Celt one who speaks a Celtic language (Gaelic, Welsh, or Breton), or who derives his ancestry from an area where a Celtic language is, or recently was spoken, that is, a person from Ireland, the Scottish Hebrides and Highlands, the Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall, or Brittany. The ancient Celts were a people first identified early in the 2nd millennium BC in southwestern Germany and eastern France. They dominated western and central Europe through about half of the 1st millennium BC, and were important in the development of a specifically European civilization. (Col. Enc.; Enc. Br.) Der:   Celtic; Celticised 1:23, 525-26, 559 2:108, 298, 379, 383 3:67-69, 291 9:42, 47-51, 54, 56,

Victor Amadeus Victor Amadeus II (1666-1732), Duke of Savoy who through his diplomacy became (1720) the first king of Sardinia-Piedmont and thus established the foundation for the future Italian national state. (Enc. Br.) 1: 506   Victor Emmanuel probably, Victor Emmanuel II (1820-78), Italian king of Sardinia-Piedmont and first king of united Italy (1861-78). (Col. Enc.) a 17:385   Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of England (1837-1901) and Empress of India (1876- 1901). Her reign was the longest in English history. It restored dignity and popularity to the British crown and may have saved the monarchy from abolition. The term "Victorian" in English literature is used (1)

Sen, Saroda Charan a teacher in Jessore Zilla School; he was arrested on 29 August 1907 as manager of Sandhya. (P.T.I.; A.B.T., p. 96) n 1:579   Sen, Upen Upendranath Sen of Barisal. [From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov. 1913-Oct. '27]   Sena an Indian dynasty that ruled in Bengal in the llth and 12th centuries. The Sena kings made Bengal a united and powerful kingdom, promoted Sanskrit learning and were the patrons of poets like Jayadeva. Sena rule in Bengal also brought about a marked revival of orthodox Hinduism. (Enc.Br.;D.I.H.)  14:331 1:22   Sen Gupta, Naresh Chandra (1882-1964), professor of law at Dacca University and later at Calcutta University; author of a

Magadh(a) an ancient kingdom of India comprising originally the Patna and Gaya districts of modern Bihar. It was the nucleus of several larger kingdoms or empires be- tween 6th century BC and 8th century AD. The people of the country were known as Magadhas. (Enc. Br.) Var: Maghadha (a misspelling) Der: Magadhan;   Magadhine (see also Maagadh) D 3:189-91, 194.214 4: 93 6: 205 7: 894-95. 898 8: 43-45, 51-52, 54, 57, 340 14: 327 XVIII: 136 Magha (fl. 8th cent.), Sanskrit poet, son of Dattaka, and author of the magnificent poem called, from its subject, Sisupala-vadha or, from its author, Magha-kavya. (Dow.; Enc. Br.) n 14:301-02.320 1:25 XX: 131, 133   Maghadha See

During the period 1884 to 1922 it came out as The Statesman & Friend of India. Since 1923 the title has ap- peared as "The Statesman - (incorporating and directly descended from the Friend of India, founded in 1818)". The editor of the paper in 1907-08 was S. K. Ratcliffe. The paper naturally did not support the national- ist movement, but after 1947 its editorial policy has been a reasonably balanced one in matters of national importance. (Cal. Lib.; N.S.I., p. 30) (See also Friend of India)  1: 142, 160, 169-70, 172, 174, 180, 184, 194, 347-50, 352-55, 368, 373-75, 407, 409-10, 420-22, 429-30, 435, 453-54, 503-04, 547, 551-54, 563 2: 76, 209, 284, 291-92, 329-30, 332, 367, 376-78

Milan a leading financial, industrial, and commercial city of Italy and capital of the north Italian region of Lombardy (Lom- bardia). (Enc. Br.) o i: 501   Milford an English critic about whom Dilip Kumar Roy wrote to Sri Aurobindo in connection with Sri Aurobindo's quantitative hexameters, a S: 551-52 9: 398-400 11:29-34   Mill, John Stuart (1806-73), English philosopher, political economist, and exponent of Utilitarianism (inherited from Jeremy Bentham), whose works contain the major strands of 19th-century philosophy, logic, and economic thought. (Enc. Br.) D 1: 427, 704 III: 10   Miltiades probably Miltiades the Younger (c. 554-489 BC), general who

hifted to Calcutta in 1871 and continued to be bilingual till March 1878. After the passing of the Vernacular Press Act, it was converted overnight (21 March 1878) into an English weekly. It became a daily from February 1891, and shortly thereafter Motilal Ghose became one of the editors. The paper played an important role in the freedom struggle as a nationalist organ. (D.N.B.-II, pp. 51, 61) 1:189, 252, 281-82, 423-24, 429-30, 733 2:137, 230, 295-97, 314-15, 319, 329, 353, 356-57 4:226, 243 26:399 27:463, 492   Amritsar a city, administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the Punjab, north- western India; famous as the holy city of

INTRODUCTION   Scope of the Work         In this "Glossary and Index" are listed proper names - personal, geographical, historical, fictional, mythological, etc. - used by Sri Aurobindo in his writings. The volumes referred to are the twenty-nine text volumes of the Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library and Volumes 1 to 11 <1977 to 1987) of the semiannual journal Sri Aurobindo: Archives and Research. (For the purpose of the Glossary the scope is extended to include the unpublished portion of Sri Aurobindo's "Record of Yoga", which will continue to be published in future issues of the journal.) To collect the names all of the texts in each of these volumes have been

Puloma in Hindu mythology, name of the titaness who was the wife of Bhrigu. She gave birth to CHYAVAN, who even from the womb inherited his father's greatness and ascetic energy. (M.N.;A)  5:239, 253 27:152, 158   Puloman in Hindu mythology, name of an Asura who was father of Sachi, the wife of Indra. (Dow.)  27:158   Punjab Pancanada, a province of India which under British rule extended from N.W.F.P. (North West Frontier Province) to Delhi. Lahore was its capital. With the creation of Pakistan in August 1947, Punjab was partitioned approximately along a line that divides the main concentrations of the Moslem and Hindu populations. The Hindu section now constitute

England largest and most populous unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Der: English(men);   Englishwomen; Englished; Anglicised; Anglicisation 1:1, 7-8, 12-14, 16, 18, 21-32, 34-39, 41-43, 48, 53-56, 58, 63, 91-93, 99-100, 104-06, 108, 118, 132-33, 138, 142-43, 145-46, 149, 158-59, 176, 186, 190, 198, 201-02, 208-09, 220-21, 226, 230, 242, 245, 260-61, 264, 267, 269, 278-79, 282, 286, 288, 294-95, 304-05, 313, 332-33, 341-43, 350-51, 355, 358, 365, 367-68, 380, 387-88, 390, 395, 403, 409, 413-14, 417-19, 421-22, 426-27, 435, 440, 443-44, 447-48, 450, 455, 459-60, 462-65, 467-68, 470-73, 480, 482, 487, 492, 496, 499-501, 503-06, 512, 525, 534, 5