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\nVictor<\/b> Amadeus<\/b> Victor Amadeus II
\n(1666-1732), Duke of Savoy who through his
\ndiplomacy became (1720) the first king of
\nSardinia-Piedmont and thus established the
\nfoundation for the future Italian national
\nstate. (Enc. Br.) 1: 506 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVictor Emmanuel<\/b> probably, Victor
\nEmmanuel II (1820-78), Italian king of
\nSardinia-Piedmont and first king of united
\nItaly (1861-78). (Col. Enc.) a 17:385 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVictoria<\/b> (1819-1901), Queen of England
\n(1837-1901) and Empress of India (1876-
\n1901). Her reign was the longest in English
\nhistory. It restored dignity and popularity
\nto the British crown and may have saved
\nthe monarchy from abolition. The term
\n"Victorian" in English literature is used
\n(1) to designate broadly the literature
\nwritten during the reign of Queen Victoria, or bearing its characteristic qualities and
\nattitudes, and (2) more narrowly, to suggest
\na certain complacency or hypocrisy or
\nsqueamishness more or less justly assumed to
\nbe traceable to or similar to prevailing Vic- torian attitudes. (Pears; Enc. Br.; H.L.)
\nDer: Victorian 9: 20, 53, 63, 132-33, 135-36, 138-39, 141-42, 144, 156, 172-73, 246, 346-47, 456, 550 22:189-90 26:255, 263 27:115 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVictoria Cross<\/b> the highest British military
\ndecoration, given for deeds of exceptional valour, founded by Queen Victoria in 1856.
\n(Web.;C.O.D.) VI: 201 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVictoria Memorial Hall<\/b> a stately building
\nin the midst of spacious grounds in Calcutta.
\nIt was conceived and carried out by Lord
\nCurzon, who was desirous of founding a
\ngrand monument to British rule in India.
\n<\/b>It
\nis built of white Jodhpur marble. In this hall are kept collections of pictures, statues, historical documents and other objects of
\ninterest especially of the Victorian Era.
\n(D.I.H.;Gaz.-II;Guide) 1:396, 420 Vicuma’ a character – a son of King
\nMahasegn of Avunthie – in Sri Aurobindo’s
\nplay Vasavadutta.<\/i> 6:207, 234-35, 246-48, 281-83, 304-07, 309-10, 313-15, 317-20, 323-26, 329 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVicuma2<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> a son of Dhritarashtra. He was a great hero. (M.N.)
\nVar: Vikama 3: 194 4: 76 8: 77 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVidarbha<\/b> an ancient name of Birar or Berar
\nin Maharashtra, also probably including the
\nadjoining district of Beder. The old name of
\nthe region has revived in popular usage. See
\n<\/i>afaoBerar(s). (Dow.) Var: Vidurbha
\nDer: Vidarbhan; Vidurbhan 8: 135, 144-45 12:295, 299 X: 116, 125<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nVideha<\/b> I. originally, an epithet (meaning
\n"bodiless") or a name of King Nimi, who
\nhad shed the body-ego. Later all the kings in
\nthe dynasty, including Janaka, were known
\nas Videha. 2. name of the country ruled by
\nKing Videha; sometimes it was also called
\nMITHILA. The people of the country were
\nreferred to as Videhas. (M.N.) 3:189
\n8: 16 VI: 155 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVidisha<\/b> a historic town and district in
\nBhopal division of Madhya Pradesh. The
\ntown, headquarters of the district, lies just
\neast of the Betwa River in the northeast
\ncorner of the fertile Malwa Plateau. Vidisha
\nis of great antiquity, mentioned in the Maha-
\nbharata<\/i> and the Ramayana.<\/i> In modern
\ntimes, until a few years ago, the place was
\nknown as Bhilsa (or Bhelsa), which is
\nprobably a corruption of Vidisha. (Enc.
\nBr.) 0 3:215, 289 8:135 X: 116, 176 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVidula<\/b> m the Mahabharata, <\/i> queen of Sauvira, who reproached her son Sanjaya for
\ndeserting the battlefield, defeated by the king
\nof Sindhu. Thus indirectly encouraged by his mother, Sanjaya returned to the battle, fought bravely, and was victorious. This
\nepisode comprises four chapters in the Udyoga-parva of the Mahabharata.<\/i> (M.N.; Nari). 1: 399 8: 61, 63, 65 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVidula<\/b><\/i> one of the longer poems of Sri
\nAurobindo, conceived and written in Bengal
\nduring a period of intense, political activity, and first published in Bande Mataram<\/i> in 1907
\nunder the title The Mother to her Son.<\/i> It is
\nbased on the episode of Vidula and Sanjaya
\nin the Mahabharata.<\/i> It is not a close trans-
\nlation, but rather a free poetic paraphrase. .(A) 8: 61 26: 12, 44 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVidura<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> a son of Vyasa
\nby a Sudra slave-girl. He was known for his
\nwisdom and gave good advice to both the
\nKauravas and the Pandavas. In the war he
\nsided with the latter. (Dow.) 3:192, 194 4: 71 22: 406 23: 676 26:130 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVidurbha; Vidurbhan<\/b> See<\/i> Vidarbha <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVidyadhar<\/b>(a) in Hindu mythology, a class of
\ninferior deities (Gandharvas, Kinnaras, Yak- shas, etc.) inhabiting the regions between
\nthe earth and the sky and generally of bene-
\nvolent disposition. They are attendants
\nupon Indra, but they have their own chiefs
\nand kings. (Dow.; Pur. Enc.) 6:265
\nVI: 183 Vidyapati<\/b> (1360-1475?), an Indian poet, born in MITHILA, famous for his Padavali, <\/i> a
\ncollection of poems written in Maithili, a <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\ndialect of northern India with affinities both
\nto Hindi and Bengali. "He was a consum-
\nmate artist of word and line" (14: 318).
\n(Enc.Ind.;A) Var: Bidyapati Q 4: pre.
\n8: 219, 226, 236, 242, 256-57, 259, 263 <\/b> 14: 256, 318 ‘ <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVidyaranya<\/b> (fl. 14th cent.), the name by
\nwhich Madhavacharya was known as a san-
\nnyasin.<\/i> Later he became the Shankaracharya
\nof Shringeri Math. He was brother of the
\ncommentator Sayana, and was himself a
\nbrilliant commentator on all the four Vedas.
\nHe wrote books on various subjects, the
\nmost famous of which is Panchadasi<\/i> on
\nVedanta. Vidyaranya was the chief coun-
\nsellor to the Vijayanagar rulers and was
\nprincipally reponsible for propagating the
\nglory of the Vijayanagar dynasty and par-
\nticularly its administrative traditions. He
\nhad a rare combination of statesmanship, erudition, spiritual knowledge and sagacity.
\nSee also<\/i> Vedaranya. (Bh. S.K.; The Hindu,
\n<\/i>July 11, 1980) 3:123 4:47 14:21
\nVIII: 190 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVidyasagar, <\/b> Isvar Chandra (1820-91), learned Sanskrit scholar, eminent educa-
\ntionist, social reformer, and sage of Bengal.
\nHe laboured like a Titan to create a new
\nBengali language and a new Bengali society.
\nHe is considered the father of Bengali
\nprose. (Enc. Br.) 1: 328 3: 78, 95-97
\n24: 1394 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVienna<\/b> capital of Austria, located in the
\nnortheastern corner of the country on the
\nDanube. (Enc. Br.) a XXI: 100 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVijaya’<\/b> Vijaya is supposed to have gone
\nfrom India and conquered Ceylon about
\nthe time that Gautama Buddha lived (6th
\ncentury BC). In the Ajanta caves there is
\nperhaps a representation of Vijaya crossing
\nto Ceylon, with horses and elephants being
\ncarried across in ships. Vijaya gave the name
\nof Sinhala to the island. (G.W.H., p. 103) 14: 241 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVijaya2<\/b> (Vijaya), in Kalidasa’s poem
\nKumdrasambhavam, <\/i> a friend of PARVATI.
\n(A) 3:308 Vijayanagar(a) the kingdom of the last great
\nHindu dynasty of South India; also the name
\nof its capital, which was founded in c. 1336
\nand was originally called Vidyanagara. The
\nkingdom practically became extinct with the
\ndestruction of the city by Muslim forces in
\n1565. The site of tlie city on the Times New Roman-
\nbhadra River is now partly occupied by the
\nvillage of Hampi in Bellary district of Karnataka. (D.I.H-; Dow.; Enc. Br.)  3:215 14:377-78 26:411 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nVijnanabhikshu<\/b> 16th-century Hindu
\nphilosopher of the Sankhya school, perhaps
\nthe last acharya of<\/i> the school, who lived in Kashi. He wrote commentaries on Sankhya, Yoga, and Vedanta. (Bh. Dar.) 12: 427 17: 291 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVijnanaQoka)<\/b> the Truth-plane, the supra-
\nmental world; the same as Mahar(loka).
\n(I&G) <\/b>Var: Vijnanam 10:93, 293
\n12: 85-86, 124, 126, 140-41 17: 30, 64 20: 399, 465-67 XV: 25, 46 XVI: 154-55 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVikama<\/b> See<\/i> Vicurna2 Viking(s) Northern sea-robbers of the 9th
\nto the llth century. The raids of these
\nScandinavian warriors on the coasts of
\nEurope and the British Isles gave to that
\nperiod the name "the Viking Age". Vikings
\nare also known as NORSEMEN, and in eastern
\nEurope as Varangirans. (Enc. Br.; Col.
\nEnc.) 3:486 6:477 7:885-86 XV: 17 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVikramaditya<\/b> a title, meaning "the Sun of
\nProwess", assumed by various ancient Indian
\nkings. Tradition associates it with a king of Ujjayini, in whose court lived nine learned
\nscholars (navaratna)<\/i> including Kalidasa. This
\nking, who was considered to be the repository
\nof prowess and all virtues, was victorious
\nover the Sakas. The Vikrama Era dating
\nfrom 58-57 BC is attributed to this King
\nVikramaditya. There is, however, no histori-
\ncal evidence of any such powerful king in the
\nsecond half of the first century BC. Of the
\nseveral historical sovereigns bearing the title
\nof Vikramaditya, Chandragupta II, the third
\nGupta emperor (AD 380-415), is considered
\nto have the best claims for being regarded as
\nthe original King Vikramaditya. (D.I.H.)
