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    The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
    The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
    The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
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    The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

    By Monier Monier-Williams and Charles Eliot

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    This vintage book contains an English translation of the Shikshapatri, a religious text comprising two hundred and twelve Sanskrit verses. The verses were originally written by Lord Swaminarayan (1781 – 1830), a yogi and ascetic whose life and teachings sparked a revival of the Hindu practices of dharma, ahimsa and brahmacharya. The Shikshapatri is an important scripture for those who follow Swaminarayan and constitutes the foundation of the sect's beliefs and traditions. Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1819 – 1899) was the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, England. He dedicated his life to the study, documentation, and teaching of Asian languages, in particular Persian, Sanskrit, and Hindustani. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork. This book was first published in 1882.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMay 1, 2019
    ISBN9781528786911
    The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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      The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect - Monier Monier-Williams

      THE ŠIKSHÂ-PATRÎ

      of the

      SVÂMI-NÂRÂYANA SECT

      JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.

      By

      SIR MONIER MONIER-WILLIAMS

      First published in 1882

      This edition published by Read Books Ltd.

      Copyright © 2019 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be

      reproduced or copied in any way without

      the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available

      from the British Library

      ART. XXIV.--Sanskrit Text of the Šikshâ-Patrî of the Svâmi-Nârâyana Sect. Edited by Professor Monier Williams, C.I.E., D.C.L.

      THE text of the Šikshâ-Patrî of the modern Vaishnava Sect, called Svâmi-Nârâyana, was lithographed in Samvat 1928 (A.D. 1872) by order of the Heads of the Sect. It has a Gujarâtî Commentary by Nityânanda-muni. So far as I know, this is the only version of the text that has yet appeared. It was given to me by the Wartâl Mahârâja on the occasion of my first visit to Wartâl in 1875. It is full of mistakes, and in preparing the following edition of the text I have taken as my guide the far more accurate manuscript and Sanskrit commentary written by Pan.dit Šatânanda-muni, and given to me by the Mahârâja on the same occasion.

      Translation Of The Foregoing Šikshâ-Patrî. 

      By Professor Monier Williams.

      In making the following translation I have been careful to study the Sanskrit commentary called Artha-dîpikâ, written for me in clear beautiful characters by Pandit Šatânanda-muni (one of the disciples of Svâmi-Nârâyana), by order of the Wartâl Mahârâja, after one of the formal visits to the Wartâl Temple, which were kindly arranged for me by Mr. Frederick Sheppard, C.S., late Collector of Kaira, and now Commissioner. The translation is the first ever made by any European scholar, though it is right I should mention that I have consulted a fairly accurate version (not always perfect either in its renderings or its English) written by Sheth Bhogilâl Prânjîvandâs, of the Bombay Education Society's Institution, Ahmedabad, and given in Mr. H. C. Briggs' work, The Cities of Gujarâshtra. I have also received assistance from my friend Pan.dit Shyâmajî Krishna-varmâ, of Balliol College, Oxford.

      1. I meditate in my heart on that Krishna on whose left side is seated Râdhâ, on whose

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