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\nPuloma<\/b> in Hindu mythology, name of the titaness who was the wife of Bhrigu. She
\ngave birth to CHYAVAN, who even from the
\nwomb inherited his father’s greatness and
\nascetic energy. (M.N.;A)  5:239, 253
\n27:152, 158<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPuloman<\/b> in Hindu mythology, name of an
\nAsura who was father of Sachi, the wife of
\nIndra. (Dow.)  27:158<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPunjab Pancanada, a province of India
\nwhich under British rule extended from N.W.F.P. (North West Frontier Province)
\nto Delhi. Lahore was its capital. With the
\ncreation of Pakistan in August 1947, Punjab
\nwas partitioned approximately along a line
\nthat divides the main concentrations of the
\nMoslem and Hindu populations. The Hindu
\nsection now constitutes two states of the
\nIndian Republic: Haryana and Punjab, both
\nhaving their capital at Chandigarh. (Col.
\nEnc.;D.I.H.) VarPanjab Der: Punjabee;<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPunjabi<\/b> n 1:169, 182, 188, 194, 198, 262, 266, 269, 279-80, 301, 303, 317, 324-25, 333-34, 338, 346, 354, 357, 359, 363-64, 366, 385, 393, 407-08, 432, 435, 448, 459, 482, 503, 508, 510-11, 590, 635, 654, 674, 725, 728, 778, 783, 793, 870, 891 2:37, 205, 244, 249-50, 260, 265, 276-77, 296, 307, 329-30, 345, 354-56, 360, 363-64, 370, 385 3:97, 214 4:24, 147, 159, 178-79, 186, 191, 228, 231, 235, 237-38, 240, 246, 268 10:4, 88, 96, 100, 105, 107, 112, 193, 212, 233 14:376, 418 17:278
\n26: 30, 351, 409, 433 27:49, 51-52, 58, 67, 471
\n111:7 IV: 195 X:187 XV: 17, 30
\nXVI: 134-36, 146 XVIII: 144<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPunjabee<\/i> a nationalist joumal of Punjab, started in 1904 at Lahore by Lala Jaswant
\nRai. K. K. Athavale was the editor. Both
\nthese persons were convicted for sedition in
\n1907. In February 1910 the paper was taken
\nover by a syndicate which changed its
\npolicy. (P.T.I.;D.N.B.)1:108, 244, 266, 269, 271-72, 279, 325, 334, 490, 617, 648, 777 2: 353, 356-57, 363 4:243<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPunjab University<\/b> the Punjab University of
\nunited India. It was located at Lahore, and
\nwent to Pakistan at the time of the partition
\nof India in 1947. Lala Harkissenlal was a
\ngraduate of this university. (D.N.B.)
\nD 4:235<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/td>\n

\n

\nPurana(s) in Hindu sacred literature, popular, encyclopaedic collections of myth, legend, and genealogy, varying greatly as to
\ndate and origin. Statements about Puranas
\nare found even in the Brahmanas. The
\nMahabharata<\/i> has used the term Purana to
\nmean stories about devas<\/i> and siddhas.<\/i> The
\nUpanishads say that the Puranas are itihasas
\n<\/i>and as such constitute the fifth Veda. The
\nSmriti sa’ys that the Puranas are commen-
\ntaries on the Vedas. Traditionally a Purana
\ntreats five subjects: primary creation of the
\nuniverse, secondary creation after periodical
\nannihilation, genealogy of gods and saints, grand epochs, and history of the royal
\ndynasties. However, in many of the Puranas
\nthat are now current, one or more of these
\nfive subjects are wanting. There are eighteen
\nprincipal surviving Puranas, generally
\ngrouped loosely according to whether they
\nexalt Vishnu, Shiva, or Brahma. There are
\nalso eighteen "lesser" or Upapuranas, treating similar material. (Enc. Br.; Pur.
\nEnc.) Der: <\/b>Pauranic; Puranic; Puranistic;<\/font>
\nPurano;Puranist  2:19, 227 3:91, 120, 142, 144, 146, 222, 226, 243-44, 295, 311, 359 4: 36, 46, 53-54, 125, 127, 129, 293,
\n310 10: 3-6, 14, 19, 33-34, 37, 42-43, 68, 89, 93, 97, 102, 167, 170-71, 179, 197, 306-07, 334-35, 341, 352, 448, 461 11: 3, 23, 33 12: 48, 232, 410, 416, 448, 532 13:6-7, 13, 64, 73, 78, 86 14:81, 97, 134, 152-54, 157, 233, 263, 281, 286, 294, 296, 307-08;<\/font>
\n311-13, 315, 317, 320, 407, 419 15: 425, 541
\n16: 351, 404 17: 62, 117, 267, 278, 293, 336
\n19: 837 22: 97, 388, 403-05, 425-26, 443
\n24: 1334 25: 373, 384 27: 104, 149, 299, 313, 430 I: 8, 25, 57 III: 78 V: 96-97 VIII: 183, 187 IX: 35 X: 145 XI: 56 XIV: 116-18, 131
\nXV: 6, 21, 23-24, 26, 29, 32-33, 46 XVI: 133-35, 140, 144-46, 148, 153, 155-56, 158-59, 163, 170-71 XVII: 10, 17, 25, 27, 59 XVIII: 152, 162<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurani, <\/b> Ambalal Balkrishna (1894-1965), a
\ndisciple of Sri Aurobindo who came under
\nhis influence in boyhood. He, along with his
\nbrother C. B. Purani, was a pioneer of
\nphysical education in Gujarat. He worked
\nalso to organise a wide-spread revolution for
\nthe liberation of the country on the lines
\nindicated by Sri Aurobindo. To seek his
\nconsent and guidance Purani visited Pondicherry in 1918. Sri Aurobindo gave him an
\nassurance that India would be free even
\nwithout a revolution, and advised him to
\nconcentrate on Yoga, for which he had a
\ncall. Soon after his second visit to Pondicherry in 1921, Purani became an inmate of
\nthe Ashram. He was a prolific writer, and<\/font><\/p>\n

full of a remarkable verve and vigour.  II: 28<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPuritan<\/b> member of a religious reform
\nmovement in the Church of England during
\nthe late 16th and 17th centuries that sought
\nto "purify" the Church from remnants of<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t Roman Catholic "popery" that its 
\nadherents<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-258<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
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\nclaimed had been retained in the Church of
\nEngland after the religious settlement made
\nunder Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century.
\nNoted for a spirit of moral and religious
\nearnestness. Puritans attempted through
\nchurch reform to make their own earnest
\nlife-style the pattern for the nation and thus
\ninfluenced the religious, social, economic, political, literary, artistic, and intellectual
\ninstitutions of the English-speaking world.
\n(Enc. Br.) Der: Puritanic; Puritanism
\na 1: 305 3: 81 5: 380 7: 705, 1048 9: 84, 549-50 15: 14, 88, 165 17: 241 24:1294
\n26: 260 29: 798<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurochana<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> the emissary
\nof Duryodhana who attempted to kill the
\nPandavas by lodging them in a house he
\nhad made of lac and setting it on fire. The
\nPandavas escaped out of the burning house
\nthrough an underground tunnel. (Dow.)
\nD 3: 197<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurohit, <\/b> Moreshwar <\/b> Govind perhaps
\nthe manager of the National School, PANDHAR-
\nPUR, around January 1908. (A) n I: 1<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurohit Swami<\/b> an Indian scholar who
\ncollaborated with W. B. Yeats in translating
\nthe Upanishads into English, a 26:289<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurshurama<\/b> See<\/i> Paras(h)urama<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPuru<\/b> (Piiru), a Vedic Rishi, descendant of Atri. (B.P.C.)
\nD 11: 228 VI: 148 VIII: 150<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPuruchchhepa Daivodasi<\/b> See<\/i> Paruchchhepa
\nDaivodasi<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurudansas<\/b> "the Manifold in activity", a
\nterm used in the Veda as an epithet of the Ashwins. (A) Var: Purudansha
\n<\/b>D 10: 318 <\/b> XV: 41 XVI: 164<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurujit<\/b> See<\/i> Pourujit<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurukutsa son of the king Mandhata and
\nhis wife Bindumati. He was an ancestor of
\nTrishanku. A Purukutsa is praised in the
\nRig-veda;<\/i> it is not known whether he is the
\nsame. He, with his wife Narmadadevi, went
\nto the forest of Kurukshetra and practising
\nausterities there attained Moksha (libera-
\ntion). (Pur. Enc.) a VIII: 150<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurulia<\/b> town and district in Burdwan divi-
\nsion of Bengal (now West Bengal state).
\n(Enc. Br.) n I: 68<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurumilha<\/b> (Angirasa) (Purumilha Angirasa), a Vedic Rishi, descendant of Angiras.
\nD 11: 357, 359<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPururavas<\/b> name of a hero in a hymn (X: 95)
\nof the Rig-veda<\/i> containing a dialogue
\nbetween him and
\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nUrvasi. In the later literature he is acclaimed as the king of the
\nworld (reigning at PRATISTHANA), son of
\nBudha and Ila and grandson of the Moon.
\nPururavas is the hero of Kalidasa’s drama
\nVikramorvasie<\/i> and Sri Aurobindo’s poem
\nUrvasie.<\/i> (V. Index; A; Dow.)
\nVar: Pururavus a 3:231, 240, 263, 265, 267-68, 270-74, 279-84, 286, 288-89, 296, 300-01
\n5: 119, 189-95, 197, 199, 201, 204-06, 208-13, 215-16, 218, 220, 222-28 6: 277 7: 901, 913-25, 928-35, 937-44, 946-49, 952-57, 959-63, 965-74, 976, 981, 983-84. 986-89, 991-1009 26: 503
\n27: 100, 152, 156 IU: 19 X: 145-47, 149-56, 160, 166-71, 173-76<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPunish<\/b> (Purusa), in Hindu mythology, the
\nsonofPrithivi. (A)  3:30, 32, 4i<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurusha-Sukta<\/b> (Purusa-Sukta), a hymn of
\nthe Rig-veda<\/i> in which the four varnas<\/i> are
\nfirst mentioned. It is considered to be one
\nof the latest in date. (Dow.) Var:<\/font><\/p>\n

