Swami Karpatri

Karpatri Ji Maharaj (Swāmi Karpātrī; 1907–1982; born as Har Narayan Ojha in a village called Bhatni of Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India) so called because he would eat only what would come in his palm 'kar', as the bowl 'paatr', was a monk in the Hindu dashanami monastic tradition.[1]

Life and Works

He was a disciple of Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath Swami Brahmananda Saraswati.[2] He was also the founder of Dharma Sangha in Varanasi where he spent most of his life. He was a teacher in the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hindu philosophy. According to French indologist, Alain Daniélou, Karpatri initiated him into Shaivite Hinduism.[3]

Books 1.The Linga and the Great Goddess (Lingopsana Rahasya and Shri Bhagavati Tattva) by Swami Karpatri. https://www.exoticindiaart.com/m/book/details/linga-and-great-goddess-lingopsana-rahasya-and-shri-bhagavati-tattva-by-swami-karpatri-IHD007/

2.Vichar Piyush - Selected Writing of Dharma Samrat Shri Karapatri Ji. https://www.exoticindiaart.com/m/book/details/vichar-piyush-selected-writing-of-dharma-samrat-shri-karapatri-ji-NZH121/

3. Bhakti Sudha, Geeta press, Gorakhpur https://www.exoticindiaart.com/m/book/details/Bhakti-Sudha-selected-writing-of-dharma-samrat-shri-karapatri-ji-NZH121

4. Gopi Geet: Darshanik Vivechan https://www.exoticindiaart.com/m/book/details/Gopi Geet -selected-writing-of-dharma-samrat-shri-karapatri-ji-NZH121

Politics

In 1948, Swami Karpatri founded the Ram Rajya Parishad, a traditionalist Hindu party. He led a movement against the Hindu Code Bill but he was unsuccessful in blocking it.[4] He was also a prominent agitator in 1966 anti cow-slaughter agitation.

Other works

On 18 April 1948, he founded the newspaper Sanmarg which promoted Sanatan Dharma and also advocated the Hindu Code Bill and voiced opposition on cow slaughters.[5]

Further reading

Life history of Swami Karpatri of Banaras

Lutgendorf, Philip. 1991. The Life of a Text: Performing the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 384–387.

References

  1. ↑ Swami Karpatri The Linga and the great goddess Indica bolls, ISBN 818656988X
  2. ↑ Rama, Swami (1999) Himalayan Institute, Living With the Himalayan Masters, page 247
  3. ↑ Unknown author, Portrait of Alain Danielou Official web site of Alain Danielou, retrieved Sept 8, 2012
  4. ↑ Hindu code bill and Dr.B.R.Ambedkar by Sohanlal Shastri
  5. ↑ Mahila Patrakarita (in Hindi). Prabhat Prakashan. 2012. p. 73. ISBN 9789350481189. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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