303earth as a serpent. This Pura-n.ic allegory
deals with the ‘fall of man’.Agni : Fire. In the Ve-dic and the Pura-n.ic concepts
Agni is described as the great deity who
brings forth the whole creation into the
flame of objectivity through the cosmic
sacrifice.
Agni yoga : The path of Ra-ja yoga that is prescribed for
mankind by the great Theosophical
Masters. The path is more cosmic than
individual in its goal.
Aithare-ya : The name of a commentary to Rig ve-da. In
fact the name denotes a mythical
author of that work. All such names are
only symbolic. The term means
objectivity or the outcome of
objectivity.
A
- ka-s’ik Records : The impressions of the wisdom of the
whole universe that is concealed in
space as properties. A yogi can read the
detail through his spiritual projection,
into a plane which is called ‘the
recollection of nature’.
Aksharam : Indestructible. The term denotes the
highest principle, Parabrahman. The
term is also used to denote a letter in
the alphabet of any language. This is
because the created entities are
compared with the letters of the great
utterance of ‘the Word’ which is God
and which is called the Logos.
Ana-hata Chakra : See chakra-s.
Anasu-ya : The wife of the great sage Atri. Also a star
near the constellation of Plieades. She
is the mother of Lord Datta-tre-ya who