On India
THEME/S
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Adya Shakti , 21 Afghanistan, 170,229 Agni, 116,117 agriculture, 39 see also peasantry, village Ahimsa , 55 , 123, ISI , 168,218,219,246 see also non-violence Ajatashatru's, 96 Alipore Bomb Ca se , 46 (fn), ISO, 159 Alipore jail, 47 , 48 , 214 Allies (in World War II ), 226, 236, 238-239 altruism, 80 , 102, 112 Ambedkar, B. R., 204,205 America , 59 , 81 , 174,237 Americans, 77 , 239 Andhra University, 247 Anushilan Samiti, 13 Arabians, 190 archaeology , 98(fn), l001(fn) Arjuna, 51 , 125,206,240 art, 65-68, 103, 127, 182,220 Indian a r t, 59 .60, 67, 68 , 168 Arya (English monthly), 83, III Arya Samaj , 170 Aryan, 49 , 106 character and life, 52, 60 fig h te r, 126 invasion (theory of). 96 , 98, l00,101 (fn), 107,108, 114 , IIS, 116 language, 97 ,98 , 108 ,109 people, 106,107, 108 , 153 worker, 113 asceticism, 92 , 106,107, 112, 142 ·143, 149, 198,240 Asia, 25, 39, 157, 178 and the Communist pl an, 252·253 astronomy, 168 Augustus, 77 avatar, 49 , 89 , 91, 102 Azad, Abul Kalam, Maulana, 230, 238(fn)
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Bahaism. 169
Baker, Edward, 47 (fn) Bakunin,93 Bande Mataram (mantra and national song), 9, 21,22, 37 ,154,222,223 Bande Mataram (English daily), 17,27,47 Banerjee, Jitendranath, 13 Banerji, Surendranath, 17 Bangladesh, 15(fn) Bankim, see under Charleroi Baptista, Joseph, 148 barbarians. 126 barbarism, 103, 127, 175,239 Barin, see under Ghose Baroda, II, 35 Baroda College , II battle, 45 -46 ,51 , 102, 123-126, 143-144, 206,207, 238·240 beauty, 66 , 68, 103 , 127.217.218,220 Bengal, 39 , 111.112, 152, 153, 222,246 atrocities on Hindus in, 203, 241-242 awakening of, 21,22, 67(fn), 180 partition of, 17, 18, 54 (fn) Bengal National College, 27 Bhaga vat Gila, 46 , 48 ,52, 125-126, 170,171, 176, 183 ,201,206 Bharati. Subramania, 100(fn) Bhawani Mandir, 13 Bible, 68 , 170. 176, 190 birth control, 185-186 see also overpopulation Bolshevism, 151, 183 ,200,203 Bose , Sub has Chandra, 223 , 230, 231,237(fn) Brahrnanas, 95 , 105 brahrnateja, 50 Brahmins. 28,29, 44, 55, 87. 120·121.208 Britain, see under England British. the, see under English British rule (in India), 9, 18·19,31, 40(fn), 43 , 46(fn), 60,61, 158. 178.202, 219(fn), 230, 231 Buddha. 92 . 106, 144,204,213 Buddhism, 92, 112 , 129, 137, 177 bureaucracy, 58, 68, 135, 220 business. 216, 240
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Caliph (Sultan of Turkey), 149(/11) capitalism, 154, 200 capita lists, 77 , 103, 221 caste, 44, 79 , 90, 207-208 original meaning of, 28-30,120, 177 perversion of, 119, 120·121 political use of, 18, 32 , 192(11) caturvarna caturvarnya, 90 , 120 Chaitanya, 204 Chandala, 29, 44 Chandernagore,71 Chandragupta Maurya, 178 charity, 102, 112, 129 see also altruism Charkha, 170,215,219,225 Charlemagne, 77 Chatterji, Bankim Chandra, 9, 21 , 155 China, 88 , 137, 202, 220 Communist China, 252 and India, 252, 253 and Tibet, 252, 253 Chokha Mela, 29 Christ, 77, 137, 142, 144, 170, 175,205, 213 Christianity, 59, 129, 142-143,170, 175-176, 184,217 Christians, 63, 68, 171, 183 civilization, 96, 99 , 100, 126-227, 142 