Canarese, one of the Dravidian tongues, spoken in Southern
India. 
     Chandragupta, one of the kings of Magadha, an ancient
province of India. 
     Chandramanam, the method of calculating time by the
movements of the moon. 
     Charaka, the most celebrated writer on medicine among the
Hindus. 
     Chaturdasa Bhuvanam, the fourteen lokas or states. 
     Chela, a pupil of an adept in occultism; a disciple. 
     Chichakti, the power which generates thought. 
     Chidagnikundum (lit. “the fireplace in the heart"), the seat
of the force which extinguishes all individual desires. 
     Chidakasam, the field of consciousness. 
     Chinmatra, the germ of consciousness, abstract
consciousness. 
     Chit, the abstract consciousness. 
  Chitta suddhi (Chitta, mind, and Suddi, purification),
purification of the mind. 
     Chutuktu, the five chief Lamas of Tibet.

     Daemon, the incorruptible part of man; nous; rational
soul. 
     Daenam (lit. “knowledge"), the fourth principle in man,
according to the Avesta. 
     Daimonlouphote, spiritual illumination. 
     Daityas, demons, Titans. 
     Dama, restraint of the senses. 
     Darasta, ceremonial magic practised among the Kolarian
tribes of Central India. 
     Darha, ancestral spirits of the Kolarian tribes of Central
India. 
     Deona or Mati, one who exercises evil spirits (Kolarian). 
     Deva, God; beings of the subjective side of Nature. 
     Devachan, a blissful condition in the after-life; heavenly
existence. 
     Devanagari, the current Sanskrit alphabet. 
     Dharmasoka, one of the kings of Magadha. 
     Dhatu, the seven principal substances of the human body
—­chyle, flesh, blood, fat, bones, marrow, semen. 
     Dhyan, contemplation.  There are six stages of Dhyan,
varying in the degrees of abstraction of the Ego from sensuous life. 
     Dhyan Chohans, Devas or Gods planetary spirits. 
     Dik, space. 
     Diksha, initiation. 
     Dosha, fault. 
     Dravidians, a group of tribes inhabiting Southern India. 
     Dravya, substance. 
     Dugpas, the “Red Caps,” evil magicians, belonging to the
left-hand path of occultism, so called in Tibet. 
     Dukkhu, pain. 
     Dwija Brahman, twice born; the investiture with the sacred
thread constitutes the second birth.

     Elementals, generic name for all subjective beings other
than disembodied human creatures. 
     Epopta, Greek for seer.

     Fakir, a Mahomedan recluse or Yogi. 
     Fan, Bar-nang, space, eternal law. 
     Fohat, Tibetan for Sakti; cosmic force or energizing power
of the universe. 
     Fravashem, absolute spirit.