Aghehananda Bharathi

[jayabarathi]

At 10:29 PM 1/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
>   I am afraid the swamiji you had referred to is not the one i had
>mentioned. I have read the auto biography <ochre robe>-a copy was
>available in IIT Madras library.He was a scholar,well learned in
>sanscrit and scriptures beside the fluency in hindi etc.
>According to his storey he was ordained by amonk from the lineage of
>Sringeri and hence the appendage Bharathi.He was also said to be a
>very colourful personality.During his sojourn in Syracuse Univ.
>he was said to officiate in hindu functions,weddings etc.He was also said
>to be well versed in Tantric rituals.
>
>Krish.
>


              Professor Agehananda Bharathi was a well-renowned
        and knowledgeable person in the Tantras.
                He has authored a much-read work called
        "the Tantric Tradition" in 1964.
                Apart from this, he has also written, "The Ochre Robe",
        "A Functional Analysis of Indian Thought and Its Social Margins",
        and "The Asians in East Asia:JayHind and Uhuru". He completed "The
        Tantric Tradition" when he was in Kenya.

        Regards

        Jayabarathi

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