Purushasukta a 13: 495 15: 5<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurushishta<\/b> name of a Rishi mentioned in
\nTaittiriya Upanishad.<\/i> a 12: 324<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurushottam<\/b> Purushottam Narshibhai Patel
\n(1896- ? ) of Baroda. He came to the
\nAshram in 1925 and stayed here for four-
\nteen or fifteen years. He was in charge of
\n"Prosperity" (the department that looks after
\nthe storage and distribution of Ashramites’
\nmaterial needs) and the Ashram gardens.
\n[From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov. 1913-Oct. ’27]<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPurvamimansa<\/b> (Purvamimamsa), one of the
\nsix Darshanas, or systems of orthodox Indian
\nphilosophy; founded by Jaimini. Commonly
\nknown as the Mimamsa, it emphasizes the
\nvalue of the performance of Vedic rites.
\n(Dow.) D 4:46 12:461 13:80 VIII: 183<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPushan (Pusan), a deity not of a distinctly
\ndefined character who is mentioned fre-
\nquently in the Vedas. The word means "the
\nincreaser", "the nourisher". In the Nirukta
\n<\/i>and in works of later date Pushan is iden-
\ntified with Surya, the Sun. (Dow.)
\nD 10:137-39, 229-30, 274, 280, 425, 427, 433-36, 438, 464 11:14, 44, 82, 172 12:125 X: 179
\nXIV: 110<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPushya<\/b> or Tishya, a high constellation, one
\nof the twenty-seven Nakshatras of Hindu
\nastronomy. It includes the somewhat faint
\ngroup in the body of the CRAB (or Cancer).
\nNone of the group is at all prominent.
\n(V. Index; H.S.S.) D 8:9<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPushyamitra<\/b> Pushyamitra Sunga, founder
\nof the Sunga dynasty (c. 185 BC) after the
\ndeposition of the Maurya dynasty. He was
\nthe commander-in-chief of Brihadratha, the<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\tlast of the Maurya kings, whom he killed and
\nascended the throne. To celebrate his victory
\nover the invaders of his empire, he per-
\nformed an ASHWAMEDHA sacrifice and thus
\ndeclared the revival of orthodox Hinduism
\nwhich had suffered an eclipse under Asoka.
\n(D.I.H.) n 4:98 8:135 XVII: 25<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nPage-259<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nPuspamitra<\/b> the same as PUSHYAMITRA
\na 8:135<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPutana<\/b> in Hindu mythology, a female
\ndemon (Rakshasi), daughter of Bali. She was
\ndeputed by Kansa to kill the infant Krishna
\nby suckling him, but was herself sucked to
\ndeath by Krishna. (Dow.)
\na 1:600, 818<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPylians<\/b> people of Pylos. (M.I.)
\n0 5:484<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPylos name of three places in the Pelo-
\nponnesus. In Sri Aurobindo’s Ilion, <\/i> the
\nreference is to the city in the southwest, in
\nMessenia. It lay at the north end of Navarino
\nBay of the Ionian Sea, and was ruled by
\nNestor. (M.I.; Col. Enc.) n 5:459<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPyrrhic victory<\/b> a costly military success, like
\nthat of Pyrrhus (319-272 Be), the king of
\nHellenistic Epirus. The heavy losses suffered
\nby him in his victory at Asculum in 279 BC
\ncaused him to declare, "one more such
\nvictory and I am lost". (Enc. Br.; Col.
\nEnc.; Web.) a 1:386<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPyrrhus<\/b> an alternative name for NEO-
\nPTOLEMUS, the son of Achilles. (M.I.)
\nD 5:487-88, 506<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPythagoras<\/b> (c. 582 – c. 507 BC), Greek
\nphilosopher, mathematician, and founder of
\nthe Pythagorean brotherhood that, although
\nreligious in nature, formulated principles that influenced the philosophical
\nthought of Plato and Aristotle and contributed to the development of mathematics and Western rational-
\nism. The Pythogoreans’ interest in numbers
\nextended to practical mathematics, and they
\nare credited with inspiring the first part of
\nEuclidean geometry and the theorem that
\nbears their name. (Enc. Br.) Der:<\/font><\/p>\n

Pythagorean(s) a 9: 547 10: 4 11:7
\n14: 51, 99, 147, 270 16: 79, 83, 309, 339, 362, 364 19: 750, 879 22: 185, 445 23: 955 II: 7
\nIII: 14 XVI: 181<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPythian<\/b> I. of Pythia, the medium and oracular prophetess of Apollo at Delphi. Seated
\non a tripod in an underground chamber in
\nthe temple, she would enter into a frenzied
\ntrance believed to indicate possession or
\ninspiration by Apollo. Her utterances in this
\necstatic state were interpreted by priests and conveyed as versified messages, often
\nambiguous, to those who came to consult the
\noracle’. 2. of Delphi. (M.I.)
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/td>\n

\n

\nD 1: 742 5: 26, 420 7: 1071
\nPythoness Pythia. The name comes from
\nPython, a dragon who guarded Delphiand
\nwas killed by Apollo when he established his
\noracle there. (M.I.) a 5:433, 503 Xffl: 37 XIV: 146<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nQuebec<\/b> a province in eastern Canada whose
\npeople are predominantly French-speaking.
\nThe city of Quebec is the capital of the
\nprovince. (Col. Enc.) a 1: 704<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nQueen Mab<\/b><\/i> one of the earlier poems of
\nShelley, published in 1813, in which he set
\nforth more completely and violently than
\nbefore or later his belief in man’s degrada-
\ntion by priestcraft, monarchy, and com-
\nmerce, and in his final redemption. (Col.
\nEnc.) a 3: 294 9: 127 X:<\/b> 144<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nQueen’s Proclamation<\/b> a proclamation issued
\nin the name of Queen Victoria in 1858 an-
\nnouncing the transfer of the administration
\nof India from the East India Company to the
\nCrown of England. It made her popular with
\nthe Indians, who believed that some of the
\nliberal principles enunciated in it owed their
\nincorporation in the document to the
\npersonal liberal views of the Queen.
\n(D.I.H., p. 899) o 1:460<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nR In the Record of Yoga, R is used
\nfor (1) Rangaswamy, (2) Ramaswamy, or
\n(3) Richard, depending on the context:<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n(1) K. V. Rangaswamy lyengar, the
\nzamindar of Kodailam, who bore the cost
\nof the book Yogic Sadhan, <\/i> seems to have
\npromised financial help again when he met
\nSri Aurobindo at Raghavan House in Rue
\nSt. Louis (where Sri Aurobindo stayed from
\nApril 1911 to April 1913). It is very likely, therefore, that the money received by Sri
\nAurobindo in November 1912 and January
\n1913 came from Rangaswamy. (Purani, pp. 144-45, 148) a XX: 147 XXI: 65
\n(2) V. Ramaswamy lyengar, later known as
\n"Va-Ra" in the Tamil literary world, came
\nfrom Tanjore to stay with Sri Aurobindo for
\nsome time; he returned to Tanjore in 1913.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-260<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nHe used to meet Sri Aurobindo daily in the<\/font><\/p>\n

evening. (Purani, pp. 145, 148, 153)<\/font><\/p>\n

D XXI: 2, 9, 19, 32, 34 XXII: 157<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n(3) "Richard" was abbreviated to "R" in the<\/font><\/p>\n

Records of 1914. See<\/i> "Richard, Paul".<\/font><\/p>\n

R2 in the Record of Yoga, stands for "M.
\nand Mme Richard".<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRabelais, <\/b> Francois (c. 1483-1553), French
\nwriter who for his contemporaries was an eminent physician and humanist and for
\nposterity is the author of a comic and satirical masterpiece, Gargantua and
\nPantagruel.<\/i> (Enc. Br.) Der:
\n<\/b>Rabelaisian
\n<\/b>D 17: 87 XIII: 27<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRabindar(nath)<\/b> SeeTagore, Rabindranath<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRace ofRaghou<\/b><\/i> See Raghuvamsha.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRachel’ <\/b>The reference is to a story narrated
\nin the Bible. King Herod, in whose reign
\nJesus was born, had many children killed
\nhoping to kill Jesus among them. The Bible
\nsays that this was the fulfilment of an old
\nprophecy: "Rachel weeping for her children, \/ And would not be comforted, \/ Because
\nthey are not." (Mathew 2.18 – King James
\nVersion) a 1:150<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRachel2<\/b> a character – a maid-servant in
\nRenee’s house – in Sri Aurobindo’s story
\n"The Phantom Hour", a 7:1018, 1021-23<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRacine, <\/b> Jean Baptiste (1639-99), French
\ndramatic poet, a master of tragedy in the
\nso-called classical period. (Enc. Br.; Web.)
\nn 3:276 9:67, 87, 378-79, 481, 521-22, 529 VI: 198 X: 158<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRadha in Hindu religion, the chief of the
\nGopis or milkmaids, the favourite of Krishna
\nwhile he lived among the cowherds in
\nVrindavana. She is a symbolic figure, a
\npersonification of absolute love for the
\nDivine, total and integral in all parts of the
\nbeing, representing the nature-soul in man
\nseeking the Divine Soul (Krishna) through
\nlove. (Dow, ;A) n 1:61, 853 4:14, 29.
\n222 5: 40 8: 223, 227, 237, 244, 250, 259, 262, 296, 301-03 12: 509 14: 264, 317 16: 429
\n21: 741 22: 92, 126, 173 23: 796, 951, 961, 980 25: 73-74 29: 525 VIII: 138, 141
\nXVIII: 148<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRadhakrishnan, S. Dr.<\/b> Sarvepalli
\nRadhakrishnan (1888-1975), a scholar
\nand statesman who started his career as a
\nprofessor of philosophy and soon won an
\ninternational reputation as a scholar and a
\nphilosopher interpreting the Hindu view of
\nlife to the West. With his appointment as
\nIndian ambassador to
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