\nVar: yikram(a) 3:11, 95, 213, 215, 229, 262 4:99 1:26 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVikram and the Nymph<\/b><\/i> See Vikramorvasie<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVikramorvasie<\/b><\/i> (also called by Sri Aurobindo
\n
\nVikram and the Nymph, <\/i> and in some places
\nreferred to simply as Urvasie), <\/i>a Sanskrit
\nplay named Vikramorvasiyam<\/i> written by
\nKalidasa; it is the second of his three extant
\ndramas. A story of the love of Urvasie, the
\nnymph, and Pururavas, the Vikram or hero, on which the play is based, was first told in
\nthe Satapatha Brahmana.<\/i> Sri Aurobindo
\ntranslated the play under the title The Hero
\nandthe Nymph.<\/i> (A;Enc.Br.) n 3:261, 276, 282, 287, 290, 295.323 7: 907, 911-12
\n9:433 26:235-36, 253 27:85 111:19 X: 141.
\n145, 154, 169, 174, 177 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVilata<\/b> more correctly, Vilayata, an Arabic
\nword meaning a "foreign country" or "other country". <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n

\nOriginally used to signify Turkey
\nor Iran, the term now connotes any country
\nof Europe, especially the U. K. (U. H. S.) Var: Vileta Der: Vilati (of Vilayata) 4: pre., 154, 156, 176, 178-79, 184-85, 189, 192-94, 196, 204-06, 208-09, 212-14, 218, 221, 225, 233, 242, 266, 268, 273, 278, 330 XV: 62 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVilla, <\/b> Francisco (‘Pancho’), (1878-1923), revolutionary and guerilla leader of Mexico.
\nIn 1909 he joined Francisco Madero’s uprising against the dictator of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz. In 1913, combining his force
\nwith that of Venustiano CARRANZA, Villa
\nrevolted against the dictatorship of Huerta, and won several victories. But rivalry be- tween Villa and Carranza soon led to a
\nbreak between the two and Villa was forced
\nto flee Mexico City. He was assassinated. -(Enc. Br.; Web. N.C.D.; P.P.)
\n[From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov. 1913-Oct. ’27]Villars Claude-Louis-Hector, due de Villars
\n(1653-1734), marshal of France, the last of
\nthe great generals of Louis XIV, his most
\nsuccessful commander in the War of the
\nSpanish Succession (1701-14). Villars was
\ndefeated by Marlborough and Eugene of
\nSavoy at Malplaquet (1709), but he suc-
\ncessfully defended the French frontier during
\nthe succeeding years. (Enc. Br.; Col.
\nEnc.) 7: 847 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVillenour<\/b> a small town in former French
\nIndia (now in the Union Territory of
\nPondicherry), about 7 km west of
\nPondicherry. a 27: 447, 449 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVillipattan<\/b> a small town (Srivilliputtur is
\nprobably the modern name) in the district of
\nTirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. (Bhakta Ch.)
\nn 17: 372 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVimada (Aindra<\/b> or Prajapatya)<\/b> (Vimada
\nAindra or Prajapatya), a Vedic Rishi, des- cendant of Indra or Prajapati. n ll: 396, 398 Vincent one of the highest police officials, perhaps Commissioner, of Bombay in 1909.
\n(A)a 2:238 Vincent, Sir Howard Sir (Charles Edward)
\nHoward Vincent (1849-1908), English public
\nofficial; he was elected to Parliament as a
\nConservative in 1885 and retained the seat
\nuntil his death. (Enc. Am.) 1-1 1: 435 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVindhya<\/b> a broken mountain chain separating
\nthe plains of northern India from the
\nsouthern plateau of the Deccan. Der: <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVindhyan<\/b> 1:701 5:27, 335 6:229, 234, 305, 315 17:278 IX: 1,
\n2<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nViola<\/b> a character – sister of Sebastian – in
\nShakespeare’? romantic comedy Twelfth
\nNight.<\/i> (Shakes.) 12: 470 27: 207 I: 40 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nViradha<\/b> in the Ramayana, <\/i> a horrible
\nman- eating Rakshasa who encountered Rama, Lakshmana and Sita in the Dandaka forest
\nduring their exile. (Dow.) 8: 21-23 Virangana Kavya<\/i> a set of twenty-one
\nepistolary poems in Bengali, on the model of
\nOvid’s Heriodes<\/i> by Michael Madhusudan
\nDutt; it was published in 1862. (Enc. Br.) XIII: 53 Virasena in Kalidasa’s drama Malavi-
\nkdgnimitram<\/i> (translated into English by Sri
\nAurobindo), brother of Dharinie, the queen ofVidisha. (A) Var: Verosegn 8: 143, 145 X: 122, 125 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVirat<\/b>(a) in the Mahabharata, <\/i> king of a
\ncountry known as Matsya. It was at his court
\nthat the Pandava princes and Draupadi lived
\nin disguise. Virata fought on their side in the
\nwar and was killed by Drona. (Dow.)
\na 3: 161, 195, 200-01, 207 4: 75 8; 59, 77-78 IV: 115 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVirat<\/b> (Purusha) the universal or cosmic Soul; "God practical"; Lord of Waking-Life, who
\ngoverns, preserves and maintains the sensible
\ncreation which Hiranyagarbha (see<\/i> Hiranya-
\ngarbha’, 2) has shaped. (A; A & R, I: 40) Var: Virat; Virat; Virat Vaisvanara 1: 533, 537 2: 148-49 3: 452, 483 9: 72, 478 11:447 12:11, 90, 103, 448, 471, 506, 508 13:315, 341 14:336 20:325, 355
\n22: 256 24: 1222 25: 68 29: 680-81 I: 40
\nIII: 66 IX: 10 XV: 10 XXI: 28 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVirgil<\/b> sometimes spelled Vergil, full name: Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 Be), the
\ngreatest Roman poet, best known for his
\nepic the Aeneid.<\/i> (Enc. Br.) Der: Virgilian
\n3: 55 5: 342, 346, 386 9: 32, 62, 76, 82-83, 85, 296-97, 303, 313, 315, 317-18, 372, 374-76, 387, 407, 434, 479, 521, 523-24, 546 14: 285, 298
\n17: 297 22: 451 26:227-28, 235, 262, 297-98, 338-40 29: 765, 774, 800, 803-04, 809, 815
\nXIII: 53 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nVirgin’<\/b> (Latin, Virgo) the sixth sign of the
\nzodiac. In Hindu astronomy it is known as Kanya, referred to by Sri Aurobindo as
\n"GIRL", the literal translation of the word
\nVirgo. (A) D 17:257 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVirgin2; Virgin Mary<\/b> See<\/i> Mary <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nViriathus<\/b> (d. c. 139 Be), leader of a
\nLusitanian rebel movement in the Roman
\nprovince of Farther Spain who inflicted a
\nseries of severe defeats on Roman forces <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-343<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nfrom c. 147 to c. 139 BC. The rebellion
\ncollapsed soon after Viriathus’ assassi-
\nnation. (Enc. Br.) m: 23 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nVirochana<\/b> in Hindu mythology, name of a
\nDaitya, son of Prahlada and father of Bali.
\n(Dow.) n 3:171, 177 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVirupa (Angirasa)<\/b> (Virupa Angirasa), a
\nVedic Rishi, descendant of Angu-as. 11: 342, 365-66 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVisaldeo<\/b> a character – a Brahmin, Rana
\nCurran’s minister, formerly in the service
\nof the Gehlote Prince of Edur – in Sri
\nAurobindo’s drama Prince of Edur.
\n<\/i>7: 739, 741-46, 750, 752-54 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVishn<\/b>(o)u 1. in the Veda, the All-pervading
\nGodhead, the Eternal Personality of Con-
\nsciousness, the wide-moving One, that which
\nhas gone abroad triply extending himself as
\nSeer, Thinker, and Former in the super-
\nconscient Bliss. 2. i. the Mahabharata<\/i> and
\nthe Puranas, the second member of the
\nTriad, the embodiment ofsattva-guna, <\/i> the
\npreserving and restoring power. This power
\nhas manifested in the world as the various
\nincarnations of Vishnu, generally accepted as
\nbeing ten in number. Vishnu’s heaven is
\nVaikuntha, his consort Lakshmi and his
\nvehicle Garuda. He is portrayed as reclining
\non the serpent-king Sesa and floating on the
\nwaters between periods of cosmic manifes-
\ntation. The holy river Ganga is said to spring
\nfrom his foot. Of his several names and
\nepithets, Hari, the most well-known, is
\nindexed here. (A;V.G.; Dow.) 2:148, 429 3: 238-39, 299, 452 4: 22, 30, 314 5: 40, 60, 85, 199, 301 6: 212, 248 7: 951 8: 33, 127, 175, 191, 199, 206, 343-44, 346, 398, 400-01
\n10: 5, 102, 114, 144, 331-38, 342, 371, 422, 438, 447, 449, 461 11: 3, 22, 33, 81, 167, 172, 207, 379, 446-47, 449, 451-55, 466 12: 39, 48, 199, 251, 317, 326, 416, 448, 462, 478, 506, 508 13: 6, 85, 152, 157, 161, 264, 272, 349, 372, 412
\n14: 137, 151, 153, 312, 318 15: 118, 240, 592
\n16: 278, 319, 343, 360, 363 17: 47-48, 59, 98, 107, 119, 262, 272, 372, 374 18: 15, 42, 198, 486
\n20: 365 21: 561, 575, 708 22: 82, 245, 390-91, 404 23:789-90, 977-78 24:1335 25:56
\n27: 98-99, 159, 230, 325-26, 363 29: 416 I: 20, 38, 41 II: 37, 59 III: 54, 66 IV: 149-50, 191
\nV: 6, 10, 39, 41 VI: 137, 145, 155-56, 182-83
\nVIII: 146 <\/b> X: 163, 179 XII: 174 XIII: 60
\nXIV: 110; 119 XV: 27 XVI: 134 XIX: 54 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVishnoupurana<\/b><\/i> See Vishnu Purana<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVishnuchitta<\/b> a famous Vaishnava saint, yogin and poet of South India. The foremost
\namong the Alwars, he is generally known as<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nPerialwar<\/b> ("Great Alwar"). (A; Bhakta
\nCh.) 17:372 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVishnu Purana<\/i> one of the eighteen major
\nPuranas, generally standing third in the list.
\nOne of the oldest Puranas, it is specially
\nconsecrated to the glorification of Vishnu
\nand his incarnation Krishna. According to
\nWilson: "Of the whole series of Puranas the
\nVishnu<\/i> most closely corresponds to the
\ndefinition of a Panch-lakshana Purana, or
\none which treats of five specified topics
\n(Primary Creation, Secondary Creation, Genealogies of Gods and Patriarchs, Reigns
\nof the Manus, History)". (Dow.)