ancient, 96, 100, 117 present, 127 , 134,235,236,241,251 see also Indian, Western civilization commercialism, 61, 67, 127, 140, 153, 216 Communism, 90, 103, 154, 174,214, 220-221, 252, 253 Communists (Indian), 231 Confucians, 190 Congress. see under Indian National Congress Congressmen, 222 conversion, 204,205 of Hindus into Muslims, 167, 245 Coomaraswamy my, A, K., 60(11) corruption, 209, 222 courage, 22,23, 25, 30, 36, 54, 57, 58, 68, 124, 148, 154 Cowell, E . B., 97(11) creation (new), 21 , 23, 32, 57 , 91 , 128, 154 , 193 ,200.201,241,244,247
criminals. Indian, 214 in politics , 221 Cripps, Sir Stafford, 237 Cripps' proposal, 224(11), 237 culture. see under Indian culture Curzon, 17 Czechoslovakia , 23 I
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Danton, 24 Das, Chillaranjan, 13,47, 159, 185,216, 221,223,242 Dayananda Saraswati, 116 ·118, 170 democracy, 61, 62, 103 ,104, 149, 174,214 Indian conception of, 39 parliamentary, 93, 172,214,221 in the West, 103 see also political systems destruction, 21, 91 , 123,124, 128 ,241 means of, 228, 251 Deuskar, Sakharam Ganesh, 40(11) Devil, 143 Dharma (Bengali weekly), 47 dharma, 48(111), 69·70, 15 I, 152, 182 in ancient times, 165 , 177 basis of democracy, 39 India's, 49, 158 see also Sanatana dharma dictatorship, 214 diplomacy, 37 , 45 divide-and-rule, 17, 18 -19,230 Dominion status (for India), 223-224, 231, 237 Dravidian languages, 97, 98(/11), 108-109 races, 49(11), 96 , 98 , 107 -109, 114, 115 ,116 see also Aryan invasion Duraiswamy Iyer, 237(fn) Durga, 124, 222-223 Dull, Ashwini Kumar, 17 Dull, Rornesh, 40(fn) Dwaraka, 100-101(fn)
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East, 25 , 88 economy, 43, 156,200,220,221
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Western sys tem of, 42 , 127 India's ruined by Britain, 40(fn), 43 , 202 education, 11-12, 127, 2 16, 220 artistic, 66-67, British European, 39, 43, 52, 55, 59, 60, 65, 183, 220 language emedium of, 75, 157 moral or re legions, 7 3 national, 23, 27, 35, 38, 67 , 133, 180 scientific, 65 teaching by snippets, 74 -76 Egypt (ancient), 137 England, 24 , 60 ,61, 67, 202, 236, 239 English, the English, 24, 43 , 67 , 71, 217, 239 their coming to India, 60,61,178 language , 157 see also British rule, Europe Europe, 55,59, 88, 104, 152,217 and Asia, 25, 39 bankruptcy of 77,82, 114,115, 175 ,218 her religious history, 59 , 147 her Shakti, 152 see also education, materialism. politics, religion, scholarship Europeanization of India, 42, 43, 52, 59-61, 71- 72 , 86-87, 140,223 of Japan, 88, 216,218 evil, 124, 143 , 171, 182 evolution, 51, 59 , 65, 136, 189,201 ,217, 235, 254 the new evolution, 111 see al so supermind, truth Extremism, 32(fn)
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fanaticism, 147, 167, 169, 190, 197 , 204 Fascism, 194,214,226 fast, see under hunger strike federation (for India ), 249 fight, see under battle force (spiritual), see under power forests, 220 France, 202, 227 -228 freedom, 26, 79, 213 , 2 14, 228 French Revolution, 77, 80 Freud, Sigmund, 218
future, 25,26, 57, 60 , 65, 72, 74, 76 , 92, 94 ,99,101 , 110, 112, 118-119, 129, 141, 142,201,236, 241 ,247,
