483-84, 487-88, 499, 504, 509, 511-12, 516, 519 8: 409
\nVI: 135 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTruman<\/b> Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd President of the United States of America
\n(1945-53). He led his nation into international confrontation with Communism and
\ndefended the New Deal reform <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\ntradition. (Enc. Br.) 26: 416-17 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTryaruna Traivrishna<\/b> See<\/i> (Traivrishna)
\nTryaruna <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTryaruna Trasadasyu<\/b> See<\/i> (Traivrishna)
\nTryaruna <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTryas<\/b> in Sri Aurobindo’s llion, <\/i> a Trojan
\nsenator and erstwhile warrior, descended
\nfrom Teucer. (M.I.) 5: 412, 461 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTsar<\/b> See<\/i> Czar <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTudors<\/b> Welsh royal family that ruled
\nEngland from 1485 to 1603, represented by
\nthe five English sovereigns Henry VII, Henry
\nVIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.
\n(Enc. Br.) 15: 356-57 18: 436 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTughlak, Mahomad<\/b> Sultan of Delhi from
\n1325 to 1351. He was the son and successor
\nof Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlak, the founder of the
\nTughla-k dynasty. (D.I.H., p. 649) n m: 10 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTugra<\/b> in the Veda, name of a king, a protege of the Asvins; "the Forceful-Hastening".
\nTugra sent his son Bhujyu with a large army
\nto conquer his enemies in Dwipantara. Their
\nboats which could go in sea and air capsized
\nin a storm. The Aswini Devas (the Asvins)
\nsaved them and sent them back to their
\ncountry. (V. Index; A; Pur. Enc.) 10: 449 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTukaram<\/b> (1607-49), a famous poet and saint
\nof Maharashtra. He is often considered the
\ngreatest writer in the Marathi language. He
\nwas a senior contemporary of Shivaji, on
\nwhom his poems and teachings had a great
\ndeal of influence. His devotional songs are
\naddressed to Vithala (of Pandharpur), considered an incarnation of Vishnu.
\n(BhaktaCh.; D.I.H.; Enc. Br.) 3:110 4:143 14:129, 187, 256, 318-19, 321 1:4 IX: 29 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTulsi(das)<\/b> (1532\/43-1623), most celebrated
\nHindi poet whose principal work, the Rdmacaritamdnasa<\/i> (the story of the Sanskrit epic
\nthe Ramayana<\/i> retold in Hindi) is the greatest
\nachievement of medieval Hindi literature and
\nhas exercised an abiding influence on the
\nHindu culture of northern India. Tulsidas
\nwas a saint and a bhakta; all his poetry, which includes eleven works besides the
\nRdmacaritamanasa, <\/i> is devotional, most of it
\ncentering around RAMA’. He has been called
\nthe Shakespeare of Hindi literature. (Enc.
\nBr.; D.I.H.) 3:214, 427 14:256, 319-21 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nTunstall<\/b> a character (historical) in Scott’s
\npoem Marmion.<\/i> 9: 319 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTuntra<\/b> See<\/i> Tantra <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTuranian<\/b> The Turanians were a people
\nassumed by some scholars to have been the
\npredecessors of the Aryans (Indo-Europeans)
\nin Europe and Asia. They spoke the Turanian languages, the Ural-Altaic family of
\nlanguages. (Enc. Br.) Var: Turanean 10: 553 XVI: 136 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTurcoman<\/b> (also spelled "Turkoman" and
\n"Turkman"), name of a people belonging
\nto the southwestern branch of the Turkic
\nlinguistic group. The majority live in the
\nTurkmen Soviet Socialist Republic and in
\nneighbouring parts of Soviet Central Asia.
\n(Enc. Br., under Turkman) 15: 79 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTurcophil<\/b> a lover of Turkey and the Turks. 1: 721 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTuriu<\/b> a character, probably imaginary, participating in one of the "Conversations of
\nthe Dead" written by Sri Aurobindo. Turiu
\nseems to be a worshipper of Leda, mentioned
\nas goddess of peace, love, beauty, and bliss.
\n(A) 3:477-79 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTurk<\/b> a native or inhabitant of Turkey, especially a member of the Moslem people
\nof Turkey or, formerly, of the Ottoman
\nEmpire. In its wider meaning the term is
\napplied to the Turkic-speaking peoples of
\nTurkey, the U.S.S.R., Chinese Turkistan, and East Iran. The term is also used in a
\nderogatory sense for a ferocious, wild or
\nunmanageable person. (Web.; Col. Enc.; C.O.D.) Der: Turkish a 2:167, 169, 248, 278 4: 252 5: 276, 596 7: 565-68, 621, 624, 666, 715, 718-19, 732 15: 287, 290, 412, 417, 646 24: 1235 27: 122 <\/b> XX: 148 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTurkey<\/b> country (now a republic) of
\nsoutheastern Europe and Asia Minor.
\nTurkey in Europe is separated from Turkey
\nin Asia (Anatolia) by the Bosporus, the Sea
\nof Marmara, and the Dardanelles, which link
\nthe Black Sea to the Mediterranean. Though
\nAnatolia is one of the oldest inhabited
\nregions of the world, the history of Turkey
\nas a national state begins only with the
\ncollapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918.
\n(Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.) Der: Turkish 1: 305, 311, 580 2: 35, 117, 167-69, 192-93, 247-49, 390, 406 4:187-88, 214 14:11, 378, 431 15: 287, 302, 321, 324, 332, 417, 446, 502, 504-05, 513, 646 17: 185 26: 433 XX: 134, 147 XXI: 2, 4, 11, 32, 43, 59, 63-64, 70-71, 90, 92, 93 (Asiatic), 94-95, 100 XXII: 133 <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nTurkistan<\/b> name formerly employed <\/b>to designate the region of Central Asia lying
\nbetween Siberia on the north, Tibet, India, Afghanistan, and Iran on the south, the
\nGobi desert on the east, and the Caspian
\nSea on the west. The term was intended to
\nindicate the areas inhabited by Turkic peoples, but the region contained peoples who
\nwere not Turkic, and excluded some who
\nwere.<\/b> (Enc. Br.) 15: 512 27: 122 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTurner, <\/b> Joseph Mallord William (1775-
\n1851), English Romantic painter, perhaps
\nthe greatest 19th-century landscapist, who in
\nhis original use of light and colour, was unmatched in breadth of stylistic treatment and
\nsubject matter. He left over 19, 000 water
\ncolours, drawings, and oils to the English
\nnation. (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.) 14:237 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTurvas(h)a<\/b> a Vedic Rishi whose name occurs
\nfrequently in the Rig-veda, <\/i> usually in connection with Yadu (see<\/i> Yadu’).
\n(V. Index) Var: Turvasu<\/b> 11: 49 II: 45
\nVI: 148 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTurviti<\/b> name mentioned several times in
\nthe Rig-veda.<\/i> In three passages reference is
\nmade to Indra aiding him over a flood. A
\nscholar has conjectured that he was king of
\nthe Turvasas and Yadus, but there is no
\nsufficient evidence for this view, though
\npresumably Turviti was of the Turvasa line.
\n(V. Index) a n: 49 VIII: 146 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTusaradri<\/b> See<\/i> Himalaya(s) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTuscany<\/b> a region in central Italy extending
\nalong the Tyrrhenian Sea. It includes several
\nislands, of which Elba is the largest. Florence
\nis the capital of Tuscany. (Col. Enc.)
\nDer: Tuscan l: 505, 525 8: 254 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTuticorin<\/b> a city in Tinnevelly (present Tirunelveli) district of Madras (present Tamil
\nNadu state). It is a port on the Bay of
\nBengal. (Enc. Br.) 1:726, 728, 745, 752-54, 762, 793, 797-98, 803-04 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTuxuc<\/b> (Taksaka), in Hindu mythology, name of a serpent, son of Kadru, and chief
\nof snakes. King Parikshit died from the bite
\nof this serpent. (Dow.; M.N.) 5:252 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTwashtri<\/b> in the Rig-veda, <\/i> name of a deity
\nwho is the ideal artist, "the Fashioner of
\nthings". He corresponds in many respects to
\nHephaestus of Greek mythology and Vulcan
\nof Roman mythology. In the Puranas he is
\nidentified with Vishwakarma, the artisan of
\nthe gods, and sometimes with Prajapati, one
\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n\n\n
\n

\nof the Adityas.  (Dow.) 10: 15, 238, 325, 327, 329, 377, 425, 438-39
\n11: 28, 82, 392 VIII: 145 IX: 4  Tweed Tweed River, in southern Scotland, 97 miles long and forming for 17 miles the
\nborder with England, where the last two
\nmiles of its course lie. (Enc. Br.) 1: 827 Twelfth Night a<\/i> romantic comedy by
\nShakespeare, written in the period 1595-1600
\nand first performed in 1601\/02. (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.) 3:248-49 27:107 24 <\/b> Parganas name of a district of Bengal
\n(now of West Bengal state), occupying the
\nsouthwestern corner of the Ganga Delta
\nand extending along the east bank of the
\nHooghly River. (Enc. Br.) 1: 855
\n4: 189, 258 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTwins<\/b> (or Gemini, a Latin word meaning
\n"twins’"), the third sign of the zodiac, known
\nas Mithuna in Hindu astronomy. It is a
\nconstellation on the side of the Milky Way
\nopposite Orion. It is pictured as the figures
\nof the twin heroes. Castor and Pollux, with
\nthe two brightest stars in the constellation
\nrepresenting the heads of the figures. (Col.
\nEnc.) 17: 257-58, 260 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n"The Two Moons"<\/b> apparently a working title
\nof Sri Aurobindo’s poem Moon of Two Hemispheres, <\/i> 9:<\/b>363 . <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTyabji<\/b> (Bose) Badruddin Tyabji (1844-1906), a nationalist Muslim, who was the first
\nIndian barrister of Bombay and, in 1895, became a judge of the Bombay High Court.
