Dayananda Saraswati Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati[3] ( pronunciation(help·info))(born Mula Shankar Tiwari;12 February1824 30October1883)wasanIndianphilosopher,socialleaderandfounderof the AryaSamaj,areformmovement of theVedic dharma.Hewasthefirst togivethecallfor Swaraj as"IndiaforIndians"in1876,acalllatertakenupbyLokmanyaTilak[3][4] Denouncingtheidolatry andritualistic worship,heworkedtowardsrevivingVedic ideologies.Subsequently,the philosopherandPresident of India,S.Radhakrishnancalledhimoneof the"makersof Modern India",asdidSriAurobindo[5][6][7]
Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Personal Born MoolShankar Tiwari[1] 12February 1824 Tankara, Company Raj(present day Gujarat, India) Died 30October 1883(aged59)[2] Ajmer, Ajmer Merwara, BritishIndia (present day
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Thereareundoubtedlymanylearnedmenamongthefollowersof everyreligion.Theyshouldfreethemselvesfromprejudice, accept theuniversaltruths that isthosetruthsthat aretobe foundalikeinallreligionsandareof universalapplication ,reject all thingsinwhichthevariousreligionsdifferandtreat eachother lovingly,it willbegreatlytotheadvantageof theworld.
Rajasthan, India) Religion Hinduism Nationality Indian Founder of Arya Samaj Philosophy Vedic Religious career Guru VirajanandDandeesha In uenced by Kanada, Yāska, Kashyapa, Patanjali, Pāṇini, Kapila, Akshapada Gautama, Badarayana, AdiShankara, Ramanuja In uenced Madam Cama, Pandit Lekh Ram, SwamiShraddhanand, ShyamjiKrishna Varma, VinayakDamodar Savarkar, Lala Hardayal, MadanLalDhingra, Ram PrasadBismil, MahadevGovindRanade, Mahatma Hansraj, Lala Lajpat Rai Literary works Satyarth Prakash (1875) Rigvedadibhashyabhumika Vyavharabhanu
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Thosewhowereinfluencedby andfollowedDayananda includedRaiSahibPooran Chand,MadamCama,Pandit LekhRam,Swami Shraddhanand,[8] Shyamji KrishnaVarma,KishanSingh, Bhagat Singh,Vinayak DamodarSavarkar,BhaiParmanand,LalaHardayal,MadanLalDhingra,RamPrasadBismil, MahadevGovindRanade,AshfaqUllahKhan,[9] MahatmaHansraj,LalaLajpat Rai,[10][11] and YogmayaNeupane [12] Hewasasanyasi(ascetic)fromboyhoodandascholar.Hebelievedintheinfallibleauthorityof theVedas.Dayanandaadvocatedthedoctrineof KarmaandReincarnation.Heemphasizedthe
Vedic idealsof brahmacharya,includingcelibacyanddevotiontoGod AmongDayananda'scontributionswerehispromotingof theequalrightsforwomen,suchasthe right toeducationandreadingof Indianscriptures,andhiscommentaryontheVedasfromVedic Sanskrit inSanskrit aswellasinHindi Early life Dayanand's mission Arya Samaj Views on superstitions Views on other religions Assassination attempts Assassination Cremation and commemoration Legacy Works See also References
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