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Gandhi, Deva das , 170 Gandhi, M. K., Mahatma , 9,1 51 ,170, 180, 191 -192,202-203, 206,226,230 and birth control, 186 and castes, 207,208 and Charkha, 2 15 -2 16, 2 19, 225 a Christian, 175 -17 6 and Congress, 20 9, 215, 21 9 and Cripps' proposal, 237-238(fn) a European, 175 and hunger-strike, 145, 168, 17 1 and Khilafat movement, 173 and Muslim demands, 227 and non-cooperation, 160, 180 and non-violence, 166,168,218,219, 225,226 in South Africa, 105 , 168 and Swaraj , 173 (11) and World War II , 217 , 224, 229 -230 Gangoly, O. C., 115-116 Germans , 239 Germany, 112 in World War II , 213, 23 6, 237(fn) Ghose, Barindra Kumar , 13, 17, 47, 150 Gita , see under Bhagavat Gila Goethe , 77 , 88 Gounod ajar, 203 Go swami, Bijoy, 76 government, 217, 236 controls, 213 systems of, 165, 172 , 177,178 ,214,215 Greece (ancient), 86 , 119, 168 , 183 ,217 Greek (language), 109 Greeks , 158, 179, 183,213,217 Griffith, Ralph T. H., 97(11) guru, 119
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Haeckel , 87 Hardpans civilisation, 1oo (fn) hell, 126 , 143 , 147
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Hindu, culture. see under Indian culture Hindus, 19,31 ,39,40,44,58,63,65, 167,179 190,201 ,222·223,227, 241,242,245 religion, see under Hinduism society, see under Indian society Hinduism, 48-50, 55, 69·70, 86·88, 92, 94,96, 124, 129, 143, 145-147,207 aggressive and expanding, 131 its central principle, 145·147, 179, 184, its decline, 81, 131 orthodox, I ,32, 89.90, 94 passive, 183 untouched by the Congress, 32 and violence, 246 se e also religion, Sanatana dharma Hindu-Misfire question, 17, 18·19,31, 53,54,58,62,65, 165,166, 167, 173, 181,195,222,223,227,228,230, 241,242, 244-245 Hitler, 193, 194,213,217,224·226,227, 229(fn), 230, 239, 242 sympathy for, 225 Holland,226 honesty, 112·113 humanitarianism, 59, 80, 112, 196 humanity, see under man/mankind hunger strike, 145 , 168 , 171
I
I. C .S. (Indian Civil Service), 223 idealism, 194, 196,246 imperialism, 24, 202, 226 India, her assimilation of other cultures, 86, 178,179,248 as Bharata Shakti, 139 as Bhawani Bharati, 15 her decline degeneration, 30, 40.41, 43,59-60,61,85.86, 150-153, 185 her destiny, 22, 133,134, 139,245,250 her dharma Swadharma, 42, 49 , 158, 165,177,250 her freedom, 149,160,209,219,226, 230,237,244,245, 252,253 her future, 61, 72, 92 , 94,110, 112,149, 154, 157 ,203,209,237,245,249,250 her genius spirit, 61,149,150, 172, 178 government for, 172,178,215,
220-221, 249 her greatness, 24 , 27 ·28, 44, 64, 110 , 132, 160 the guide of the world guru of nations ,38 ,110 her Independence, 19,203,209,224 the laboratory of the soul, 40 her mission, 1,92, 112, 139, 140, 154,159 as the Mother, 13, IS , 16,21-22,28, 41 ,53,54,64,223,243,255 and the new Truth, 171, 184 North India, 107,108, 115 partition of, 17,224, 244,245 her past, 30 , 38, 55, 60, 61, 64, 98(fn), 100,101 , 137 , 157, 165, 172, 177 -179, 184,195,201,204,214,217,247,248 her rebirth regeneration, 1,41,44, 57,88,92,93, 110, 140, 153, 154, 158 her Shakti, 13-15, 152, 157, 158 South India, 107,108, 115 her spirituality spiritual