\n(Note: "Tyabji Bose" is probably a jocular
\nmiscombination as Bose is a Hindu Bengali
\nsurname). (Enc. Ind.) l: 190 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTydeus<\/b> in Greek legend, father of Diomedes
\nand son of Oeneus, king of Calydon in
\nAetolia. Tydeus married a princess of Argos
\n(sister of the wife of Polynices, son of
\nOedipus) and was one of the leaders in the
\nexpedition of the "Seven against Thebes".
\n(M.I.) 5:439, 478, 491, 506 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTydides<\/b> in Greek legend, an epithet of
\nDiomedes (son of Tydeus). (M.N.) 5:442, 479-80, 486-87 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTyndarid;Tyndaris<\/b> in Greek legend, epithets of Helen (daughter of Tyndareus).
\nTyndareus, husband of Leda and king of
\nLacedaemon, was Helen’s foster father.
\n(M.I.) 5:405, 434, 440, 480 Tyre the modern Sur, a town in southern
\nLebanon on the Mediterranean. It was one
\nof the greatest commercial cities of the
\nancient world and an important centre of
\nPhoenician civilization. (Col. Enc.; M.I.)<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nDerTyrian<\/b> 5:505 6:3, 8, 23-24, 44-45, 49-51, 53-54, 56-57, 59, 62, 64, 100, 104, 113-14, 134. 152-54, 170, 184, 190-98 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTymaus<\/b> a character – a merchant of
\nBabylonia, wrecked on the coast of Syria
\nin Sri Aurobindo’s play Perseus the Deliverer, <\/i> a 6: 3, 16-20, 85-88, 91-94, 180, 186, 188 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTyrol<\/b> or Tirol, now a Bundesland (federal
\nstate) in western Austria, consisting of North
\nTirol (Nordtirol) and East Tirol (Osttirol).
\nAfter World War I, Italy obtained the
\nsouthern Tirol, with its sizable German-
\nspeaking majority, and retained it after
\nWorld War II, despite objections by
\nAustria. (Enc. Br.) 15: 625 Tyrolese<\/b> inhabitants of Tyrol or Tirol.
\nIndependent-minded Tyrolese rose in 1525, when Protestantism was strong there, and
\nagain in 1809, when French and Bavarian
\nrule proved irksome. (Enc. Br., X, p. 2)
\n in:<\/b> 24 Tyrrhenian<\/b> Greek name for the Latin
\n"Etruscan", meaning (native) of Etruria, an
\nancient country of west central Italy, now
\nforming Tuscany and part of Umbria. The
\nTyrrhenoi possessed an excellent knowledge
\nof ironworking and brought the older art of
\nbronze-working in Etruria to a new level of
\nachievement. (C.O.D.; Col. Enc.) 6: 412 9:117 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nU<\/font><\/b><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUbhayabharati<\/b> in the Shankara-Vijaya, <\/i> wife
\nof Mandana Misra, a famous scholar. Chosen
\nto adjudicate a debate (sdstrdrtha)<\/i> between
\nher husband and Shankara, she ruled in
\nfavour of the latter, but later herself baulked
\nShankara by questioning him on Kamasastra
\n(the knowledge of sex-love). Shankara, after
\nacquiring the requisite knowledge, subsequently defeated her. Ubhayabharati was
\nconsidered to be an emanation of Saraswati, the goddess of learning, who is also called
\nBharati. 12: 510 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUcalegon<\/b> a Troj an senator who, in Ilion, <\/i> is
\nthought to be a traitor along with Antenor
\nbecause he counsels peace. (M.I.) 5: 412, 428, 430 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUcchaisravas<\/b> (Uccaih-sravas), in Hindu
\nmythology, the archetypal horse; a white
\nhorse which arose from the waters, as a
\nresult of the churning of the milky ocean<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n\t\tand was given to Indra as his share. It
\n\t\tfeeds
\n\t\ton ambrosia. (Dow.) Var: Ucchaisravus
\n\t\t<\/b>3: 378 13: 349 X: 159 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUdaian<\/b> See<\/i> Vuthsa (Udayan) <\/font>\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUdaipur; Mewar<\/b> Udaipur or, more
\n\t\tcorrectly, Mewar was a princely state of India under
\n\t\tBritish protection. The city of Udaipur was
\n\t\tfounded in 1560 and was made the capital
\n\t\tof the state in 1568 by Rana Udai Singh
\n\t\t(1529-72). The state came under British
\n\t\tprotection by a treaty concluded in 1818.
\n\t\t(D.I.H.) 1:520, 767 15:354 26:14
\n\t\tIII: 24 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUdayan<\/b> See<\/i> Vuthsa (Udayan) <\/font>\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUdayavatie<\/b> in Hindu mythology, a
\n\t\tnymph <\/b>of <\/b>heaven, "a lovely child of musical spirits".
\n\t\t(A;M.W.) 7:974 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUdbodhan<\/i> a Bengali monthly journal
\n\t\tof
\n\t\tthe Ramakrishna Mission published from
\n\t\tCalcutta, in which Girija Shankara Roy
\n\t\tChaudhuri wrote a series of articles on Sri
\n\t\tAurobindo, making in them, especially in
\n\t\tthe June 1944 issue, quite a number of in
\n\t\taccurate statements. (A) 26:56, 58
\n\t\tXVI: 193 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUddhava<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i>
\n\t\tfriend and
\n\t\tcounsellor of Krishna. According to some
\n\t\tauthorities he was Krishna’s cousin, being
\n\t\tthe son of Devabhaga, the brother of
\n\t\tVasudeva. His place among the Bhaktas
\n\t\t(devotees) of that period is considered very
\n\t\thigh. (Dow.; A) 4:68, 71 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUgrashravas<\/b> one of the ancient
\n\t\tIndian
\n\t\twriters who enlarged the original epic
\n\t\tMahabharata<\/i> of Krishna Dwypaiana. (A) 3: 141 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUgro-Finnish<\/b> (races) perhaps, peoples
\n\t\tspeaking languages of the Finno-Ugric
\n\t\tsubfamily of the Uralic group of languages, spoken in northeastern Europe, western
\n\t\tSiberia, and Hungary. (Web.) 10: 553 Ujjayini(e) an ancient city of India, also
\n\t\tknown as Avanti or Avantika; it was the
\n\t\tcapital of the kingdom of Avanti known later
\n\t\ton as Malwa. It is considered as one of the
\n\t\tseven holy cities of the Hindus, renowned
\n\t\tfor its former beauty and wealth. By the 4th
\n\t\tcentury BC, in the time ofChandragupta
\n\t\tMaurya, it became a centre of early
\n\t\tBuddhism and ofJainism. Ujjayini figures
\n\t\tprominently in the works of Kalidasa. The
\n\t\tsite of the ancient city is near modern Ujjain
\n\t\tin Indore division of Madhya Pradesh state.
\n\t\tSee also<\/i> Avanti. (D.I.H.; Enc. Br.; M.W.)
\n\t\tVar: Ujjayin
\n\t\t3:213, 215-16, 222, 229, 262, 294 6:214, 247-48, 281, 301, 305, 313, 315, 318, 326 X:
\n\t\t144 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tU.K.<\/b> See<\/i> United Kingdom <\/font>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\tUkraine<\/b> a southwest Russian steppe
\n\t\tregion, now known as the Ukranian Soviet Socialist
\n\t\tRepublic, a constituent republic in southwest
\n\t\tEuropean U.S.S.R. It is sometimes called
\n\t\t"Little Russia". Kiev is its capital.
\n\t\t(Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.) 15:512-13 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUllaca<\/b> See<\/i> Alaka <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUllas<\/b>(kar) Ullaskar Datta (1885-1965), a
\n\t\tmember of the Yugantar<\/i> group, the band
\n\t\tof revolutionaries led by Barindra, In the
\n\t\tAlipore Bomb Case he was sentenced to
\n\t\tdeath, but on appeal the sentence was
\n\t\treduced to transportation for life in the
\n\t\tAndamans. He was, however, granted
\n\t\tamnesty after serving ten years. After his
\n\t\trelease he never actively participated in any
\n\t\tkind of political work. Ullaskar was normally
\n\t\tfun-loving and light-hearted. Ullas had a
\n\t\tsweet singing voice and was a good ventriloquist and a caricaturist. (D.N.B.; A & R, XII: 232) 4:310 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUloupie<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i>
\n\t\tdaughter of
\n\t\tKauravya, king of the Nagas (snakes), with
\n\t\twhom Arjuna contracted a kind of marriage.
\n\t\tShe was nurse to her step-son, Babruvahana, and had great influence over him. (Dow.) 5: 325 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUlster<\/b> northernmost of the historic
\n\t\tfour
\n\t\tprovinces of Ireland. Ulster consisted of nine
\n\t\tcounties. The refusal (1921) of six of them to
\n\t\tjoin the rest of Ireland in accepting Home
\n\t\tRule led to the establishment of the state of
\n\t\tNorthern Ireland within the United Kingdom
\n\t\tof Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The
\n\t\tthree remaining counties of Monaghan, Cavan, and Donegal form the province of
\n\t\tUlster in the Republic of Ireland. (Enc.
\n\t\tBr.) 15:298 XXI: 56, 60 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUltima Thule<\/b> far-away (ultimo<\/i>
\n\t\t== farthest) unknown region. Here (VI: 164) the reference is to the farthest place (in Asia) to
\n\t\twhich Napoleon marched. See also<\/i> Thule.
\n\t\t(C.O.D.) VI: 164 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUlysses<\/b> Latin form of the Greek name
\n\t\tODYSSEUS, l-l 3: 3 22: 417 Ulysses<\/i> a poem by Tennyson, published in
\n\t\this collection Poems<\/i> (1842). (Col. Enc.) 9: 137, 456 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\tUma (Haimavati)<\/b> 1. Supreme Nature
\n\t\tfrom
\n\t\twhom the whole cosmic action takes its
\n\t\tbirth. The earliest known mention of the
\n\t\tname is in the Kena Upanishad, <\/i> where she
\n\t\tappears as mediatrix between Brahman and
\n\t\tthe other gods, and seems to be identified with VACH. 2. In Hindu mythology, Uma
\nis a name of the consort of Shiva (see
\n<\/i>Parvati), (A; Dow.) 3:271, 309, 316 4:34 8:386 12:150, 219 X: 152 XV: 20, 29 XVII: 33 <\/font> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nUmba<\/b> a character ~ Vasavadutta’s
\nhandmaiden in Sri Aurobindo’s play
\nVasavadutta.<\/i> 6:207, 261, 267, 273, 278, 305, 307, 309-11, 315, 327-28 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUmballa<\/b> Ambala, administrative
\nheadquarters of Ambala district in the
\nformer province of Punjab (now in the state
\nof Haryana). (Enc. Br.) 1:188 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUmbrian<\/b> of ancient (or modern) Umbria, a region of central Italy, crossed by the
\nApennines and the upper valley of the
\nTiber. .(Col. Enc.) 1: 525 15:344 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUndhak<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> son of Yudhajit of the Yadava race. He was brother of
\nVrsni. (M.N.) 8:43 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUngarica<\/b> a character – Queen of Avunthie
\n– in Sri Aurobindo’s play Vasavadutta.