\n

\nthe U.S.S.R. in 1949
\nhe began his public career, and soon rose to the highest rank: in 1962 he became the
\nsecond President of the Republic of India.
\n(Enc.Br.;D.I.H.) a 17:320 22:186-87<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRagh(o)u<\/b> a king of the Solar race of India.
\nHe was son of Dilip and grandfather of
\nRAMA’. Scholars disagree as to the gene-
\nalogy of Raghu, but all admit him to be an
\nancestor of Rama. The descendants of
\nRaghu are known as Raghus. (Dow.)
\na 3: 158 8: 10, 19-21, 155<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaghunandan’<\/b> a name of RAMA’ , meaning
\na descendant of Raghu. a 4:15<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaghunandan2<\/b> (fl. c. 16th cent.), a famous
\nwriter on Dharmashastra, popularly known
\nas Smarta Bhattacharya. He was a contem-
\nporary of Chaitanya. His works influenced
\nthe social life and religious rituals of the
\northodox community of Bengal. (D. I. H.)
\na 2:259, 404 3:110, 123 14:21 VIII: 190<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaghuvamsha<\/i> an epic poem in Sanskrit by
\nKalidasa, containing nineteen cantos and
\nbased on the history of kings of the IKSH-
\nVAKU family in general. Sri Aurobindo
\nrendered the first ten verses of the epic into
\nEnglish. He translated the title of the poem
\nvariously, as The Line of Raghu, House of Raghu, <\/i> and Race ofRaghou.<\/i> (Gaz.- II)
\nVar: Raghu(vansa) n 3: 76, 159, 222, 227, 246, 251, 256, 258, 323 8:155 9:113
\n14: 301 27: 106 I: 25<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRagnar<\/b> a character in Sri Aurobindo’s play
\nEric.<\/i> D 6:473, 538-39, 541, 545<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRahu<\/b> Rahu and Ketu are, in Hindu astron-
\nomy, the ascending and descending nodes, also considered as planets. Mythologically, Rahu is a Daitya who is supposed to seize
\nthe sun and moon and swallow them, thus
\nobscuring their rays and causing eclipses.
\nIt is said that to become immortal he dis-
\nguised himself as a god and drank part of
\nthe Amrita produced by the churning of the
\nOcean. The Sun and Moon detected him and
\ninformed Vishnu who cut off his head. But
\nas he had secured immortality, his body was
\nplaced in the stellar sphere, the upper parts
\nrepresented by a dragon’s head being Rahu
\nthe ascending node, and the lower parts
\nrepresented by a dragon’s tail being Ketu
\nthe descending node. (Dow.) a 8:175, 206 17: 259-62<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRai<\/b> (Rayi), a popular name of Radha in
\nBihar, especially among Maithili-speaking
\npeople, a 8: 242, 244<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRai, <\/b> Dhanpatsingh a person connected
\n(c. 1909) with the Tarpur Sugar Factory. His
\nwidowed wife tried to run the factory with<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\tthe help of a manager until the latter’s
\ndeath. (A) n 4: 195<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nRai, Venibhushan
\n<\/b>a person involved and convicted in the Khulna sedition case in
\n<\/b>1907. (A) n 1:486-87<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaigurh<\/b> a famous fortress in Maharashtra, built by Shivaji, where he was ceremoniously
\ncrowned as an independent king in 1674.
\n(D.I.H.) D 5:281-83, 288, 291-92<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaikwa<\/b> name of a realised Brahmin sage, mentioned in the
\nChhandogya Upanishad,
\n<\/i>who was approached by Janasruti for
\nspiritual knowledge. The latter found him
\nsitting under a cart, hence "Raikwa of the
\ncart". (B.P.C.) a 14:280<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRai Srinath Pal Bahadur<\/b> See<\/i> Pal, (Rai
\n<\/b>Bahadur) Srinath<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaja(h)mundry<\/b> a town of South India, on
\nthe Godavari near its delta, formerly in
\nMadras Presidency, but now in the East
\nGodavari district of Andhra Pradesh state.
\n(Enc. Br.) a 1:324, 456, 482<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajanee<\/b><\/i> a Bengali novel (1877) by Bankim
\nChandra Chatter ji. (Enc. Br.) a 27:353<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajaram<\/b> a man closely associated with Sri
\nAurobindo at Srinagar during his visit to
\nKashmir in 1903. (A) a iv: 193<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaja<\/b> Rukmangad’s Ekadashi title of
\na painting by Ravi Varma, which Sri
\nAurobindo considered one of his few
\nsuccesses. (Rukmangada was a son of Salya, the king of Madra, mentioned in the Maha-
\nbharata.<\/i> Ekadasi is the name of a fast
\nobserved on the eleventh day after a
\nnew-moon or full-moon day.) (A; Pur.
\nEnc.) a 3:427<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajashahi<\/b> See<\/i> Rajshahi<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajasthan<\/b> a name often applied in the past
\nto RAJPUTANA. The region is now officially
\ncalled Rajasthan and is a state in the
\nRepublic of India. (Enc. Br.) D 1:632
\n2: 262 5: 283, 286 7: 745, 753, 757, 772, 781<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaj(a)suya <\/b>a "royal sacrifice" performed in
\nancient India at the coronation of a king. It
\nwas religious in its nature but political in its
\noperation, since it implied that the institutor
\nof the sacrifice was a supreme lord requiring
\nhis tributary princes to be present as sub-
\nordinates at the rite. (Dow.) a 1: 146
\n3: 191-92, 194, 204 4: 94 14: 371-72 15: 288
\n27:80<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajayoga<\/b> an easy mode of meditation (fit for
\nkings to practise), as distinguished from the
\nmore rigorous
\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\none called Hathayoga. It does not start with Asana
\nand Pranayama, but
\ninsists first on a moral purification
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nof the mentality. The processes of Rajayoga are
\nmental and emotional. Rajayoga may be
\ndefined as the use of mental askesis for
\nthe opening up of the divine life on all its
\nplanes. (Apte; A; I & G) Der: Rajayogi;<\/font><\/p>\n

\nRajayogic; Rajayogin a 2: 29 3: 348, 405-08 4:24, 57, 60, 298 5:84 13:7, 63-64, 112, 114, 227, 230 16:7, 399.413-14 17:211
\n20: 3, 28, 30-32, 36, 44, 50, 305, 324, 498, 506, 513-14, 516-20 21: 546, 583-86, 668 22: 55, 78, 109 23:574, 952 24:1527, 1738 26:112-13, 139, 353 XIII: 21-22 XIV: 154 XV: 40
\nXVIII: 163<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajayoga Raja-Yoga or Conquering the Internal
\nNature, <\/i> a book by Swami Viveka-
\nnanda. Originally written in English, it is
\none of his most well-known books. The first
\npart comprises several lectures to classes
\ndelivered by the author in New York; the
\nsecond part is a rather free translation of
\nthe aphorisms (Sutras) of Patanjali, with
\na commentary.
\nD 4:293 23:731<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajmachikar, Sirdar<\/b> a person of Poona, who
\nhelped the Swadeshi movement by starting, with his brother, a factory in which the parts
\nof umbrellas were either made or fitted
\ntogether. (A) a 2: 138<\/font><\/p>\n

\nRaj Mohan’s Wife<\/i> Bankim Chandra’s only
\nnovel in English, his first prominent public
\nliterary effort. It came out serially in Indian
\nField<\/i> and was published in book-form only
\nafter his death, in 1935. (A; B. R. -1)
\nVar: Rammohan’s Wife<\/i> ("Rammohan" is a
\nmistake)
\na 3: 90 27: 351<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajpoot<\/b> member of a Hindu warrior caste
\nclaiming descent from Kshatriyas and set-
\ntled mainly in central and northern India, especially in the former RAJPUTANA. The
\nRajputs played the most important part in
\nthe history of India from the middle of the
\n7th century to the end of the 12th century.
\nThey were divided into 36 clans. (Enc. Br.;<\/font><\/p>\n

D.I.H.) Var: Rajput Der: Rajpootny
\n(feminine of "Rajpoot") a 1: 646-47, 767, 815 2:29 3:67, 214, 331, 483-84 4:92, 140, 143 5:284-89 7:739, 742-44, 747, 750-51, 757-58, 761-62, 764-67, 770, 777-78, 780-81, 783-84, 787, 790, 793-99, 801 14: 70, 187, 239-42, 250, 318.320, 368, 376-77 15: 354 26: 4, 14
\n111:11, 24 IX: 1, 2<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajputana<\/b> a former group of princely states
\nchiefly comprising what is now the state of
\nRajasthan. It consisted of twenty-three
\nstates, one chief dom, one estate, and the<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\tBritish district of Ajmer-Merwara. (Enc.
\nBr.)  2:249, 261 4:92 7:751, 791
\n14:349, 355, 378 26: 409<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajshahi<\/b> name of a town (administrative
\nheadquarters), district, and division in the
\nformer province of Bengal, now in Bangla-
\ndesh. (Enc.Br.) <\/b>Var: Rajashahi  1:77, 282<\/font><\/p>\n

Rajsingh. the Rana of Mewar who gave
\nprotection to Ajit Singh, the infant son of
\nJaswant Singh of Marwar, and to the latter’s
\nwidowed wife. He also protested against
\nAurangzeb’s imposition of "jizya" (a head or poll tax that Islamic rulers
\ndemanded from their non-Muslim subjects).<\/font><\/p>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nBy waging war
\nagainst Aurangzeb from 1679 to 1681, Raj-
\nsingh obliged him to make peace with the
\nRajputs and drop the demand for "jizya" in
\nlieu of certain territories. (D.I.H.; Enc.
\nBr.) a 4: 99<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajsinha<\/i> a historic novel by Bankim Chan-
\ndra which has no rival in Bengali literature.
\nIt is a story of Rajput heroism and Muslim
\noppression. It was first published in 1881.
\nLater, Bankim completely recast the novel, and in the fourth edition (1893) enlarged it
\nto almost four times its original length. (A;<\/font><\/p>\n

Enc.Br.;B.R.-I)  27:353<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRajsuya<\/b> 5’eeRaj(a)suya<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaju, J. B.<\/b> a writer whose critical review of
\nRadhakrishnan’s work on the philosophy of
\nRabindranath Tagore appeared in the second
\nnumber of Shama’a.<\/i> This issue was reviewed
\nby Sri Aurobindo in Arya<\/i> (A) n 17: 320-21<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRakhal Laha<\/b> a Hindu name used by Sri
\nAurobindo to denote the sort of person
\nengaged by the police as a witness to give
\nprepared evidence in their support. Q 2: 54<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRakhi-Day in Hindu religion, the day of
\nrakhi bandhan;<\/i> it is full-moon day of the
\nmonth ofSravana (July-Aug.), on which a
\nrakhi or raksd<\/i> (a thread, usually with some
\ndecoration) is tied around the wrist of a
\nloved one to ward off danger or misfortune.
\n(I & G) a 1: 186-87, 482 VI: 125<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRakshas(a) a (hostile) being of the middle
\nvital plane; the violent kinetic ego. In the
\ncommon acceptation of the term, the
\nRakshasas are beings who harass devout men
\nand vex and afflict mankind in all sorts of
\nways. They even devour human beings.
\nGenerally they move about by night and are
\ntherefore called Nisacara. In the evolutionary
\nscale of man, they are the fifth type from
\nbelow of the ten forms of consciousness; the
\nRakshasa is mind concentrated on the thinking manas<\/i> proper and taking up all the
\nothers into the manas<\/i> itself. (I & G; Dow.;<\/font>
\nA) <\/b> Der: <\/b> Rakshasi; Rakshasic 62, 122<\/font><\/p>\n

2:80 3:176 4:12, 29, <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n34, 86,91, 114, 319, 341, 351 5: 77-79 8: 21-24 9: 206 10: 44,
\n257, 369, 493 11: 29, 48, 174, 205, 289-90, 305, 313, 346, 417-20, 434, 462, 467, 478 12: 409, 532<\/font>
\n13: 165, 174, 312-13, 349, 359, 375-76, 454-55,
\n470, 573 14: 103, 216, 223, 289, 292 15: 27, 596<\/font>
\n16: 285 17: 73, 378-79, 382-84 18: 489, 603<\/font><\/p>\n

19: 783, 1068 20: 222, 450 21: 713, 716<\/font><\/p>\n

22: 381-82, 394-96, 415-16, 419 23: 578<\/font><\/p>\n

24:1094, 1169, 1334, 1648, 1737-38 25: 27, 39, 61-62, 156 26:470 27:195, 430 29:777<\/font>
\nII: 77 IV: 142-43, 146 – V: 9-12, 14 VI: 183-86, 188, 190,192 VII: 9 VIII: 137 XII: 194<\/font>
\nXV: 26 XVI: 144-152 XIX: 24, 26, 54 XXI: 7<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRakshit<\/b> one of the two witnesses to the
\nsearch of Sri Aurobindo’s residence in
\nCalcutta on 2 May 1908. Later he told Sri
\nAurobindo that the police had collared him
\nfor the purpose without giving him any idea
\nof what was going on. (A)  4: 259<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaktabij<\/b> a demon who fought with the
\ngoddess Candi; from the drops of his blood
\narose innumerable duplicates of himself
\n(rakta =<\/i> blood; bija =<\/i> seed). (Dow.)  1: 335 2: 157<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRam<\/b> (in Latin) Aries, known as Mesa in
\nHindu astronomy, a zodiacal constellation
\nnamed in honour of the ram of the Golden
\nFleece. It is the first sign of the zodiac.
\n(Col. Enc.) a 17:257-58, 260<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRam(a)’ <\/b>The term is used as a short form for
\nthree names: Parashurama, Ramachandra, and Balarama, especially for the second of
\nthese. Ramachandra, for whom Ram(a)
\nstands in the index references given below, was the seventh incarnation of Vishnu. He
\nwas the eldest son of King Dasharatha of
\nAyodhya. The main purpose of this incar-
\nnation in the Treta Yuga was to kill the
\nRakshasa-king Ravana of Lanka. The story
\nis told briefly in the Vana Parva of the
\nMahabharata<\/i> and in full in the Ramayana,
\n<\/i>where Rama is the hero. (Dow.; A)
\nn 1: 613, 768, 778 3: 31, 94, 175-77, 190, 218-19, 305, 428 4: 153, 330 5: 319 8: 5-9, 11-13, 15-17, 20-21, 23 9: 437-38 12: 464-65, 478, 483 13: 157, 161-62 14: 48, 192-94, 290, 292, 318 17:107, 119, 142 18:587 20:317
\n22: 407, 412-20, 422-23 23: 798 24: 1335
\n25: 78, 275 27: 154 I: 20, 41 II: 59, 75
\nV: 6-7, 10-11, 69 VI: 78, 137, 156 VII: 5, 16
\nIX: 40<\/font><\/p>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nRam(a)2<\/b> the same as BALARAMA<\/font><\/p>\n

