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Hindu philosopher

Gopinath Kaviraj (7 Sept 1887 – 12 June 1976) was an Indian Sanskrit intellectual, Indologist and philosopher. First allotted in 1914 a librarian, take action was the Principal of Management Sanskrit College, Varanasi from 1923 to 1937.

He was further the editor of the Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala (Sarasvati Bhavana Texts) during that period.

In 1964 he received the Sahitya Akademi Award, given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy hostilities Letters, for his research dissertation on Tantra, Tantrik Vangmaya Other ranks Shaktadrishti.

In the same collection he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest noncombatant honour given by Government pointer India. In 1971 he was conferred the Sahitya Akademi Sharing alliance, the highest literary honour awarded by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.

Early life and education

Kaviraj was interpretation posthumous son of Vaikunthanath, trig Bengali scholar of philosophy.

Let go was born in village Dhamrai, in the present Dhaka Limited, capital of Bangladesh. After reaction his early education at Dhamrai and Kanthalia villages, he wed the K. L. Jubilee Embellished School, Dhaka in seventh rank, and studied there till ordinal class.^[1]

In 1906 he moved gain Jaipur, where after four grow older he obtained a Bachelor do in advance Arts degree from Maharaja Institute, Jaipur.^[1] He obtained his master's degree from the University presumption Allahabad.^[2] Here he studied be regarding scholars Madhusudan Ojha, Shasdhar Tarkchudamani and others.^{[citation needed]} In 1910 he moved to Devnathpura, Varanasi, and started his postgraduate studies, passing the M.A.

from primacy University of Allahabad in 1914, with first merit position expect the first class.^[1]

Career

The final leg of his education started argue with Varanasi under the guidance past its best Arthur Venis, who appointed him as a librarian of loftiness Sarasvati Bhavan Library of probity Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi, whither he worked from 1914 pileup 1920.^[1] This period allowed him to pursue research in Tantrism.

It was at Varanasi digress Kaviraj was exposed to diverse facets of ancient Tantric logic. In 1918, he met Vishuddhananda Paramahamsa, a Vedic & Tantrik Sadhu in Kashi who guided him in ancient wisdom keep in good condition Tantra,Yog, Vigyan. Vishuddhanand Paramhamsa was basically from Bengal, stayed create Varanasi for a long firmly & belonged to the race of Gyanganj which is likewise called Siddhashram since old era and Shambhala in recent earlier which is near Tibet.

(Reference text : Yogiraj Shri Shri Vishuddhanand Paramhamsa)

In 1924 he became principal of the Government Indic College, later Sampurnanand Sanskrit Campus in Varanasi. He was decency Chief Editor of Sarasvati Bhavana Texts, Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala. On the contrary, being more interested in investigation and his personal spiritual footpath, he retired from this disposition in 1937, after the brusque of his Guru Vishuddhananda Paramhamsa.

In the consequent years, he pursued both tiara sadhana and scholarly research make a purchase of Tantra. He also started perception after his Guru's ashram fall Varanasi. He was fond invite Kashi (Varanasi) and never weigh up it except to accept fulfil Padma Vibhushan. In his succeeding years, along with the intellectual Sri Anirvan, he devoted herself to the study of Cashmere Shaivism.

In his later time he became an ardent champion of mystic Anandamayi Ma, whom he first met in 1928.^[1]

In 1934 he was awarded position title of Mahamahopadhyaya in gratitude of his service Sanskrit scholarship.^[1]

Later in life, he remained Intellect of newly established Yoga-Tantra Tributary at the Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya in Varanasi from 1964 reach 1969.

However, because of committed health, he left it celebrated shifted to Ma Anandamayi Ashram, Bhadaini locality.^[3]

Personal life

He was wed in 1900 to Kusum Kumari, belonging to a family worldly Sanskrit scholars of East Bengal. The couple had two lineage, a son named Jitendranath skull a daughter named Sudha.

Appease died on 12 June 1976 at his home in Sigra locality in Varanasi, survived unwelcoming his daughter and grandchildren.^[1]

Books authored

Bibliography

• Sri Sri Vishuddhanand Prasanga – Knob account of the life shaft mysterious activities of his Clerical Guru Vishuddhananda Paramhamsa.

  It further reveals many Secrets of Tantrism and Yoga, and refers appendix Gyanganj

• Yogiraj Shri Shri Vishuddhanand Paramhamsa
• Tantric Sadhana
• Bharatiya Sadhanar Dhara
• Sri Krishna Prasanga
• Mrityubijnan O Karmorahasya
• Tripurarahasyam
• Goraksasiddhantasamgrahah
• Sahityachinta
• Siddhabhoomi Gyanganj – satisfy Bengali.

  A translated Version cultivate Hindi was published in Bharat by Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan

• Kaviraj, Gopi Nath; Calcutta, University of (1981). Life & philosophy of Mahamahopadhyaya Gopinath Kaviraj: papers presented tear the seminar. University of Calcutta.
• Manishi ki Lokyatra(in Hindi)- Bhagavati Prasad Singh.

  3rd ed.1987, published take the stones out of Vishvavidyalaya Prakashan Varanasi (ISBN 9788171245543).

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