\n<\/i>6: 207, 225, 249-52, 254, 256, 260, 279-83, 305, 307-08, 311-12, 315-16 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUnionist<\/b> dissensions In British and Irish
\nhistory, those favouring the maintenance of
\nthe union of Great Britain and Ireland
\nestablished by the Act of Union of 1800 were
\nknown as Unionists. The term "Unionist"
\nwas first used in the 1880s when the Liberal
\nParty split over the issue of Home Rule for
\nIreland. The Liberal Unionists, who opposed
\nHome Rule, formed a coalition with the
\nConservative Party and were gradually
\nabsorbed into it. In the first two decades of
\nthe 20th century "Unionist" often meant the
\nwhole Conservative-Liberal Unionist
\ncoalition. In Northern Ireland the term has
\ncontinued to be used in this way. (Enc.
\nBr.) XXI: 60 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUnion Jute Mills<\/b> perhaps of Calcutta, in
\nwhich there was a strike in 1907. (A) 1: 564 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUnited Kingdom<\/b> or U.K.<\/b>, constitutional
\nmonarchy occupying most of the British Isles
\nin the Atlantic Ocean off Northwest Europe, comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and
\nNorthern Ireland. [Note: From 1801 to 1921
\nthe term included all of Ireland.] (Enc. Br.; Web.N.C.D.) 1:85, 118, 367 2:379, 393 12:486 15: 515 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUnited Nations Assembly<\/b> the General
\nAssembly of the U.N.O., which occupies a
\ncentral position in its structure, and meets
\nonce a year. It can discuss any question
\nconcerning peace and security brought before it. It makes recommendations, 
\nbut any question upon which action  is necessary must be referred <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n to the Security
\n<\/b>Council.
\n<\/b>(Pears) 15: 560 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUnited<\/b> Nations Organization<\/b> or U.N.O., international organization established in 1945
\n(Charter signed on 26 June), immediately
\nafter the Second World War, to replace the
\nLeague of Nations. The original members
\ntotalled 51. The present number of states is
\nabout three times this number. The principal
\norgans of the United Nations are: General
\nAssembly, Security Council, Trusteeship
\nCouncil, Economic and Social Council, International Court of Justice, and Secretariat. A few of its specialized agencies are
\nthe United Nations Educational, Scientific
\nand Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the
\nWorld Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO). (Col. Enc.; Pears) 15:364, 556-59, 561, 567, 569 26:418 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUnited Provinces<\/b> or U.P., the former name
\n(before 1947) of the present state of Uttar
\nPradesh. The original full name was United
\nProvinces of Agra and Oudh. 1:195, 227, 231, 359, 891 2: 305, 309, 329-30 4: 191, 238
\n26: 410 27: 40, 43 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUnited States<\/b> (of America) federal republic
\nin North America, comprising fifty states
\nplus various outlying territories and related
\npolitical units. The capital is Washington, D.C. See also<\/i> America. (Enc. Br.) 2:397 15:288, 293-94, 333, 378, 417-19, 486, 493, 507, 549, 566, 620 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nU.N.O.<\/b> See<\/i> United Nations Organization <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nU.P.<\/b> See<\/i> United Provinces <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUpadhyay(a), Brahmabandhab<\/b> (1861-1907), assumed name of Bhawani Charan Bandhyp padhyaya. He was a leader of the Swadeshi
\nmovement, and editor of the Bengali daily
\nnewspaper Sandhya<\/i> started in 1904. In 1907
\nhe also started a weekly journal Swaraj<\/i> to
\nsupplement Sandhya<\/i> with writings on cultural, literary, and historical
\nsubjects conducive to the growth of national consciousness and patriotism. Proceedings were
\ntaken against Sandhya<\/i> in August 1907 and
\nUpadhyaya was arrested on September 3rd.
\nHe died while his case was pending. (A; D.N.B.; P.T.I.) Var: <\/b> Brahmobandhab I: 565, 609, 628, 634, 853, 857, 861 4: 164 26: 15 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUpanis(h)ads<\/b> treatises dealing with the
\nphilosophical ideas and thoughts of the Vedic period. They do not deal with
\nrituals or sacrifice, but they form part of the Shruti, or "revealed Word". They
\nrepresent the final stage in the tradition of the Vedas, so the teaching based
\non them is known <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nas Vedanta
\n("end of the Veda"). The special concern of
\nthe Upanishads is with the nature of Reality.
\nIn them one finds a development toward the
\nconcept of a single, supreme being, towards
\nreunion with which all knowledge is directed.
\nThe Upanishads are of later date than the Brahmanas, and are attached to the latter, or are parts of the Aranyakas. They are
\ngenerally written in prose interspersed with
\nverses, but some are wholly in verse. There
\naie about 200 or more of these iw\/^rs, of
\n<\/i>which twelve are considered important.
\n(D.I.H.;Enc. Br.;Dow.) Der: Upanishadic 2: 19, 29 3: 150, 222, 244, 292, 343-44, 360, 364, 369-70, 377 4: pre.,
\n43-50, , 53-54, 73, 121, 127-30, 252, 276, 280, 298, 310
\n5: 579 9: 18, 22, 33, 42, 114, 200, 203, 215, 236, 245, 283, 321-22, 340, 370, 504, 510, 536, 555
\n10: 2-6, 11-14, 20, 25, 30, 34, 37-38, 60, 171, 174, 266, 309, 335, 427, 545-46 11: 1, 5, 14-16, 21, 446, 462, 464, 468-71, 476, 481, 487, 499
\n12: passim 13: 6-7, 13, 16, 30, 38, 62, 64, 72-73, 80-82, 84-86, 91, 105, 132, 175, 197, 220, 252, 258, 277, 282, 285, 294, 326, 333, 335, 346, 398, 424, 514, 549 14: 1, 16, 29, 58, 80, 97, 110, 136-37, \u2022
\n143, 146-48, 150, 166, 180-81, 185, 198, 230, 256, 258-59, 261, 267-74, 276, 278, 280, 282-83, 286, 288, 291, 309, 312, 316, 348, 402, 407 15: 3, 159, 176, 234, 339 16: 13, 94, 98, 158, 183, 221-22, 237, 251-52, 254, 263, 266, 338, 348-50, 357, 404-05, 412, 416, 426, 429 17: 69, 181-82, 238, 282, 292-93, 334, 337, 402 18: 6, 8, 11, 14, 22, 28, 34, 65, 67-70, 101, 107, 148, 154, 175, 188, 192, 194, 228, 323-24, 335, 392, 427, 443, 451, 490-91, 499, 506, 546, 568, 570, 588, 592
\n19: 635-36, 668, 711, 753-54, 792, 837, 879, 1021, 1027 20: 7, 48-49, 60, 68, 99, 140, 305, 358, 363, 366, 384, 396, 429, 435, 448, 453-55, 458, 477, 485 21: 562, 616, 803, 834-35 22: 64, 69, 79, 92, 102-03, 109, 113, 116, 126, 130, 139, 178, 213, 251, 265, 274, 290, 300, 302, 306, 349 23: 608, 620, 759, 798, 952, 975, 1025, 1080 24: 1222, 1271, 1281, 1462, 1623, 1731 26: 33, 68, 85, 89, 105, 112, 114, 117, 125-26, 277-78, 293, 334, 336, 367
\n27: 105, 181-82, 205, 207, 209, 211, 224, 233, 236, 241, 257.267, 291, 299-305, 307-09, 313-15, 320, 322, 325-28, 338-39, 341-42, 344, 401, 424, 434, 456, 473 29:727, 815-16 1:8, 25, 37-39, 42-44, 57 II: 38, 60, 64-68, 76-77, 80 III: 66, 68
\nIV: 159, 161-64, 168-70, 176, 178, 180 V: 45-47, 50, 52, 58, 61-63, 72-73, 75-78, 84; 89, 94
\nVI: 155, 157, 160, 163, 169, 175-76, 179
\nVII: 54-56, 81 VIII: 156-57, 159-61, 165, 167-68, 179-81, 185 IX: 17, 21, 35 X: 111, 142
\n<\/b>XI: 7,
\n<\/b>15, 56 XII: 176 XIV: 119-20, 123-24,126-29, 131-32, 135-38, 141, 152, 155, 160, 164 XV: 3,
\n7, 9, 16, 18, 20-21, 26, 29, 32, 55 XVI: 132-35, 138, 143-44, 153-56, 172-73, 181, 183-87 XVII: 24-25, 27, 30, 32-41 XVIII: 154-58 XXII: 164 <\/font>\n\t\t<\/td>\n

\n

\nUpastuta (Varshtihavya)<\/b> (Upastuta
\nVarstihavya), a Vedic Rishi, descendant of
\nVrstihavya. II: 427-29 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUpen<\/b> See<\/i> Banerji, Upen(dranath) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUpendra<\/b> In the Vedas, the supreme Lord
\nVishnu is Upendra, a younger Indra. "He is
\nnot inferior, he only subordinates himself, pretending to serve, while really by service
\nhe commands" (11:447), (A)
\nDer: Upendratva II: 446-47 17: 257
\n22: 82 VI: 183 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUpendra<\/b>(nath) See<\/i> Banerji, Upen(dranath) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUpper House<\/b> See<\/i> Lords, House of Ur<\/b> an ancient southern Mesopotamian
\n(Sumerian) city, the ruins of which are in
\nsouthern Iraq, southeast of Babylon.
