Sri Aurobindo : Biography
THEME/S
Most of Sri Aurobindo's writings first appeared in the periodicals listed in Part I. His writings later were brought out in the books described in Part II finally collected in thirty volumes of Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library, the contents of which are given in Part III.
I
PERIODICALS WITH WHICH SRI AUROBINDO WAS ASSOCIATED
ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY
Indu Prakash
English-Marathi
Weekly
Bombay
Sri Aurobindo contributed two series of articles to this newspaper, which was edited by his Cambridge friend K. G. Deshpande. New Lamps for Old appeared in nine instalments from August 7, 1893 to March 5, 1894. This series was preceded by another political article, "India and the British Parliament" (June 26, 1893). The second series, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, written after the passing of the Bengali writer, appeared in seven instalments from July 16 to August 27, 1894.
Yugantar
Bengali
Calcutta
A revolutionary journal started by Sri Aurobindo's brother Barindra and others in March 1906. Sri Aurobindo wrote articles for some of the earlier issues of the paper, and always exercised general control over it. It ceased publication in May 1908.
Bande Mataram
English
A newspaper started on August 6, 1906 under the editorship of Bipin Chandra
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Daily/Weekly
Pal.Sri Aurobindo became joint editor of the paper and before the end of 1906 assumed full control of its policy. He wrote many of its editorials and leading articles, and also some planned series including The Doctrine of Passive Resistance. It ceased publication in October 1908, six months after Sri Aurobindo was imprisoned in the Alipore Bomb Case. A weekly edition of Bande Mataram was published from June 1907 to September 1908, in which editorials and articles from the daily edition were reprinted. The play Perseus the Deliverer and the translation Vidula first appeared in this weekly edition
Karmayogin
"A Weekly Review of National Religion, Literature, Science, Philosophy, etc." Started on June 15, 1909 by Sri Aurobindo, who wrote practically all of its articles and editorial comments, and published in it a number of his poems and translations. When he left for Chandernagore in February 1910, he put the journal into the hands of Sister Nivedita. Writings by him continued to appear in it until it ceased publication on March 26, 1910.
Dharma
Started on August 23, 1909 under the editorship of Sri Aurobindo, who wrote most of its articles and editorial comments himself. His connection with the journal ended when he left for Chandernagore in February 1910. Its last issue came out on March 28, 1910.
Arya
A philosophical review started by Sri Aurobindo on August 15, 1914 and continued
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Monthly
Pondicherry
without interruption until January 1921. The following declaration appeared on the inside cover page of each issue:
The Arya is a Review of pure philosophy.
The object which it has set before itself is twofold:–
1. A systematic study of the highest problems of existence;
2. The formation of a vast Synthesis of knowledge, harmonising the diverse religious traditions of humanity occidental as well as oriental. Its method will be that of a realism, at once rational and transcendental, – a realism consisting in the unification of intellectual and scientific disciplines with those of intuitive experience. This Review will also serve as an organ for the various groups and societies founded on its inspiration.
The Review will publish:–
Synthetic studies in speculative Philosophy.
Translations and commentaries of ancient texts. Studies in Comparative Religion.
Practical methods of inner culture and self development.
In the Arya appeared serially most of Sri Aurobindo's important prose writings: The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, The Secret of the Veda, Essays on the Gita, The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity, The Future Poetry (all of which were later published in book form, many in revised editions), as well as other series and separate essays.
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The Standard Bearer
Chandemagore
Published by the Prabartak Sangha,,a group working under the inspiration of Sri Aurobindo. Its first issue came out on August 15, 1920 with a contribution "Ourselves" by Sri Aurobindo. In later issues it published several articles, poems etc. by Sri Aurobindo, many of which had been written in 1909 or 1910 and intended for publication in the Karmayogin. Since 1915 the Prabartak Samgha has brought out a Bengali monthly, Prabartak. Sri Aurobindo's "Jagannather Rath" first appeared in this journal in 1918
Sri Aurobindo occasionally contributed essays, poems etc. to periodicals other than those listed above including The Modern Review (Calcutta), The Calcutta Review, The Vedic Magazine (Lahore), Shama'a (Madras) and the Bengali reviews Suprabhat and Bharati.
The following is a list of journals published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram or groups connected with it in which many unpublished letters, articles, poems etc. of Sri Aurobindo first appeared.
Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual, Calcutta since 1942
Bartika (Bengali) Quarterly, Calcutta, since 1942
The Advent Quarterly, Pondicherry (originally Madras), since 1944
Sri Aurobindo Circle Annual, Pondicherry (originally Bombay), since 1945
Bulletin of Physical Education (presently the Bulletin of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education) Quarterly, Pondicherry, since 1949, English-French
The eight articles which make up The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth were written by Sri Aurobindo for the Bulletin and published in it between February 21, 1949 and November 24, 1950.