heritage, 24, 26 , 40, 52 , 60, 86, 88, 93 ,98(fn), 110, 114-115,124,126,129,132,133, 137,138,139, 145 ·146, 154,158 , 175, 179,184, 195,201,225,240,250 her unity, 62·64, 158,230.244-245, 247,249 see al so art, Bengal, British rule, education, Hindu, Hinduism, Indian, scholarship, etc. Indian, civilization, 24, 30, 64, 81, 85, 98(fn), 100,101 (fn), 137, 142, 152,247,248 culture, 64, 65, 67, 86, IIS, 137, 139, 140, 145,146, 157, 158, 168 , 171,179, 222,223, 242, 248 Indians,13,15,52,60, 139, 146 , 150,153, 175, 185,213·214 intellect mind, 12,43,87,88,95, 111,112,126. 147, 157 mentality, 225, 228 society, 85-86, 89.90, 92 , 119 -121, 131,165 universities, II, 12,60 Indian National Congress, 9, 17,19,43, 132. 149, 155-156,219, 241(fn), 249 and the communal principle, 19, 53 ,195 corruption in, 209 a Fascist organization. 215 imitation of, 61,62
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and the Indian people, 18,32 and Jinnah, 223 it s leaders, 10, 20 and Pakistan, 224 and th e Partition, 244 sessions of, -Arnrttsar (1919), 149 -Calcutta ( 1906), 35 . Lahore ( 1929), 149(fn) -Luc know (1916),195 -Nagpur ( 19 20), I 49(fn), 155 -Surat (1907), 35 and World War 11,227,231 Indo-Afghan race , 96, 107 Indo-Saracenic architecture, 168 Indra , 116,117 Indu Prakash (Bombay daily), 9 Indus-Saraswati civilization, 1oo(fn) industry, 14,43,78, 127, 154 ,216,221 institutions, 9,7,72 , 136 , 141,219 intolerance, 147, 167 Islam, 32 , 44, 53, 129, 143, 158, 167, 170, 217,223 see al so Muslim Islamic culture ,168 ,179 it his a, 98(fn)
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Jainism, 151 , 176 , 177 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, 156 (fn) Japan, 88, 137,202,216, 237 (fn) Japanese, 216, 218 jat, 90 Jews, 190, 242 Jinnah, 223, 224, 230, 241, 245 Judaism, 129 Judea, 137
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Kabir, 146 Kala Purusha , 91 Kali Yuga, 91 KaJi,44, 106, 124 Kalki,148 Karmayogin (English weekly) , 47, 71, 77,83 Kashmir, 228, 245(/n} Kemal , Mustapha , 169(fn), 192
Khaddar, 170 Khilafat movement, 149(fn), 156(fn), 165 , 169 , 173 , 195 Koran, 170, 190 Korea, 253 Krishna Vasudeva , 46, 50 , 51, 100(fn), 106 , 125 , 205 , 206, 238, 240 Kshatriya , 20, 29 , 44, 46 , 55 , 120,121 , 167
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Lajpat Rai, Lala, 17 language, 75, 129 see also Aryan language . Dravidian languages. Sanskrit Latin, 109 law, its true function , 45 see al so dharma and Shastra Lenin, 192 literature, 73, 80 love, 14, 91,153 gospel of, 45,46, 144
M
machinery , 103 , 127 , 135, 136, 141 exaggerated importance of, 51,52, 71, 79 ,81 of the State, 104 , 177 Mahabharata, 46, 98(fn), 1oo(fn), 238, 240 Mahomed, 190 Mahomedans, see under Muslims Malaviya, Madan Mohan, Pandit, 166 man/mankind, 44.45,65,67,94, 112, 115,118,119,120,125,127,128,129, 134,135, 136 , 196 ,201 ,216,218 his destiny, 136,235,251 in Europe, 78,79 an infant, 193 his intellect, 115, 163,21 8 more mental than woman, 181 his nature , 144, 189, 200, 219 a reasoning animal, 85 his status with regard to woman, 90 of today, 213 a transitional being, 189 see also civilization, future Mantra, the fu ture, 37 , 155
