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Prajnanananda Saraswati
Swami Prajnanananda Saraswati () (12 August 1887 – 5 February 1921), born Satish Chandra Mukhopadhyay, was an Indian freedom fighter, monk and scholar from Bengal who played a pivotal role in the Indian independence movement. Born in Galachipa Upazila, Galachipa, Patuakhali, undivided Bengal (now in Bangladesh), he joined the Swadeshi movement against the Partition of Bengal (1905), Partition of Bengal while teaching at Brojomohun College, Brojomohun College in Barisal. As co-secretary of the Swadesh Bandhab Samiti, he helped organizing over 150 branches of nationalist activity and built close ties with the Jugantar, Jugantar revolutionary group. To evade British surveillance, he adopted a spiritual path and founded the Shankar Math in 1910, which served both as a centre of Vedantic study and a safehouse for revolutionaries. He took monastic vows in 1919 in Gaya, India, Gaya under Shrimat Shankarananda Saraswati, becoming Swami Prajnanananda. Despite his spiritual life, he con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swami
Swami (; ; sometimes abbreviated sw.) in Hinduism is an honorific title given to an Asceticism#Hinduism, ascetic who has chosen the Sannyasa, path of renunciation (''sanyāsa''), or has been initiated into a religious monastic order of Vaishnavas. It is used either before or after the subject's name (usually an adopted religious name). An alternative form, swamini (), is sometimes used by female renunciates. The meaning of the Sanskrit root of the word ''swami'' is "[he who is] one with his Philosophy of self#Self in Eastern traditions, self" ( stands for "self"), and can roughly be translated as "he/she who knows and is master of himself/herself". The term is often attributed to someone who has achieved mastery of a particular Yoga, yogic system or demonstrated profound devotion (''bhakti'') to one or more Hindu gods. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' gives the etymology as: As a direct form of address, or as a stand-in for a swami's name, it is often rendered ''Swamiji'' (als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
