Purohit, Swami, 1882-1941
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Name (Latin)
Purohit, Swami, 1882-1941
Other forms of name
Shri Purohit Swami, 1882-1941
Shree, Purohit Swami, 1882-1941
Purohit, Shankar Gajannan, 1882-1941
Shankar Gajannan, Purohit, 1882-1941
Purohit, Swami, b. 1882
Date of birth
1882-10-12
Date of death
1941
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
d. 1946
Sources of Information
- His An Indian monk, 1932.
- NUCMC data from Univ. Del. Lib. for Yeats, W.B. Papers, 1890-1938(Shri Purohit Swami)
- LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Purohit, Swami, 1882-; usage: Shri Purohit Swami; Shree Purohit Swami; Hindu missionary in Engl., 1930-36; close friend of W.B. Yeats)
- answers.com, Apr. 30, 2008(Shri Purohit Swami, 1882-ca. 1936, b. Oct. 12, 1882 at Badnera, near Amraoti, in Berar, India. The Swami returned to India in 1936, after receiving news of the illness of his guru, who died the same year. the swami died soon afterward)
- Wikipedia, Apr. 30, 2008(Shri Purohit Swami, born November 1882; died 1941; Hindu teacher from Maharashtra, India. Purohit was born in Badnera, Vidarbha, with the name: Shankar Gajannan Purohit. Purohit is known in the West principally for his work on translations of major Hindu texts, and his Autobiography of an Indian Monk (1932))
Wikipedia description:
Shri Purohit Swami ((1882-10-12)12 October 1882 – 1941) was a Hindu teacher from Maharashtra, India.
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