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Ma nu, 89 Marx, Karl , 200 materialism, 1,61 ,77-78, 80,85,92, 114 , 140 , 197 ,201 mathematic s, 168 matter , field o f Sri Aurobindo's Yoga , 189, 193, 194 Maurya, the dynasty, 178 Ma Yadava , 183 Mazzini, 57,93 medic a l science, 102-1 03 Me so potamia , 137 Minto , Earl , 47 (fn) see also Morley-Minto re forms Miller, P. (Pramatha Mitra), 13 moderation, Moderatism, 89 , 93, 118 Mohammedans, see under Muslims monarchy, 177,178, 214 Monier-Williams , M., 97(fn) Moonje , B.S., see under Munje morality, 43 , 73, 71 , 186, 20 3,246 Morley-M in to reforms, 3 1(fn), 62·63, 64 Mo slams , see under Muslims Mother , 113 , 187, 193 , 23 8,241 , 255 the (Great) Moth e r , 21 , 41 see al so India, as th e Mother motherland. see under India, as th e Mother Mrinalini Devi , 16 Muller , F. Ma x, 87 , 95, 96,97, 116 , 117(fn) Mullick, Subodh, 27 Munje, B. S ., 155 music, 65 , 66 Muslim, culture, 168 , 179 , 222 League, 31(fn), 195(fn), 224, 241(fn) religion, see under Islam Muslims, 167 , 169, 173 , 190 com ing India, 158 , 178 ·179,248 India n Muslims , 3 1, 44 , 53, 58, 169 , 181 , 203, 222, 223, 227 , 228, 245 their sense of separateness. 31 , 64, 169 (fn) see also Hindu-Muslim question Mussolini, 193 , 229 (fn)
N
Naoroji, Dadabhai, 35 , 40(fn) Napoleon, 77
Nationalism, 13, 32, 64 its call, 44 is Sanatana dharma, SO Nation alit movement party, 17,32·33, 36,44,45,47, 50,54,59,60, 93,21 5, 246 see also Swadeshi Nazis Nazism, 2 11, 214, 2 17, 2 18, 229(fn), 236 see also Hitler Nehru, Jawaharlal , 192(fn), 207, 228-229, 238(fn), 245(fn), 253 newspapers , see under press Nivedita , Sister , 13,71 ,21 9 non-cooperation movement, 156,160,180 non-violence , 45 , ISI , 166 ·168, 170 , 218,219,225,226,229, 246 see a so Ahimsa nuclear weapons, 251
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obscurantism, 147 occultism, 200 or the box, see under Hinduisrn over population, 63-64 see also birth control
P
paganism , 129 Pakis tan, 15(fn), 22 4, 22 7, 24 1, 245(fn), 253 Pal , Bepin Chandra , 17 Pales tine, 137 Panchayat (system), 178, 221 Pariah, 29, 20 8 parliamentary democracy, see under democracy Pars is,63 partition, see under Bengal, India, Pakistan passive resistance, 93 , ISI , 167 ·168 , 219,246 Patanjali, III Patel , Vallabhbhai, Sardar , 243 patriotism, 21 -22 , 23 , 24 -25, 76 peace, the gospel of, 4 5, 125 , 246
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peasantry, 18, 32, 39, 40, 44 see al so agriculture, village Persia, 86(fn), 168, 169, 179 Petain,227 philanthropy, 112 see also altruism, charity poetry, 44, 65, 127, 138 Poland,231 political systems , in ancient India, 137 , 165, 172 , 177,178, 2 14 , 220,221,24 8, in t he West, 103 -104, 172,214 see also Communism. democracy, Socialism politician, 45 , 132, 202 Indian politicians , 173 , 182 -183, 184 -185,221,229 the qualities of, 20, 25, 202 politics, 18,20,41 ,45,55, 149,240 European Western, 149 , ISI , 153 -154 the field o f the Kshatriya , 20 Indian politics, 93 , 110 , 151 , 153 -154, 171 , 177, 182 -183, 184 language of, 31 , 138 spirituality in, 50,51, 57, 61 , 93, 132, 138 - 139, 149 , 184 Pondicherry, 71 , 83 population, see under overpopulation poverty, 40, 102 , 112, 220 power (divine, spiritual), 21, 23, 25-26, 36,37 ,55,56,57,74, III , 14 1, 160 , 184, 236 , 238, 254 see also Shakti, strength pralaya, 74 press, 80, 174 propaganda, 196 psychoanalyst is, 197-198,218 psychology, 198 Puranas , 69 , 96, loolln), IOS, 110
