Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Overview
- Note:This page is about the founder of the Arya SamajArya SamajArya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. He was a sannyasi who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda emphasized the ideals of brahmacharya...
. For others known by the same name, please see Swami Dayananda (disambiguation)Swami Dayananda (disambiguation)Swami Dayananda can refer to:* Dayananda Saraswati , founder of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam.* Swamini Mata Dayananda Saraswati chairwoman of International Yoga Federation 2006-2010, and founder of the Purna Yoga Integral International.* Bede Griffiths, also known as "Swami Dayananda," an English Roman...
Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati (Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
:स्वामी दयानन्द सरस्वती, Gujarati
Gujarati language
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...
: મહષિૅ દયાનંદ સરસ્વતી) (Born
Born
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:12 February 1824 – Died:30 October 1883.
) was an important Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
religious scholar, reformer, and founder of the Arya Samaj
Arya Samaj
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. He was a sannyasi who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda emphasized the ideals of brahmacharya...
, a Hindu reform movement. He was the first to give the call for Swarajya – "India for Indians" – in 1876, later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Lokmanya Tilak –, was an Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer and independence fighter who was the first popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial authorities derogatorily called the great leader "Father of the Indian unrest"...
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