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Dewan Bahadur '''P. Srinivasa Rao''' (alternative spellings: Shrinivasa Rao, Sreenevas Row, Srinavas Rao, etc.) was a Judge in the Court of Small Causes in Madras. In 1884 he was elected as Secretary and one of the Vice-Presidents of the [[Madras Theosophical Society]], with [[T. Subba Row]] as the President. In 1885 he won the first [[Subba Row Medal]].
Dewan Bahadur '''P. Srinivasa Rao''' (alternative spellings: Shrinivasa Rao, Sreenivasa Row, Sreenevas Row, Srinavas Rao, etc.) was a Judge in the Court of Small Causes in Madras. In 1884 he was elected as Secretary and one of the Vice-Presidents of the [[Madras Theosophical Society]], with [[T. Subba Row]] as the President. In 1885 he won the first [[Subba Row Medal]].  


Judge Srinivasa Rao received a consoling letter from [[Koot Hoomi|Master K.H.]] through the Shrine when [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] was away. Annie Besant writes:
P. Srinivasa Rao was present on the morning of [[June 24]], 1890, when [[T. Subba Row]] attended his "last worldly business" before he died.<ref>See [http://davidpratt.info/subba.htm# T. Subba Row (1856-1890) - His Death in 1890] by David Pratt</ref>
 
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<blockquote>Another case was that of Judge Srinivasa Rao, and he states as follows: "On the 4th March, 1884 (Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott were at this time on the ocean, having left Bombay on Feb. 20th, for Marseilles) I, owing to certain domestic afflictions, felt exceedingly miserable all day." He went to Adyar, and on seeing [[Damodar K. Mavalankar|Damodar]], said he wished to see the Shrine. "He conducted me to the Occult Room upstairs forthwith, and unlocked the Shrine. He and I were standing hardly five seconds looking at the Mahatma K. H.'s portrait in the Shrine, when he (Mr. Damodar) told me that he had orders to close the Shrine, and did so immediately. This was extremely disappointing to me. But Mr. Damodar reopened in an instant the Shrine. My eye immediately fell upon a letter in a Tibetan envelope in the cup in the Shrine, which was quite empty before. I took the letter, and finding that it was addressed to me by Mahatma K. H., I opened and read it."<ref>Annie Besant, ''H. P. Blavatsky and the Masters of the Wisdom'', (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1907), 25.</ref></blockquote>
== Letters from the Master ==


P. Srinivasa Rao was present on the morning of [[June 24]], 1890, when [[T. Subba Row]] attended his "last worldly business" before he died.<ref>See [http://davidpratt.info/subba.htm# T. Subba Row (1856-1890) - His Death in 1890] by David Pratt</ref>
Judge Srinivasa Rao received at least three letters from [[Koot Hoomi|Master K.H.]] in February-March 1884, in Adyar, while [[Founders#The Founders|the Founders]] were away.<ref>P. Sreenevas Row, "Phenomenal", Supplement to ''The Theosophist'' vol. 5:No. VIII (August 1884), 113.</ref>
 
One of them was on [[February 17]], while [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] and [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]] were in Bombay. This letter was [[Precipitation|precipitated]] on [[Babaji]]'s desk and directed Srinivasa Rao to work on the spreading of [[Sanskrit]] literature and to assume the superintendence of the Triplicane Sanscrit School.
 
On [[March 4]], he felt exceedingly miserable due to certain domestic afflictions. He went to Adyar, and on seeing [[Damodar K. Mavalankar]] said he wished to see the Shrine where the portrait of the Master was kept. There, a consoling letter was precipitated avising him to take courage and explaining that "the laws of [[Karma]] were inevitable".


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The third letter was received on [[March 25]], 1884 in answer to one of his that had been placed the day before in the Shrine.


== Writings ==
== Writings ==
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* Supplement, August 1884, vol. 5, p. 113 - Phenomenal.
* Supplement, August 1884, vol. 5, p. 113 - Phenomenal.


