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Appendix - A
GLOSSARY
Note : Only those terms that are not given in the book
THEOSOPHICAL GLOSSARY by H.P.Blavatsky and also those
terms for which the author wants to give some additional
information, are explained here.
AAdwaita : A school of Ve-da-ntic Philosophy founded
by S’ankara-cha-rya. It deals with the
complete identity of any created entity
with the absolute Parabrahman in
essence. The term means ‘not two’. It
means that the Jeeva is ONE with
Parabrahman.
Agastya : A great sage on the earth. A star called
Canopus in the Solar level. A sublime
principle on the cosmic level. At all
levels it denotes the raising of the lower
principles into the higher. On the
zodiacal level, this principle presides
over the sign Aquarius.
The Pura-n.a-s describe that Agastya had to
drink the waters of the oceans to kill
some demons hiding in the oceans. In
the microcosm this principle is located
in the heart-centre which elevates the
lower principles of man into the higher
through love.
Once a king named Nahusha was raised
to the level of Indra, the king of the
Gods. He worked as a substitute for
Indra. He gradually grew evil. Then
Agastya cursed him to fall down on