R
Rajagopalachari, Chakravarti, 166, 237-238(fn) Rama, 238 Ramakrishna, 76 , 102 Ramakrishna Mission, 112 Ramayana, 98(fn) Ramdas. 46 Ramprasad, 146 Rao, S. R. , 101(fn)
rationalism , 55 , 85, 140 reason, 1,85,201 -202 reform sure formers, 89-90 religion, 49 , 101 , 129 -130, 169 , 182 , 190, 20 1, 207 aggressive religions, 183 degeneration failure o f, 80, 169, 182,196 divorced from life , 51 , 68, 139 European conception of, 50, 68, 139 , 145-146 Indian conception of, 69, 182 notion of single religion, 147 see also Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, sa Liana dharma, spirituality renunciation (of life), 106 -107, 240 republic (in ancient India ), 137 , 178, 248 revolution, 37, 38 , 110 era of, 140 -141 spiritual, 129 Rig-Veda, see under Veda Rishis, 26, 49, 89, 98({11), 116, 12 1, 158 Rolland, Roma in, 193 Rome (ancient), 80 , 119, 137 Ro th, Prof. von, 116 Roy, Motilal, 105 Rudra , 123, 144 Russel , Bertrand, 193 Russia , 193, 225 , 252 Russia ns, 176, 2 17
S
samata , 206 Samurai, 29 , 44 Sanaana dharma, 49-50, 5 1, 69 , 93, 94, 145 see also Hinduism Sannyasin, 69 , 106,219 Sanskrit, 12, l00 (fn), 107, 109 , 118, 157 Saraswati (river), 10 1(fn) Satyagraha, Satyagrahi, l SI , 166, 180, 209 Satya Yuga, 91 Sayana, 94 -96, 105, 116 scholarship, in Europe, 12, 80 , 95 -96, 97 (fn), 98(fn), 107 , 115, 116 in India, 12,98(1"), 115-116 science, 49 , 59 , 77 -78 , 80, 110 , 127 , 134 , 135 , 137,235,249
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in ancient India. 137 in the Veda, 117 its limitation. 197 superstition of, 87. 99 see also education secular (nothing secular). 146, 149 Shakespeare, 77 Shakti, 13,15, 139 . 152 -153 se e also India. strength Shankaracharya, 29 . 87 , 92. 94-95, 97,112,204 Shastra, 69. 86-87, 89. 146 Shiva, 29. 98(fn). 123 Shivaji,46 Shudras, 29,119,120-121 Sikh Gurus, 146 Sikhs, 63 Snide, Nana Saheb, 218 Socialism/Socialists, 103, 135, 174,215. 220 soul-force, 124, 191 spiritism. 200 spirituality, 50. 51 , 92, 135, 138 , 171,200 age of, 135 -136 basis of life, 154, 159,203,219 European notion of. 139, 200 of India, see under India, her spirituality in politics, 50-51, 57, 61, 93. 138-139, 149 -150, 184 in society, 134, 138 -139 spiritualization of life man, 129, 134 -135, 139 , 140 Sri Aurobindo's idea of, 149 true spirituality, 139 Sri Aurobindo (main events in his life, chronologically), return from England, 9 in Baroda service, II his revolutionary action, 13,246 editor of Bande Mataram, 17 principal of Bengal National College,27 behind the Nationalist movement, 195 -196,246 Bande Mataram sedition case, 27. 195-196 Surat Congress, 35 Alipore Bomb Case, 47 withdrawal from politics, 71 , 110-111 , 151 departure for Chandernagore, 71