\nVar: Vishn(o)upurana<\/i> 3: 296, 357 4: 53
\n11:451 14:71, 314-15 16:404 18:122
\n22: 404 27: 311 II: 37 X: 160 XIV: 119
\nXV: 32 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nVishvamitra See<\/i> Vis(h)wamitra<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVishwadevas the All-gods, or all the gods;<\/b> the universal collectivity of the divine
\npowers. In the Vedas they form a class of
\nnine, all being deities of an inferior order.
\nIn later times they form a class of deities
\nparticularly interested in funeral offerings.
\nThey are generally said to be ten in number, but the lists vary, both as to the number and
\nthe names. (I&G;Dow.)
\nVar: Viswadevas; Visve Devah; Visvadevas 4: 45-46 10: 75, 81-82, 84, 289, 438-39, 444, 446 12:271, 479 111:31 XV: 12, 30, 39, 42, 49 XVI: 149, 159, 174-78 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVishwamanas Vaiyashwa<\/b> a Vedic Rishi, sonofVyasva. 11:330 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVis(h)wamitra a celebrated Indian sage
\nwho was bom a Kshatriya, but by intense
\nausterities raised himself to Brahminhood
\nand became one of the seven great Rishis.
\nVishwamitra occupies a prominent position
\nin the Rig-veda, <\/i> being the Rishi of most of
\nthe hymns in the third Mandala, including
\nthe one that contains the famous Gayatri
\nmantra. He is spoken of as the son of a king
\nnamed Kusika (or Kusinabha). In the Maha- bharata, <\/i> however, he is described as the son
\nof Gadhi (or Gathin). A noteworthy feature
\nabout the Vishwamitra of legend is his
\nanimosity and active and persistent struggle
\nfor supremacy with Vasishtha. The story of
\ntheir reconciliation is given in the Ramayana.
\n<\/i>Other popular legends connected with
\nVishwamitra describe his relationships with
\nRishi Jamadagni, Trishanku, Harishchandra, RAMA’, and with the Apsara Menaka
\n(resulting in the birth of Shakuntala). Some
\nauthorities hold that the Vishwamitra of these legends is different froro the seer
\nVishwamitra of the Vedic hymns. (Dow.; V. Index; M.N.) Var: <\/b>Vis(h)vamitra 4: 17-18, 23-24, 26, 29 9: 72, 207 10: 5, 13, 54-56, 103, 108, 112-13,
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\n <\/p>\n

\nVishwasaman<\/b> a Vedic Rishi, descendant of
\nAtri. (V. Index) n ll: 234 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVishwawara<\/b> a Vedic Rishi, descendant of
\nAtri. 11: 243 Vision The Vision, <\/i> an English monthly
\nmagazine "devoted to universal love", issued
\nfrom Anandashram (Kanhangad, Kerala).
\nStarted in 1933, it contains the teachings of
\nSwami Ramdas. 23: 798 A Vision of Science<\/i> a short poem by Sri
\nAurobindo; it was written during the period
\n1895-1908 and first published in the collec-
\ntion Ahana and Other Poems<\/i> (1915).
\n(I&G) 22:207 Visions and Voices<\/i> title of a book (1929) by
\nAmrita, a disciple of Sri Aurobindo. (See
\n<\/i>Amrita, K.) 25: 74 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVisnagar<\/b> a town in the former princely state
\nof Baroda (now in the state of Gujarat), about ten miles northeast of Mehsana. (A; S. Atlas) 27: 116 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVisvadevas<\/b> See<\/i> Vishwadevas Visvakannan "doing or wroughting all".
\nThis name seems to have been originally an
\nepithet of any powerful god, but in course of
\ntime it came to designate a personification of
\nthe creative power, invested with the powers
\nand offices of TWASHTRI. In the Ramayana,
\n<\/i>Visvakarma is represented as having built the
\ncity of Lanka. Visvakannan revealed the
\nsciences of architecture and mechanics to
\nmen and is the patron deity of workmen, artisans, and artists. (Dow., Enc. Br.) VI: 182 Visvamitri a small river flowing north-south
\nnear Baroda (now known as Vadodara). On
\nboth sides of the river there is an extensive
\npark, laid out during Sri Aurobindo’s time, with several bridges spanning the river.
\n<G.R.A.) a XXI: 13 Visvas the Reception Officer at Srinagar, Kashmir; he was a Bengali at whose house
\nSri Aurobindo met several other Bengalis
\nduring his Kashmir tour of 1903. (A) IV: 194-95 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVisve Devah; Viswadevas<\/b> See<\/i> Vishwadevas <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nViswamitra<\/b> See<\/i> Vis(h)wamitra <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVitahavya Angirasa<\/b> (Vitahavya Angirasa), a <\/b>Vedic Rishi, descendant of Angiras.  11:271, <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nVithova<\/b> (Vithoba), an incarnation of Vishnu
\nwho is the Ista-devata (chosen deity) of the
\nVarkari sect among the people of
\nMaharashtra and Karnataka. 3: 483 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVittoria Corombona<\/b> chief character of a
\ntragedy named The White Devil of Vittoria
\nCorombona<\/i> by J. Webster. The play is
\nbased on events that took place in Italy in
\n1581-85. Vittoria is tried for adultery and the
\nmurder of her husband, and, in spite of her
\n"innocent-resembling boldness", is sentenced
\nto confinement, whence she is carried off and
\nmarried by the duke of Brachiano, her lover.
\nTowards the end, she is killed and Brachiano
\nis poisoned. (Ox. Comp.) 3:276 X: 157 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVivasvan<\/b> literally ‘ ‘the bright one”; in Hindu
\nreligion, an epithet or name of the Sun-god.
\n(Dow.) Var: Vivaswan 3:173 8: 88
\n12: 238, 462 13:24, 137 VI:155 XIV: 125 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVivekacudamani<\/i><\/b> a Sanskrit poem attributed
\nto Shankaracharya. (A) Var: Viveka-
\nchudamani<\/i> n 14: 309 18: 439 19:683 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVivekananda<\/b>, Swami (1863-1902), one of the
\ngreatest spiritual teachers of modern India, who carried the message of Vedanta to the
\nWest and won international renown. His
\noriginal name was Narendranath Dutta.
\nWhile a student of law, he met Sri Rama-
\nkrishna, and became his chosen disciple. In
\n1898, after his master’s passing, he founded
\nthe Ramakrishna Mission, a society having
\nits headquarters at Belur Math near Cal-
\ncutta. To organize the work of the Mission, Vivekananda travelled widely, establishing
\nbranches of the Mission throughout India
\nand in the West. To the catholicity and
\nuniversalism of the religious teachings of Sri
\nRamakrishna he added an emphasis on social
\nservice – to ameliorate the sufferings of men
\nand to remove their ignorance. He also dedi-
\ncated himself to the national regeneration
\nof India. This was to be effected by improv-
\ning character and developing the spirit of
\nself-sacrifice. His speeches and writings, published by the Ramakrishna Mission, fill
\neight volumes. (A; D.I.H.) 1:65-66, 428, 715, 855 2:37, 88, 171, 412
\n3: 344, 375, 463 4: 239, 293, 305, 310 13: 30
\n14: 8, 129, 187, 415, 419 17: 56, 68, 90, 98, 100, 332 19:1050 20:2, 51, 257, 260 22:32, 55, 149-50, 178, 358, 407, 456 23: 552, 557, 619, 621, 721, 731, 773, 789 24: 1388 26: 16, 24, 58, 68, 106, 117, 125, 151, 258, 354, 383 27: 65, 435
\n29: 797 IV: 169, 198 VI: 164 VIII: 172 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nXVII: 7, 9 XVIII: 152 XIX: 57 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVividha Rachana<\/b><\/i> First published in 1955, the book contains miscellaneous unrevised
\nwritings by Sri Aurobindo in Bengali prose
\ntaken from his notebooks. In the 2nd edition
\n(1975) two incomplete poems have been
\nincluded, 4: pre.Vladivostok a seaport and administrative
\ncentre of Primorsky maritime territory, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Far East. It is the terminus of
\nthe Trans-Siberian Railroad. (Enc. Br.) 27: 123 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVocoolavalica See<\/i> <\/b>Vacoola(valica) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVolapuk<\/b> an artificial language constructed in
\n1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a German
\ncleric, and intended for use as an inter-
\nnational language. Although the complexity
\nof Volaplik grammar made it difficult to
\nlearn, hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts
\nstudied and tried to popularize the language
\nbefore it lost out to its more successful
\ncompetitor ESPERANTO, which appeared in
\n1887. (Enc. Br.) D 26: 321 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nVolga a river of central and East-European
\nRussian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic.
\nIt is the largest river of Europe and the
\nprincipal waterway of the U.S.S.R. It rises in
\nthe Valdai Hills and falls into the Caspian
\nSea. (Col. Enc.) 6:543 27:347 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVolsungsaga<\/b> Volsungasaga<\/b>, saga of the
\nVolsungs, the descendants ofVoIsi, a
\nlegendary king; it is an Icelandic heroic saga
\nbased evidently on earlier poetic materials
\nwhich are represented in Germany by the
\nNibelungenlied.<\/i> It was probably compiled in
\nthe 12th or 13th century. (Col. Enc.; Web.) 27: 90 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVoltaire<\/b> Francois<\/b>-Marie-Arouet de Voltaire
\n(1694-1778), French philosopher and one of
\nthe greatest of 18th-century authors, remem-
\nbered as a crusader against tyranny, bigotry, and cruelty, and noted for his characteris-
\ntic wit, satire, and critical acumen. His pub-
\nlished writings cover more than fifty volumes, leaving aside his huge correspondence.
\nBiographies and studies of Voltaire reflect
\ncontinued controversy as to his real thought
\nand beliefs. (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.) 1: 862 3: 455 4: 218 9: 522, 545, 552
\n15: 1 Voronoff, <\/b> Serge (1866-1951), French surgeon
\nand pathologist. He specialized in the trans-
\nplantation of animal (chiefly monkey) glands in the treatment of thyroid deficiency in children and for rejuvenation in old age. (Enc.
\nAm.; Col. Enc.) 24:1229 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVredenburg, E.<\/b> an art critic who contrib-
\nuted an article to Rupam on<\/i> the continuity of the pictorial tradition in Indian art. (A)
\nD 17: 302-03 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nVricodar<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> an epithet of
\nBhimasen, meaning "Wolf-belly". He had an
\nenormous appetite. (Dow.) 4: 76 8: 51 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVriddha Kshatra<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> king
\nof Sindhu and the father of Jayadratha.
