Glossary and Index of Proper Names to Sri  Aurobindo's Works   PUBLISHER'S NOTE   The works of Sri Aurobindo abound in proper names. Their number and variety make it difficult for his readers to obtain a full intellectual understanding of his writings. A person familiar with Puranic mythology may know little about the geography of ancient Greece. An admirer of Shakespeare may never have heard of Yajnavalkya. A student who had the time and the inclination to look up every unfamiliar name would need a full shelf of reference books, some of them difficult to obtain, and even then some terms would escape him. The present volume is an attempt to meet

state, and the name is considered synonymous with Utopia. According to certain esoteric traditions, the occult sciences achieved a high level of development in Atlantis. (Col. Enc.) 6:9 17:237 22:1-2   Atlas in Greek mythology, a Titan, son of lapetus and Clymene. After the downfall of the Titans he was condemned to stand at the western end of the earth, bearing the sky on his head and hands. Perseus is said to have changed him into Mt. Atlas because of his inhospitality. (Col. Enc.; M.I.) 5:412, 481, 486 6:174 8:410   Atreid, The See Atrides a 5:475, 480, 482, 484 8:410   Atreus in Greek legend, king of Mycenae. He was son of Pelops and suffered from the curs

Patiala a protected princely state till its merger with the Indian Federal Republic in 1948. It first formed part of PEPSU (Patiala and East Punjab States' Union), but in 1956 it was merged in the state of Punjab. It is about 125 miles to the northwest of Delhi. In the days of British domination the Patiala chief Maharaja Bhupendra Singh (1891-1938) greatly developed the state. (D.I.H.)  2:249-50, 353-56   Patmore, Coventry Coventry (Kersey Dighton) Patmore (1823-96), English poet and essayist whose allusive poetry reflects a deep knowledge and understanding of 17th- century metaphysical poetry, unusual in one of his day. (Enc. Br.)  26:258 29:797   Patmos smallest (22

APPENDIX      This book is primarily intended to provide information about the proper names used by Sri Aurobindo in his writings. But it may also be used as an index or concordance to find whether a certain name occurs in Sri Aurobindo's works. Readers wishing to use the book in this way should remember the following points: 1. Sri Aurobindo may not have used the conventional form or normal spelling of a name, but instead an alternative, variant, or derivative, or else an older form that is no longer in vogue. 2. When writing about a person (real or fictional), he may have used a pseudonym, nickname, or patronymic. 3. When writing about literary works, Sri Aurobin

Roumano-Bulgarian tension the international conflict which began when Roumania, as a price for having remained neutral in the First Balkan War (1912), demanded from the Bulgarians a part of the Dobruja. Bulgaria was reluctant to accept Russian arbitration. The tension continued and ultimately led to Roumania attacking Bulgaria and occupying the Dobruja. (Enc. Br., Macro. Vol. 2, p. 630)  XXII: 132   Roupnaraian, King See Shiva Singh (Rupnaraian)   Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-78), French philosopher and political theorist whose treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the Romantic generation. His influence was equally strong in the fields o

Gaea (Earth); also certain of the offspring of these Titans. The names of the twelve Titans, the ancestors of the Olympian gods, were Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, lapetos, Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, and Cronos. Cronos, the youngest of them, ruled the world after overthrowing and castrating Uranus. He swallowed each of his own children at birth, but Zeus escaped. Cronos was made to vomit up the others (including Hera, Demeter, Poseidon, and Hades) and, after a protracted struggle, he and the other Titans were vanquished, all of them but Atlas imprisoned in Tartarus, and the reign of Zeus was established. More broadly, the word Titan may be applied to any being

heaven by the austerites of King BHAGI- RATHA. Shiva, to save the earth from the shock of her fall, caught the river on his brow and checked its course with his matted locks. The river descended from Shiva's brow in several streams. Personified as a goddess, Ganga is the eldest daughter of Himvat (see Himalaya) and Mena. She became the wife of King Santanu and bore a son, Bhishma.   (D I H Dow.) Var Gonga: Gange I 1:466, 557, 829, 867, 2:187, 3:105, 121, 193, 267, 278, 427-28.460. 5:28, 55, 196, 199-202, 204, 209-10, 217, 223-24, 246, 248, 256, 405-06, 489. 6:211, 347 7:812, 917, 935, 941, 955, 974, 990, 1008. 8:32, 69, 71, 102, 105, 107-08, 111, 115, 119-20

Nazareth historic city of Lower Galilee, northern Israel. It is closely associated with the childhood of Jesus and is a centre of Christian pilgrimage. (Enc. Br.)  13:12, 153   Nazi a political party (full name in English: National Socialist German Workers' Party) founded in 1919. Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler it dominated Germany from 1933 to 1945, governing the country by totalitarian methods. Although originally conceived as an organization that would run on nationalist and Socialist doctrines, in later years it became anti-democratic, anti-liberal, and belligerent. The Nazis led Germany into the horrors of World War II and to its ultimate total defeat by the Allied n

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A  A SAee Aiyar, V.V.S. or Roy, Anilbaran   Aacrity in the Mahabharata, brother of BHISHMUC, and king of the ancient country named Surastra; he is described as equal to Parasurama in military skill and courage.(M.N.;A) Var: Acrity 3:190 8:40   Aaron in the Bible, the first high priest of the Israelites. He acted as the instrument of JEHOVAH in performing certain miracles, such as turning his rod into a serpent and causing it to bud, blossom, and bear almonds. He, with his brother Moses, led the Israelites out of Egypt. (Col. Enc.) 1:606   Abbasside Arabic family descended from Abbas, uncle of Mohammad. They held the caliphate from AD 749/750 to 1258. (