Prof Puran Singh ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਪੂਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ | |
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| Born | 17 February 1881[1] Salhad, Abbottabad, Punjab, British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Died | 31 March 1931 (aged 50)[1] Dehradun, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttarakhand, India) |
| Occupation | Scientist, mystic, poet |
| Language | English, Punjabi, Persian, Hindi, German |
| Education | B.S. Chemical engineering PhD Theology (particular emphasis on Dharmic hermeneutics) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo University, Japan |
| Period | 1900–1931[1] |
| Notable works | English: Sisters of The Spinning Wheel (1921) Unstrung Beads (1923) The Spirit of Oriental Poetry (1926) The Book of Ten Masters The Spirit Born People Swami Rama Punjabi: Khulle Maidan Khulle Ghund (1923) Khulle Lekh (1929) Khulle Asmani Rang (1927)[1] |
| Spouse | Maya Devi (5 March 1904)[1] |
| Relatives | Kartar Singh (father)[1] |
Professor Puran Singh (Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਪੂਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ; 17 February 1881 – 31 March 1931) was a Punjabi poet, scientist and mystic. Born in Abbottabad, now in Pakistan, in a Sikh family,[2] he is one of the founders of modern Punjabi poetry.[3] He passed his matriculation examination at the Mission High School Rawalpindi in 1897 and, after obtaining a scholarship for the years 1900 to 1903, obtained a degree in Industrial Chemistry from Tokyo University in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Though a born Sikh he became a Buddhist Bhikshu and a sanyasi under influence of Ukakura a Japanese Buddhist monk and Swami Ramtirath respectively before he finally got settled as a Sikh mystic when he came under influence of Bhai Vir Singh during a Sikh Educational Conference meeting at Sialkot in 1912.
- ^ a b c d e f Singh, Puran Singh (1904). Kanya Daan te Hor Lekh(Translated from Hindi by Devinder Singh Satyarthi) (in Punjabi) (3rd ed.). Panjabi University Patiala: Publication Buero. pp. 1–26. ISBN 81-7380-052-9.
- ^ sbts. Punjab GK General Knowledge Book. by Mocktime Publication.
- ^ Jaspal Singh, "Spiritual journey of Prof Puran Singh", The Sunday Tribune, 24 November 2002