\n(Enc.Br.) 26:340 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUranian<\/b> in Greek religion, a title of
\nAphrodite, particularly of the Oriental
\nmanifestation of Aphrodite as goddess of the
\nheavens, patroness of pure and heavenly
\nlove. See also<\/i> Venus Ourania. (M.I.; Col.
\nEnc.) 5:500 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUranus<\/b>‘ in Greek religion, the sky-god, first
\nruler of the universe; he was son of Gaea, the earth-goddess, and father of the Titans, the Cyclopes (one-eyed giants), and the Hecatoncheires (hundred-handed friendly
\ngiants). (Col.Enc.;O.C.C.L.) Q 10:86, 448 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUranus2<\/b> In astronomy, the seventh planet in
\norder of distance from the sun and the third
\nlargest of the planets of our solar system. It
\nwas discovered by the English astronomer Sir
\n(Frederick) William Herschel (1738-1822) on
\n13 March 1781. As a consequence, the planet
\nwas for some time called Herschel (particularly in France). Herschel himself proposed
\n"GeorgiumSidus" (in English, Georgian
\nplanet) as its name, after his sovereign
\npatron King George III of England. This
\nname "Georgian" appeared intermittently in
\nEngland for more than 50 years. But even in
\nthe year of the planet’s discovery a German
\nastronomer suggested Uranus, who in
\nRoman mythology was the father of Saturn, who was in turn the father of Jupiter; and
\nthis name was eventually universally
\naccepted. (Enc. Br., Macro, 18:1037) 17:259 <\/font>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nUrdu<\/b> one of the regional languages of India
\nand the official language of Pakistan.
\nHistorically, Urdu is a language that evolved
\nas the result of a necessity for carrying on
\nexchange of ideas between the conquering
\nMohammedans who spoke Turki and Persian
\nand the conquered Indians who spoke mostly
\nHindi. "Urdu" is a Turki word meaning
\n"camp", and Urdu was indeed originally a
\ncamp language and contains words taken
\nfrom Persian, Turki, and Hindi. Its script is
\nPersian which is written from right to left, but its grammar and structure are Hindi in
\nthe main. Urdu is spoken in northern India
\nmainly by the Mohammedans, but many
\nHindus are adept in it. It gradually
\ndeveloped a literature and has produced
\nmany famous poets, (D.I.H.) 9:437-38
\n14: 316 26: 290 III: 86 Ure a Liberal minister of Britain whose
\nmeetings were systematically interrupted and
\nbroken up by organised Conservative
\nrowdyism towards the end of the year 1909.
\n(A) 2:306-07 4:233 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUriu<\/b> a character (probably imaginary)
\ncalled the prince of the Asa, who participates
\nin one of the "Conversations of the Dead"
\nwritten by Sri Aurobindo. Uriu seems to be
\na worshipper of Tanyth, a mighty goddess of
\nwar. (A) 3:477-79 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUrjoon(a)<\/b> See<\/i> Arjun(a) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUnnila<\/b> a character – Princess of Mathura, daughter of Atry and Indrany – in Sri
\nAurobindo’s play The Prince of Mathura.
\n<\/i>7:891, 895-97 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUrvasie<\/b> in Hindu mythology, the most
\nbeautiful of the celestial nymphs, born from
\nthe thigh of Narayana; heroine of the drama
\nVikramorvasie.<\/i> (Dow.;A)
\nDer: Urvasiean<\/b> 3:231, 240, 268, 270-74, 276-81, 283, 285-86, 288-90, 299-301, 306 5: 192, 195, 198-201, 204, 207-08, 210-12, 217, 219, 221, 226, 228 7: 909, 912-14, 916-25, 927, 933-45, 949, 951-52, 957-63, 965-71, 973-74, 976, 979-84, 986-90, 994, 997-1003, 1005-06, 1008 26: 503
\n27: 100, 152 X: 150, 152-56, 158, 163, 165, 167-68, 170, 173, 175-77 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUrvasie’<\/b><\/i> title of two poems by Sri
\nAurobindo, one short (a fragment) and the
\nother longer and complete. The longer
\nversion was first published for private
\ncirculation in or about 1896; the shorter one, written during the 1930s, was not published
\nduring Sri Aurobindo’s lifetime. 5: 119, 189 26: 254, 256-57, 264, 268, 298, 314 Urvasie‘<\/b><\/i> short name used by Sri Aurobindo
\nfor Kalidasa’s drama Vikramorvasie.
\n<\/i>3: 261, <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n276, 282, 287, 290, 295,  323 X: 145, 158, 169, 174, 177 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUravisie<\/i><\/b> a poem (1895) by Rabindranath
\nTagore. (A) 3:270 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUsha1<\/b> in the Veda, the daughter of Heaven
\nand sister of the Adityas; the divine Dawn, the bringer of illumination; also called
\nAhana and Dyotana. See also<\/i> Dawn. (A; Dow.) 4: 28 5: 189, 543-44 10: 4, 19, 42, 56, 68, 120-21, 126-29, 136, 155, 159, 163-64, 167, 186, 206, 235-36, 238, 271, 283, 299, 432, 436, 524-28 (Dawn) 11: 468, 494 18: 1 I: 17
\nIV: 132 V: 20-21 VII: 38 XVI: 143 XVII: 45 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUsha2<\/b> in the Puranas, a Daitya princess, daughter of Banasura. She fell in love with
\nANIRUDDHA whom she saw in a dream. Her
\ncompanion, Chitralekha, by her magic
\npower, brought Aniruddha to Usha, and the
\ntwo lived together secretly. Banasura, hearing of Aniruddha’s presence in the
\npalace, took him prisoner. Krishna, Pradyumna, and Balaram went to his rescue, overpowered Banasura and brought
\nAniruddha, with his wife Usha, back to
\nDwarka. (Dow.;M.N.) 4: pre. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUsha3<\/b> a friend or relative of Sri Aurobindo
\nto whom he gave some money when he was
\nin the service of the state of Baroda. She was
\nin close touch with his wife Mrinalini. (A) 4:318, 320 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUsha-Haran Kabya<\/i><\/b> a long narrative poem
\nin Bengali composed by Sri Aurobindo at
\nBaroda around 1894. It is based on the
\nPuranic story of Usha and Aniruddha (see
\n<\/i>Usha2) and inspired perhaps by Michael
\nMadhusudan. Only a few lines of the poem
\nwere found till 1972, and they were published on pages 7 and 8 of Writings in
\nBengali, <\/i> Vol. 4 of the Sri Aurobindo Birth
\nCentenary Library. Some years later, a
\nsufficiently long manuscript of the epic was
\ndiscovered in old papers. It is incomplete
\nand has blank pages left in between at some
\nplaces. However, it was published in parts
\nin the Bengali monthly Srinvantu, <\/i> and an
\nEnglish translation was brought out in book
\nform under the title The Abduction of the
\nPrincess Usha<\/i> (1980) by Sri Aurobindo
\nPathmandir of Calcutta. (A)
\nQ 4: pre. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUshana<\/b> See<\/i> Ushanas (Kavya) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUshanas<\/b> another name of Shukracharya, the
\ngreatest among the seer-poets of ancient
\nIndia. (M.N.) 13: 151-52, 350, 425 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nUshanas (Kavya)<\/b> (Usanas Kavya), son of
\nKavi; a Vedic Rishi "of the heavenward
\ndesire that is born from the seer-knowledge"
\n(10: 232). He is often mentioned in the Rig- veda, <\/i> especially as associated with Kutsa and
\nIndra. According to Vayu Purana, <\/i> Ushanas
\nKavya is the same as Shukracharya
\n(see<\/i> Shukra). (A; V. Index; B.P.C.)
\nVar: Ushana 10: 154, 232, 237, 461
\n11: 332, 368 II: 40, 45 XVIII: 177 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUshij<\/b> in the Rig-veda, <\/i> the mother of
\nKakshivat (see<\/i> Kakshivan). According to a
\nstory told in the Puranas, she was a servant
\nof the queen of Kalinga. The king desired his
\nqueen to submit to the embraces of the sage
\n. Dirghatamas in order that he might father a
\nson. The queen substituted her bondmaid
\nUsij. The sage, cognisant of the deception, sanctified Usij, and fathered by her a son, Kaksivan. (Dow.) 10:522 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUshinars<\/b> in the Aitareya Brahmana, <\/i> the
\npeople UsTnaras are mentioned as dwelling in
\nthe "Middle Country". In the Mahabharata,
\n<\/i>Usinara is mentioned as a king of Kashi.
