A Savitri Dictionary: Sri M.P. Pandit said of this work “Readers will be grateful to Rand Hicks for his labour of love in compiling these words in Savitri, used in a special sense, and presenting them dictionary-wise to facilitate easy reference. He has also added words that are likely to hold up a reader with an average knowledge of English.” The standard format used by Rand in this work is to set forth the word in alphabetica order, provide a reference for where in the text it appears (book, canto, line) and then to provide the definition within the context of the text. Rand Hicks is the guiding light at the Integral Knowledge Study Center in Pensacola, Florida. In his own quiet and persistent way, he provides an atmosphere of dedication and focus that uplifts those who come in contact with him. He recognized the need to aid those reading Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol to enter into the precise and subtle uses of language that Sri Aurobindo employs, and to that end he developed a dictionary format with these terms defined briefly.