3:207 8:41-42, 45, 59 27:83 IV: 115 Rama3; Rama of the Axe the same as<\/font><\/p>\n

PARAS(H)URAMA  8: 39 13: 157<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRama4 <\/b>name commonly used in
\nconjunction with Shyama to denote any
\ntwo persons associated with each
\nother, V: 80<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRam(a)chandra<\/b> See<\/i> Majumdar, Ram(achandra)<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRam(a)das Ramdas Samartha (1608-81), a saint poet of Maharashtra who com-
\nposed religio-ethical and political poems
\nin Marathi. He was the Guru of SHIVAJI
\nand exercised a great deal of influence in
\nthe shaping of his career and character and
\ngiving a religious basis to the kingdom that
\nhe founded. He was the author of Dasabodha
\n<\/i>and several other books, and established about 700 monasteries. (D.I.H.;
\nBhakta Ch.) For Swami Ramdas, see<\/i> Ramdas
\n 1:127 2:13, 261, 411 3:110, 484 4:92, 143 5:293 14:187, 256, 317-18, 321, 380
\nI: 4 III: 14 V: 4 IX: 29<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamaiah name of a South Indian man or
\nboy who was also referred to in the Record
\nof Yoga as Chokra (boy).
\n[From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov. 1913-Oct. ’27]<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamaian<\/b><\/i> See Ramayan(a)<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRama Jamadagnya<\/b> (Rama Jamadagnya), Parashurama. son of Rishi Jamadagni. See
\n<\/b>
\n<\/i>
\nalso<\/i> Paras(h)urama. a 11:424<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamakrishna Bhagawan Sri Ramakrishna
\nParamhansa (1836-86), a very great spiritual
\nteacher of modern India, looked upon by
\nmany as an incarnation of God. Born in a
\npoor priestly family of Bengal, with prac-
\ntically no formal education, he became
\nearly in life the priest of the Kali temple at
\nDakshineshwar near Calcutta. He was the
\nGuru of Vivekananda (Narendranath Dutta), Keshab Chandra Sen, and many other Ben-
\ngali seekers. Sri Ramakrishna is perhaps the
\nbest known example in modern times of
\na man who demonstrated by personal
\nexample the essential unity of all religions.
\nAlthough Sri Aurobindo never met Sri
\nRamakrishna during the latter’s lifetime
\n(Ramakrishna left his body on Sri
\nAurobindo’s 14th birthday, 15 August 1886), Sri Aurobindo received three important
\ncommunications from him afterwards (see
\n<\/i>A & R, XXI: 11-12). "It was Ramakrishna
\nwho personally came and turned me to this
\n[Integral] yoga", wrote
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/td>\n

\n

\nSri Aurobindo in 1912. (D.I.H.;Enc.Br.) Var: Sri Ramakrishna; S.R (abbreviation used at
\ntimes in the Record of Yoga)
\n I:’65-66. 714. 799-801 2:405, 432 3:327, 338.344.375.462-63 4: 153.239.310-12
\n13: 29-30 14: 66, 187, 419 16: 24, 430 17: 68, 98, 146 20: 36, 48 22: 59, 71, 85. 87-88, 93-96, 150, 266, 407-08. 417-18. 422-23. 442, 456
\n23: 507. 572, 587, 591.619-22, 665, 788-90, 880, 927 24: 1251, 1286, 1361, 1388, 1561-62, 1637
\n25: 52-53 26: 58, 60, 106, 115, 118-19, 121, 125, 127, 134, 136, 181, 207, 258.465, 495 27:65, 366, 435 29: 797 II: 63-64 IV: 198 IX: 25
\nXIII: 29 XIV: 131, 163-64 XVII: 10, 58
\nXVIII: 152. 163 XIX: 57 XX: 141 XXI: 11<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamakrishna<\/b> Mission a religious society
\nthat carries out extensive educational and
\nphilanthropic work in India and is also the
\nforemost exponent in Western countries of a
\nmodern version of Advaita (monist) Vedanta
\n– a traditional school of Indian philosophy.
\nThe society was founded in Calcutta by
\nSwami Vivekananda in 1897 with a twofold
\npurpose: to spread the teaching of Sri
\nRamakrishna and to improve the social
\ncondition of the Indian people. The head-
\nquarters of this large organization is at Belur
\nMath near Calcutta. (Enc.Br.)  2:88
\n26:42, 59, 63 27:435.475<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamalingam<\/b> (1823-74), a poet-saint of South
\nIndia who developed an eclectic mystical
\nphilosophy and wrote Tamil prose of epic
\ngrandeur. (Gaz. – II)  22: 94<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamamurti<\/b> a well-known physical culturist
\nof India, called "the modern Bhimsen", whose feats of physical prowess and
\nendurance made him a celebrity in the
\nbeginning of the twentieth century. Sri
\nAurobindo gave a lecture on Ramamurti
\nat Poona on 12 January 1908. (Auro-I)
\n l: 836 IX: 42<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaman, Sir C. V. Dr. Sir Chandrasekhara
\nVenkata Raman (1888-1970), an eminent
\nIndian physicist of international repute, recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for physics
\nand many other awards and prizes including
\nthe Lenin Prize for peace in 1958. (Enc.
\nBr.; D.I.H.)  22:470-71, 495<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamana Maharshi<\/b> (1879-1950), a great yogi
\nand philosopher, called "the sage of Aruna-
\nchalam". His position on monism and Maya
\nparallels that of Shankara. His Ashram is
\nat Tiruvannamalai (South India), where he
\nleft his body in April 1950. His former name
\nwas Venkataramana Aiyar. (Enc. Br.)
\n 22:484<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamananda<\/b> See Chatterjee, Ramananda<\/font><\/p>\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nRamanuja<\/b> (c. 1017 – c. 1137), a celebrated<\/font><\/p>\n

theologian and philosopher and the most
\nrevered teacher of the Vaishnava Hindus of
\nSouth India. He was the leading opponent of
\nthe Absolute Monism (Advaita) taught by
\nShankaracharya. He preached Visistadvaita
\nor Qualified Monism. (D.I.H.; Enc. Br.)
\n 1:714 3:110, 214 4:43, 143 12:33
\n13:431 14:21, 132, 187, 308 16:342 17:265, 372 22: 82, 93 26: 135 II: 67 IV: 163, 168
\nVIII: 185 IX: 29 XIV: 139 XVI: 184
\nXVIII: 152, 154<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamasadaya(babu)<\/b> See<\/i> Mukhopadhyaya, Ramasadaya<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamaswami<\/b> name of a cook once employed
\nin the Ashram.  9: 555<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamatirtha<\/b> Swami Ramtirtha (1873-1906), religious leader known for the highly
\npersonal and poetic manner in which he
\ntaught what he styled "Practical Vedanta", using common experiences to illustrate the
\ndivine nature of man. (Enc. Br.) 22:117<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamayan(a)’<\/i> <\/b>the oldest of the Sanskrit epic
\npoems, written by the sage Valmiki. It
\ncelebrates the life and exploits of RAMA’. It
\nis divided into seven kdndas<\/i> or sections, and
\ncontains about 50, 000 lines. There are at
\nplaces variations in the text of different
\nversions. The epic is supposed to have been
\ncomposed about five centuries before Christ;<\/font><\/p>\n

the last section, Uttara-kanda, is probably
\nof a later date than the rest of the work.
\n(Dow.) For the Ramayana<\/i> in modern Indian languages, see<\/i> "Kamban", "(Hindi) Rama-
\nyana", and "(Bengali) Ramayana". Var:<\/font><\/p>\n

Ramaian <\/b>Der: Ramayanistic
\n 1: 768 3: 142, 149, 153, 158, 163, 175, 183-85, 217-19, 221-22, 226, 232, 331, 426
\n4: 252 8: 1 9:77, 245, 318, 523 13:454
\n14: 1, 48, 102, 186, 230, 256, 268, 281, 284-86, 289-91, 296, 303, 305, 317, 319, 321, 364, 372
\n17: 68-69 22: 414, 417, 419 25: 383 26: 246
\n27: 79, 154 29: 792, 815 I: 25 III: 8
\nIV: 161 XI: 15 XVI: 182<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamayana1<\/b><\/i> selections from the Ramayana<\/i> in
\nEnglish verse, translated by Romesh
\n<\/b>Dutt.
\n<\/b>(A)  17: 370<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRambha<\/b> a character – a nymph of Heaven
\nand companion of Urvasie – in Kalidasa’s
\ndrama Vikramorvasie.<\/i>  3: 282 5: 190
\n7: 909, 912, 919-21, 1007 <\/b> X: 169<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamachandra (Mazumdar)<\/b> See<\/i> Majumdar, Ram(achandra)<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamdas<\/b> Swami Ramdas (1884-1963), a
\nVaishnava Bhakta of South India, a devotee
\nof Rama’. He established an ashram in<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nKerala known as Anandashram. For Ramdas
\nSamartha.^ee Ram(a)das.
\n 23: 798 26: 132<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRameses<\/b> or Ramses or Ramesses, name of
\nseveral kings of ancient Egypt of the XIX
\nand <\/b> XX dynasties; the most notable of them
\nwas Rameses II, who ruled for 67 years
\n(1292-1225 BC). (Col. Enc.)  26:234<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRameshwaram<\/b> an island in Ramanathapuram
\ndistrict of Tamil Nadu. It is said that here
\nRAMA’ worshipped Shiva before beginning
\nhis assault on Lanka. Rameshwaram is con-
\nsidered by many Hindus, both Vaishnava
\nand Shaiva, as the most holy place in India
\nafter Varanasi (see<\/i> Benares). The temple
\nat Rameshwaram is famous also for its
\ncorridors. (Enc. Br.)  14: 213<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamgopalpur<\/b> a small town in the former
\nprovince of Bengal (now in Bangladesh), about 85 miles from the district town of
\nMymensingh.  I: 302<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRammohan’s Wife<\/i><\/b> See Raj Mohan’s Wife.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamnagar<\/b> a town in Birbhum district of
\nBengal (now in West Bengal state). (A)
\n 27: 484<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRamprasad<\/b> Rama Prasad Sen (1718\/23-75), celebrated Bengali poet-saint, a devotee of
\nthe Mother Kali. He also rendered the
\nromantic story of Vidya and Sundar in
\ncolourful verse. (Bhakta Ch.; Gaz.-II)
\n 14:129, 256, 319, 321 22:85-86 26:119<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRanaCurran a character-Prince of Edur, of the Rathore clan – in the play Prince of
\nEdur<\/i> by Sri Aurobindo.  7: 739, 741-45, 752-53<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRanade, Mahadev Govind<\/b> (1842-1901), a
\nnoted Indian historian, economist, public
\nman, reformer and scholar. He was a judge
\nof the Bombay High Court, and in the fore-
\nfront of many public movements in the
\nBombay Presidency. It was he who sent
\na warning to the editor of Indu Prakash
\n<\/i>against publishing Sri Aurobindo’s articles
\nentitled "New Lamps for Old". (Enc. Br.;<\/font><\/p>\n

