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== Writings == | == Writings == | ||
Mr. Johnston translated [[The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom (book)|''The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom'']] by [[Śankarâchârya]].<ref>Sankaracharya, ''The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom (Vivekachudmani)'', | Mr. Johnston translated several important Sanskrit works into English. | ||
*[[The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom (book)|'''''The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom''''']] by [[Śankarâchârya]].<ref>Sankaracharya, ''The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom (Vivekachudmani)'', | |||
translated by Charles Johnston, available at Theosophical University Press Online Edition [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm]</ref> | translated by Charles Johnston, available at Theosophical University Press Online Edition [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm]</ref> | ||
*[[Yoga Sutras of Patanjali|'''''Yoga Sutras''''']] of [[Patanjali]]. 1912. Available online at [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Yoga_Sutras Wikisource.] | |||
*'''''Sanskrit Nouns and Verb'''''. Advertised on page 59 of ''Luzac's Oriental List and Book Review, Volume 4'' by Luzac & Co., booksellers. Available online at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Np5UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=m.r.a.s.+sanskrit+prizeman&source=bl&ots=g1qQXpQraT&sig=MQrxto_FzYYMPlI5LLvsXPcQtjw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X-13UemkGMawqgHP44CgCg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=m.r.a.s.%20sanskrit%20prizeman&f=false Google Books.] | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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Revision as of 14:44, 24 April 2013
Charles Johnston, a Sanskrit scholar and translator of several Hindu classics, was a founder of the Dublin Lodge of the Theosophical Society of which William Butler Yeats and A.E. or Æ, as George William Russell was known, were also members. His wife Vera was a niece of H. P. Blavatsky. Charles and Vera were members of the Theosophical Society headed by Ernest Temple Hargrove in New York.
Early life
Teaching
Charles Johnston advertised a Sanskrit course on the inside back cover of Theosophy magazine in September 1897. It mentions classes formed in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Oregon, California, and Canada.[1]
Writings
Mr. Johnston translated several important Sanskrit works into English.
- The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom by Śankarâchârya.[2]
- Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. 1912. Available online at Wikisource.
- Sanskrit Nouns and Verb. Advertised on page 59 of Luzac's Oriental List and Book Review, Volume 4 by Luzac & Co., booksellers. Available online at Google Books.