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Swarupananda | |
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| Born | Ajay Hari Bannerjee 8 July 1871 Bhawanipore, Calcutta, British India |
| Died | 27 June 1906 (aged 34) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Monk, editor of Prabuddha Bharata |
| Known for | Vedanta |
Swarupananda (08 July 1871 – 27 June 1906) was a direct monastic disciple of Vivekananda and the first president of the Advaita Ashrama, set up by Vivekananda in 1899 at Mayavati, near Champawat. The ashram is a branch of the religious monastic order, Ramakrishna Math, also set up by Vivekananda on the teachings of his guru Ramakrishna.
Swarupananda remained as editor of Prabuddha Bharata, an English-language monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order, when it shifted base from Chennai in 1898 and remained so till 1906.[1]
Vivekananda exclaimed to Sara Bull and other friends about the young disciple whom he had initiated into the monastic order, "we have made an acquisition today."[2]
- ^ Swarupananda, Swami. "Preface to first edition". Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita. Advaita Ashrama. p. 1.
- ^ Abjajananda, Swami (August 2003). Monastic disciples of Swami Vivekananda. Mayavati: Advaita Ashrama. p. 125. ISBN 9788175052468.