SOURCES (The abbreviation used for the source is given at the end in parentheses.)   I BOOKS   1. Antony, Francis Cyril, ed. Gazetteer of India: Territory of Pondicherry. 2 vols. Pondicherry: Administration of the Union Territory of Pondicherry, 1982. (Gaz. P.) 2. Apte, V. S. Sanskrit-English Dictionary. 3 vols. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1957. (Apte) 3. Archer, William. India and the Future. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1917. (Archer) 4. Avery, Catherine B., ed. The New Century Classical Handbook. New York: Appleton Century-Crafts, 1962. (N.C.C.H.) 5. Barker, L. Mary, ed. Pears Cyclopaedia. 80th ed. Suffolk: Pelham Books Ltd., 1971- 72. (Pe

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

John (Dacre) a character - illegitimate son of Sir Gerald Curran by his sister-in-law Matilda Dacre - in Sri Aurobindo's story "The Devil's Mastiff", 7:1049-51   John (Lancaster) a character - Richard Lancaster's brother - in Sri Aurobindo's short story "The Door at Abelard".  7:1027, 1041-42, 1044-45   Johnson, Samuel (1709-84), English poet, essayist, critic, journalist, lexicographer, and conversationalist, regarded as one of the outstanding figures of English 18th-century life and letters. (Enc. Br.) Der: Johnsonian; Johnsonianly  3: 231 9-. 317 16:265 29:744-45, 753 1:9-10 11:11, 14-17   Johnson, Lionel Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867-1902), English

SRI AUROBINDO BIRTH CENTENARY LIBRARY Volume  No.                   Title 1                             Bande Mataram 2                             Kannayogin 3                            The Harmony of Virtue 4                            Writings in Bengali 5                            Collected Poems 6                            Collected Plays 7                            Collected Plays 8                            Translations 9                            The Future Poetry   10                          The Secret of the Veda 11                  

Conrad, Count a character - a young nobleman - in Sri Aurobindo's play The Maid in the Mill.  7: 821, 825,834-36,840, 876,880   Conservative Party in Great Britain, the political party associated with the maintenance of institutions, confidence in private enterprise, and a preference for a pragmatic, rather than ideological, approach to the problems of government. The party is the heir, and in some measure the continuation, of the old Tory Party. (Enc. Br.) Der: Conservatism  I: 104-05,143,323,384,409,419.448,573 2: 56, 101, 195, 234, 267-72, 285, 299. 306-07, 379-80 4:205,212-14,221,233,248 27:4,54 XXII: 126   Constable, John (1776-1837). English painter who, with J.M.W. T

Ramayana, the story of the Sanskrit Ramayana freely retold in Bengali verse by KRITTIBAS. (A) a 3:426 14:319 (Bengal) National College The Bengal National College and School, Calcutta, was set up by the National Council of Education, Bengal, on 14 August 1906 with Sri Aurobindo as the principal. Sri Aurobindo, however, resigned on August 2, 1907. In 1910, the college merged with the Bengal Technical Institute founded by Sri Tarak Nath Palit; the united institution came to be known as the Bengal National College and Technical School. Some time later, after the arts side of the college met with failure, the technical side was developed into the Jadavpore College of Engineering and Technol