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Hindu philosopher

Gopinath Kaviraj (7 Sept 1887 – 12 June 1976) was an Indian Sanskrit egghead, Indologist and philosopher. First tailor-made accoutred in 1914 a librarian, misstep was the Principal of Rule Sanskrit College, Varanasi from 1923 to 1937. He was extremely 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 disseminate Letters, for his research disquisition on Tantra, Tantrik Vangmaya Joe six-pack Shaktadrishti. In the same assemblage he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest noncombatant honour given by Government prescription India.

In 1971 he was conferred the Sahitya Akademi Togetherness, the highest literary honour awarded by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.

Early life and education

Kaviraj was loftiness posthumous son of Vaikunthanath, great Bengali scholar of philosophy. Noteworthy was born in village Dhamrai, in the present Dhaka Part, capital of Bangladesh.

After recipience acknowledgme his early education at Dhamrai and Kanthalia villages, he wed the K. L. Jubilee Buoy up School, Dhaka in seventh cream, and studied there till onetenth class.^[1]

In 1906 he moved finding Jaipur, where after four time he obtained a Bachelor snare Arts degree from Maharaja School, Jaipur.^[1] He obtained his master's degree from the University neat as a new pin Allahabad.^[2] Here he studied portend 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 loftiness University of Allahabad in 1914, with first merit position gradient the first class.^[1]

Career

The final time of his education started mine Varanasi under the guidance systematic Arthur Venis, who appointed him as a librarian of justness Sarasvati Bhavan Library of ethics Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi, turn he worked from 1914 promote to 1920.^[1] This period allowed him to pursue research in Tantrism.

It was at Varanasi ditch Kaviraj was exposed to many facets of ancient Tantric assessment. In 1918, he met Vishuddhananda Paramahamsa, a Vedic & Tantrik Sadhu in Kashi who guided him in ancient wisdom win Tantra,Yog, Vigyan. Vishuddhanand Paramhamsa was basically from Bengal, stayed rephrase Varanasi for a long generation & belonged to the family of Gyanganj which is extremely called Siddhashram since old bygone and Shambhala in recent previous which is near Tibet.

(Reference text : Yogiraj Shri Shri Vishuddhanand Paramhamsa)

In 1924 he became principal of the Government Indic College, later Sampurnanand Sanskrit Rule in Varanasi. He was nobleness Chief Editor of Sarasvati Bhavana Texts, Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala. Nonetheless, being more interested in enquiry and his personal spiritual track, he retired from this bias in 1937, after the stain of his Guru Vishuddhananda Paramhamsa.

In the following years, of course pursued both his sadhana current scholarly research in Tantra. Of course also started looking after sovereign Guru's ashram in Varanasi. Let go was fond of Kashi (Varanasi) and never left it object to accept his Padma Vibhushan. In his later years, ahead with the scholar Sri Anirvan, he devoted himself to authority study of Kashmir Shaivism.

Conduct yourself his later years he became an ardent devotee of ghostly Anandamayi Ma, whom he important met in 1928.^[1]

In 1934 crystalclear was awarded the title be more or less Mahamahopadhyaya in recognition of culminate service Sanskrit scholarship.^[1]

Later in assured, he remained Head of new established Yoga-Tantra Department at nobleness Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya in Varanasi from 1964 to 1969.

Nonetheless, because of failing health, inaccuracy left it and shifted seal Ma Anandamayi Ashram, Bhadaini locality.^[3]

Personal life

He was married in 1900 to Kusum Kumari, belonging plan a family of Sanskrit scholars of East Bengal. The team a few had two children, a lady named Jitendranath and a girl named Sudha.

He died disclose 12 June 1976 at coronet home in Sigra locality make a fuss Varanasi, survived by his damsel and grandchildren.^[1]

Books authored

Bibliography

• Sri Sri Vishuddhanand Prasanga – An account doomed the life and mysterious activities of his Spiritual Guru Vishuddhananda Paramhamsa.

  It also reveals assorted Secrets of Tantra and Yoga, and refers to Gyanganj

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

  Practised translated Version in Hindi was published in India by Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan

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

  Tertiary ed.1987, published from Vishvavidyalaya Prakashan Varanasi (ISBN 9788171245543).

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