Atmaprajnananda_Saraswati

Atmaprajnananda Saraswati

Atmaprajnananda Saraswati

Indian author

Atmaprajnananda Saraswati (born 1955) is a published[6] author[7] of books on the Vedas, Upanishads and Sanskrit. She is a traditional Dashanami Sannyasini of Acharya Sankara-Bhagavatpada Order. After a gurukula study of around 12 years, she took sannyasa in March 2008 from her spiritual guru Swami Dayananda Saraswati(Arsha Vidya). [8]

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Education

Atmaprajnananda Saraswati[9] is a first class science graduate (1975) from Sri Venkateswara University. She is an MBA from XIMB, Bhubaneswar (1988–91), M.A (Sanskrit) and Ph.D. (Sanskrit) from Utkal University (2012).

Books authored

  • Dasasanti, 2008
  • Rupasiddhi, 2008
  • Nomenclature of the Vedas.2012 D.K. PrintWorld(P) Ltd. New Delhi. pp. xxvi, 234 p. ISBN 9788124606445.
  • Rsikas of the Rgveda. 2013 D.K. PrintWorld(P) Ltd. New Delhi. pp. xvi, 151p. ISBN 9788124606568.
  • Om: the Sound Symbol, 2014, Munshiram Manoharlal, Delhi, ISBN 9788121512596.
  • Vision of Advaita Vedanta in Taittiriya Upanishad With Special Reference to Shankarabhashya, 2016, D.K. PrintWorld (P) Ltd. New Delhi, ISBN 978-8124608531.

Discography - Chanting (Vedic and non-Vedic)

  • Vedic Chants
  • Sri Rudram
  • Kathopanishad
  • Mundakopanishad
  • Taittiriya Upanishad
  • Srimad Bhagavadgita
  • Sri Vishnusahasranama
  • Sri Lalitasahasranama
  • Saundaryalahari
  • Stotra Chants

Award and recognition

Bollywood Actor Jackie Shroff handing over "Vedanta Shiromani" Title to Swamini Atmaprajnananda Saraswati. (right) [10] In January 2017, she was awarded with "Vedanta Shiromani" Title by Times Internet Ltd for her contribution in the domain of Vedanta(Upanishada). The award was handed over by Mr. Jackie Shroff.

Atmaprajnananda was a speaker in the JLF 2018. In her session moderated by Philip A. Lutgendorf, she Introduced her book "Rshikas of the Rgveda" in which twenty-seven women poets had their work represented.[15] She also clarified that - “Vedas are the sourcebook for all discipline".[16]

References

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    Book Review, Prabuddha Bharata (2012). Nomenclature of the Vedas (PDF) (1st ed.). 645. ISBN 9788124606445. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
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    Book Review, Prabuddha Bharata (2013). Rishikas of the Rigveda (PDF) (1st ed.). 192. ISBN 9788124606568. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
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    "Speaking Tree honours excellence in spirituality and wellness". The Times Group. Retrieved 30 January 2017.[dead link]
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    THE MAVERICK MONK
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    Sunday Edition, Sambad (2017-01-01). "'Bhimabhoink Mahima Dharmara mulakatha Vedantara darshana sahita samana" (in Odia). Bhubanewsar: The Sunday Section on sambada. Retrieved 2017-01-01.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    Spiritual Guru Dayanand Saraswati Gets Padma Bhushan
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    Friday Edition, Speaking Tree (February 15, 2020). "'THE MAVERICK MONK ' Editorial by NARAYANI GANESH". speakingtree.in. Retrieved 15 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    "Speaking Tree honours excellence in spirituality and wellness. (Page 13)". The Times Group. e-paper. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2017-01-30.[dead link]
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    DNA India The women of the Vedas
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    Indian Women Mystics
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    "JLF Speaker". Archived from the original on 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
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    "ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival announces first list of 60 speakers for 2018 edition". India Education Diary. 28 November 2017.
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    "JLF '18 to feature 200 sessions including Bridget Jones' Diaries novelist Helen Fielding". Everything Experiential.
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    "ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2018: Pico Iyer, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, Noble laureate Muhammad Yunus take centerstage". Zee News. 26 January 2018.
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