Mother India Monthly, Pondicherry (originally a Bombay fortnightly), since 1949 Srinvantu Quarterly, Calcutta, since 1956
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II
BOOKS BY SRI AUROBINDO
ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY
This part lists all of Sri Aurobindo's writings in English which have appeared in book form. It includes not only works that came out prior to the passing of Sri Aurobindo in December 1950, but also those reproduced from manuscripts after that date. Books compiled from already published works have been omitted.
Although most of these titles have run into numerous editions, for the most part information is given about the first edition only; subsequent editions are mentioned if they included new material or were revised by the author.
Where necessary, cross-references are given; for example, in title entry number 1. AFTER THE WAR, the cross-reference (See 28, 100) refers to title-entry numbers 28 and 100 in this bibliography.
At the end of each entry is given the number of the Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library (SABCL) volume in which the work can now be found.
1. AFTER THE WAR
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1949
First published as an article in the Arya, August 1920. Issued as a pamphlet in 1949. Included in War and Self- Determination since 1957 (See 28, 100).
SABCL: Social and Political Thought, Vol. 15
2. THE AGE OF KALIDASA
Tagore & Co., Madras, 1921
Written during the Baroda period (1893-1906). First appeared in the Calcutta Review. Published in book form with Kalidasa's. "Seasons" since 1929 under the title Kalidasa (See 35).
SABCL: The Harmony of Virtue, Vol. 3
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3. AHANA AND OTHER POEMS
Printed at The Modern Press, Pondicherry, 1915
Includes 25 poems: Ahana, Invitation, Who, Miracles, Reminiscence, A Vision of Science, Immortal Love, A Tree, To the Sea, Revelation, Karma, Appeal, A Child's Imagination, The Sea at Night, The Vedantin's Prayer, Rebirth, The Triumph-Song of Trishuncou, Life and Death, Evening, Parabrahman, God, The Fear of Death, Seasons, The Rishi, In the Moonlight.
"Ahana", a poem of 172 lines, is a revised and enlarged version of the last 160 lines of "The Descent of Ahana", an earlier draft found among Sri Aurobindo's manuscripts. This version of 172 lines, further revised and enlarged to 520 lines, was published in Collected Poems and Plays, 1942 (See 13). SABCL Volume 5 includes two versions: the first draft "The Descent of Ahana" (p. 537) and the revised and enlarged "Ahana" of 520 lines (p. 523).
"Invitation" was composed in the Alipore Jail in 1908 or 1909 and first published in the weekly Karmayogin, November 6, 1909.
"Who" was first published ih Karmayogin, November 13, 1909.
In SABCL "Karma" and "Appeal" appear in Volume 8.
SABCL; Collected Poems, Vol. 5 Translations, Vol. 8
4. ANANDAMATH
Basumati Sahitya Mandir, Calcutta (no date)
A translation of Bankim Chandra Chatterji's Bengali novel. The prologue and the first thirteen chapters of Part I were translated by Sri Aurobindo, the rest by his brother Barindra. The parts translated by Sri Aurobindo first appeared in the Karmayogin, intermittently between August 7, 1909 and February 12, 1910.
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In SABCL only the prologue and the chapters translated by Sri Aurobindo are given in Volume 8.
SABCL: Translations, Vol. 8
5. BAJI PRABHU
Arya Office, Pondicherry, 1922
First appeared in the Karmayogin between February 19 and March 5, 1910 (See 13).
SABCL: Collected Poems, Vol. 5
6. BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTERJI
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1954
First appeared in the Indu Prakash, Bombay between July 16 and August 27,1894, in seven instalments.
7. BANKIM - TILAK - DAYANANDA
Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, 1940
Contents:
1. "Bande Mataram", a translation of the national song (in verse and prose), first appeared as part of the translation of Chapter IX of Anandamath in the Karmayogin,November 20, 1909.
2. "Rishi Bankim Chandra", an essay, first appeared in the Bande Mataram, April 16, 1907 and was later reprinted in Rishi Bankim Chandra (See 74).
3. "Bal Gangadhar Tilak", an essay, first appeared as an introduction to Bal Gangadhar Tilak: His Writings and Speeches (Ganesh & Co., Madras, 1918).
4. "Dayananda: The Man and His Work" and "'Dayananda and the Veda", essays, first appeared in The Vedic Magazine, Lahore, in 1915 and 1916 respectively (See 16).
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5. "The Men that Pass", an essay on R. C. Dutt from the Karmayogin, December 4, ,1909.
In SABCL "Bande Mataram" appears in Volume 8 and the rest appear in Volume 17.
The Hour of God, Vol. 17
8. BASES OF YOGA
Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, 1936
Extracts from letters to disciples arranged under various headings. '
In SABCL mostly incorporated into Volumes 22, 23 and 24.
SABCL: Letters on Yoga, Vols. 22, 23, 24
9. THE BIRTH OF THE WAR GOD
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1952
Booklet. Reprinted from the Sri Aurobindo Circle, 1952. Three translations of the first canto of Kalidasa's epic Kumarasambhavam
The manuscript bears the date January ,15, 1918.
SABCL includes an incomplete translation of Canto Two.