D.I.H.; A)  1:3, 652 3:81 4:211, 278
\n17: 332, 368-69 26: 13 XIV: 166-67<\/font><\/p>\n

\nRanade, R. D. Ramchandra Dattatreya
\nRanade (1886-1957), ofFerguson College, Poona, a great scholar and philosopher.
\nAfterwards he was Emeritus Professor
\nof Philosophy and Vice-Chancellor of
\nAllahabad University. He possessed "in
\na superlative degree the rare gift of easy
\nand yet adequate exposition" (16:335).
\n(Enc.Ind.;A)  16:335-38, 341, 344, 346, 354 17:291, 294-98<\/font><\/p>\n

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\nRand<\/b> W. C. Rand, I.C.S., Collector of
\nPoona, who was shot by a Brahmin while he was returning from the Government
\nHouse on the night of 22 June 1897. He died ten days later. While the spirit
\nthat prompted the assassination was nationalist and revolutionary, the proximate cause was the
\nunpopularity of the plague measures which
\nwere being enforced in Poona at that time.
\nHe was very unpopular with the Maratha
\nBrahmins, having already acquired a bad
\nreputation for heartlessness as Assistant
\nCollector in Satara district. (P.T.I.;<\/font><\/p>\n

R.O.H.)  I:<\/b>IIi5<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRangana<\/b> name of a mountain pass.
\n 5: 279<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRangaswamy<\/b> probably, K. V. Rangaswamy
\nlyengar, a zamindar ofKodailam (South
\nIndia) who was a representative of the land-
\nlords in the Legislative Assembly at Delhi up
\nto 1906. When his guru Nagai Japata was
\nnear his end he advised Rangaswamy to
\ntake the "Uttar Yogi" (Yogi from the North)
\nas his spiritual guide. A little after Sri
\nAurobindo’s arrival in Pondicherry, Ranga-
\nswamy identified him as this "Uttar Yogi", and came three times to Pondicherry to see
\nhim. See also"<\/i> R". (Purani)  27:451<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRangoon<\/b> capital of Burma, on the Rangoon
\nRiver near its entrance into the Gulf of
\nMartaban. (Col. Enc.)1:804 27:51<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRangpur<\/b> name of a district and its head-
\nquarters in Rajshahi division of the former
\nprovince of Bengal (now in Bangladesh).
\n(Enc. Br.) Var: Rangpore; Rungpur
\nI:262, 357, 610, 744 2:70, 229 27:65
\nII: 2 VIII: 131<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRanjit Singh<\/b> (1780-1839), Maharaja of
\nPunjab, and the founder of the Sikh king-
\ndom in Punjab in the teeth of opposition
\nfrom the Afghans, the English, and many of
\nhis co-religionists. The kingdom extended
\nfrom Peshawar to the Sutlej and from Kashmir to Sind. By defeating the traditional con-
\nquerors of India, the Pathans and Afghans, he came to be known as the Lion of Punjab.
\n(D.I.H.; Enc. Br.) Var:
\n<\/b>Runjit Singh
\n<\/b> I: 303 4:140, 147 14:378 27: 67<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRape of the Lock<\/i> a mock-epic poem by
\nAlexander Pope. A two-canto version
\nappeared in 1712, and the revised version
\nin five cantos in 1714. It is a delicate and
\ningenious satire based on an incident in
\ncontemporary high society. (Enc. Br.;<\/font><\/p>\n

Col. Enc.)  9:387, 425 1:11<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaphael1<\/b> Raffaello Santi (1483-1520), world-famous painter and architect, one of
\nthe masters of the Italian High Renaissance
\nstyle. He was the youngest of the three great
\nartists of the High Renaissance, the
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nothers being Leonardo and Michelangelo. (Enc. Br.;
\nPears)  3:100, 424 14:66<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaphael2<\/b> a proposed character – the Angel
\nof Sweetness – mentioned in the Dramatis
\nPersonae of Sri Aurobindo’s play The Birth
\nof Sin.<\/i>  7:901<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRas(h)behari; Rash Behari<\/b> See<\/i> Ghose, Rash
\nBehari<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRashtra Mat<\/b><\/i> a Marathi daily paper of
\nBombay, edited (c. 1904) by Haribhai
\nModak. The paper gained great popularity
\nas the organ of the Extremist Party led by
\nTilak, and fell a victim to the Press Act of
\n1910. (Purani; S.F.F.; A)  2:215 4:240.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRasul<\/b> Maulvi Abdur Rasul (1872-1917), a Muslim leader of Bengal who whole-
\nheartedly supported the Congress. He was
\none of those leaders under whose guidance
\nthe agitation against the Partition of Bengal
\nspread like wild-fire all over Bengal and even
\nfar outside it. (A; A.H.I. ;D.N.B.)
\n I:169 4:178, 209<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRathi<\/b> (Rati), in Hindu mythology, daughter
\nof Daksha and wife of Kamadeva, the god of
\nlove. She is the Venus of the Hindus, the
\ngoddess of sexual love. (Dow.) Var:<\/font><\/p>\n

Ruthie 5:241 26:269 27:158<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRathitara<\/b> (Rathitara), a teacher of ancient
\nIndia, descendant of Nabhaga and son of <\/b>Prsadasva. (B.P.C.) 12:324<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRathore<\/b> one of the prominent clans of the
\nRajputs, 5:286-87 7:739<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRau, Hayavadana<\/b> a writer whose article
\non the subject of Aliens in Ancient India
\nappeared in the Indian Review<\/i> (December
\n1906). Sri Aurobindo commented on this
\narticle in his "Passing Thoughts" in the
\nKarmayogin.<\/i> (A)  2: 398<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRavana<\/b> in the Ramayana, <\/i> grandson of Rishi
\nPulastya, and king of the Rakshasas in
\nLanka whence he expelled his half-brother
\nKuvera. Ravana is described as having ten
\nheads and twenty arms, and a form like a
\nthick cloud or a mountain. With his evil and
\ncruel deeds he inspired terror even in the
\ngods, so Vishnu incarnated as Rama to
\ndestroy him. Ravana kidnapped Sita, the
\nconsort of Rama, and by this unrighteous
\nconduct brought ruin upon himself and his
\nwhole family. (Dow.)  1:778, 811-12
\n2: 121 3: 31, 94, 176, 178, 219, 427 5: 77-79, 84 9: 317 12: 464-65 13: 161 14: 192, 194<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t17: 107, 142, 383 18:587 20: 317 22: 415-16
\n24: 1334 27: 139 II: 75 V: 5-7.9-12, 89
\nVI: 141, 190 VII: 70<\/font><\/p>\n

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\nRavivarma, Raja <\/b>(1848-1906), a popular
\nIndian artist related to the royal family of
\nTravancore, who won gold medals and
\ndiplomas at International Art Exhibitions.
\nHe helped foreigners get an idea of the
\nreligious and mythological lore of the land.
\nBut his paintings, though hailed at that time
\nas the glory of a new dawn, are, according to
\nSri Aurobindo, an "incompetent imitation of
\nthe worst European styles" (17: 276), "universally condemned by critics of eminence
\nAsiatic and European" (XIII: 47). Ravi
\nVarma, says Sri Aurobindo, "represents in
\nArt that dark period when, in subjection to
\nforeign teaching and ideals, we did everything
\nbadly because we did everything slavishly"
\n(3: 427). He was "a man without genius" and
\n"had neither the power to develop original
\nconceptions, nor the skill to reproduce finely
\nthat which he tried to learn from Europe"
\n(3:427). (Bh.S.K.;D.N.B.;A) Var: Ravi
\nVarma  3: 427-29 4: 154 14: 227, 421
\n17: 276 XIII: 47-48<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRawalpindi<\/b> or Pindi, name of a city, district, and division in the province of Punjab (now
\nin Pakistan). It was the capital of Pakistan
\nfrom 1959 to 1969. (Enc. Br.)  1:324, 354, 359, 385, 390, 408, 423-24, 431-32, 442, 444, 482, 485, 508-09, 522, 560, 907 IV: 110<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRay, Ananda Chandra<\/b> See<\/i> Roy, Ananda
\nChandra<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRay, Beni Bhusan<\/b> president of a meeting at
\nKhulna (25 June 1909) where Sri Aurobindo
\ngave a speech on the Gita. (A)  2: 425<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRay, Charu Chander<\/b> (c. 1867- ? ), a
\nprofessor and sub-director of Dupleix
\nCollege, Chandernagore. In the searches
\nat Manicktolla Garden and other places in
\nBengal in 1908, documents were found
\nconnecting Charuchandra to the conspiracy.
\nHe was arrested, extradited from French
\nIndia, and made to stand trial in the Alipore
\nBomb Case. But before judgment could be
\npassed on him, his friends in the French
\ngovernment provided him with an alibi and
\nalso applied pressure through diplomatic
\nchannels with the result that the case against
\nhim was withdrawn. The professor went back
\nto his teaching at Chandernagore in January
\n1909, promising his friends that he would
\nhenceforth keep out of trouble. Perhaps that
\nwas one of the reasons why, a little more
\nthan a year later, when Sri Aurobindo escaped to Chandernagore and sought shelter
\nwith him, he refused to provide it. (P.T.I., p. 400 under Roy; A & R, XVII: 110)
\n4:291 27:471<\/font> <\/td>\n

