विद्यया विन्दतेऽमृतम्
vidyayā vindate amṛtam
“Through (self)-knowledge is attained immortality”
-- Kenopaniṣad, II.4,
The Advaita Vedanta exhorts that mokṣa (final liberation from the cyle of birth and death) is obtained only through knowledge of identity with Brahman. This cannot be achieved through any other means like karma.
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The Stamp
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Established in 1879, Bethune College ushered in, for the women of the nineteenth century, a new era of enlightenment and edification through education. ((WP)
The Institute was founded by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801-1851). He adopted the above Sanskrit mantra from the Upaniṣad which belongs to the Sāmaveda, to be the motto. The FDC issued on 7.8.1978 by the India Post adorns the motto with the Devanagari inscription.
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| The Private Cover |
A private cover too was issued by the Calcutta Stamp Club in order to celebrate the centenary of Bethune College.
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