Dr Bhagavan Das (1869-1958), the multi-faceted personality, was awarded Bhārat Ratna in the year 1955 for his outstanding contributions to language, culture, political vision.....
Dr Das was a scholar of of Sanskrit. Title of a few of
his works are given below. These are interspersed with profuse quotations. The Praṇava-vāda is
in Sanskrit.
1. The Science of Social Organization, or, The Laws of Manu in
the Light of Atma Vidyā, Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, 1910.
2. The Science of Social organisation, or, The Laws of Manu in
the Light of Theosophy, Theosophist Office, Adyar, 1935. (Rev.)
3. A Concordance Dictionary to the Yoga-sūtras of Patañjali, Kāśī, 1938.
The Praṇava-vāda of Gārgyāyana (Praṇava-vāda is the Sanskrit
for "uttering of Praṇava AUM") is a book by Bhagavan Das, published
in three volumes in years 1910-1913 by the Theosophical Society, Adyar with
notes by Annie Besant. Dās alleges that the work is a "summarised
translation" of an otherwise unknown "ancient text" by a sage
called Gārgyāyana. Dās states that the text was dictated to him from memory by
one Pandit Dhanarāja, a theosophist friend of his who was blind in both eyes
and had died before the book's publication. (Courtesy: Wp)
Bharat Ratna Dr Bhagavān Dās was honoured by the P & T Department by issuing a commemorative stamp on 12.1.1969 along with an FDC and a brochure.
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