\n(V. Index; M.N.) 3: 289 X: 175 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUstie<\/b> (Asti), in the Mahabharata, <\/i> daughter of
\nJarasandha and wife of Kansa. Prapthie, her
\nsister, was also wife of Kansa. (M.N.) 8: 41 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUswins<\/b> See<\/i> As(h)wins <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUswattha<\/b> See<\/i> As(h)wattha <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUtica<\/b> (now called Utique) traditionally the
\noldest Phoenician settlement on the coast of
\nNorth Africa, northwest of Carthage, located
\nnear the mouth of the Medjerda River in
\nmodern Tunisia. Cato the Younger, also
\nknown as Cato of Utica, committed suicide
\nat Utica (see<\/i> Cato2). (Enc. Br.) IX: 14 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUtkila Katya<\/b> (Utkila Katya), a Vedic Rishi, descendant of Kata. 11: 136 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUtopia<\/b> a name, taken from a Greek word
\nmeaning "nowhere", used by Sir Thomas
\nMore (1478-1535) in 1516 as the title of a
\nbook dealing with a mythical island in the
\nSouth Pacific on which was situated an ideal
\nsociety. Since then it denotes any ideal or
\nfanciful society (or ideally perfect place or
\nstate of things). (Pears; C.O.D.) Der: Utopian; Utopist; Utopianism 1: 493, 703-04, 860, 867 9: 549 12: 487
\n14: 26 15: 432, 435, 439, 444 27: 284 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUttamaujas<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> a
\nPANCHALA warrior of great strength; he was
\na relation of the Pandavas. (M. N.; Dow.) 4: 75 8: 77 <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nUttara<\/b>  mhe. Mahabharata, <\/i> a king whoperished because he scorned and insulted a
\nmightier one than he. (M.N.) 8: 57 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUttara Meru<\/b> See<\/i> Meru <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUttara Mimansa<\/b> one of the six Darshanas, or systems of orthodox Hindu philosophy. It
\nis attributed to Badarayanacharya (a name of
\nVeda Vyasa), and is more commonly known
\nas the Vedanta although this latter term
\nstrictly speaking includes both Uttaramimamsa and Purva-mimariisa (which is
\ncommonly known as the Mimamsa). (Dow.) 4: 46 13: 80 VIII: 183 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUttarpara<\/b> a suburban town near Calcutta, where Sri Aurobindo delivered his famous
\nspeech on 30 May 1909, three and a half
\nweeks after his acquittal and release in the
\nAlipore Bomb Case. (I&G) 1: 837, 847, 858 2:1-2, 68, 417 4: 250, 301 26: 34, 37, 64, .68, 81 <\/b> XVI: 194 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nUttar Yogi<\/b> a pseudonym of Sri Aurobindo, meaning "the yogi from the North", given as
\neditor of the book Yogic Sadhan<\/i> in all its
\nfour editions. Sri Aurobindo said that the
\nname was "given to me because of a prediction made long ago by a famous Tamil
\nyogi, that thirty years later (agreeing with
\nthe time of my arrival in Pondicherry) a yogi
\nfrom the North would come as a fugitive to
\nthe South and practise there an integral yoga
\n(Pooma Yoga)…. He gave three utterances
\nas the mark by which this yogi could be
\nrecognised and all these were found in the
\nletters to my wife". (A & R, XIX: 56) XIX: 56 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nVaal<\/b> Vaal River, northern headwater of the
\nOrange River in South Africa. It rises at
\nSterkfontein Beacon near Breyten, south
\neastern Transvaal, and flows 750 miles to its
\nconfluence with the Orange near Douglas.
\n(Enc.Br.) 1: 30 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVach<\/b> Vac in the Rig-veda<\/i> appears to be the 
\npersonification of speech; "the Goddess
\nSpeech eldest born of the world"; "the
\nmother of the Vedas"; the expressive power
\nof Aditi. In the Mahabharata<\/i> and later mythology, Vac was identified with Saraswati.
\n(A; Dow.) Var: Vak (a declined form) 2: 148 9:270 10:112 13:261 27:158
\nVII: 42 XVI: 173 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVacoola(valica)<\/b> a character  a handmaid
\nof Queen Dharinie  in Kalidasa’s drama
\nMdlavikagnimitram, <\/i> partially translated by <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\ncommunity with its producers, agriculturists, craftsmen, artisans, merchants and traders.
\n(Nowadays, with some exceptions, only the
\nmerchant class, and that too not everywhere, is ranked as Vaishya or Vaniya). Sri
\nAurobindo has used the term Vaishya also
\nfor the trading community of other
\ncountries. (A) Var: Vyshya
\nDer: Vaishyam; Vaishyashakti 1: 237, 537, 632 2:11-12 3:452 4:58, 268 5:85 8:54
\n11:451-52 13, 321, 492-93, 498, 505 14:111, 189, 324, 349-51, 353, 355 15:5, 7-8, 117, 151, 269, 463-64, 583, 627 17: 121, 211 21:714
\n23: 675 26: 129 27: 359-60, 362, 452 II: 61, 66 111:5, 8, 14 XV: 73 XVIII: 136 XIX: 5-7 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVaivaswata Manu<\/b> See<\/i> Manu(s) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVaja<\/b>(s) the youngest of the three RIBHUS, the Plenitude. (A) 10:326-27, 330 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVajasaneyi<\/i><\/b> a name of the Isha Upanishad,
\n<\/i>because it occurs in the Vajasaneyi Samhita
\nof the Shukia (White) Yajur-veda.<\/i> (Dow.) 12: 393 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVajashravasa<\/b> Vajasravasa, descendant of
\nVajasravas; patronymic of Nachiketas.
\n(V. Index) 12:237 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVak<\/b> See<\/i> Vach <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVala<\/b> in the Veda, the chief of the Panis
\n(lords of the lower sense mentality), the
\nenemy who keeps for himself the Light; the
\npersonification of the sub-conscient. (V.G.; I & G) Var: Bala Der: Balabhid (one who
\nhas pierced Bala) 4: 22 10: 44, 88, 120, 122, 134, 137-38, 140-41, 148-49, 159, 161, 170, 172, 174, 177, 182-83, 187, 219-21, 223, 232-33, 250, 304, 309-10, 511, 534 11:17.29
\nVIII: 147 XV: 49, 56 XVI: 131 XVII: 45,
\n58-59 XIX: 54 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nValahan<\/b> slayer of VALA ; an epithet of
\nIndra. (A) 10:88 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nValarus<\/b> in Sri Aurobindo’s \/\/("on, one of
\nPenthesilea’s captains; a son of Supaures. He
\nwas sent by Penthesilea to slay Achilles and
\nhis men who were coming to the rescue of
\nthe routed Hellenes. Valarus was killed by
\nEchemus and Ascanus. (M.I.) 5: 455, 516, 518-19 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nValentine<\/b> a proposed character  a courtier 
\nmentioned in the Dramatis Personae of Sri
\nAurobindo’s play The Witch ofllni.
\n<\/i>7: 1057 <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nValery, <\/b> Paul Ambroise (1871-1945), French
\npoet, essayist and critic, whose work is notable for the range and subtlety of its views
\nand sensibility of its language. (Enc. Br.)
\n9: .445, 475 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nValhika<\/b> SeeVahlika<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVali<\/b> Vali (also written Bali), in the
\nRamayana, <\/i> the monkey-king of Kiskindha. In a
\nduel with his younger brother Sugriva, he
\nwas killed by Rama who had become a
\nfriend and ally of Sugriva. (M.W.; Dow.) Var: Bali 17:119 22:41-3, 415-16 XXII: 169 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nValkyries<\/b> in Norse mythology, maidens who
\nserved the god Odin and were sent by him to
\nthe battlefields to choose the slain who were
\nworthy of a place in Valhalla, the Scandinavian equivalent of ELYSIUM. These
\nforeboders of war rode to the battlefields on
\nhorses, wearing helmets and shields.
\n(Enc. Br.; M.I.) n 5:457 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVallabhacharya<\/b> (1479-1531), Hindu saint and
\nphilosopher who founded the devotional sect
\nknown as the Pusti-Marga (Way of Divine
\nGrace). He was a devotee of Krishna.
\n(Enc. Br.) 1: 646 14: 132 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVallabh Swami<\/b> "the Indian EPICURUS"; probably Swami Vallabhacharya is meant.
\nHis followers in Bombay and Gujarat and
\ntheir leaders are called the Epicureans of
\nIndia. (A; M.W.) 3:32 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nValmiki(e) celebrated Indian sage who
\nis believed to have been the first poet
\n(Adi-kavi), and the author of the great epic
\nthe Ramayana, <\/i> which he in the Vedic sense of the word is said to have
\n"seen". He himself is represented as taking part in some of
\nthe scenes he describes. He received the
\nbanished Sita into his hermitage at Chitrakuta, and educated her twin sons Lava and
\nKusha. The work of Valmiki has been an
\nagent of almost incalculable power in the
\nmoulding of the cultural mind of India. The
\nfigures created by him have become objects
\nof enduring cult and worship, as in the cases
\nof Rama and Sita, or living human images of
\nethical ideals, as in the cases of Bharata, Lakshmana, and Hanuman. (D.I.H.; Dow; A) Var: Valmeki(e) Der: Valmikian 3: 106, 137, 148-50, 153-54, 156, 158-60, 163-66, 174-76, 185, 187, 201, 213, 217-21, 223, 227, 229, 237, 243, 253, 276, 285, 295, 297, 322
\n4: 14 5:331 9: 30, 36, 76-77, 150, 206, 310, 334, 381, 521-23 14: 197, 236, 290, 320 17: 69, 103, 182, 383 22: 413-15, 417-19 26: 226, 234
\n27: 81, 98-99, 104, 154, 248 29: 739 I: 27
\nIII: 14, 19 X: 145, 158, 173 XI: 15 Valois the royal house of France which ruled
\nfrom 1328 to 1589. The Valois kings continued the work of unifying France and
\ncentralizing royal power begun under their
\npredecessors, the Capetians (see<\/i> Capet(s)).
\n(Enc. Br.) 16: 324 <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nVamadeva<\/b> (Gautama) a Vedic Rishi, son or
\ndescendant of Gotama. He is the author of all but three of the hymns of the 4th
\nMan
\ndalaoftheRig-veda.<\/i> a 9:207 10:55, 97-103, 106-08, 112, 127, 143, 161, 185, 190-91, 195-97, 296-99, 306, 313, 317, 320, 323, 342, 446
\n11:5-6, 161, 465, 477, 488 12: 362 14: 267
\n18: 1 VI: 144 XIV: 133 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVarna Marga<\/b> one of the two forms of
\nworship in Tantra, the "left-hand" path. It is
\naddressed to the fierce forms of the Shakti.
\nIts spiritual discipline involves ritualized
\nsensory experiences. The followers of this Marga (Path) are known as Vamacaris.
\n(Dow.;Enc.Br.) n 16:336 20:37 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVamana<\/b> the Dwarf, in Hindu mythology, one of the ten incarnations of Vishnu, born
\nas a son of Kashyapa and Aditi. The titan
\nKing Bali had by his austerities acquired
\ndominion of all the three worlds. To remedy
\nthis, Vishnu came to him in the form of a
\ndwarf and begged of him as much land as he
\ncould step over in three paces. Bali
\ncomplied. In two strides the dwarf covered
\nheaven and earth, and with the third step, on
\nBali’s head, pushed him down to Patala, the
\ninfernal regions. (Dow.) 4:114 13:157, 161 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVanara<\/b> the second type from below of the ten
\nforms of consciousness in the evolutionary scale of man. The Vanara is not the
\nanimal Ape, but man with the Ape nature.
