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Mr. Johnston translated several important Sanskrit works into English. | Mr. Johnston translated several important Sanskrit works into English. | ||
*[[Bhagavadgītā (book)|'''''The Bhagavad-gîta: "The songs of the master"''''']]. Flushing, N.Y.: C. Johnston, 1908. Available online at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924097311702 Internet Archive]. | |||
*[[The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom (book)|'''''The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom''''']] by [[Śankarâchârya]].<ref>Sankaracharya, ''The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom (Vivekachudmani)'', | *[[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> | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 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 Bhagavad-gîta: "The songs of the master". Flushing, N.Y.: C. Johnston, 1908. Available online at Internet Archive.
- 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.
- From the Upanishads. Portland, ME: Thomas Mosher,1899. Available online at Internet Archive.