Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol

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Sri Aurobindo

Family Rajnarayan Basu (Maternal grandfather) Manmohan Ghose (Elder brother) Barin Ghosh (Younger brother) Krishna Kumar Mitra (Maternal uncle)
Political career Anushilan Samiti Jugantar Partition of Bengal Alipore bomb case Jugantar Patrika Bande Mataram
Speeches and books Uttarpara Speech Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol Record of Yoga Mother's Agenda
Teachings Integral yoga Intermediate zone Supermind
Places Matrimandir Pondicherry
Communities Sri Aurobindo Ashram Auroville
Disciples The Mother Champaklal N.K. Gupta Amal Kiran Nirodbaran Pavitra M.P. Pandit P.K. Bhattacharya A.B. Purani D.K. Roy Satprem Indra Sen Kapali Sastry
Journals and forums Arya Mother India Collaboration Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual
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Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol is an epic poem in blank verse by Sri Aurobindo, based upon the theology from the Mahabharata. Its central theme revolves around the transcendence of man as the consummation of terrestrial evolution and the emergence of an immortal supramental gnostic race upon earth. Savitri approaches 24,000 lines and was completed by Sri Aurobindo.

Editions

ed. Aurobindo Ghose, Sri Aurobindo Ashram (1954) ASIN B0007ILK7W
Lotus Press (1995) ISBN 0-941524-80-9

Literature

Jugal Kishore Mukherjee, The ascent of sight in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri (2001) ISBN 81-7058-656-9
D. S. Mishra, Poetry and philosophy in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri (1989) ISBN 81-85151-21-0
Tenneti Purnachandra Rao and Dr. Tenneti Nagaranjani, Savitri Telugu Anuvadam in multiple volumes (Translated Savitri into Telugu in metered poetry with analysis)

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v t e Integral Yoga
Founders	Sri Aurobindo Mirra Alfassa (The Mother)
Concepts and works	Supermind (integral yoga) Intermediate zone Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol Record of Yoga
Institutions	Sri Aurobindo Ashram Auroville California Institute of Integral Studies
Important places	Auroville Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Rewa Matrimandir
Associated figures	Satprem Champaklal N.K. Gupta Amal Kiran Nirodbaran Pavitra M.P. Pandit Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya A.B. Purani D.K. Roy Indra Sen Kapali Sastry

v t e Savitri and Satyavan
Source	"Vana Parva" of Mahabharata
Films	Satyavan Savitri (1914) Sati Savitri (1933) Doctor Savithri (1955) Sati Savitri (1957) Sathi Savithri (1965) Maha Sati Savitri (1973) Satyavan Savithri (1977) Sati Savitri (1978) Roja (1992)
Other	Savitri (opera) Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol (epic poem)
Related	Savitri Brata Vat Purnima