\n(M.N.) 3: 191 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVrikas<\/b> "the tearers", "wolves"; in the Veda, a class of adversaries. (M.W.) a XXII: 183 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVrindavan<\/b> a forest grove, in the district of
\nMathura in Uttar Pradesh, where Krishna
\npassed his youth as Gopala among the cow-
\nherds. In place of the grove there exists now
\na town called Vrindavan, the most sacred
\nplace on earth for devotees of Krishna.
\n(Dow.) Var: <\/b>Brindaban; Brindabon; Brindavan 1:665, 811 3:84, 295, 354 4: 14, 29 5: 532, 536, 548-50 7: 750 8: 255-57 9: 380 13: 13 16: 276, 429 17: 83, 241 18: 23 22: 83, 315, 392, 426-27 23: 676 26: 130, 136 II: 59 X: 145 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVrisha Jana (Vrsa Jana), a Vedic Rishi, also
\nknown as VrsaJara. a n: 203 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVrishaparvan<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> an Asura
\nor Daitya, son of Kashyapa by Danu. He
\nhad a daughter named Sarmistha (see
\n<\/i>Surmishtha) Var:
\n<\/b>Vrishopurvan
\n<\/b>3: 176 8: 31 27: 158 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVrishny<\/b> (Vrsni), in Hindu mythology, a
\ndescendant of Yadu and an ancestor of
\nKrishna, from whom he got the name
\nVarsneya. The descendants of Vrishny
\nare also called <\/b>VrisZobeidah (d. 831), wife of Harun-al-Rashid, the Caliph of Baghdad. She was renowned
\nfor her beauty. (Enc. Br.) a 7:696 hnis.<\/b> (Dow.) 5:319 8:43, 45, 51 13:151, 350 27:83 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVrishopurvan<\/b> See<\/i> Vrishaparvan <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVrishtihavya<\/b> a Vedic Rishi whose sons were
\nthe Upastutas. (V. Index) a 11: 429 Vritra in the Veda, the Coverer who holds
\nback the Light and the waters and hides
\nfrom us our full powers and activi ties. Vritra, the Serpent (Ahi), is the grand adversary, for he obstructs with his coils of darkness all
\npossibility of divine existence and divine
\naction. Indra is constantly at war with him.
\nThe Vritras are powers and forces of Vritra
\nthat fulfil his function. (A; V.G.; Dow.)
\nVar: Ahi Vritra Der: Vritric
\n4: 22-23, 25, 29, 37 8: 68 10: 19, 29, 44, 56, 71, 100, 104, 107-08, 121, 126, 134, 138-40, 145, 161, 163, 166, 169, 171-74, 182-83, 187,
\n189, 193-94, 199, 209-10, 216, 221, 227, 232-34, 237-38, 246-47, 250-51, 253, 297, 300, 309-10, 335, 423, 448, 450,
\n493, 502, 513, 534 11: 9-10, 13-14, 17, 27, 29, 32, 47, 143, 288, 326, 363-65, 467, 478
\n12: 130, 410 27: 189, 191 II: 55-56 IV: 128
\nV: 28 VI: 145, 147, 149 IX: <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n3-7 X: 180
\nXIII: 56, 59-60 XIV: 131 XV: 27, 49 XVI: 144, 152, 170, 174 XVII: 45, 54, 56, 59
\nXVIII: 172, 183 XXI: 17, 35, 88 XXII: 183, 196 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVulcan<\/b> in Roman religion, the god of fire, particularly in its destructive aspects as
\nvolcanoes or conflagrations. Poetically he
\nis given all the attributes of the Greek
\nHHPHAESTUS. (Enc. Br.) a 7: 1074 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVuthsa<\/b> (Udayan) a character – King of
\nCowsambie – in Sri Aurobindo’s play
\nVasavadutta.<\/i> Vatsa, the name of the
\nkingdom in the tale of the Kathasaritsagara
\n<\/i>on which the play is based, is in the play
\nused as a personal name of King Udayan.
\nHistorically, Udayan (6th cent. Be) was
\nking of Vatsa and was commonly called
\nVatsaraja. He was a direct descendant of the
\nPandavas, and his capital was Kausambhi.
\n(A; Dow.) Var: Udaian; Udayan<\/b> n 6:<\/b> 205, 207, 211, 215-33, 236-43, 245-50, 252, 255-60, 262-67, 269-79, 281-93, 296-309, 312-29 7: 748 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVyara<\/b> a town about twenty km east of
\nBarodainGujarat. (G.R.A.) a XV: 72 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVyas(a) (fl. 5th cent. BC?), "an arranger".
\nThis title is common to many old authors
\nand compilers, but it is especially applied to
\nVeda-vyasa or Krsna Dvaipayana. He was
\nthe illegitimate son of Rishi Parasara and
\nSatyavati. From his complexion (dark) he
\nreceived the name Krsna, and from his birthplace (an island, dvip, <\/i> in the Yamuna), the name Dvaipayana. He was a very
\nlearned sage and is traditionally cited as the
\nauthor of the Mahabharata<\/i> and many other
\nworks, but he is best known as the compiler
\nof the Vedas. (Dow.; I & G) Var: Krishna
\nDvypaiana Vyasa; Krishna Dwypaiana Vyasa;<\/b> Krishna of the Island; Dwaipayana;<\/b> Dwypaian; Veda Vyasa Der: Vyasian;<\/b> Vyasic a 3: 141-42, 145-50, 152-59, 162-66, 168,
\n170, 172, 174-79, 185, 187, 200-03, 205, 213, 217-18, 220-21, 223, 227, 229, 276, 295,
\n312, 322 4: 59, 71, 81-82, 127, 291 5: 83-84 8: 37
\n9: 310, 334, 521-23 10: 10, 15, 461 11: 451
\n13:151-52, 344, 350, 425 16: 429 17: 182
\n26: 234 27: 80-82, 150, 154, 248 29: 815
\nII: 37 III: 14, 19 VI: 137, 156, 175 X: 145, 157 XVI: 147 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nVyashwa<\/b> a Vedic Rishi whose name occurs
\nin several hymns of the eighth Mandala of the Rig-veda.<\/i> (V. Index) a 11:333-34
\nVyshya<\/b> See<\/i> Vaishya <\/font> <\/td>\n

\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWacha<\/b> SeeWa(t)cha, D.E. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWagner, <\/b> (Wilhelm) Richard (1813-83), German musical dramatist whose operatic
\ncreations represent a new art form on drama-
\ntic, musical, and verbal levels. His work
\nmarked a Romantic culmination. Much of
\nthe later history of music stems from him, either by extension of his discoveries or in
\nreaction against them. (Enc. Br.)
\na 15:35 17:318 Wales one of the four constituent countries
\nof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
\nNorthern Ireland. It is usually described as a
\nprincipality. Wales is a peninsula jutting
\nwestward from England into the Irish Sea. It
\npossesses a distinctive culture based largely
\non the Welsh language, which is still spoken
\nby a quarter of the population. (Enc. Br.)
\nDer: Welsh (in senses other than the lan-
\nguage) n 1: 38, 367 2: 379 3: 486 4: 248
\n9: 42 15: 268, 291, 306, 308-10, 349, 475, 479, 496, 520-21 II: 6, 15 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWallace, <\/b> Sir William (c. 1270-1305), one of
\nScotland’s greatest national heroes, leader of
\nthe Scottish resistance forces during the first
\nyears of the long, and ultimately successful, struggle to free Scotland from English rule.
\n(Enc.Br.) o l: 623 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWaller, <\/b> Edmund (1606-87), English poet
\nwhose adoption of smooth, regular versi-
\nfication in place of the argumentative struc-
\nture and dramatic immediacy characteristic
\nof earlier 17th-century poetry prepared the
\nway for the heroic couplet’s emergence by the
\nend of that century as the dominant form of
\npoetic expression. (Enc.Br.) a 9: 80 1:13 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWalloons<\/b> general term applied to the
\nFrench-speaking people of Belgium living
\nmainly in the south and east, in contrast to
\nthe Flemish-speaking FLEMINGS of the
\nnorthern and western provinces. Walloon in
\nits proper meaning is a French dialect spoken
\nin the Liege region. The rivalry between the
\nWalloons and the Flemings remains a critical
\npolitical issue. (Col. Enc.) 15: 417 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nWalpole, Horace<\/b> (1717-97), 4th Earl of
\nOxford, writer, connoisseur, and collector, who is remembered today as perhaps the
\nmost assiduous letter-writer in the English
\nlanguage. (Enc. Br.) II: 18 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWaltair<\/b> a city of Andhra Pradesh, near the
\nport of Vishakhapatnam on the Bay of
\nBengal. It is the seat of Andhra University.
\n(S. Atlas) II: 85 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWalter Abelard<\/b> a character – Stephen’s
\ngrandfather – in Sri Aurobindo’s story "The
\nDoor at Abelard". a 7:1026, 1034 War and Self-Determination<\/i> a collection of
\nfour essays by Sri Aurobindo first published
\nin 1920. Three of these essays were repro-
\nduced from Arya, <\/i> and a fourth written
\nespecially for the volume. (I & G) 27: 485 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWarburton<\/b> an Anglo-Indian employee, or
\nthe Resident, of the princely state of Patiala
\nin 1909. (A) a 2:250 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWar-god<\/b> See<\/i> Kartikeya <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWarsaw<\/b> capital and cultural centre of Poland
\nand an autonomous administrative unit and
\nchief town of Warsaw province in central
\nPoland, on both banks of the Vistula. (Col.
\nEnc.) 15: 643 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWarton, <\/b> Thomas (1728-90), poet laureate
\nfrom 1785, and author of the first history of
\nEnglish poetry. (Enc. Br.) a n: n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWashington<\/b>, George (1732-99), commander-
\nin-chief of the Continental army in the
\nAmerican Revolution and first President
\n(1789-97) of the United States of America.
\nHe is called the "Father" of the country.