\nIn this stage the mind of man is concentrated
\nontheprana.<\/i> (A) VI: 183-84, 189, 193 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVandal<\/b> (member) of a Germanic race that
\nravaged Gaul, Spain, North Africa, and
\nRome, destroying many books and works
\nof art in the 5th century AD. Its name has
\nremained a synonym for wilful desecration or
\ndestruction. (C.O.D.; Enc. Br.) a 15:79
\n17: 277 V: 95 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVande Mataram<\/b> See<\/i> Bande Mataram <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Vanity of Human Wishes<\/i> a didactic
\npoem by Samuel Johnson, his longest and
\nbest poem, published in 1749. (Ox. Comp.; Enc. Br.) II: 16 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVanga<\/b> (Vangah), name of the people of
\nVanga, one of the five divisions of Gauda
\n(Bengal) made by Vallalasena, who ruled
\nfrom 1159 to 1179 (see<\/i> Bengal). XVIII: 136 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVaniya<\/b> See<\/i> Vaishya <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVaraha<\/b> the Boar; in Hindu mythology, the
\nthird of the ten incarnations of Vishnu. To
\nrecover the earth <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nwhich had been dragged down to the bottom of the ocean by a demon
\nnamed Hiranyaksa, Vishnu assumed the
\nform of a boar and, after a contest lasting a
\nthousand years, slew the demon and brought
\nthe earth up, lifting it on his tusks. (Dow.)
\nD XIV: 119 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVarahamihira<\/b> (505-87), Indian philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician; author of
\nPanca Siddhantika, <\/i> "Five Treatises", a
\ncompendium of all astronomy known at that
\ntime. His knowledge of Western astronomy
\nwas thorough. In his book he displays a
\nknowledge of Greek, Egyptian, and Roman
\nastronomy. Tradition places him as one of
\nthe nine "gems" at the court of Vikramaditya. His Vrhat Samhita<\/i> is a well-known
\ntechnical treatise on astrology. (Enc. Br.; Apte;M.W.) 17:193 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVarendra<\/b> name of a place in Rajshahi
\ndistrict of the former province of Bengal
\n(now in Bangladesh). See also<\/i> Bengal ("five
\nBengals") 17: 301 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVarma<\/b>, Ravi<\/b> See Ravivarma, Raja <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVarouna<\/b> See<\/i> Varuna <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVarshneya<\/b> (Varsneya), an epithet of Krishna
\n(descendant of Vrsni  see<\/i> Vrishny).
\n0 [Indexed with Krishna] <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVartabaha<\/b><\/i> a journal of Rangpur (now in
\nBangladesh), a 1: 744 Varuna1 one of the oldest of the Vedic
\ndeities. Lord ofWideness, who represents
\nthe ethereal purity and oceanic wideness of
\nthe infinite Truth. He is often associated with
\nMitra, he being the ruler of night and Mitra
\nof the day. In later times Varuna was chief
\namong the lower celestial deities called
\nAdityas. Later still, in the Puranas, he
\nbecame the sovereign of the waters, a god of
\nthe seas and rivers, which character he still
\nretains. (Dow.; V. G.) Var: Varouna
\nDer: Varunian 3: 278 4: 22, 36-39
\n5: 301, 545 8: 31, 129 10: 19, 27, 53, 64-66, 69-73, 86, 106, 154, 159, 181-82, 197, 238, 257, 271, 282, 286, 289-90, 326, 329, 335, 342, 370, 377, 404, 415, 425, 427-28, 432, 437-40, 442-73, 475, 477, 479-81, 483-88, 521, 531-36 11: 10, 22, 31, 46, 61, 81, 116-17, 119, 135, 143, 161-62, 165, 167, 172, 178, 193, 206, 213, 240, 252, 266, 309, 323, 325, 329, 335, 362, 391-92, 396, 405-06, 412, 445, 466, 470, 494 12: 317, 326, 337-40, 472-73
\n13: 349, 374 15: 234, 596 16: 254, 297, 337
\n17:85, 257, 342 18:6 19:743, 889 22:390
\n27: 158 IV: 139-40 V: 5, 9, 26, 68
\nVI: 148-49 VII: 32 X: 159, 179-80 XIII: 54, 61 XIV: 108, 110, 114, 130 XV: 13-15, 21, 28, 44-52 XVI: 137, 143, 166, 176 XVII: 14, 45 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nVaruna2<\/b> name of a Rishi mentioned in the
\nRig-veda<\/i> (10.124.1, 5-9); father of Bhrigu.
\na <\/b> VII: 59, 71 VIII: 180 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVarunani<\/b> Gauri and Varunani were the
\nprincipal consorts of the god Varuna. (Pur.
\n<\/b>Enc.) D XV: 29 Varuni(e)<\/b> (Varuni), in Hindu mythology, daughter of Varuna and the goddess of wine.
\nShe is said to have emerged from the waters
\nas a result of the churning of the Milky
\nOcean. (Dow.;M.N.) 3:278 5:199 7: 951 X: 159 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasantasena<\/b> heroine of the drama Mrcchakat.ika, <\/i> "TOY CART", written by King
\nSudraka. (Dow.) Var: Vasuntsena
\n<\/b>3:297 X: 161 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasavadutta<\/b> a character  daughter of Chunda Mahasegn and Ungarica  in Sri
\nAurobindo’s play Vasavadutta, <\/i> a dramatic
\nromance based on a fable taken from
\nSomadeva’s Kathdsaritsagara.<\/i> (A) Var: <\/font><\/p>\n

\nVasavadatta<\/b> 6:207, 214-15, 219, 250, 252-55, 259-70, 273-81, 283-99, 301-03, 305, 307-09, 311, 313, 315, 317-18, 320, 322, 324, 328-29 7: 748 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasis(h)tha<\/b> (Maitravaruni) a celebrated
\nVedic sage, one of the seven great Rishis.
\nHe is also classed among the Prajapatis who
\nsprang from Brahma. But a hymn in the
\nRig-veda<\/i> and the commentaries thereon
\nassign him a different origin, or rather a
\nsecond birth; they represent him to have
\nsprung from Mitra and Varuna (hence his
\npatronymic "Maitravaruni"). Vasishthais
\nsaid to have been the family priest of
\nIkshwaku and his descendants down to the
\nsixty-first generation. There was a special
\nrivalry and enmity between him and the sage
\nVISHWAMITRA. (Dow.) Var: Vasishta
\nDer: Vasishthas (Vasisthas, descendants of
\nVasistha) 4:17-18, 24, 26, 29 10:13, 54-55, 105-06, 108, 112, 121, 128-30, 144, 180, 187, 189.206, 217, 451-52, 464 11: 287, 303, 305-06, 309, 430, 433 13: 39 17: 95 22: 333
\nXIV: 108-09, 133 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasouluxmy<\/b> See<\/i> Vasuluxmie <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasu<\/b> See<\/i> Vasu(s) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasudeva1<\/b> (Vasudeva), in the Mahabharata,
\n<\/i>son of Siirasena in the Yadava branch of the
\nLunar race. He was the father of Krishna; and Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas, was
\nVasudeva’s sister. (Dow.) n VI: 137 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasudeva2<\/b> (Vasudeva), a name of Krishna
\n(son of Vasudeva); the omnipresent Being, the eternal Being. (A) l-i (Indexed with
\nKrishna]<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasudeva, Poundrian<\/b> See<\/i> Poundrian Vasudeva <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nVasuki(e) m the Hindu mythology, king of
\nthe Nagas or serpents who live in Patala. He
\nwas used by the gods and Asuras as a rope
\nwound round the mountain Mandara at the
\nchurning of the Ocean. (Dow.)
\nVar: Vasuquie 3: 277 5: 252 13: 349
\n27: 159 X: 158-59 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasukrit<\/b> Vasukra (Vasukrt Vasukra), a
\nVedic Rishi, descendant of Vasukra.
\n11: 396 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasuluxmie<\/b> a character  sister Of Queen Dharinie in Kalidasa’s drama Malavikagnimitram<\/i> partially translated by Sri Aurobindo
\nunder the title Malavica and the King.
\n<\/i>Var: Vasouluxmy<\/b> a 3: 287 8: 141 X: 120, 171 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasuntha(ca)<\/b> a character  King Vuthsa’s
\nfriend and companion  in Sri Aurobindo’s
\nplay Vasavadutta.<\/i> 6: 207, 217, 226-33, 236-39, 242-43, 299-302, 321 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasuntsena<\/b> See<\/i> Vasantasena <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasuquie<\/b> See<\/i> Vasuki(e) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasu<\/b>(s) a class of Vedic deities, eight in
\nnumber, chiefly known as attendants of
\nIndra. They were originally personifications, like other Vedic deities, of natural phenomena. According to the Vishnu Purana, <\/i> the
\nVasus are Apa (water), Dhruva (pole-star), Soma (moon), Dhava or Dhara (earth), Anila (wind), Anala (fire), Pratusa (dawn), and Prabhasa (light); but their names are
\nvariously given. (Dow.;M.W.) 10:107, 181-82, 188-89 11: 143, 300, 494 12: 258
\n13:349 111:48, 50 XIII: 62 XIV: 110
\nXVI: 133, 144 XVII: 35 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVasushruta a Vedic Rishi, descendant of
\nAtri. (B.P.C.) D 11:206 Vasuyus name of several Vedic Rishis, descendants of Atri. a ll: 237 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVatal<\/b> Vatel (fl. 17th cent.), a French cook, famous in the time of Louis XIV. (Col.
\nEnc.) 14: 66 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVatsa Agneya<\/b> (Vatsa Agneya), a Vedic
\nRishi, descendant of Agni. 11:434 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVatsa (Kanwa)<\/b> (Vatsa Kanva), a Vedic
\nRishi, descendant of Kanva. 11:321-22 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVatsapri Bhalandana<\/b> (Vatsapri Bhalandana), a Vedic Rishi, son of Bhalandana.