\n

\nRay, Chunilal<\/b> one of the Bengalis whom Sri
\nAurobindo met at Srinagar (Kashmir). He
\nworked at the Foreign Office. (A)  IV: 195<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRay, Gopal Chandra<\/b> also referred to simply
\nas <\/b> Gopal, <\/b> an officer of the C.I.D. in Bengal, who was keeeping a close watch on Sri
\nAurobindo’s residence (6, College Square, Calcutta) and his mail in 1909-10. (A)
\n 2:366<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRay, Dr. P. C.<\/b> Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray
\n(1861-1944), the first Palit Professor of
\nChemistry (1916-36) in Calcutta University.
\nHe inspired a generation of scholars and
\nbuilt up a modern chemical industry. In 1892
\nhe founded the Bengal Chemical and Phar-
\nmaceutical Works. Simple, ascetic, and
\nunassuming in personal life, he was rightly
\nhailed by his countrymen as "Acharya".
\n(D.N.B.)  1:480 3:432-33<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRay, Rammohan<\/b> See<\/i> Roy, (Raja)
\nRammohan<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRay, Upendra Kishore<\/b> most probably
\nUpendra Kishore Rai Chaudhary (1863-
\n1915), author of Pauranic, scientific, and
\nother interesting story-books for children. In
\na way he was a pioneer in the production of
\nchildren’s literature in Bengali. His contribu-
\ntion to music and art was also great. He
\nillustrated his own books and some others
\nwith his drawings and paintings. He is
\nwell known for his research in the various
\ntechniques of picture printing. Upendra
\nKishore was the grandfather of Satyajit Ray, the most distinguished Indian producer-
\ndirector of films. (S.B.C.)  3:428<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRaymond<\/b> Antonin Raymond, the designer
\nof GOLCONDE, a Czech architect who had
\nworked in Japan and U.S.A., and had
\ncollaborated with the famous architect Frank
\nLloyd Wright. Raymond who was a friend of
\nPavitra (P. B. Saint Hilaire), came to the
\nAshram with his family in 1937 to work on
\nthe project. (Mother’s Agenda, Vol. I, p. 409)  25:230<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRbhuksan<\/b> See<\/i> Ribhu<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nReay, Lord<\/b> Doral James Mackay (1839-
\n1921), llth Baron Reay, Governor of
\nBombay (1885-90). Originally Dutch, he
\nbecame a naturalised British citizen in 1877.
\nHe was a Liberal statesman, and was made a
\npeer in 1881. (A;Maj.-I)
\n 2:131 27:4<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nRebecca<\/b> a character – daughter of the Jew, Isaac of York- in Scott’s novel Ivanhoe.<\/i> She
\nfalls in love with Ivanhoe and nurses him.
\nIvanhoe saves her life by appearing as her
\nchampion after she has been convicted of
\nsorcery and condemned to be burned at the
\nstake. (Enc. Am.)  3:93<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRebha<\/b> a character – Governor of Ujjayini, the capital of Avunthie – in Sri Aurobindo’s
\nplay Vasavadutta.<\/i>  6:207, 313, 317-19, 325-27<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nReddy,<\/b> Sir Cattamanchi Ramalinga a great
\neducationist, distinguished scholar, poet and
\ncritic in Telugu. He held top-level educa-
\ntional responsibilities in Mysore, Madras
\nand Andhra universities, and in Baroda. A
\nNational Prize instituted in his name was
\npresented to Sri Aurobindo at the Con-
\nvocation of the Andhra University held on
\n11 December 1948. (Enc. Ind.; A)
\n 26:407<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRed Indian<\/b> a member of the native race
\nof North America. (C.O.D.)  1:282
\n10:144 12:502 15:78 27:273, 287<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRedmond, <\/b> John (Edward) (1856-1918), an
\nIrish Nationalist Party leader who devoted
\nhis life to negotiating Home Rule for
\nIreland. (Enc. Br.)  1:367-68<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRees<\/b> John D. Rees (1854-1922), Private
\nSecretary to successive Governors of Madras
\n(1878-88); Additional Member of the
\nViceroy’s Council (1895-1900); in England, Liberal M.P. (1906-10) and Conservative
\nM.P. (1912-22). Rees was a confirmed
\nopponent of Sri Aurobindo. In his remarks
\nin the House of Commons on 5 August 1909
\nhe asserted that although deporting without
\ntrial was autocratic, the Government should
\ndeport Sri Aurobindo as he commanded
\ngreat sway over the student population. In
\n1910 he twice spoke in the House in favour
\nof the sedition proceedings that had been
\ninstituted against Sri Aurobindo. (A &
\n<\/b>R, XV: 82, 116)  1:373 XV: 62-63<\/font><\/p>\n

Reformation, The the religious revolution
\nthat took place in the Western Christian
\nChurch in the 16th century. Its greatest
\nleaders were Martin Luther and John Calvin.
\nHaving far-reaching political, economic, and
\nsocial effects, the Reformation became the
\nbasis of Protestantism, one of the three
\nmajor branches of Christianity. (Enc. Br.)
\n 15:15, 92, 168, 354 16:322<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nReformer<\/b> See (Indian) Social <\/b>Reformer<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nReich*<\/b> The German Empire of 1871-1918
\nwas often called the Second Reich (empire)
\nto indicate its descent from the medieval<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nempire; on the same reasoning Adolf Hitler
\nreferred to Nazi Germany as the Third
\nReich.'(Enc. Br.)  15:420<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nReich2<\/b> manager (c. 1909) of the jute factory
\nat Nakail in Bengal. (A)  4:247-48<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n(Reign<\/b> of) Terror, <\/b>The or "The Terror", that
\nperiod of the first French Revolution from
\nMarch (according to other views, June or
\nSeptember) 1793 to July 1794, when the
\nruling faction ruthlessly executed persons of
\nboth sexes and all ages and conditions whom
\nthey regarded as dangerous. It was terminated by the fall of Robespierre. (Ox. Comp.;<\/font><\/p>\n

Enc. Br.)  1:44, 604 15:326, 510 17:381<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nReims<\/b> or Rheims,<\/b> cityofMarnedeparte-
\nment in northeastern France, in Champagne, east-northeast of Paris. (Enc. Br.)
\n 27:466<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nReliques Reliques of Ancient English Poetry,
\n<\/i>a collection of ballads, sonnets, historical
\nsongs, and metrical romances published in
\n1765 by Thomas Percy. In each of the later
\neditions, new matter was added. This work
\ndid much to promote the revival of interest
\nin the older English poetry. (Ox. Comp.)
\n 11:18<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRenaissance<\/b> the revival of art and letters, under the influence of classical models, which began in Italy in the 14th century and
\ncovered a period of roughly two hundred
\nyears in European history. The Renaissance
\nspread from Italy to France, Spain, Ger-
\nmany, and northern Europe. The term as
\nused today refers not only to art in its widest
\nsense but to a total change in man’s outlook
\non life which extended into philosophical, scientific, economic, and technical fields.
\n(O.E.D.; Enc. Br.; Pears, p. J44) Var:<\/font><\/p>\n

Renascence 3:79, 225 5:342 9:60, 63, 95, 100, 537, 546 14:15, 80, 192, 201, 204, 395, 397-98 15:15, 69, 85, 91, 163, 168, 589 16:322
\n17:195, 318<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRenan, Ernest<\/b> (1823-92), French historian
\nand critic, a scholar of religion, and a great
\nphilologist. He was one of the greatest
\nEuropean scholars and thinkers of his day.
\nHis best-known work was the Life of Jesus
\n<\/i>(1863). (Enc. Br.; Col. Enc.)  3:263
\n10:551-52 17:298 27:180-81 X: 146 XVII: 42<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRenascence<\/b> See<\/i> Renaissance<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRenee<\/b> (Beauregard) a character – a
\nFrenchwoman of the South – in Sri
\nAurobindo’s story "The Phantom Hour".
\nShe is also called Idalie and Renee Idalie
\nMarviranne. 1-1 7:1017-18, 1020-21, 1023-24<\/font><\/p>\n

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\nRenoneants<\/b> Indian residents <\/b>of the French<\/font><\/p>\n

settlements in India who became full French
\ncitizens after "renouncing their personal
\nstatus under the Indian Law". (Remini., p. 72)  27:445<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRepublic The Republic, <\/i> the most celebrated
\nof Plato’s dialogues, where justice is discussed by Socrates and others, especially in
\nthe context of an ideal state. (Enc. Br.)
\n 3:pre. 15:90 17:245 18:299 XIV:163<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRetaliation<\/i> an unfinished poem by Gold-
\nsmith, published in 1774, consisting of a
\nstring of humorous and critical epitaphs on
\nDavid Garrick, Reynolds, Burke, and other
\nfriends, in reply to their similar efforts
\ndirected against himself. (Ox. Comp.)
\n  :<\/b> 19<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Return of Moro Giafferi<\/i> title of a piece
\nof prose fiction mentioned in the Record of
\nYoga. It was either never written or has
\nbeen lost.
\n[From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov. 1913-Oct. ’27]<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nReuter<\/b> Reuters Ltd., news agency, founded
\nby Paul Julius Reuter in England in 1851, later owned and operated as a trust by news-
\npapers in Australia, New Zealand, and the
\nUnited Kingdom. (Enc. Br.) 1:205, 447, 565, 574-75 2:233, 286 4:233, 238<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRevaty<\/b> in Hindu mythology, the beautiful
\ndaughter of King Raiwata and wife of
\nBalarama. (Dow.) n 7:769<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nReview<\/b> The reference is to the English
\nmonthly journal Arya, <\/i> which was a philo-
\nsophical review, 27:455-57, 460-63, 468-70<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nReview of Reviews<\/i> a representative British
\nliterary magazine founded by W. T. Stead, and published from 1890 to 1936. (H.L.)
\n 2:356<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Revolt of Islam<\/i> a poem, an immature
\nwork, by P. B. Shelley. Its overweighted
\nSpenserian stanzas never attained popularity.
\nThe poem was, however, a great favourite
\nwith Sri Aurobindo even when he was quite
\nyoung. It was originally published in
\nDecember 1817 under the title Laon and
\nCythna<\/i> in the form of a history of an ideal
\nrevolution in which the mistakes of the
\nFrench Revolution were avoided. Later
\nwithdrawn, it was re-released as The Revolt
\nof Islam<\/i> in 1818. (A; Col. Enc.; Purani)
\n 9:127<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRg<\/b> abbreviation of the name of a person, perhaps, RANGASWAMY. 1-1 XXII: 177<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRhadamanthus<\/b> in Greek legend, a king of
\nCrete, son of Zeus and Europa. He was
\nrewarded for the exemplary justice he
\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nshowed during his life by being made, after
\nhis death, one of the three judges of the
\ndead in the lower worlds. (Web.)
\n5:418<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRhesus<\/b> in Greek legend, a Thracian ally
\nof Priam in the Trojan War. When Sri
\nAurobindo’s Ilion<\/i> opens, he has already
\nbeen slain. (M.I.)  5:426, 474<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRhine<\/b> a river, a major waterway of the
\nEuropean continent. It rises in the Alps and, flowing north and west for 820 miles, empties
\ninto the North Sea. (Enc. Br.) 15:467
\n27:347<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRhodes<\/b> an island off southwest Asia Minor, in the Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the
\nDodecanese which belong to Greece. Its
\nchief city, on the northeastern coast, is also
\nnamed Rhodes (Col. Enc.) Der: Rhodian
\n<\/b> 3:235 6:12<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRiach<\/b> the editor of the Statesman, <\/i> who was
\nremoved in or before 1906. (A)  1:185<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRibhu<\/b> (rbhu), <\/i> or rbhuksan, <\/i> the eldest of
\nthe RIBHUS; "the skilful Knower or the
\nShaper in knowledge". (A)
\n 10:326 11:83<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRibhus in the Rig-veda, <\/i> human powers who
\nby the work of sacrifice and their brilliant
\nascension to the high dwelling-place of the
\nSun have attained to immortality and, be-
\ncoming divinities, help mankind to repeat
\ntheir achievement. They are the three sons
\nof Sudhanvan, a descendant of Angiras, named Ribhu or Ribhukshan, Vibhu or
\nVibhva, and Vaja. The Ribhus are the
\nartisans of Immortality, the divine craftsmen
\nwho shape by the mind Indra’s horses, the
\nAshwins’ chariot, the weapons of the Gods –
\nall the means of the journey and the battle.
\n(A, 11: 32; Dow; I & G)  4: 22 10: 20, 56, 62, 86, 179, 197, 316, 318, 324, 326-30, 438
\n11: 32, 34, 466 XXII: 197<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichard’<\/b> a character – Duke of Gloucester, afterwards King Richard III – in Shakes-
\npeare’s play Richard III.<\/i> (Shakes.)
\n 3:186<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichard2<\/b> a name mentioned only once in
\nLongfellow’s narrative poem The Courtship
\nof Miles Standish.<\/i> (P.W.L., p. 286)
\n 5:377<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichard3<\/b> See<\/i> Richard (Lancaster)<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichard II<\/b> a character (the hero) in
\nShakespeare’s tragedy King Richard the
\nSecond.<\/i> Historically, Richard II (1367-1400)
\nwas king of England from 1377 to 1399.
\n(Shakes.; Col. Enc.)
\n 3:269 X:151<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nPage-269<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nRichard II<\/b> The Tragedie of Richard the
\nSecond, <\/i> historical play by Shakespeare (first
\nperformed 1595\/96) on the life and death of
\nthe king, but also giving prominence to his
\nadversary Bolingbroke, later King Henry IV.
\n(Enc. Br.)  3:263 X: 146<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichard III<\/i> <\/b>chronicle play by Shakespeare
\n(first performed 1592\/93), the background of
\nwhich is the conflict between the rival houses
\nof York and Lancaster known as the Wars of
\nthe Roses. The play is dominated by the
\nroyal hunchback, Richard, brother of the
\nYorkist king Edward IV. (Enc. Br.)
\n 3:185<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichard, Madame<\/b> wife of Paul Richard. See
\n<\/b>
\n<\/i>
\n(The) Mother.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichard, Paul <\/b>(1874-1967), husband of
\nMirra Alfassa (later known as the Mother)
\nwhom she married in 1910. He had been a
\nfellow seeker, well read in the philosophical
\nand religious literature of the West and the
\nEast. In April 1910 he came to Pondicherry
\nto help Paul Bluysen in his attempt to be
\nelected to the French Chamber. Here he met
\nSri Aurobindo. In March 1914 Richard, accompanied by Mme. Richard, came again, himself seeking election to the Chamber.
\nThey remained in Pondicherry until February
\n1915. During this period Richard was
\ndirector and one of the editors ofArya.
\n<\/i>After spending the years of World War I in
\nFrance and Japan, the Richards returned to
\nPondicherry in April 1920. In December of
\nthe same year Richard left, and spent the
\nrest of his life in various parts of India, France, and America, where he died. He is
\nthe author of more than a dozen books. Sri
\nAurobindo, in his Record of Yoga of 1914, refers to him mostly as "R". (A; Mother-1;<\/font><\/p>\n