\n(Col. Enc.) 1: 379 12: 484 17: 385 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWa(t)cha<\/b>, D. E. Dinshaw Eduiji Watcha
\n(1844-1936), a Moderate leader of Bombay, and a close associate of Sir Pherozshah
\nMehta. He was one of the pioneers of the
\nnationalist movement in India, taking an
\nespecial interest in economic problems. He
\npresided over the Calcutta session of the
\nCongress in 1901. (A;Enc.Ind.) 1: 192-93, 195-96, 587 2: 216 4: 179, 231
\n27: 33, 41-42 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWaterloo<\/b> a town in Belgium, nine miles
\nsouth of Brussels; the famous battle of
\nWaterloo was fought just south of the town
\nin June 1815. In this battle the power of
\nNapoleon I was wiped out by the combined
\nBritish and German forces. (Col. Enc.) 24: 1588 III: 23 XIII: 44 Watson, Sir (John) William (1858-1935)<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nEnglish poet, author of lyrical and political
\nverse with a special gift for occasional
\npoems; "a genuine poet… but somewhat thin
\nin thought and substance". (Enc. Br.; A) 26:254 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWavell<\/b> Archibald Percival Wavell
\n(1883-1950), 1st Earl Wavell, British field marshal and Viceroy of India from 1942 to
\n1947. In a speech delivered in New Delhi on
\n14 June 1945, he made certain proposals
\nknown as the Wavell Plan designed to ease
\nthe political situation. He invited prominent
\nleaders of various communities and political
\nparties to a conference in order to consider
\nthese proposals. This was held at Simla from
\n25 June to 14 July. Disagreement among the
\nvarious parties, aggravated by the inflexible
\nstance of the Muslim League, led to the
\nfailure of the Simla Conference. (Enc. Ind.; A & R, XVII: 76) XVH: 65 Weber possibly Prof. A. Weber of Berlin, a distinguished scholar of Sanskrit, one of
\nthose who helped in the compilation of the
\ngreat seven-volumed Sanskrit-German
\nThesaurus. (M.W., p.v) a 3:143-45, 188 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWeb of Indian Life<\/b> The Web of Indian
\nLife,
\n<\/i>title of a book by Sister Nivedita, first
\npublished in 1904. n 14:43 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWebster’, <\/b> John (c. 1580-1625), English
\nplaywright whose major plays. The White
\nDevil<\/i> and The Duchess ofMalfi, <\/i> are
\ngenerally regarded as the paramount
\n17th-century English tragedies outside
\nShakespeare and as masterpieces of poetic
\ndrama. (Enc. Br.) 5: 349 9: 69 XIII: 53 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWebster2<\/b> (Webster’s Dictionary); Noah
\nWebster (1758-1843) was an American
\nlexicographer known for his American
\nSpelling Book<\/i> (1783) and his American
\nDictionary of the English Language<\/i> (1828).
\nThere are many editions of this dictionary, abridged and unabridged. (Enc. Br.) 1: 455 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWedderbum<\/b>, Sir William (1838-1918), a
\ndistinguished member of the I.C.S. who
\nrepresented Liberal England and, after "
\nretirement, took a leading part in encour-
\naging the founding of the Indian National
\nCongress. Later, he presided over its annual
\nsessions held at Bombay in 1889, and at
\nAllahabad in 1910. (D.I.H.) 1:172, 186, 201, 565 27:18, 33 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWellesleys<\/b> 1. Marquess Richard Colley
\nWellesley, the Governor-General of India
\nfrom 1798 to 1805, one of the greatest
\nBritish rulers of India. 2. Arthur Wellesley
\n(later Duke of Wellington), a younger
\nbrother of Lord Wellesley. He was a military
\nofficer in the service of the East India
\nCompany from 1797 to 1805 and won great
\nrenown by defeating the Marathas at the
\nbattles of Assaye and Argaon. See also the
\nnext entry. (D.I.H.) 1: 738 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-348<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nWellington, (Duke<\/b> of) Arthur Wellesley
\n(1769-1852), 1st Duke of Wellington, British
\nsoldier and statesman, conqueror of
\nNapoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, and
\nprime minister of England from 1828 to
\n1830. In 1842 he was made Commander-
\nin-Chief for life and on his death was buried
\nwith great pomp in St. Paul’s. See also the
\nprevious entry. (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.)
\nD 1: 704 2: 255 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWells, H. G.<\/b> Herbert George Wells
\n(1866-1946), English journalist, novelist, sociologist, and popular historian who
\nexerted a powerful influence in the 20th-
\ncentury movement toward change in society, morals, and religious beliefs. Much of Wells’
\nwriting was ephemeral, but he was one of
\nthe most forward-looking and influential
\nwriters of his time. Sri Aurobindo’s idea that
\nwithin a generation of Wells’ death his
\nspeculations would cease to be read or
\nremembered, has proved true except with
\nregard to his stories, especially his science-
\nfiction. (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.; A) 9:548, 551-52 17: 324-26 26: 378 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWelsh<\/b> (language) language of Wales, with
\nan unbroken literary history since the 6th
\ncentury AD. (Pears) a l: 526 15:306, 390, 480, 496 <\/b> II: 15 West, the or The Occident; Europe and
\nNorth America considered as a cultural unit.
\nSince the Second World War it has come to
\ndenote the countries of Western Europe and
\nAmerica as opposed to the Communist
\ncountries of Eastern Europe and Asia. Der: Western; Westerner; Westemise(d); <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nOccidental(ism)<\/b> D 1:40-41, 48, 50, 62, 67-68, 176, 199,
\n242, 259-60, 320, 365, 466-68, 481, 560, 570, 654-55, 712, 732, 741-42, 756-57, 759, 770-71, 800, 807, 813-15, 902 2:17-18,
\n20, 29, 49, 78, 86, 122, 209, 217-18, 253, 338, 381,
\n402 3: 30, 81,
\n101, 113, 122, 228, 232, 338, 345.359, 417, 429, 447,
\n463 4: 24-25,49, 81, 86, 92, 113, 115, 117, 127, 131, 139-41, 143-44, 151.154-56, 159-60, 163, 165-68, 193, 212, 216, 219,
\n251-52, 271, 291, 299-303, 306, 311-12 5: 399, 404, 408 6: 7, 432 7:773 9: 55, 97, 110, 285, 443, 455, 504
\n10: 341, 352, 546 11: 12, 468 12: 4, 8, 53, 57, 492, 499, 520 13: 10 14: 8, 11-12, 15, 17-20, 23, 26, 33-35, 37, 44, 47, 49-51, 54, 56, 58, 60-63, 65-66,
\n70, 73, 75-76, 78, 80-82, 85-88, 91-92, 94, 98-100, 104,
\n110,  123, 129-30, 132-35, 139, 147-48, 176-77,
\n211, 233, 244-45, 252, 261, 266, 270, 336, 362, 364, 367, 377, 380-81, 385-87, 399-400, 409, 411-13, 415, 429, 431-33 15: 11, 14-15, 19, 30, 33, 123, 166, 168, 251, 295, 328, 332, 340-41, 348,
\n356, 384, 418, 445, -46, 454, 460. 480, 495, 521, 566
\n16: 79, 125-26, 241, 312-13,<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n 324, 326-27, 329-31, 370 17: 93, 180-82,
\n184, 193-94, 196, 252, 265, 275-76, 279-81, 313-16, 324,
\n327, 337, 339-40, 367, 370, 393, 400-01, 404 18: 114,
\n324 19: 696, 754,
\n873, 876, 879-80 22: 67, 132, 158-60, 305-06 23:
\n556-59, 676 24: 1236, 1256 25: 228
\n26: 137, 354, 378, 381, 406, 413-16 27: 68, 112, 116, 124, 149, 265, 486 I: 48-49, 60 II: 84
\nIII: 1, 5, 26, 28 IV: 161, 163 V: 79 VI: 191, 199 VIII: 158, 173, 193
\nIX: 31 X: 111, 161
\nXIII: 24-25, 29, 38-41 XIV: 116-18, 126 XV: 3, 24, 41 XVI: 133-34, 181-82, 184, 186
\nXVII: 10-11, 34, 37 XVIII: 150, 155 XIX: 25 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWest Indian of the West Indies, an archi-
\npelago, more than 1500 miles in length, that
\nlies between North America and South
\nAmerica, separating the Atlantic from the
\nCaribbean. (Enc. Br.; N.L.W.D.) 27: 439 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWestminster officially "City of Westmin-
\nster", one of the thirty-two boroughs in
\nGreater London. Situated in the heart of
\nLondon’s West End, it is London for many
\ntourists. Sri Aurobindo uses the term also
\nfor Westminster Palace and the House of
\nParliament. (Enc. Br.)- 1:97, 350, 463, 550 15: 420 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWestmoreland<\/b> former county of England, which in 1974 became part of the county of
\nCumbria. Much of it lies in the pictuesque
\nregion’known as the Lake District. (Enc.
\nBr.) 2: 379 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWhiggism<\/b> .See Tory a 1:849 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWhite House<\/b> 1. the official residence of the
\nPresident of the United States of America in
\nWashington D.C. It is a white building in
\nPalladian style, officially called the "Execu-
\ntive Mansion"; hence 2. the executive
\nbranch of the United States Government.
\n(Web.; N.L.W.D.) 1:507 White Codges In theosophy, the Brother-
\nhood of the White Lodge is the hierarchy
\nof adepts who watch over and guide the
\nevolution of humanity, and who have
\npreserved the ancient truths unimpaired, reasserting them from time to time, as
\nnecessity arose. There are different occult
\nlodges throughout the world, ranging from
\nwhite through all shades of grey to black.
\n(Occultists who are unselfish and wholly
\ndevoted to carrying out the Divine Will, or
\nwho are aiming to attain these virtues, are
\ncalled "white". Those who are selfish and
\nare working against the Divine purpose in
\nthe universe are called "black".) It is to some members of the Great
\nWhite Lodge – the Himalayan or Tibetan Brotherhood, as it is often called – that
\nthe Theosophical
\nSociety owes its inception. (A.W., pp. 46
\nand 85) XIII: 33 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-349<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nWhite Russia<\/b> also called Byelorussia, republic of west European U.S.S.R. It
\nborders on Poland in the west, on Lithuania
\nand Latvia in the northwest, on the Russian
\nSocialist Federated Soviet Republic in the
\neast, and on Ukraine in the south. (Col.
\nEnc.) 15: 512 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWhitman, <\/b> Walt(er) (1819-92), American
\njournalist, essayist, and poet whose Leaves
\nof Grass<\/i> (first edition 1855) was so radical in
\nform and content that it made him a revolu-
\ntionary figure in American literature. (Enc.
\nBr.) Der:
\n<\/b>Whitmanesque;
\n<\/b>Whitmanic
\n<\/b>5: 371-73, 375 9: 18, 31, 147-55, 157-58, 163, 179-81, 183, 185, 187-88, 196, 203, 223, 229, 252, 284, 287-88 15: 81 26: 250 29: 795 VI: 198 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWhy I am not a Christian<\/b><\/i> a booklet of thirty-
\none pages by Bertrand Russell, published in
\n1927 by Watts & Co., London. a <\/b> 9: 554 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWilberfbrce, <\/b> William (1759-1833), English
\npolitician and philanthropist who was
\nprominent from 1787 in the struggle to
\nabolish the slave trade and then to abolish
\nslavery itself in British overseas possessions.
