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1、TheBoyKrishna:ThefirstfourteenyearsinthelifeofJ.KrishnamurtiCopyright©1995byMaryLutyensandKrishnamurtiFoundationTrustLtd.,EnglandTHEBOYKRISHNAMaryLutyensTheaccountofKrishnamurti’schildhoodbyhisfather,JidduNarianiah,isintheAdyararchivesandwasfirstpublishedinmyKrishnamurti:TheYearsofAwakening
2、(Murray,1975,nowonlyavailableinanAmericanpaperbackedition,Avon,1984).ImadeanunaccountablemistakeinthatbookinstatingthatKrishnamurtiwasborninthepujaroomofhisfather’shouseinMadanapalle,amistakeunfortunatelycopiedinmyLifeandDeathofKrishnamurti(Murray,1990)andinPupulJayakar’sKrishnamurti(Harper
3、&Row,1986).THEBOYKRISHNAJidduKrishnamurtiwasbornonSaturday,May11,1985atMadanapalle,asmallhilltowninsouthIndia,slightlynorth-westofMadras.Hisfather,JidduNarianiah(sometimesspeltNarayaniah),hadmarriedasecondcousin,Sanjeevamma,whoborehimtenchildrenofwhomKrishnawastheeighthandofwhomonlyfivehads
4、urvivedby1907.ThefamilywereTelegu-speakingHindus,belongingtothehighestcaste,theBrahmins,andstrictvegetarians.Thename,whichcouldbespeltGeddu,Giddu,JedduorJiddu(itisnotinvariabletoputthefamilynamebeforethegivenname)wassaidtohavebeentakenfromthevillagefromwhichthefamilyoriginated,thoughnosuchv
5、illagehasbeentraced.Krishna’spaternalgreat-grandfather,aneminentSanskritscholar,andaverypiousman,hadheldahighpositioninthejudicialDepartmentoftheEastIndiaCompany;hisgrandfather,alsoaneruditeman,hadbeenacivilservant,whilehisfather,aftergraduatingfromMadrasUniversity,hadbecomeanofficialintheR
6、evenueDepartmentoftheBritishadministration,risingattheendofhiscareertoapositionoftahsildar(rentcollector)andDistrictMagistrateatasalaryofRs224amonth(about£4aweek),sothefamilywerecomfortablyoffbyIndianstandards.Thefamily,whichadheredrigidlytotheHinducastesystem,livedinasmalltwo-storeyedhouse
7、inMadanapallewithanopendrainrunninginanalleybesideitcarryingallthewaterusedforhouseholdpurposes.Freshwaterfordrinkingwasbroughtdailybythewater-carriersfromanearbywellandemptiedintogreatpotteryjarsstandinginthecentralcourtyardwherethewashinghungandsomeoft