* November 1884, vol. 6, p. 151 - The Madras TS [resolution expressing confidence in Blavatsky despite the allegations made against her] -- T Subba Row & P Sreenivasa Row
* Supplement, November 1884, vol. 6, p. 151 - The Madras TS [resolution expressing confidence in Blavatsky despite the allegations made against her] -- T Subba Row & P Sreenivasa Row


* October 1885, vol. 7, p. 53 - Light on the Path (1)
* October 1885, vol. 7, p. 53 - Light on the Path (1)

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Dewan Bahadur P. Srinivasa Rao (alternative spellings: Shrinivasa Rao, Sreenivasa Row, Sreenevas Row, Srinavas Rao, etc.) was a Judge in the Court of Small Causes in Madras. In 1884 he was elected as Secretary and one of the Vice-Presidents of the Madras Theosophical Society, with T. Subba Row as the President. In 1885 he won the first Subba Row Medal.

P. Srinivasa Rao was present on the morning of June 24, 1890, when T. Subba Row attended his "last worldly business" before he died.[1]

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Letters from the Master

Judge Srinivasa Rao received at least three letters from Master K.H. in February-March 1884, in Adyar, while the Founders were away.[2]

One of them was on February 17, while Mme. Blavatsky and Col. Olcott were in Bombay. This letter was precipitated on Babaji's desk and directed Srinivasa Rao to work on the spreading of Sanskrit literature and to assume the superintendence of the Triplicane Sanscrit School.

On March 4, he felt exceedingly miserable due to certain domestic afflictions. He went to Adyar, and on seeing Damodar K. Mavalankar said he wished to see the Shrine where the portrait of the Master was kept. There, a consoling letter was precipitated avising him to take courage and explaining that "the laws of Karma were inevitable".

The third letter was received on March 25, 1884 in answer to one of his that had been placed the day before in the Shrine.

Writings

Srinivasa Rao wrote a number of articles in The Theosophist with the spelling of P. Sreenevas Row:

  • December 1882, vol. 4, p. 56 - Observations of PSR, of Madras, on the existing system of Education in the Government Schools.
  • May 1883, vol. 4 p. 192 - Mystic Lore - Reading a sealed Envelope.
  • Supplement, June 1884, vol. 5, p. 90 - The Madras Theosophical Society [election of officers; resolutions passed]
  • Supplement, June 1884, vol. 5, p. 90 - The Madras Theosophical Sanscrit Schools (all four Madras schools inspected).
  • Supplement, August 1884, vol. 5, p. 113 - Phenomenal.
  • Supplement, November 1884, vol. 6, p. 151 - The Madras TS [resolution expressing confidence in Blavatsky despite the allegations made against her] -- T Subba Row & P Sreenivasa Row
  • October 1885, vol. 7, p. 53 - Light on the Path (1)
  • November 1885, vol. 7, p. 113, - Light on the Path (2)
  • December 1885 v7, p. 192 - Light on the Path (3)
  • January 1886, vol. 7, p. 260 - Light on the Path (4)
  • February 1886, vol. 7, p. 321 - Light on the Path (5)
  • March 1886, vol. 7, p. 392 - Light on the Path (6)
  • November 1886, vol. 8, p. 87 - Sapta-Bhumika (1) A Romance of Human Life in Seven Aspects
  • December 1886, vol. 8, p. 178 - Sapta-Bhumika (2)
  • January 1887, vol. 8, p. 243 - Sapta-Bhumika (3)
  • February 1887, vol. 8, p. 292 - Sapta-Bhumika (4)
  • March 1887, vol. 8, p. 370 - Sapta-Bhumika (5)
  • May 1896, vol. 17, p. 485 - Never Despair

Notes

  1. ↑ See T. Subba Row (1856-1890) - His Death in 1890 by David Pratt
  2. ↑ P. Sreenevas Row, "Phenomenal", Supplement to The Theosophist vol. 5:No. VIII (August 1884), 113.
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