\n(Enc. Br.) 27: 121 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWilde<\/b> Oscar (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills)
\nWilde (1854-1900), Irish-born British wit, poet, and dramatist whose reputation rests
\non his comic masterpiece The Importance of
\nBeing Earnest.<\/i> He was a spokesman of the
\nlate 19th-century Aesthetic movement in
\nEngland, which advocated art for art’s sake.
\nSri Aurobindo refers to him as the "Irish
\nPlato" in "The Harmony of Virtue" (3:3).
\nWilde was a friend of Sri Aurobindo’s
\nbrother Manmohan. (Enc. Br.) 9:545, 548-49, 551 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWilhelm II, Kaiser<\/b> Friedrich Wilhelm Victor
\nAlbert (1859-1941), last German emperor
\nand king of Prussia (1888-1918), popularly
\nregarded in Allied countries as the prime
\ninstigator of World War I. He abdicated
\nafter his defeat. (Enc. Br.; Web.)
\nVar: <\/b> William II 4: 156 15: 34, 503 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWilkes, John<\/b> (1727-97), outspoken journalist
\nand popular – in some circles, notorious –
\nLondon politician who came to be regarded
\nas a victim of persecution and a champion of
\nliberty because he was repeatedly expelled
\nfrom Parliament. (Enc. Br.) l: 619 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nWilliam II<\/b> See<\/i> Wilhelm II, Kaiser<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWilson Broome Wilson, <\/b> one of the partici-
\npants in the dialogues "The Harmony of
\nVirtue" and "Beauty in the Real", two
\nof the earliest surviving writings of Sri
\nAurobindo. 3: 1-19, 21-25, 29-30, 32-63, 65-66, 68 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWilson, <\/b> President (Thomas) Woodrow
\nWilson (1856-1924), 28th President of
\nthe United States of America (1913-21), recognised as one of the pivotal figures of
\nAmerican and world history, and noted for
\nhis high-minded and sometimes inflexible
\nidealism. His daughter Margaret became a
\ndisciple of Sri Aurobindo in 1938; she settled
\nin the Ashram and died.here in 1944. (Enc.
\nBr.; Col. Enc.) 15:507 Wilson, Prof. probably Prof. H. H. Wilson, British Sanskritist and lexicographer, the
\nfirst occupant (1832) of the Boden Chair at
\nOxford University. He was a distinguished
\npredecessor and teacher of Monier Monier-
\nWilliams, the compiler of the famous Sanskrit-
\nEnglish Dictionary.<\/i> (M.W., p. ix) III: 19 X: 154 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe Wind and the Whirlwind<\/i> a poem
\naddressed to England, composed by Wilfrid
\nBlunt, some verses of which admirably
\nexpress the basic motive of the Nationalist
\nmovement in India. (A) 1: 465 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWindsor<\/b> Forest<\/b><\/i> a pastoral poem by Pope, published in 1713, combining descriptions of
\nthe English countryside and field sports with
\nhistorical, literary, and political passages.
\n(Ox. Comp.) I: 12 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Witch of Atlas<\/i><\/b> a poem in ottava rima by
\nShelley, composed in 1820. It is evidently
\nhere and there a fantasia on such inventions
\nas steam or electricity can animate. (Ox.
\nComp.; Enc. Am.) 3:291, 294 9:528
\nX: 141, 144 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWolfe, <\/b> James (1727-59), British soldier who
\nwas given the command of an expedition
\nagainst Quebec which he himself had urged.
\nHe took 5, 000 men in boats down the St.
\nLawrence by night. He was victorious, but in
\nthe hour of victory he fell. (Col. Enc.) 1: 704 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWoodburn, Sir John<\/b> (1843-1902), Lt.
\nGovernor of Bengal from 1898 till his death.
\nHe joined the I.C.S. in 1863. After spending
\nhis<\/b> early career in Oudh, he became Chief
\nCommissioner of Central Provinces <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-350<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\n(1893-96) and Member of the Viceroy’s Council
\n(1896-98). (Dutt; Gilbert, p. 77) 1: 479 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWoodroffe, <\/b> Sir John a British judge in India
\nwho became, under the pen-name of Arthur
\nAVALON, a well-known scholar of Tantric
\nphilosophy. He translated a number of Tan-
\ntric texts and expounded and popularized
\nthe basic principles of Saktism, dispelling
\nmany false ideas about Sakta observances.
\nHe described the Sakta doctrine as the wor-
\nship of the Supreme Power in the form of
\nthe Mother. (Gaz.-I) 14:1, 8, 10, 17, 43, 46, 77 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWoodward, Helen<\/b> a character participating
\nin "A Dialogue", written by Sri Aurobindo
\naround 1891. (A & R, II) 11:5, 7-9 Woolf, Leonard Leonard (Sidney) Woolf
\n(1880-1969), English man of letters, pub-
\nlisher, political worker, journalist, and inter-
\nnationalist who influenced literary and political
\nlife and thought more by his personality than
\nby any one achievement. Woolf s most en-
\nduring accomplishment was probably his
\nautobiography. (Enc. Br.) 22: 167, 185-86 26: 387 , <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWT^lf Vi.-CTin;-. <\/b> (<\/i> A ylolir.o’t
\n\\\/;mn; 0 Wnlf Woolf, Virginia (Adeline) Virginia Woolf
\n(1882-1941), English author who made an
\noriginal contribution to the form of the
\nnovel, and was one of the most distinguished
\ncritics of her time. She was the wife of
\nLeonard Woolf. (Enc. Br.) 9:327 Worcester Battle of Worcester (1651), between the armies of Oliver Cromwell and
\nKing Charles II of England, which ended in
\nthe final victory of the former and a com-
\nplete rout of the latter. (Enc. Br.; Col.
\nEnc.) 7: 1048 Wordsworth, William (1770-1850), the great-
\nest poet of the English Romantic movement, who described himself as a "worshipper of
\nNature" and is often referred to as "Nature’s
\npriest". His name is inextricably linked with
\nhis native Lake District in the north of Eng-
\nland, from which he derived the inspiration
\nfor much of his best work. (Enc. Br.)
\nDer: Wordsworthian 3:101, 107, 47, 156, 253 5:8 9:51, 53-54, 74, 86, 91-94, 100, 112, 115-17, 119-21, 123, 126-27, 129, 131, 133, 162, 171-72, 192, 212, 246,
\n253,  271, 273-76, 303-05, 324, 368-69, 379, 472, 521-22, 524-25 20: 292
\n23: 896 24: 1296 26: 238, 267, 297-98, 314, 328,
\n331-32 27:120 29:785, 803, 805, 809 1:9-10, 13 II: 11-12, 16 VI: 198 XV: 37 XVI: 142 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWorld<\/b> The World, <\/i> a London newspaper
\nfounded in 1787. (Enc. Br.) a 2:119 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n(World) War<\/b> 1. World War I, a war lasting
\nfrom 1914 to 1918, in which Austria-
\nHungary, Germany, and Turkey (the principal Central Powers) were opposed by
\nRussia, France, and Great Britain (the
\nEntente Powe’rs or Allies),<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n who were joined
\nby Japan, Italy, the United States and vari-
\nous smaller nations. The United States
\nentered the war in 1917. (Enc. Br.) 15: 25, 27, 33, 36, 44, 224, 235, 288, 312, 319, 324, 328, 330,
\n367,  441, 447-48, 530, 618, 637, 642 17: 404-05 22: 153 25:72 26:368 27: 466-67, 479 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n2. World War II, a war lasting from 1939
\nto 1945, in which fifty-seven nations. Allied
\nand Axis, were belligerents. This war gave a
\ngreat impetus to the awakening of backward
\nand colonial peoples. (Enc. Br. 1960 ed., Vol. 23, pp. 793, Q and R) a 15: 566 ("the
\nlast war") 26: 393 ("On the War"), 394
\n("Mother’s War") <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWomdale<\/b> in Sri Aurobindo’s story "The
\nDevil’s Mastiff", name of an imaginary place
\nwhere there was a church. 7: 1049, 1051 Worship<\/i> title of a poem by Harindranath ‘"’h’stt^iT’lrlh’.’^v -tnhli^h^cE i" hi"; fnllpptinn Chattopadhyay, published in his collection
\nThe Feast of Youth, <\/i> which was reviewed by
\nSri Aurobindo in Arya.
\n<\/i>17: 308 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWotan<\/b> also known as Odin, one of the
\nprincipal gods in Norse mythology. His exact
\nnature and role are difficult to determine; but from earliest times he was a war-god, and appeared in heroic literature as the
\nprotector of heroes. Odin was the great
\nmagician among the gods and was associated
\nwith runes. See also<\/i> Odin. (Enc. Br.)
\na 5:112 Wrecker The Wrecker, <\/i> a novel (1892) by
\nR. L. Stevenson, written in collaboration
\nwith Lloyd Osbourne. (Col. Enc.) 3: 184 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWriothesley, Henry<\/b> (1573-1624), 3rd Earl of
\nSouthampton, English nobleman and patron
\nof letters. He is chiefly remembered as a
\npatron of Shakespeare, who dedicated to
\nWriothesley two of his principal poems
\nVenus and Adonis<\/i> (1593) and The Rape of
\nLucrece(1594).<\/i> (Col. Enc.) 3:230 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nX <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nXanthus<\/b> a name of the river SCAMANDER or, as in Homer, the god of that river. (M.I.)  5: 391-92, 403, 411, 413, 426, 439-40, 457-59, 461, 463, 465, 468, 474, 488, 491, 504, 514, 517
\nVI: 134-35 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nXantippe<\/b> Xanthippe (fl. late 5th cent. Be), wife of the Greek philosopher Socrates, the
\nprototype of the quarrelsome, nagging wife.