\n11:<\/b> 400 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVauban<\/b> Sebastien Ie Prestre de Vauban
\n(1633-1707), French military engineer who
\nrevolutionized the art of siegecraft and
\ndefensive fortification in the context of
\nfirearms. (Enc. Br.) 14:66 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nVavri<\/b> a VedicRishi, descendant of Atri. 11:231 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVayu<\/b> (Vayu), the wind-god, in the Vedic
\nsystem the master of Life, inspirer of that
\nBreath or Dynamic energy called Prana, which is represented in man by the vital and
\nnervous activities. He is often associated with
\nIndra riding in the same chariot with him.
\nThere are not many Vedic hymns addressed
\nto him. In later mythology, Vayu is the
\nreputed father of Hanuman and Bhima.
\n(Dow.;V.G.) Var: Vaiou 4: 37-38, 43 10: 48, 65, 68-70, 72-73, 80, 86, 162, 165, 213, 256, 294-95, 297-302, 335-36, 406, 438, 534 11: 22, 32, 44-45, 300, 445, 494 12: 64, 67, 130, 149-50, 158, 160, 217-19, 262, 317, 322, 326, 471 13:374 14:180 16:350 17:342
\n18: 324 22: 390 27: 158, 334-35 V: 68
\nVII: 39 IX: 11 XIII: 61 XV: 6, 13, 20, 44, 52 XVII: 14, 33, 45 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVeda<\/b> The Vedas are the oldest holy books
\nof India, perhaps the oldest of such works in
\nthe world. They are the foundation of the
\nHindu religion. The hymns they contain, written in an old form of Sanskrit, are said
\nto have been "revealed" to the Rishis, and
\nsubsequently were transmitted orally from
\ngeneration to generation. They continued to
\nbe so handed down even after they had been
\ncollected and arranged by Krishna Dwaipayana (Veda Vyasa). It is not known when
\nthey were committed to writing. The Vedas
\nare four in number: Rig, Yajur, Sdma, <\/i> and
\nAtharva.<\/i> In reality the Rig-veda<\/i> is the Veda; many of its hymns occur with a different
\narrangement in the other three Vedas.
\nAccording to some scholars, each Veda is
\ndivided into four parts: Samhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka, and Upanisad. But generally the
\nterm "Veda" is reserved for the Samhita, the
\nmetrical hymns. (Dow.) <\/b> Der: Vedavada; Vedavadin; Vedic; Vedicism; Vedism; Vedist. 1:513-14, 799 2:7, 19, 353-54 3:4, 91, 105, 116-17, 142, 146, 162, 199, 461 4: pre., 17, 21-30, 36, 43-46, 53-54, 113, 128, 251-52, 373 5: 78, 191, 201, 209, 217, 222, 368, 579 8: 9, 56, 82, 89, 128, 383, 399, 405 9: 8, 18-19, 29, 42, 106, 114, 166, 190, 195, 199-201, 204-05, 208, 220-22, 235-36, 245, 269-70, 279, 322, 339-40, 360, 510
\n10: passim 11: 1-21, 23-26, 29-30, 34-35, 76, 163, 172, 238, 243, 439, 441, 443, 445-49, 452, 454-56, 459-60, 462, 465-88, 492, 496-99 12: 24, 38, 53, 59, 63-65, 67-68, 71, 82, 85-86, 88, 96, 121, 124, 130, 133-35, 151, 159, 165, 168, 170-71, 177, 199, 202-03, 209, 217, 225-26, 231-32, 247, 271, 273, 275, 286, 319, 321, 324-25, 334-36, 343, 369,
\n373, 381, 387, 393, 397-98, 400, 408, 410, 441-42, 447, 455, 458-59, 478,
\n520-22, 532 <\/b> 13: 2, 7, 9, 18, 78, 80-86, 92, ’95, 102-06, 108-10, 112,
\n129, 145, 163, 261, <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n314, 316-17, 333, 350, 380, 398, 429, 432-33, 462, 474-75, 495, 497 14: 17, 20, 68, 80, 99, 110, 115, 125, 129, 131, 134, 136-37, 141:48, 150-54, 157, 159, 163, 166, 170, 180, 185, 188, 233, 256, 258-63, 265-69, 271-72, 274-76, 280, 282-87, 291, 311-13, 316, 324, 326, 347-48, 358, 364, 367, 371, 407, 418-19 15: 3-5, 159, 240, 253, 339, 545
\n16: 23, 127, 167, 228-29, 255, 260, 263, 271, 283-84, 297, 324-25, 328, 335, 337, 339, 343, 349, 352, 360, 364-65, 369-70, 404, 412, 419-20 17: 50, 62, 99, 122-23, 172, 272, 278, 292-93, 297, 305, 334-43, 350, 369, 393-94, 397, 402 18: 13-14, 34, 48, 69, 109, 115, 124-25, 136, 153, 155, 172, 252, 257- 264, 267, 277, 280, 323, 396, 483, 485, 490, 603 19: 687-88, 915, 934 20: 38, 42, 47, 49-50, 55, 87, 123, 125, 256, 310, 372, 382, 400, 429, 446, 454, 461-62, 465, 467, 483 21: 558, 570, 572, 706, 747, 805 22: 1-3, 64, 73, 79, 82, 92, 96, 102-03, 110-11, 158, 178, 215, 243, 265, 364, 393, 395, 443 23: 749, 908, 910, 954, 967, 971, 973, 985
\n24: 1236, 1735 25: 77, 384, 390 26: 12, 19, 68, 112, 134, 231, 243, 265, 277, 415, 425, 483
\n27: 93, 143, 152, 161, 163, 166, 170-71, 179-84, 187, 192, 211, 233, 252, 256, 270, 272, 281, 299-300, 302-03, 305, 313, 325, 334-35, 338, 355, 369, 399, 408, 424, 433-34, 437, 440, 456, 511
\n28:74 29:739, 745, 789, 806 1:5, 8, 28, 31, 57 11:37, 67-68 111:55-56 IV: 125-31, 133-34, 140-41, 143, 146-47, 149, 151, 153, 178 V: 19, 36, 39, 42, 51, 55, 58, 60.67-68, 71, 75-76, 89, 94 VI: 127, 131, 137, 155-56, 169, 173, 175-77
\nVII: 39, 42, 59, 63, 66, 68, 71, 74, 76 VIII: 155, 164-71, 176, 178, 180-83, 186, 194 IX: 5-7, 9, 21, 24, 26 XI: 35 XII: 126, 151 XIII: 9, 38
\nXIV: 116-33, 135, 137, 141-43, 146-50, 153, 156-57, 159-60, 164 XV: 3-29, 31-33, 35-36, 38, 40-41, 43-52, 55 XVI: 132-79, 186 XVII: 12, 14-38, 40-48, 50, 52-56, 58-60, 70 XVIII: 150, 152-54, 156-59, 161-68 XIX: 80 XX: 117 XXI: 5,
\n7, 11, 17, 21, 30, 39 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVedangas<\/b> branches of study regarded as
\nauxiliary to the Vedas. These Sad-angas or
\nsix subjects necessary to be studied for the
\nreading, understanding, and proper sacrificial
\nemployment of the Vedas are: (1) Siksa
\n(phonetics, or pronunciation); (2) Chandas
\n(metre); (3) Vyakarana (grammar); (4) Nirukta (etymology or glossary); (5) Jyotisa
\n(astronomy); (6) Kalpa (ceremonial, or rules
\nfor applying the Vedas to the performance of
\nsacrifice). (Enc. Br.; Dow.) D 11:7 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVedanta<\/b> "end or culmination of the
\nVeda": the ultimate and highest knowledge and fulfilment towards which the
\npractices and strivings of the Vedic Rishis mounted, extricated from the
\nvoluminous mass of the<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\n Vedic poems and presented according to the
\ninner realisation of great Rishis like Yajnavalkya and Janaka in a more modern
\nstyle and language. Vedanta is one of the six Darshanas (or systems of orthodox
\nHindu philosophy), a school of philosophy based on the Upanishads.
