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. (

15: 5, 7-8, 117, 270, 353, 463-64. 583, 627 17: 121-22, 211, 393 20: 316 21: 714, 717, 720 22:154, 416 23:675 26:130 27:79, 359-63, 451 1:27 11:61, 66 111:5, 7-8, 12-13, 18 V: 2, 4 VI: 158-59 XVIII: 134 XIX: 5-7   Kshetro Kshetro Mohan Singh, the first "declared" or legal proprietor of Bande Mataram according to the declaration dated 6 August 1906. [From "Record of Yoga" MSS Nov. 1913-Oct. '27]   K.U. Kena Upanishad   Kubera See Kuvera   KublaKhan poetic fragment (1816) by Coleridge, an inspired fantasy memorable for its haunting sensuous imagery and melodic lines. (Enc. Br.) D 9: 349   Kulasekhara Alwar (fl. c. 8th cent.), a king of Malabar wh

earned him the sobriquet "Member for India". (Enc. Am.; Col. Enc.)  1:343   Bradlaugh Hall a hall located in Lahore in the Punjab (now in Pakistan), with a seating capacity of about 3000. It was the venue of a convention of the Moderates held in December 1909. (A)  2:329-30 4:237   Bradley, Francis Herbert (1846-1924), influential English philosopher of the absolute Idealist school, which based its doctrines on the thought of the German philosopher Hegel and considered mind as a more fundamental feature of the universe than matter. (Enc. Br.)  22:158, 160   Brahma (Brahma), in the late Vedic period, one of the major gods of Hinduism, the first member of the Hind

Uttar Pradesh), and took the city of Kashi. Arjuna-Kartavirya was king of the Haihayas. (Dow.) a 3:189-90, 214   Haihaya Arjuna Kartavirya See Kartavirya, Haihaya Arjuna   Haile Selassie (1892-1975), emperor of Ethiopia (1930-36 and 1941-74), "Lion of JUDAH". Originally named Tafari Makonnan, he took the new name Haile Selassie, meaning "Might of the Trinity", when he was crowned emperor in 1930. He won the admiration of the free world for resisting the Italian invasion of his country in 1935 and personally leading the defending troops in the field. In May 1936 when further resistance was hopeless, he fled to British protection. Haile Selassie was deposed