Swami Nikhilananda
Swami Nikhilananda | |
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Personal | |
Born | Dinesh Chandra Das Gupta 1895 Durgapur Village, British India
( Now in Bangladesh) |
Died | July 21, 1973 Wellesley Island, New York |
Religion | Hinduism |
Religious career | |
Guru | Sarada Devi |
Swami Nikhilananda (1895–1973), born Dinesh Chandra Das Gupta
Biography
Swami Nikhilananda was born in 1895 in Durgapur village, Sylhet district, in present-day Bangladesh (British India), and had his education in the University of Calcutta. As a graduate, he chose the profession of journalism. He then joined the
As a boy, through his pious parents, he became acquainted with the teachings of
After coming into their influence, he abandoned his role as a freedom fighter and renounced the world to join the
was Nikhilananda's disciple.Literary works
His most important works include translations of The
In 1944,
Bibliography
- Bhagavad Gita – Swami Nikhilananda ISBN 0-911206-09-4
- Hinduism : Its Meaning for the Liberation of the Spirit – Swami Nikhilananda ISBN 0-911206-26-4
- Holy Mother : life of Holy mother Sri Sarada Devi – Swami Nikhilananda ISBN 0-911206-20-5
- Vivekananda: A Biography – Swami Nikhilananda ISBN 0-911206-25-6
- The Principal Upanishads – Swami Nikhilananda ISBN 0-486-42717-X
- Man in Search of Immortality: Testimonials from the Hindu Scriptures – Swami Nikhilananda ISBN 0-911206-27-2
- Self-Knowledge: Sankara's "Atmabodha" – Swami Nikhilananda ISBN 0-911206-11-6
- The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna – Swami Nikhilananda
Translations
- Gupta, Mahendranath. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942) (translation from Bengali by Swami Nikhilananda; Ed. Joseph Campbell and Margaret Woodrow Wilson, translation assistants – see preface; foreword by Aldous Huxley)
Notes
- ^ "Swami Nikhilananda". Prabuddha Bharata. 1973.
- ^ ISBN 0-941532-57-7.
- ^ JSTOR 3129924.
- ^ The Slate
- ISBN 0-585-04584-4.
- ^ "The Gita". TIME Magazine. 3 July 1944. Archived from the original on 14 December 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
- ^ "Prophet of All Gods". TIME Magazine. 2 November 1942. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
- ^ "Swami Nikhilananda". Retrieved 18 October 2008.
- ^ "100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century". Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- ^
Zaleski, Philip (2000). The Best Spiritual Writing 2000. San Francisco: ISBN 978-0-06-251670-1.