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The Principal Upanishads is a 1953 book written by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975), then Vice President of India (and later President of India), about the main Upanishads, which carry central teachings of the Vedanta. Originally published in 1953 by Harper, the book has been republished several times.
The Dhammapada: With introductory essays, Pali text, English translation and notes is a 1950 book written by philosopher and (later) President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975), about the Dhammapada, an important Buddhist scripture.
Radhakrishnan was one of world's best and most influential twentieth-century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy. [2] [web 1] Radhakrishnan's defence of the Hindu traditions has been highly influential, [39] both in India and the western world. In India, Radhakrishnan's ideas contributed to the formation of India as a nation-state. [50]
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Dr S Radhakrishnan Chair at the NIAS (2002-2010), Bengaluru, India, later became Professor Emeritus. Honorary Director of the Southern Centre of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (2005). Visiting professor at various foreign universities including at Cambridge, Harvard, Heidelberg, Athens, Leiden. [citation needed]
According to most Hinduism traditions, ten Upanishads are considered as Principal Upanishads, but some scholars now are including Śvetāśvatara, Kauṣītaki and Maitrāyaṇīya into the list. [3] [4] [5] The founders of the major schools of Vedanta, viz., Adi Shankara and Madhvacharya wrote bhāṣyas (commentaries) on these ten Principal ...
Dr. K. S. Radhakrishnan is an Indian scholar, writer, philosopher, and politician. He is currently the state vice-president of the Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) in Kerala . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate from the Ernakulam Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections .
10.3 Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the former President of India, in his book "Indian Philosophy Vol I" mentioned as under: "The Bhagawat Purana endorses the view that Rishbhadeva was the founder of Jainism. There is evidence to show that so far back as the first century B.C. there were people who were worshipping Rishabhadeva, the first Tirthankara.