departure for Pondicherry, 71, 83 meeting with Mother, 113 calls for his return to politics, 148-149, 155-156 hi s withdrawal in 1926, 187 accident to his le g. 211 his support for the Allies, 231 , 236, 238 his public support for. Cripps' proposal. 224(fn), 237 his message for India's Independence, 244-245 his passing, 255 see also Chronology, p. 257 ff Srinivas Iyengar, 215 Stalin, 215, 225 strength, 14-15, 16, 18,21,32,36,45, 52 -53.54,57,58, 124, 125 -126 see also India, Shakti suffering, 22 -23, 166-167, 176 ,253 Sufism, 168 supermind, supramental, 173-174. 199,200 super station. 55, 85. 87, 90. 95, 99-100, 106, 200 svadharma, 177 , 182,250 Swadeshi movement, 17.35,39. 40(fn), 156,180,183, 195 Swaraj, 17,35,56,93.180,209 inner, 53
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Tagore, Rabindranath, 17,27, 193, 194,215 Tagore, Surendranath, 13 Tamil (language), 109 Tamil saints, 146 Tantra, 105 Taoists, 190 tapasyd, III taxes, 221 terrorism, 56, 93, 246 theosophy, 94, 200 Tibet, 251 -253 Tilak, Bal Gangadhar, Lokmanya, 17,132, 148, ISS , 160, 185, 195,246 tolerance, 179 Tolstoy Tolstoy's, ISI, 176 tradition, 191,240-241 totals, 32 , 44
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truth, 37 , 57 , 112, 122 , 197 infinite, 204 loyalty to , 206-207 monopoly of, 190 new Truth, 171, 184 , 196,200-201,241 spiritual truth, 202 supreme Truth, 254 Tukaram, 146 Turkey, 169
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unity, 31 , 167 see also Indian Upanishads, 69, 97, IOS, 110, 137, 171 , 194,201 Uttarpara Speech, 48·49
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Vaishyas, 29, 120-121 Vander Mataram, see under Bande Mataram Veda, Vedas, 48,69,94,99, 105- 109 , 116·118,170,190 date of. 101(fn) and India 's future, 94 lost sense o f, 95 , 96 -97 , 114 Rock o f the Ages, 97 scientific knowledge in , 117 ·118 sec ret o f, 99, 122 symbolism o f, 98(fn), 114 viewed by Western scholars, 95 ·97, 107 ,116·117 Vedanta, 52, 95, 96, 109, 168 Vedic age civilization, 96 , 119-120 Vedic Rishis, see under Rishis village, 39, 41 in ancient India, 172, 220 development, 172 , 180 see also agriculture. peasantry violence, see under non-violence virtue, 171 Vishnu, 98(fn), 144 Vivekananda, Swami, 9, 24, 76 , 97 , 102, 185,219 Voltaire, 77
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Wakankar's, V. S 101 (fn) war, 81·82,123·124, 125,202,239-240 see also World War I, II waste, 198,199,215 West, 25, 88 red evening of, 157 see also Europe Western civilization, 24 (fn), 41 , 42 , 56, 59,77-81, 114 , 127 -128, 140, 157 ,216 Wilson, H. H., 97(fn) woman, 102, 181, 185 in ancient India , 119 in politics, 181 her status with regard to man, 90 her subjection, 138 World War I, 124, 125 ,216 World War II , 211 , 238·239 Sri Aurobindo's support o f the Allie 231 , 236, 238
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Yajnavalkya, 96 Yaska,96 Yoga, 48 ,52,69, 109, 137 , 159 , 186 national Yoga, 93 old system o f, ISO, 194 Sri Aurobindo 's, 144-145, 171 , 189 , 191 ,193-194,201,202,203 yo u t h, the young, 44 , 52 , 57 , 154 see also education Yugantar (Bengali weekly), 17 zamindar, 40(fn) zenana, 44
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