\nPurva-mimdmsd<\/i> and
\nUttara-mimdfhsd<\/i> are both included in the general term Vedanta, but only
\nthe latter is commonly known as Vedanta, and is mainly based on the
\nBrahma-sutras<\/i> by the 2nd- century writer Badarayana. There are many systems
\nof the Vedanta philosophy, depending upon different interpretations of the
\nUpanishads. (I&G;Dow.;A&R, XVII: 32) Der: Vedantic; Vedantin;<\/b>
\nVedantised;Vedantism;Vedanticity : 67, 70, 122, 143, 514, 534, 602, 626, 714,
\n758, 902-03 2: 7, 13, 19-20, 29-30, 39, 42, 106, 148, 174, 212, 259, 396, 425-26
\n3: 116-17, 148, 162, 170-71, 174, 214, 222, 343-44, 364, 386-87, 422, 458 4: 24,
\n38, 46, 127-28, 144, 171, 298-300, 312, 328 5: 49, 581 7: 911 9: 105, 201, 308,
\n334, 436, 541 10: 1, 6, 11, 13, 25, 33, 37, 42, 56, 60, 98, 139, 192, 198, 259,
\n274, 283, 338, 341, 546, 563 11: 16, 18, 21, 469-70, 499 12: pre., 2, 5, 7, 11,
\n14, 16, 18, 23, 25-27, 30-34, 36, 39-40, 44, 71, 96, 102, 118-20, 134, 136, 168,
\n175, 194, 209, 224-25, 231, 285, 382, 393, 397-98, 400, 407-08, 416, 425, 427,
\n440-41, 447, 452, 456, 461, 478, 489, 494, 498, 510, 517, 520, 523-24, 526,
\n528-30, 532, 534, 536-38 13: 5-8, 10-11, 55, 62-65, 69-72, 74-76, 78-80, 82-86,
\n97, 100, 104-05, 108, 112-13, 117, 138, 142-43, 147, 164, 189, 197-98, 203, 205,
\n224, 240-41, 254-55, 285, 326, 341, 383, 396, 399, 429-30, 432, 538 14: 11,
\n14-17, 37, 81, 98, 134-35, 146-47, 150-51, 154, 181, 199-200, 205, 233, 271-72,
\n276, 315, 319, 348, 380, 417-19 15: 4, 599 16: 90-93, 127, 263, 310, 335, 339,
\n341, 347-51, 368, 370 17: 44, 104, 117, 122-23, 153, 165-66, 172, 181, 183, 265,
\n269, 283, 291-92, 306-07, 401-02 18: 3, 14, 22, 24, 34, 43, 57-58, 60, 65-70,
\n73, 76, 78, 91-92, 95, 109, 114, 128, 148, 184, 259, 427, 490, 492. 504-06, 570
\n19: 635, 643, 668, 753-54, 780, 997 20: 21, 38, 125, 142, 257, 292, 327, 353,
\n365, 372, 399, 409, 429, 507 21: 586, 720 22: 5, 11, 32, 39, 41, 43, 46, 56-60,
\n62-64, 67-68, 72-73, 79-80, 90, 97, 113, 117-20, 150, 190, 210-11, 216, 266 23:
\n507, 510, 556-57, 657, 726, 769, 773, 1008, 1048, 1067, 1071 24: 1193, 1604,
\n1630 25: 53, 65 26:16, 79, 81, 104, 112, 114, 124, 132-33, 138, 257, 261, 354,
\n383, 460 27: 64, 182-84, 205, 218, 242, 247, 252-53, 264-65, 268-70, 292,
\n294-95, 299-302, 304, 309-10, 313-14, 318, 322, 324, 328, 333, 337-40, 399, 424,
\n430, 434, 439, 442-43, 450, 453-54, 456-60, 469, 472-73, 476-77 29: 753, 799 I:
\n5, 38, 45, 49-50 III: 14, 65-66, 69-72, 76-77 IV: 159, 161-63, 169-70, 172, 178
\nV: 46-48, 50, 53, 55-56, 59-61, 67-68, 72, 75-77, 79-80, 82-83, 88, 97 VI:
\n156-59, 164, 168-70, 175, 177, 180 VII: 2, 13, 41, 43-44, 47, 58-60, 62-63, 65,
\n70, 72-76, 78 VIII: 133, 156, 158-59, 163-64, 166, 168, 182, 184-85 IX: 13, 20,
\n24-26 XI: 7, 17, 36 XII: 140, 145, 148, 150-51, 176 XIII: 24, 27, 36 XIV: 118,
\n120, 123-26, 128-31, 133, 137, 139, 141-46, 150, 152, 154-55, 159, 164 XV: 3,
\n6-16, 18-19, 23-26, 33-34, 37-38, 46-47 XVI: 132, 134-35, 139-40, 142, 144, 153,
\n155, 172, 180-84, 188 XVII: 9-10, 17, 23-24, 27-29, 32-35, 37-38, 40, 54, 59
\nXVIII: 154-58, 161, 165, 167, 186-88 XIX: 57, 69 XXI: 39 <\/font>\n\t\t<\/td>\n

\n

\nVedanta Sutra(s)<\/i><\/b> See
\nBrahma-sutras.<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVedaranya<\/b> A slip has obviously occurred here
\n(27: 322). It was VIDYARANYA who excluded the Ishopanishad<\/i> from his list
\nof authoritative Upanishads. Sri Aurobindo himself said this in an article (in
\nBengali) on the Isha Upanishad (see 4:<\/i>47). There was no one named
\nVedaranya among the known followers of Shankaracharya. 1-1 27: 322 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVeda Vyasa<\/b> See<\/i> Vyas(a) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVeena<\/b> a character  perhaps a handmaiden
\nin the royal chamber  in Sri Aurobindo’s play Vasavadutta.<\/i> 6: 251 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVega<\/b> Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562-1635),
\nan outstanding dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age. (Enc. Br.) 7:825 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVelasquez<\/b> or Velazquez (full name: Diego
\nRodriguez de Silva y Velazquez) (1599- 1660), most famous painter of the Spanish
\nschool. (Col. Enc.) D 7:840, 854, 862 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVeljee<\/b> Veiji Meghji (1883- ? ), a disciple
\nOf Sri Aurobindo, who lived in the Ashram from 1932 to 1940. He came from Cutch.
\n[From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov. 1913-Oct. ’27] <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVena<\/b> In the Veda, Vena is Soma; the master
\nof mental delight of existence, creator of the sense-mind. See also<\/i> Soma.
\n(A) n 10: 99 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVena<\/b>(s) name of a clan of divine beings (who
\nalong with the Gandharvas presumably correspond to the Hebraic Cherubim). [From
\n"Record of Yoga" MSS Nov. 1913-Oct. ’27] <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVenice<\/b> capital of Venezia province and of
\nVeneto region in northeastern Italy, built on 118 alluvial islets within a
\nlagoon in the Gulf of Venice (northern end of the Adriatic Sea) as well as on
\nthe mainland about the lagoon’s perimeter. Between the islets run 160 canals,
\nmostly very narrow, crossed by hundreds of bridges. (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.)
\nDer: Venetian<\/b> 14: 203, 349 15: 338 22: 454 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVenkata Hill<\/b> Venkatagiri, a hill (giri)<\/i> in
\nTamil Nadu. (S.Atlas) 8:404 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nVenkataraman<\/b> K. S. Venkataraman
\n(b. 1890; d. early 1970s), a disciple of Sri
\nAurobindo, who first came to the Ashram
\nin 1917 and joined it as an inmate in 1928.
\n(B.G.) VII: 83 XII: 156 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVenumani<\/b> son of a well-to-do Indian
\nChristian staying in the house behind Sri
\nAurobindo’s house (Guest House).
\n[From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov. 1913-Oct. ’27] <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVenus’<\/b> in astronomy, the planet whose orbit
\nlies between those of Mercury and Earth, second in order from the Sun. Other than
\nthe sun and the moon, it is ordinarily the
\nbrightest object in the sky. It is known as
\nSHUKRA in Hindu astronomy. (Col. Enc.) 3: 43 17: 259 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVenus2<\/b> in ancient Roman religion, a goddess
\nof vegetation. Later, in 3rd century BC, she
\nbecame identified with the Greek Aphrodite, the goddess of love, beauty and fertility.
\n(Enc. Br.) 2: 73 5: 32 7: 830, 876, 1065
\n10: 352 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVenus Anadyomene<\/b> Venus, one with
\nAnadyomene. The Roman goddess Venus
\nwas identified with the Greek Aphrodite (see
\n<\/i>Venus2) who was known as Anadyomene in
\nher aspect of rising from the sea. Varunie of
\nHindu mythology also sprang from the sea
\n(Milky Ocean), hence Sri Aurobindo calls
\nher Venus Anadyomene. (The story of
\nAphrodite rising from the sea is as follows: the Titan Cronus, in response to the appeal
\nof Gaea, castrated Uranus with a scimitar as
\nhe approached Gaea. From the drops of
\nblood that fell upon her were born the
\nErinnyes, the Giants, and the ash-tree
\nnymphs called the Meliai. The severed
\ngenitals floated on the sea, producing a white
\nfoam from which sprang the goddess of love, Aphrodite.) (Col. Enc.; Enc. Br.) 3: 278 X: 159 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVenus and Adonis<\/i><\/b> an earlier work (1593) of
\nShakespeare; it is one of the two narrative
\npoems ascribed to him, and was dedicated by
\nhim to his patron. Henry Wriothesley, Earl
\nof Southampton. (Col. Enc.) 3:252 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVenus Ourania<\/b> (Ourania is the Greek form
\nof Uranian), the goddess of pure and heavenly love. Uranian was a title of Aphrodite who, according to Hesiod, sprang from
\nthe seed of Uranus, the sky-god. Since the
\nRoman goddess Venus became identified with Aphrodite (see<\/i> Venus2), the title of
\nthe latter, Ourania or Uranian, has been
\nappended to the name of Venus as well.
\nThere is some linguistic and other relation
\nbetween Uranus (from whom "Uranian"
\ncomes) and the Indian god Varuna. Varunie
\nwas the daughter of Varuna; Sri Aurobindo, therefore, calls her Venus Ourania.
\n(Ox. Comp.; Pears;  Dow.) 3:278 <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nVeriaine, <\/b> Paul (1844-96), among the most
\ngifted of the French lyric poets of the later
\n19th century. He gained notice with his
\nParnassian poetry, and became a well-known
\nfigure in the Bohemian literary circles of
\nParis. (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.) 9:96, 107, 422, 445, 475, 510 26: 277 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVernon<\/b> a character participating in "A
\nDialogue", written by Sri Aurobindo in 1891
\nor thereabouts. (A & R, II: 91) a II: 7 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVerona<\/b> episcopal see and capital of Verona
\nprovince, Veneto, northern Italy, west of
\nVenice. It is, in northern Italy, one of the
\nrichest cities in Roman ruins, of which the
\nmost notable is the Arena, now used for
\nopera. (Enc. Br.) 1-1 III: 24 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVerosegn<\/b> See<\/i> Virasena <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVers I’Avenir<\/i> a play (in French) written by
\nthe Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. 26: 508 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVibhishan(a)<\/b> in the Ramayana<\/i>, a younger
\nbrother of Ravana. He was upright and
\nopposed to the depredations of his fellow
\nRakshasas. When he sagely advised Ravana
\nto return Sita to Rama, Ravana grew furious
\nand kicked him from his seat. Vibhisana then
\nallied himself with Rama, who received and
\nembraced him as a friend. After the defeat
\nand death of Ravana, Vibhishana was
\ninstalled by Rama on the throne of Lanka.
\nThe term Vibhishana has come to be used as
\na nickname for one who, secretly or openly, sympathises with, helps, or becomes an ally
\nof an adversary or enemy. (Dow.)
\nVar: <\/b> Bibhishan 2: 60, 75, 80, 238 22: 416 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVibhu<\/b> or Vibhwa<\/b> "the Pervading", "the
\nSelf-diffusing"; in the Veda, one of the three
\nRIBHUS, the second in the order of their
\nbirth. (A) 10: 326-27, 330 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVichitravirya<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> the
\nyounger son of King Santanu by Satyavati.
\nHe succeeded to the throne when his elder
\nbrother Citrangada was killed in battle. As
\nhe died prematurely of consumption, his sons
\nDhritarashtra and Pandu were brought up by
\nBhishma, his half-brother. (M.N.; Dow.) 3: 190, 199 13: 13 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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