Agenda-11)  17:397 27:442-43, 445-50, 452-53, 456, 469, 495 <\/b> XIX: 43<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichard Abelard<\/b> a character – Walter’s son
\nand Stephen’s father – in Sri Aurobindo’s
\nstory "The Door at Abelard". Richard
\nLancaster was also called Richard Abelard
\nafter his marriage with Isabel Q 7:1026<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichard Feverel<\/b> The Ordeal of Richard
\nFeverel, <\/i> a novel (1859) by George
\n<\/b>Meredith.
\nIt was at first banned as prurient by
\nlibraries. (Enc. Br.)  9:544<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichard (Lancaster)<\/b> a character – husband of
\nIsabel – in Sri Aurobindo’s short story "The
\nDoor at Abelard". He was made to adopt
\nthe family name (Abelard) of his wife. Var:<\/font><\/p>\n

Richard Abelard;
\nRichard Lancaster Abelard  7:1025-29, 1031-46<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nRichards, <\/b> the Paul Richard and his wife
\nMirra Alfassa, later known as the Mother.<\/font><\/p>\n

a’27:495<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichardson, <\/b> Samuel (1689-1761), early
\nEnglish novelist who explored the dramatic
\npossibilities of the novel by his use of the
\nletter form (the epistolary technique).
\n(Enc. Br.)  9:44, 62, 480 26:256-57<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichelieu<\/b> Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal
\net Due de Richelieu (1585-1642), chief minister to King Louis XIII of France. He is
\namong the prime exemplars in European
\nhistory of the use of power for both ecclesi-
\nastical and secular ends. He was the ac-
\nknowledged architect of France’s hegemony
\nin the 17th century and the secularization of
\npolitics during the Thirty Years’ War. (Enc.
\nBr.)  X:113<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRichmond<\/b> a character – Henry, Earl of
\nRichmond, afterwards King Henry VII – in
\nShakespeare’s play Richard III.<\/i> (Shakes.)
\n 3:186<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRiddle of the Universe<\/b><\/i> title of the English
\ntranslation (first published in 1929) done by
\nJoseph McCabe, of a German book (1899)
\nwritten by Prof. Ernst Haeckel.  12:30<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Riddle of this World<\/b><\/i> extracts from Sri
\nAurobindo’s letters, first published in book
\nform in 1933. (I & G)
\n 22:32, 99, 175 23:1052 26:108, 134, 371<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRig-veda<\/i> t<\/b>he first of the four Vedas. Two
\nothers, the Yajur<\/i> and Sama, <\/i> are merely
\ndifferent arrangements of its hymns for
\nspecial purposes. The hymns of the Rig-veda
\n<\/i>are addressed to the deities, at times, to the
\nsame deity under different names. To each
\nhymn is prefixed the name of the Rishi to
\nwhom it was revealed. The "Samhita" or text
\nof the Rig-veda<\/i> contains 1017 hymns (or 1028
\nif the "Balakhilam", VIII – 49 to 59, is
\nincluded) divided into 10 mandalas<\/i> or books.
\nIn the Record of Yoga, Sri Aurobindo has, at some places, used the abbreviation R.V.
\nor RV. (Dow.) Var: Rig; the Rik(s)
\nDer: Rig Vedic  4: pre., 23, 26, 30, 43-46
\n9:218 10: 1, 5, 8, 29, 34, 38, 44, 54-56, 63, 74, 77, 113, 122, 126, 128, 138.142, 154, 160, 168, 171, 175, 178, 190-91, 210, 212-13, 215, 223, 233, 237, 281, 287, 294, 298, 303, 314, 3i6, 324, 331, 333, 335. 339, 348-49, 354, 420-21, 546, 554-55
\n11: 1, 3, 6, 8-9, 14-15, 18-19, 34, 94, 439, 460, 462, 466, 471-72, 476, 478, 480 12: 3, 98, 129, 202.
\n217-18, 270, 276, 286, 296, 300, 309-10, 321. 329, 368, 385-86, 408, 448, 477-78, 530 13: 192-93,
\n314, 454 14: 261-62, 275, 277 15: 3, 545 16:263.343, 349 17:278.291, 369, 397
\n18:1, 13, 15, 59, 99, 112, 117, 142, 188, <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nPage-270<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\n198, 217, 235, 240, 252, 262, 271, 285, 365. 482-83, 489, 501, 511, 550, 553, 581, 596 19: 657, 702, 726, 765, 779, 792, 824, 848, 889, 919, 964, 1015 20: 384
\n21:556 22:9, 69, 103, 235 24:1624 26:126
\n27: 335, 440 29: 805, 815 I: 18, 32 II: 35
\n111:51 IV: 145-46, 148 V:35, 68 VI: 150, 169 VII: 39, 42 VIII: 153 IX: 1, 2, 9, 11
\nX: 178 XIV: 122, 127, 130-31, 159 XV: 4-5, 7, 43-44, 48, 55 XVI: 132-33, 139, 143, 146, 151, 154, 163, 172-73 XVII: 14, 16-17, 24, 28, 31-34, 59, 63 XVIII: 169 XIX: 50 XX: 133-35, 139
\nXXI: 63<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Riks<\/b> a<\/i> "brilliant and astonishing" work
\non the Veda by T. Paramasiva Aiyar. (A)
\n 10: 27<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRiksha<\/b> name of a patron mentioned in one
\nverse of the Rig-veda<\/i> (8.68.15). His son has
\nbeen mentioned elsewhere as Arksa.
\n(V. Index)  11:363, 365<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRimbaud, <\/b> (Jean-Nicolas-) Arthur (1854-91), French poet and adventurer whose small
\npoetic output, written between his 15th and
\n20th years, ranks among the highest in
\nFrench poetry. Its influence on the Symbolist
\nmovement is incalculable. (Enc. Br.)
\n 9:445-46<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRipon, Lord<\/b> Lord George Frederick Samuel
\nRobinson (1827-1909), 1st Marquess and 2nd
\nEarl of Ripon, English statesman who in <\/b>more than fifty years of public service occu-
\npied important cabinet posts and served as
\nViceroy and Governor General of India from
\n1880 to 1884. (Enc.Br.)
\n<\/b>Der: Riponism  1:317, 511, 600 2:371 4:190 27:4<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRip Van Winkle<\/b> the main character in the
\nstory of that name by Washington Irving, published in the Sketch Book<\/i> (1819-20). The
\nstory is based on a legend once current in
\nthe Catskill mountains about a man who
\nslept for twenty years. (Col. Enc.)
\nl:l31<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRishabha<\/b> in the Mahabharata, <\/i> a Rakshasa
\nin the form of a bull, who was slain by
\nBrihadratha. (M.N.)  8:52<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRishabha Vaishwamitra<\/b> a Vedic sage
\nmentioned in the Aitareya Brahmana<\/i> as a
\nsonofVisvamitra. (V. Index)  11:133<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Rishi<\/i> one of the longer poems of Sri
\nAurobindo, in which King Manu of old seeks
\nknowledge from the Rishi of the North Pole, and an Upanishadic conversation follows
\nbetween Manu and the Rishi. The Rishi, <\/i> says
\nSri Aurobindo, "is poetry as well as spiritual
\nphilosophy. "(26:277) (Auro-I)  26:256, 276-77<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nRisley, <\/b> Sir <\/b> Herbert Sir Herbert Hope Risley
\n(1851-1911), an official of the Government
\nof India.’He joined the I.C.S. in 1873. As
\nCensus Commissioner, he compiled the
\ncensus reports of 1901. As Home Secretary
\n(1902-09), he suggested in December 1903
\nthe partition of Bengal, and later, explained
\nits political advantage thus: "Bengal united
\nis a power. Bengal divided will pull several
\ndifferent ways. This is perfectly true and is
\none of the great merits of the scheme." In
\n1909 he was appointed Home Minister. He
\nis the author of the well-known books The
\nPeople of India<\/i> and Tribes and Castes of Bengal, <\/i> but gained greater notoriety for his
\neducation circular. See next entry. (R.O.H.;<\/font><\/p>\n

Auro-I; H.F.M.I.)  1:78, 327, 400 2:398-400 10:24 XVII: 43<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRisley Circular<\/b> a circular issued in 1907 by
\nSir Herbert Risley of the Government of
\nIndia to the local governments in the hope of
\nstriking at the very root of the Swadeshi
\nmovement. Ostensibly, the object was to
\nprotect higher education in India from any
\nconnection with politics. (A)  1:357, 359-60, 377-78, 380-81, 399, 405-07, 416, 495, 902 2:229 4:181<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRoberts<\/b> a character – perhaps the maid-
\nservant of the house – in Sri Aurobindo’s
\nstory "The Door at Abelard".
\n 7:1034-35, 1038<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRobespierre Maximilien<\/b>-Francois-Marie-
\nIsidore de Robespierre (1758-94), Jacobin
\nleader and one of the leading figures of the
\nFrench Revolution. After he had been tried
\nand guillotined, there grew up legends
\nconcerning him and his ideas. Generally
\nhe came to be considered an ambitious
\ndemagogue and dictator, though others
\npraised him as an idealistic champion of
\nsocial revolution. (Enc, Br.; Col. Enc.)
\n 1:604 17:378, 380-82<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRobinson, John<\/b> a common English name
\nused by Sri Aurobindo to denote any
\nperson.  16:90, 92<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRockefeller, <\/b> John D(avison) (1839-1937), U.S. industrialist and philanthropist, founder
\nof the Standard Oil Company, which domi-
\nnated the oil industry and was the first great
\nU.S. business trust. As to his philanthropy, his and his son’s benefactions totalled more
\nthan $3, 000, 000, 000. His philanthropic
\nenterprises are carried on by the Rockefeller
\nFoundation. (Enc. Br.; Pears) Var:<\/font><\/p>\n