\n(Enc.Br.;Web.)- D 7:652 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\n <\/font>Page-351 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

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

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nYadava(s) descendant(s) ofYADu2. Yadava
\nis used as an epithet of Krishna, who was
\nborn in the Yadu line. Under him the
\nYadavas established a kingdom at Dwarka in
\nGujarat. The city was submerged by the
\nocean after Krishna withdrew from the body, and all the Yadavas who were present in the city perished. A few who were absent
\nperpetuated the race, from which many princes
\nand chiefs still claim their descent. The
\nYadava dynasty was founded c. AD 1191 at
\nDevagiri (site of modern Daulatabad), its
\ncapital. The dynasty ended in 1318. (Dow.; D. I. H.) Var: Jadhavas; Yadav(s); Yadove 1:599, 768 3:191, 193, 215 4:93, 95
\n8:30, 38, 41, 58 13:375, 378 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYadneshwar, <\/b> Manohar one of the persons
\nwho received Sri Aurobindo at Nasik Road
\nstation on 24 January 1908. (A) a 1:1 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYadove<\/b> See<\/i> Yadava(s) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYadu1<\/b> in the Veda, an adorer of Indra and’
\nan enemy of Sudasa. The name occurs many
\ntimes in the Rig-veda, <\/i> in both singular and
\nplural; Yadu seems to be closely related to
\nTurvasha. (B.P.C.) ll:49 11:45 VI: 148 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYadu2<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> the first son of
\nKing Yayati of the Lunar race and founder
\nof the line of the Yadavas in which Krishna
\nwas born. (Dow.;M.N.) 27:140 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYahweh<\/b> See Jehovah <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYajnavalkya<\/b> a celebrated Vedic Rishi to
\nwhom are attributed the Sukia<\/i> (White)
\nYajur-veda, <\/i> the Satapatha Brahmana, <\/i> the
\nBrhad Aranyaka<\/i> (with its Upanishad) and
\nthe Ydjnavalkya-Smrti, <\/i> a code of law. (Dow.) 4: 121 9: 555 11: 443 12: 495 14:280
\n17: 183 18: 452 20: 99 22: 97, 234 23: 773
\n26: 133 III: 71 IV: 168 VIII: 179-80, 184
\nXIII: 24 XIV: 124-25, 133 XVI: 134 XVII: 32 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYajur<\/b> (Veda)<\/i> the second Veda, the manual
\nof the priesthood, which also contains some
\nprose passages. The Yajur<\/i> has two Sarhhitas
\ncommonly known as the Black (Krsna) and
\nthe White (Sukia). The former is more
\nancient, while the latter is more orderly and
\nsystematic and contains some additional texts.
\nA mantra of the Yajur-veda<\/i> is called a<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nYajus.<\/b> (Dow.) D 9:218 12:64, 270, 276, 300, 309-10, 321, 329,
\n386, 448 13: 314 14: 277
\n19: 702 DC: 11 XV: 57 XVII: 24, 33, 63 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYaksha<\/b>(s) in Hindu mythology, a class of
\nsupernatural beings attendant on Kuvera, the
\ngod of wealth. See also<\/i> Gandharva(s).
\n(Dow.) Var: Yuksha 3: 241 4: 91
\n12:216, 409 13:349, 470 14:197 27:101, 159 II: 37 VI: 183 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYakshini<\/b> a female YAKSHA. D 5: 543 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYama<\/b> in Hindu religion, the Lord of death, generally looked upon with terror. He is also
\nthe guardian of Dharma, the master of the
\nLaw in the world, dispensing rewards and
\npunishments according to deserts. In the
\nRig-veda<\/i> he seems to be originally a form of
\nthe Sun (even as late as the Isha Upanishad,
\n<\/i>we find the name used as an appellation of
\nthe Sun). Later he is described as one of the
\ntwin children of the wide-shining Lord of
\nTruth. Yama has many names descriptive of
\nhis office. Those occurring in Sri Aurobindo’s
\nwritings are: Controller, Critanta (Krtanta),
\nDeath, Dharma (or Dhurma), Ender, Ordainer, Shade, Shadow. (Dow.; V.G.; I & G) a 4: 12 5: 243-44, 249, 252-56 8: 57 10: 53, 152, 180, 184, 213, 232, 440 11: 14
\n12: 67, 125-26, 237-47, 253-54, 262, 265, 334, 356-57 13: 349, 374 14: 275, 278 16: 91-92
\n17: 257, 339 27: 154, 156, 158-59 28: 13, 17
\n29: 565, 575, 577, 580, 585-86, 588-90, 592-95,
\n605,  612, 614, 616-17, 621, 623, 626, 633-38, 647, 649-54,
\n656, 663-68 II: 37 XVIII: 140 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYami<\/b> in the Veda, daughter of Surya, and
\ntwin-sister of Yama. The word seems to be
\nthe origin of the "Yamuna" of the Puranas.
\n(Dow.) 10: 184 Yam(o)una a river which rises in the
\nHimalayas near Jamnotri and joins the
\nGanga near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. The
\nriver is personified as the daughter of Surya
\nand twin-sister of Yama. The Yamuna is
\nknown by a number of other names, of
\nwhich Sri Aurobindo has used one, namely
\nKalindi (or Calindie). (Dow.)
\nVar: Jamouna; Jamuna; Jumna 4: 50 5: 532, 536, 548, 550 7: 935, 941, 990 8: 42, 231, 256, 281, 291-92 9: 145, 380
\n10: 89, 136, 543 14: 313 27: 159 III: 34
\nXVI: 146 XVIII: 144 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYanoun<\/b> or Yanam, formerly one of the
\nsettlements comprising the overseas territory
\nof French India. Since the transfer of the
\nterritory to the Government of India in 1954, it has been one of the four constituents of
\nthe centrally governed state of Pondicherry. Yanam is an enclave within the East Godavari
\ndistrict of Andhra Pradesh with an area of7.8sq. miles, on the principal mouth of
\nthe Godavari River. (Enc. Br.) a n: 403 <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nYara<\/b> in Sri Aurobindo’s play Eric, <\/i> name of
\nthe town where Eric, the king of Norway, lived. (A) 6:473, 538 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYarislaf in Sri Aurobindo’s play Eric, <\/i> the
\nfather of Eric.<\/b> (A) 6:539-40, 543, 547-48 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYaska<\/b> (fl. c. 4th cent. AD), ancient Indian
\nlexicographer, author of the Nirukta, <\/i> the
\noldest known gloss on the text of the Vedic
\nhymns. He lived before the time of Panini, who refers to his work. Yaska was not, however, the first writer of a Nirukta, for
\nhe himself refers to several predecessors.
\n(Dow.;M.W.) a 4:21, 24 10:14, 17, 30
\n11:5-6, 470-71, 476 27:166 XIV: 124 XV: 25 XVI: 135, 163 XVII: 45 XVIII: 154 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYatudhanas<\/b> In Indian mythology, Yatu-
\ndhana was one of the sons of Kasyapa and
\nSurasa. All the Rakshasas born in this family
\nare known as Yatudhanas. (Pur. Enc.)
\nDer: Yatudhani (female) a 17: 378, 381
\nXVI: 152 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYavan<\/b>(a) a Sanskrit term that may have
\noriginally indicated the lonians, perhaps
\nderived from Yauna, which would be the
\nequivalent of lonia. The Puranas represent
\nthe Yavanas to be descendants of Turvasa, son of King Yayati by Devayani. They are
\nalways associated with the tribes of the
\nnorthwest frontier, and it is possible that the
\nMacedonian or Bactrian Greeks are the
\npeople usually intended by the term. To the
\npresent day it is applied to the Persians, Afghans and other races northwest of India, and more widely to Mohammadans in
\ngeneral. (Dow.;A) a l: 705 3:198-99
\n8: 40 XVIII: 136 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYayati<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> the fifth king of
\nthe Lunar dynasty, son of Nahusa. Yayati
\nwas a man of amorous disposition. He had
\ntwo wives, Devayani and Sarmistha (see
\n<\/i>Surmishtha). The former gave birth to Yadu
\nand the latter to Puru. (Dow.) o 8:39
\n27: 158 XIII: 44 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYeats, <\/b> William Butler (1865-1939), Irish poet
\nand playwright and nationalist politician. He
\nis the greatest lyric poet Ireland has pro-
\nduced and one of the major figures of 20th-
\ncentury literature. He was the winner of the
\nNobel Prize for literature in 1923. (Col.
\nEnc.) n 9:2-3, 7, 157, 159, 161, 165, 174-75, 187, 196, 210, 229, 346, 444, 532-34 26:255, 273, 289-90
\nYellow Peril the alleged danger to the world supremacy of the white, or
\nCaucasian, peoples created by  the vast numbers and
\npotential political power of the yellow, or
\nMongolian, peoples. (Web.) 1: 814 <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nYemen<\/b> a republic (formerly a kingdom) in
\nsouthwest Arabia, the most southerly part of
\nthe Red Sea coast, bounded by Saudi Arabia
\nin the north and Southern Yemen (which
\nbecame an independent sovereign state in
\n1967) in the south. (Col. Enc.; Pears)
\nD 5:276 7:597 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYildiz Palace<\/b> Yildiz Kiosk (Pavilion) of the
\nformer sultan of Turkey, located north of
\nPera on the Bosphorus. The sultans shifted
\ntheir residence from Istanbul (Constantinople) to this kiosk and the Dolma Bagtche
\npalace in the 19th century. (Col. Enc., under Istanbul) a 2: 248 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Yoga and its Objects<\/i> a book by Sri
\nAurobindo, first published in 1921. An
\nearlier version was worked on by him
\nsometime before 1913. The book represents
\nan early stage of Sri Aurobindo’s sadhana.
\n(I & G; A) a 2: pre. 16: 409 22: 48, 64, 223 24:1760 26:372 27:431, 434 IV: 192 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYoga-Sutras<\/i> popular name of a Sanskrit
\nwork (Pdtanjala) Yoga Darsanam<\/i> by
\nPatanjali (2nd cent. BC). A collection of
\nterse aphoristic sentences, it is the basic text
\nof the orthodox Yoga philosophy. See also
\n<\/i>Patanjali. a 24: 1236 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYoga-Vasistha<\/i> also called Vasistha
\nRamayana, a Sanskrit work in the form of
\na dialogue between Vasistha and his pupil
\nRamachandra, treating of the way to obtain
\nhappiness and liberation. (M.W.)
\nn 22: 79, 333, 364 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYogi, Ram Rao name assumed by a
\nMaharashtrian in the hire of the British
\npolice as a detective to watch the movements
\nof Sri Aurobindo and his associates in
\nPondicherry around 1911. (A) a XIX: 29 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYogic Sdahan<\/i> a book received by Sri
\nAurobindo as automatic writing in 1910; at
\none time its publishers claimed that the book
\nwas written by Sri Aurobindo, but he dis-
\nclaimed personal responsibility. He once
\nmentioned that he thought that Ram Mohan
\nRoy had some connection with the book’s
\norigination. Sri Aurobindo contributed a
\nshort "Editor’s Epilogue" when the book
\nwas published in 1911 by K. V. Rangaswamy
\nlyengar, the zamindar of Kodailam, at Vani
\nVilas Press, Srirangapuram. The epilogue
\nwas signed "Uttara Yogi" (Yogi from the North) – a name by which Sri Aurobindo
\ncame to be known in South India because of
\na prediction made by lyengar’s guru that a yogi, later recognised as Sri
\nAurobindo, would come to the South from the North. The book was later <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\npublished in 1933 by
\nthe Arya Publishing House, Calcutta. More than fifty years later, Yogic Sadhan<\/i> was
\npublished again in the April 1986 issue of
\nSri Aurobindo: Archives and Research<\/i> as
\nan example of Sri Aurobindo’s automatic
\nwriting. (A; Purani; Auro-II) 26: 372-73 IV: 192 <\/b> XIX:<\/b> 15-16, 55-57 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYokohama<\/b> a city in Kanazawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan; now part of the
\nTokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area, an
\nurban agglomeration on Tokyo-wan, an inlet
\nof the Pacific. The area includes the national
\ncapital Tokyo, the port city Yokohama, and
\nthe manufacturing centre Kawasaki. (Enc.
