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Allusions in Savitri – part 2

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

This article continues a previous article “Allusions in Savitri” in which we discussed some allusions used by Sri Aurobindo in his epic poem Savitri. Sri Aurobindo had to evolve a new diction in English to describe his supernatural experiences and towards this end, he occasionally employed images, symbols and phrases from English Romantic poetry. Continue reading →

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Allusions in Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri

Posted on February 28, 2011 by

In his epic poem Savitri, Sri Aurobindo sought to convey many of the superconscient experiences that he and the Mother Mirra Alfassa underwent. In order to bring home the touch of the Ineffable to the reader, he employed a number of literary devices as part of the diction, including what are known as “allusions”. V.K.Gokak, a professor of English and Kannada literature, was able to uncover about 140 allusions to Romantic era poetry in Savitri. In this article, we cover a few of allusions that he discovered. Continue reading →

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Summary of Savitri by Jyotipriya (Dr Judith Tyberg)

Posted on October 18, 2010 by

This is Jyotipriya’s summary of Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem Savitri. Jyotipriya aka Dr Judith Tyberg (1902-1980) was the founder and director of the Sri Aurobindo Center of Los Angeles. Savitri is an epic poem in blank verse of about 24000 lines, which narrates the spiritual journey undertaken by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother as part of their Integral Yoga. It details the varied occult worlds they witnessed, the states of consciousness they experienced, and the work of Supramental Transformation that they undertook in their life. Sri Aurobindo has rendered in accessible English verse many of the concepts found scattered across the numerous Vedas, Upanishads and Puranas. Continue reading →

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