Rockfeller (a misspelling)
\n12:501 15:609 XVII: 26<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRodin, <\/b> Auguste (1840-1917), French sculptor
\nwho was by the early 20th century revered as
\nthe world’s greatest sculptor, a new Michel-
\nangelo. The Mother met him in Paris. (Ene.
\nBr.)  9:548 14:66, 229<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nRodogune<\/b> a character – Parthian princess, daughter of King Phraates of Parthia,
\ncaptive attendant of Cleopatra – in Sri Aurobindo’s play of the same name, Rodogune.
\n<\/i> 6:333, 336-38, 342, 353-56, 359-62, 368, 371-87, 389, 392, 396.400, 406, 408-11, 413-14, 418-20, 423-25, 428, 430-31, 435, 438-40, 442-45, 447-49, 451-52, 456-58.463-65<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRodogune<\/i> a play by Sri Aurobindo. A
\nversion written in Baroda around 1905-06
\nwas seized by the police in 1908 and never
\nreturned to Sri Aurobindo. Later, in
\nPondicherry, he began the play again.
\nObviously, therefore, Sri Aurobindo refers
\nto this later version in the entries of his
\n"Record of Yoga" dated July 20th and
\nNovember 14th, 1912. It was first published
\nin 1958 in Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual,
\n<\/i>and also in book-form. (SABCL, Vol. 6, p. 561)  XX: 134, 144<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRohinie’ in Hindu astronomy, one of the
\ntwenty-seven Naksatras; the fourth of the
\nlunar asterisms. Mythologically, daughter
\n<\/b>of
\n<\/b>Daksa and the favourite wife of the Moon
\n(Mrigalanchhan). (Dow.)  3:290 7:954, 961, 965 X:177<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRohin(n)ie2<\/b> in the Mahabharata<\/i>, one of the
\nwives of Vasudeva and mother of Bala-
\nrama. (M.N.) 1-1 3:207 8:43, 59 IV: 115<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLe Roi s’amuse<\/b><\/i> a play (1832) by Victor
\nHugo. (Col. Enc.)  3:263 X: 145<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRolland, Remain<\/b> (1866-1944), French
\nnovelist, playwright, essayist, biographer, musicologist and one of the great mystics of
\ncontemporary French literature. His novel
\nJean-Christophe<\/i> established his reputation in
\nthe literary world. He was the recipient of
\nthe 1915 Nobel Prize for literature. (Col.
\nEnc.)  9:557 23:616 26:165, 468<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRolleston, Baron<\/b> Chief Justice of Ireland
\nwho heard the Baker’s Case and gave his
\njudgment. (A)  2:181<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRemains, Dr. Jules<\/b> pseudonym ofLouis-
\nHenri-Jean Farigoule (1885-1972), French
\nnovelist, dramatist, and poet. He was a
\nfounder of the literary movement known as
\nUnanimisme, and author of two internation- ally known works, Knock<\/i> (a comedy) and
\nthe novel cycle Les hommes de bonne volonte.
\n<\/i>Jules Remains was in the Mother’s opinion
\nalmost a rival to Anatole France as regards
\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nperfection of French prose. (Enc. Br.;<\/font><\/p>\n

M.I., Jan.’79)  22:201<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRoman Catholic Church<\/b> the Christian church
\nheaded by the Pope (Bishop of Rome). It is
\ncharacterized by its uniform, highly developed doctrinal and organizational structure
\nthat traces its history to the Apostles of Jesus
\nChrist in the 1st century AD. (Web.; Enc.
\nBr.)  9:77 12:54-55 26:339-40<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRomanic<\/b> descended from, inheriting civilization etc. of the Romans; Romance-speaking
\n(Romance is a group of Italic languages of
\nthe Indo-European family, also called
\nRomanic). (C.O.D.)
\n[From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov.l913-0c(. ’27]<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRomanoff<\/b> Romanov, the ruling dynasty of
\nRussia from 1613 until the February Revolution of 1917. The last Romanov was
\nNicholas II. (Enc. Br.)  2:254 15:356<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRome a historic city, capital of Italy and see
\nof the Pope, whose residence, Vatican City, is a sovereign state within the city of Rome.
\nRome is also the capital of Latium (a region
\nof central Italy), and of Rome province. It
\nis one of the richest cities in the world in
\nhistory and art and one of its great cultural, religious, and intellectual centres. (Col.
\nEnc.) Der: Roman  I: 24, 34-36, 55, 148, 215, 236, 287, 379, 412, 455, 505-07, 576, 659, 715, 737, 757, 769, 774-76, 787, 791, 829, 843, 862, 903 2:34, 36, 123, 164, 261, 311, 369, 399
\n3: 9-11, 70, 110, 225, 227, 295, 320, 359, 447, 480-82 4: 98-99, 143, 148, 238 5: 398, 497, 499-500, 505-06 6:427, 431, 543 7:665, 735, 1014, 1077 9: 32-33, 42, 44, 61-62, 65, 77, 81, 87, 132, 227, 267, 316, 320, 394, 414, 524, 546
\n10: 24, 555 11: 2-3 12: 54-55, 484, 497-98, 503
\n13:198 14:25, 45, 63, 80, 82, 103, 121, 148, 176, 187, 328-29, 350, 366-67, 375-77, 402 15: 15, 82, 89-92, 148, 164, 178, 192, 264-65, 268, 281, 284, 287, 289-90, 295-99, 303.318, 320-21, 323, 337-41, 343-44, 346-50, 353-54, 388, 419, 430, 438, 444, 460, 473, 484-85, 496, 501, 523, 535, 537-38, 553, 564 16:219, 309, 322-23 17:163, 195, 278, 294, 296, 303, 317, 377, 387 19: 1051 22: 185, 410, 416, 451, 454, 490 23: 767, 834 26: 156, 204, 238, 262, 361, 446-47 27: 202-04, 248, 280
\n29: 785, 800 I: 3, 8, 72 II: 7, 15, 28 IV: 159
\nVI: 155, 198-99 VIII: 173, 176 IX: 28, 33
\nX:<\/b> 145 XV: 5, 41 XVI: 134, 141, 164-65, 172, 181<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRomeo<\/b> the hero of Shakespeare’s tragedy
\nRomeo and Juliet.<\/i> The play deals with youthful lovers whose families are implacable
\nenemies. The lovers are married secretly
\nin the cell of Friar Laurence. Romeo is<\/font><\/p>\n

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\nbanished. In desperation Juliet, who is about to be
\nmarried against her will, takes a sleeping potion given her by the friar to
\nbring on a semblance of death. Romeo, hearing of her death before the friar’s
\nexplanation reaches him, returns and drinks poison at Juliet’s tomb. When she
\nwakes up a few moments later to find him dead, she stabs herself. (R. Enc.) 
\n3:21 VII: 49<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRomesh (Chandra)<\/b> See<\/i> Dutt, Romesh (Chandra)<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRoncedas<\/b> a character – a courtier – in Sri
\nAurobindo’s play The Maid in the Mill.
\n<\/i> 7:821, 825, 836<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRoodhra<\/b> name of
\n<\/b>an unknown (or
\nimaginary) place in India, among the hills. (A) : 897-98<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRookminnie<\/b> See<\/i> Rukminie<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRoomunwath (Rumanvat), a<\/b> character – Captain of Cowsambie’s armies – in Sri Aurobindo’s play Vasavadutta.<\/i> 
\n6:207, 215-16, 220, 225-26, 236, 243-44, 247, 321-24, 327<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRoosevelt,<\/b> Franklin D(elano) (1882-1945), 32nd
\nPresident (1933-45) of the United States of America, the only president who was
\nre-elected three times. He died in office. He was an Allied leader during World
\nWar II, and through his foreign and domestic policies he expanded the role of
\nthe federal government. (Enc. Br.)  15: 419 25: 106<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRooseveltian<\/b> of Theodore Roosevelt
\n(1858-1919), 26th President (1901-09) of the
\n<\/b>U.S.A., and writer, explorer, and soldier, who expanded the powers of the
\npresidency and of the federal government on the side of the public interest in
\nconflicts between big business and organised labour. (Enc. Br.)  15: 503 XIII:
\n47<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRosalind<\/b> a character (the heroine) –
\ndaughter of the banished Duke – in
\nShakespeare’s comedy As You Like It. <\/i>(Shakes.)  12: 470 27: 207
\nI: 40<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRosamund<\/b> Rosamond Clifford (c. 1140- c.
\n1176), a mistress of Henry II of England, who was known as "Fair Rosamond". A
\nconsiderable body of legendary material concerning Rosamond was written by the
\nmediaeval chroniclers but it cannot be verified. The best-known stories tell how
\nQueen Eleanor murdered Rosamond by poison, stabbing, or beheading. (Enc. Br.;<\/font><\/p>\n

Col. Enc.)  3:88<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTheRosciad<\/i> a poem (1761) by Charles
\nChurchill. (Ox. Comp.)  : 19<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nRosebery<\/b> Archibald Philip Primrose
\n(1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, English statesman, prime minister from 3 March 1894
\nto 21 June 1895. Faced with a divided cabi-
\nnet and a hostile House of Lords, his minis-
\ntry achieved nothing of consequence. He
\nretired from politics in 1905 and thereafter
\nceased to play any major role in public life.
\n(Enc.Br.) I: 438<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRose of God<\/i> a poem in a new metre by Sri
\nAurobindo, composed on 31 December
\n1934. (A)
\nl-l 5: 588 26: 229 29: 728<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRosicmcian (member) of a secret worldwide
\nbrotherhood claiming to possess esoteric
\nwisdom handed down from ancient times.
\nTheir name derives from the order’s symbol, a combination of a rose and a cross. The
\nteachings of Rosicrucianism combine
\nelements of occultism with a variety of
\nreligious beliefs and practices. (Enc. Br.)
\n XIII: 26, 32-33<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRossetti, <\/b> Dante Gabriel (1828-82), English
\npoet and painter. He displayed rare mastery
\nas a poet and founded the Pre-Raphaelite
\nBrotherhood, an artistic movement devoted
\nto "truth to nature" and to romanticizing the
\nMiddle Ages. (Enc. Br.)
\n 9: 133, 139, 142<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRoth Rudolf von Roth<\/b> (1821-95), German
\nOrientalist and one of the two eminent San-
\nskritists who, with the assistance of many
\ndistinguished scholars, compiled the great
\nseven-volumed Sanskrit-German Thesaurus.
\n(Col.Enc.;M.W., p.v)
\n 17:339 XVII: 27′, 41, 46 XVIII: 154<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRoubey<\/b> name of an unknown person.
\n[From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov. 1913-Oct. ’27]<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nRouen<\/b> a city in northern France, and ancient
\ncapital of Normandy, situated on the Seine
\nnear its mouth at the English Channel. In
\n1430, St. Joan of Arc was imprisoned at
\nRouen in a tower that still stands and now
\nbears her name. Tried and condemned for
\nheresy, she was burnt at the stake by the
\nEnglish in the city on the Place du Vieux-
\nMarchein May 1431. (Col. Enc.; Enc.
\nBr.) D 3: 267 III: 24 X: 149<\/font><\/p>\n

\nRoum I.Rome 2. the kingdom or region
\n(later known as Asia Minor), with Constan-
\ntinople as its capital.
\n 7:616, 620, 707, 721, 725<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nR(o)umania Romania or Rumania, a
\nkingdom, and after World War II a socialist
\nrepublic, of southeastern Europe, in the
\nBalkan Peninsula. Rumania remained neutral
\nin the first of the Balkan Wars but entered
\nthe second war, against Bulgaria, in 1913, and gained South Dobruja. (Enc.
\n<\/b>Br.; Col.
\nEnc.) Der: Rumanian<\/font><\/p>\n

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