\nBr.; Pears) 22:190 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYorkshire<\/b> formerly the largest county of
\nEngland; after 1974 it was partitioned to
\nform the county of North Yorkshire and the
\nmetropolitan counties of West Yorkshire and
\nSouth Yorkshire. (Enc. Br.) 2: 379 3: 41 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYougundharayan<\/b> a character – Minister
\nof Vuthsa Udayan, King of Cousambie, formerly the Regent – in Sri Aurobindo’s
\nplay Vasavadutta. a 6:<\/i> 205, 207, 215-20, 222-26, 238, 243-45, 299-300, 319, 321-27 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYoung, <\/b> Edward (1683-1765), English poet, dramatist, and literary critic, author of Night
\nThoughts.<\/i> (Enc. Br.) a n: n, 16 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYounghusband, Sir Francis<\/b> Sir Francis
\nEdward Younghusband (1863-1942), army
\nofficer and explorer whose travels, mainly in
\nnorthern India and Tibet, yielded major
\ncontributions to our geographical knowledge
\nof this region. He also forced the conclusion
\nof the Anglo-Tibetan Treaty (1904), in which
\nBritain won long-sought trade concessions.
\n(Enc. Br.) a 1: 394, 396 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYoung Italy<\/i> an Italian journal (in Italian,
\nGlovine Italia)<\/i> published by Mazzini from
\n1832 to 1834 to propagate his ideas. "Young
\nItaly" was^also the name of the movement
\nfounded by Mazzini. (Enc. Br.; A)
\nn 2: 164 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYoung Turks<\/b> popular name for the Committee
\nof Union and Progress, a revolutionary group that led a rebellion against the
\nauthoritarian regime of the Ottoman sultan
\nAbdul Hamid II in 1908. The term is also
\napplied to other insurgent groups within organizations or political parties. (Enc.
\nBr.) a 2: 167 <\/b> XXI:<\/b> 94 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYudhaman’yu<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> a great
\nhero who fought for the Pandavas. He was
\nprince of Panchala. (M.N.) a 4:75 8:77 <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nYudhishthira<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> the eldest
\nof the five Pandava brothers, and mythologi-
\ncally the son of Dharma or Yama, the god of
\njustice. He was renowned as a man of calm, passionless judgment, strict veracity, un-
\nswerving rectitude, and rigid justice. He
\nexcelled as a ruler, but not as a warrior.
\n(Dow.) Var: Yudhishthere; Yudhisthere;<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYudhisthir(a); Yudisthira (a misspelling) 1:146 3:161, 191-96,
\n201, 203, 207-09
\n4: 68, 71, 77, 84-85, 88, 93-96 8: 27, 29-30, 34-38,
\n42, 44, 47, 59-61, 77 14: 193, 292, 372 22: 93 26:
\n136 27: 79, 83 IV: 115-16 VII: 51
\nXVII: 44 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYugantar<\/i> a Bengali weekly of Calcutta, the
\norgan of the revolutionary party in Bengal.
\nIt was started in March 1906 by a band of
\nyoung patriots including Barindra Kumar
\nGhose, Abinash Chandra Bhattacharya, Bhupendra Dutta, and others. It ceased
\npublication in May 1908. Sri Aurobindo
\nwrote articles for some of the earlier issues
\nof the paper and always exercised general
\ncontrol over it. (I & G) a 1: 262, 430, 490, 492, 497, 505, 522, 542, 544, 549, 652, 792, 907
\n2: 383-84 4: pre. 26: 16, 24, 41-42, 44, 69
\n27: 68 IV: 110 VIII: 132 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYugoslavia<\/b> formerly a kingdom, now a
\nsocialist federal republic of southeastern Europe, largely in the Balkan Peninsula.
\nBelgrade is its capital. See also<\/i> Serbia. (Col.
\nEnc.) Der: Yugoslav a 5:596 15:301, 625 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYuksha<\/b> See<\/i> Yaksha <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYuvanas(h)wa in the Mahabharata, <\/i> a king
\nof the Solar dynasty, father of Mandhata. A
\nlegend represents this son as being conceived
\nby and born of his father. (Dow.; M.N.)
\n0 3: 190 8: 46 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nYuyudhana<\/b> See<\/i> Satyaki(e) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nZaruthrusta<\/b> the same as Zarathustra or Zarathrushtra (see<\/i> Zoroaster). (Enc. Br.) a: 38 Zeb in Sri Aurobindo’s play The Viziers of<\/i>
\nBassora, <\/i> a companion of Nureddene. (A)  7: 630, 643, 645 Zendavesta Zend-Avesta. See<\/i> Avesta D XVI: 166 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nZephyr<\/b> Greek personification of the westerly
\nwinds. He was gentle, and his mythical role
\nwas of a peacemaker. (Col. Enc.)
\na 5: 25, 34 7: 877, 1080 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nZero<\/b> translation of the Sanskrit word
\n"sunya", used by Bengali writers wishing to
\nremain anonymous. The seven articles of the
\nseries "Bankim Chandra Chatterji", written
\nby Sri Aurobindo, were published in Indu-
\nprakash<\/i> of Bombay in 1894 over the
\nsignature "Zero". (A) n 3:73 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nZethus<\/b> in Sri Aurobindo’s Ilion, <\/i> a Hellene
\nchieftain, son of Arithoa. He seems to have
\nbeen promised a boon by Achilles for saving
\nhis life in "Memnon’s battle". Zethus re-
\nquests "to meet Penthesilea in battle" as
\nhis boon. The boon is granted and in the
\nbattle he is slain by Penthesilea. (M.I.)
\na 5: 514-15, 517 VI: 134-35 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nZeus<\/b> the supreme god in Greek religion; son
\nof Cronos, the Titan, whom he overthrew.
\nHe decrees all that shall be, subject only to
\nthe mysterious power of ANANKE. The lord
\nof the heavens, he has as his special manifestations in Nature: thunder, lightning and
\nthe tempest. He is regarded as the universal
\nFather, though mythology makes him the
\nactual father (by a variety of goddesses and
\nmortal women besides his consort Hera) of
\nonly some of the gods and certain extra-
\nordinary human beings such as Perseus, Helen, Sarpedon, and Dardanus. In Sri
\nAurobindo’s Ilion, <\/i> the fall of Troy is the
\ninscrutable will of Zeus which even the gods
\ncannot prevent, though they are free to
\nstruggle against it. By his command, the gods
\nwithdrew from the fighting during the last
\nyear of the Trojan War, resuming their
\nparticipation’only when Achilles returned to
\nthe battle. (M.I.) 5:394, 405-06, 420, 424-26, 428-29, 431, 434, 437, 449-50, 455, 457-58, 468, 470, 472-74, 476, 480,
\n483,  485, 490-94, 496, 498, 501-11, 515-16 6: 1, 3, 12-13, 22, 24, 30,
\n34,  39, 53, 82-84, 129, 151, 163, 171, 173, 177, 198, 200, 392, 433 8: 409-10 9: 317, 333 10: 153
\n11: 3 16: 125, 337, 346-50, 357,  360, 368
\n17: 257 II: 26 VI: 135 XV: 11, 15 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nZiauddin, Dr.<\/b> Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad (1878-
\n1947), a well-known mathematician; he served
\nas a teacher of mathematics at M.A.O.
\nCollege, Aligarh (U.P.), and later became
\nfirst pro-vice-chancellor (1920-28) and then
\nvice-chancellor (1935-47) of Aligarh Muslim University. (D.N.B.) a 1:480 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nZobeidah<\/b> (d. 831), wife of Harun-al-Rashid, the Caliph of Baghdad. She was renowned
\nfor her beauty. (Enc. Br.) a 7:696 <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nZola, <\/b> Emile (-Edouard-Charles-Antoine)
\n(1840-1902), French novelist and critic, the
\nfounder of the Naturalist movement in
\nliterature. (Enc. Br.) Q <\/b> 9: 329 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nZollverein<\/b> German customs union, estab-
\nlished in 1834 under Prussian leadership. It
\ncreated a free-trade area throughout much
\nof Germany and was a key step towards
\nGerman reunification. (Enc. Br.)
\nn 15:312, 315 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nZones, <\/b> Joe probably, JoeGans (1874-1910), a professional boxer known as the "Old
\nMaster". A Negro, he was perhaps the
\ngreatest fighter in the history of the light-
\nweight division. (Enc. Br.)
\na 26: 378 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nZoroaster<\/b> (c. 628 – c. 551 BC), a great
\nreligious teacher and reformer of ancient
\nPersia, the founder of Zoroastrianism, or
\nParsiism, as it is known in India. Little is
\nknown with certainty about Zoroaster’s life.
\nHe is said to have received a vision from
\nAhura Mazda, the Wise Lord, who appointed him to preach the Truth. Zoroaster is
\nthe Greek form of Zarathus(h)tra, the
\nPersian name. In Old Italian the form is
\nZarathrusthtra. (Col. Enc.; Enc. Br.)
\nVar: <\/b> Jarad-Drashta; Jarat-Karu (doubtful
\nreading); <\/b> Zaruthrusta a 13:454 22:393
\nII:<\/b> 38 XVII: 43 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nZoroastrian<\/b> (adherent) of the religious
\nsystem taught by Zoroaster and his followers
\nin the Avesta<\/i> or Zend-Avesta.<\/i> Zoroastrianism, founded in the 6th century BC, is the
\nancient pre-Islamic religion of Iran (Persia)
\nthat survives there in isolated areas and more
\nprosperously in India, where the descendants of Zoroastrian immigrants are known
\nas Parsees or Parsis. (Enc. Br.)
\nDer: Zoroastrianism a 10: 44 13: 163
\n17: 341 18: 603 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nZoyla<\/b> a character – attendant of Cleopatra –
\nin Sri Aurobindo’s play Rodogune.
\n<\/i>6: 333, 342, 417-18 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nZuleikha<\/b> according to Muslim tradition, the name of Potiphar’s wife who tempted
\nJoseph. Some call her Rail, but the name by
\nwhich she is best known is Zoleikha. (Ox.
\nComp.) 5: 275<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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