K. D. Sethna
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Kaikhosru Dadhaboy Sethna (26 November 1904 – 29 June 2011) was an India
n poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic. He published more than 40 books. He is also known as Amal Kiran.
Sethna studied at Bombay University and was one of Sri Aurobindo
's earliest disciples, arriving at the Sri Aurobindo's ashram
in 1927, at age 23, to take up the path of Integral Yoga
under Sri Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa
. He was given the name Amal Kiran, or "Clear Ray," by Sri Aurobindo in 1930. His book of poems Inmost Beauty was published at 1933.
In 1949 he was a founding editor of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
journal Mother India
, which he edited for almost 50 years. He retired in 2000, after a career spanning 67 years.
Sethna was born a Parsi-Zoroastrian, but discontinued its practice after becoming a disciple of Sri Aurobindo. He celebrated his 100th birthday in 2004. At the time of his death, at the age of 106, he was one of the world's oldest living authors.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic. He published more than 40 books. He is also known as Amal Kiran.
Sethna studied at Bombay University and was one of Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo , born Aurobindo Ghosh or Ghose , was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. He joined the Indian movement for freedom from British rule and for a duration became one of its most important leaders, before developing his own vision of human progress...
's earliest disciples, arriving at the Sri Aurobindo's ashram
Ashram
Traditionally, an ashram is a spiritual hermitage. Additionally, today the term ashram often denotes a locus of Indian cultural activity such as yoga, music study or religious instruction, the moral equivalent of a studio or dojo....
in 1927, at age 23, to take up the path of Integral Yoga
Integral yoga
In the teachings of Sri Aurobindo, Integral yoga refers to the process of the union of all the parts of one's being with the Divine, and the transmutation of all of their jarring elements into a harmonious state of higher divine consciousness and existence.Sri...
under Sri Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa
Mirra Alfassa
-Early life:Mirra Alfassa was born in Paris in 1878, of a Turkish Jewish father, Maurice, and an Egyptian Jewish mother, Mathilde. She had an elder brother named Matteo. The family migrated to France the year before she was born. For the first eight years of her life she lived at 62 boulevard...
. He was given the name Amal Kiran, or "Clear Ray," by Sri Aurobindo in 1930. His book of poems Inmost Beauty was published at 1933.
In 1949 he was a founding editor of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Sri Aurobindo Ashram
The Sri Aurobindo Ashram was founded by Sri Aurobindo on the 24 November 1926 . At the time there were no more than 24 disciples in the Ashram...
journal Mother India
Mother India (journal)
Mother India is the Sri Aurobindo Ashram's originally fortnightly, now monthly, cultural review. It was started in 1949, the founding editor being K. D. Sethna , who continues as editor for over fifty years.- History :...
, which he edited for almost 50 years. He retired in 2000, after a career spanning 67 years.
Sethna was born a Parsi-Zoroastrian, but discontinued its practice after becoming a disciple of Sri Aurobindo. He celebrated his 100th birthday in 2004. At the time of his death, at the age of 106, he was one of the world's oldest living authors.
Partial bibliography
- Amal Kiran, Light and Laughter
- ---- Talks on Poetry
- ---- India and the World Scene ISBN 81-7060-118-5
- ---- The Indian Spirit and the World's Future ISBN 81-7060-227-0
- Sethna, K.D. Altar and Flame
- ---- The Mother, Past-Present-Future, 1977
- ---- Obscure and the Mysterious
- ---- The Problem of Aryan OriginsThe Problem of Aryan OriginsThe Problem of Aryan Origins is a book by K.D. Sethna. The first edition was published in 1980. A second enlarged version was published in 1992....
1980, 1992; ISBN 81-85179-67-0 - ---- Overhead Poetry
- ---- The Passing of Sri Aurobindo, 1951.
- ---- Sri Aurobindo on Shakespeare
- ---- Sri Aurobindo- The Poet
- ---- The Obscure and the Mysterious: A Research in MallarméStéphane MallarméStéphane Mallarmé , whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism.-Biography:Stéphane...
's Symbolist Poetry - ---- Teilhard de Chardin and Sri Aurobindo - a focus on fundamentals, Bharatiya Vidya Prakasan, Varanasi (1973)
- ---- The spirituality of the future : a search apropos of R. C. Zaehner's study in Sri Aurobindo and Teilhard de Chardin. Rutherford, [N.J.] London, Fairleigh Dickerson University Press; Associated University Presses. (1981)
- ---- The Vision and Work of Sri Aurobindo
- ---- Problems of Ancient India, 2000, New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 81-7742-026-7