Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol

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Sri Aurobindo
Family Rajnarayan Basu (Maternal grandfather) Manmohan Ghose (Elder brother) Barin Ghosh (Younger brother) Krishna Kumar Mitra (Maternal uncle)
Political career Anushilan Samiti Jugantar Partition of Bengal Alipore bomb case Jugantar Patrika Bande Mataram
Speeches and books Uttarpara Speech Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol Record of Yoga Mother's Agenda
Teachings Integral yoga Intermediate zone Supermind
Places Matrimandir Pondicherry
Communities Sri Aurobindo Ashram Auroville
Disciples The Mother Champaklal N.K. Gupta Amal Kiran Nirodbaran Pavitra M.P. Pandit P.K. Bhattacharya A.B. Purani D.K. Roy Satprem Indra Sen Kapali Shastri
Journals and forums Arya Mother India Collaboration Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual
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Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol is an epic poem in blank verse by Sri Aurobindo, based upon the theology from the Mahabharata. Its central theme revolves around the transcendence of man as the consummation of terrestrial evolution and the emergence of an immortal supramental gnostic race upon earth. Savitri approaches 24,000 lines and was completed by Sri Aurobindo.

Editions

• ed. Aurobindo Ghose, Sri Aurobindo Ashram (1954) ASIN B0007ILK7W
• Lotus Press (1995) ISBN0-941524-80-9

Literature

• Jugal Kishore Mukherjee, The ascent of sight in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri (2001) ISBN 81-7058-656-9
• D. S. Mishra, Poetry and philosophy in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri (1989) ISBN 81-85151-21-0
• Tenneti Purnachandra Rao and Dr. Tenneti Nagaranjani, Savitri Telugu Anuvadam in multiple volumes (Translated Savitri into Telugu in metered poetry with analysis)

References

External links

• Savitri Recording by Shraddhavan
• Official online text
• The Mother on Savitri
• Information on Sri Aurobindo and his writings