10. THE BRAIN OF INDIA
Prabatak Publishing House, Calcutta, 1921
First published in four instalments in the Karmayogin,October 9 to November 13, 1909.
11. THE CENTURY OF LIFE
The Shama'a Publishing House, Madras, 1924
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The Nitishataka of Bhartrihari freely rendered into English verse.
The translation was completed by Sri Aurobindo during the early years of his stay in Pondicherry, although most of it was done earlier, a few pieces having been published in a magazine of the Baroda College in the 1890's.
Some of the epigrams appeared in the Karmayogin, March 19, 1910 and in the Arya, December 1917 and November
1918.
12. CHITRANGADA
Booklet. Reprinted from Sri Aurobindo Circle, 1949.Fragment of a poem which had been completed by Sri Aurobindo, but of which the original manuscript was lost. Only the opening passages, which had been published in the Karmayogin, March 26 and April 2, 1910, were preserved. These passages were. reprinted in the Sri Aurobindo Circle, 1949, with minor revisions by the author.
SABCL: Collected Poems. Vol. 5
13. COLLECTED POEMS AND PLAYS
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1942
Published in two volumes and arranged according to the date of composition.
Volume I, Contents:
1890-1902: Songs to Myrtilla (See S\), Urvasie (See 93),
Love and Death (See 51).
1895-1908: Poems: Ahana and Other Poems, excluding "Ahana" (See 3), Perseus the Deliverer (See 65). Volume II, Contents:
1895-1908: Translation: Vikramorvasie (See 97).
1902-1915: Baji Prabhou (See 5); Nine Poems: "The Mother of Dreams", composed in Alipore Jail in
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1908 or 1909 and first published in the Modem Review,July 1909; "An Image", "The Birth of Sin","Epiphany", first published in the Karmayogin, November 20, December 11 and 18, 1909 respectively; "To R", first published in the Modern Review, April 1910; "The Rakshasas", "Kama", "The Mahatmas", first published in the Standard Bearer, November 14 and 28 and December 12, 1920; "Ahana" (revised and enlarged version of 520 lines; See 3). Translations: The Century of Life (See 11), "Hymn to the Mother" ("Bande Mataram"; See 7); "Vidula", originally appeared under the title "The Mother to Her Son" in the weekly Bande Mataram, June 9, 1907; Songs of the Sea (See 79).
1930: Six Poems (See 78); "Transformation" and other poems, first published in 1941 under the title Poems (See 67).
Translations: "Mother India", "Mahalakshmi".
Appendix I: Essay: "On Quantitative Metre"; Poems: "Ocean Oneness", "Trance of Waiting", "Flame- Wind", "The
River", "Journey's End", "The Dream Boat", "Soul in the Ignorance", "The Witness and the Wheel", "Descent", "The Lost Boat", "Renewal", "Soul's Scene", "Ascent", "The Tiger and the Deer", "Ilion" (the opening passages of the epic; See 33).
Appendix II: Bibliography:
Collected Plays, Vols. 6, 7
Translations, Vol. 8
14. CONVERSATIONS OF THE DEAD
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1951
Originally written in 1909 or 1910 for the Karmayogin; only two of the pieces were published in the journal: "Dinshah — Perizade" and "Turiu — Uriu", February 12 and 19, 1910 respectively. The others were first published by the Standard Bearer: "Mazzini — Cavour —
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Garibaldi", November 7, 1920, "Shivaji—Jai Singh", December 26, 1920, "Littleton — Percival", May 29 and June 5, 1923.
SABCL: TheHarmony of Virtue, Vol. 3
15. CORRESPONDENCE WITH SRI AUROBINDO
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, Series I in 1954,
Series II in 1959
Combined edition in 1969
Sri Aurobindo's replies to a disciple's questions on matters relating to Yoga, poetry, medicine etc. The disciple's questions are given.
In SABCL some of Sri Aurobindo's replies appear in Volumes 9, 22, 23,24 and 26.
SABCL: The Future Poetry, Vol. 9
Letters on Yoga, Vols. 22,23,24
On Himself, Vol. 26
16. DAYANANDA: THE MAN AND HIS WORK
Gurukula Vishvavidyalaya, Kangri, 1920
A reprint of two articles which first appeared in The Vedic Magazine, Lahore, in 1915 and 1916.
The second article, "Dayananda and the Veda", was reprinted in 1920 by the Tract Publishing Society (Arya Kumar Sabha, Calcutta).
The two were reissued together in 1939 as Swami Dayanand Saraswati (See 87) and later included in Bankim — Tilak — Dayananda (See 7).
SABCL: The Hour of God, Vol. 17
17. THE DOCTRINE OF PASSIVE RESISTANCE
Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, 1948
A series of articles from the daily Bande Mataram, April 11 to 23, 1907, and an article "The Morality of Boycott" written for the Bande Mataram but not published in that journal; it was produced as an exhibit in the Alipore Bomb Case (May 1908).
SABCL: Bande Mataram, Vol. 1
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18. EIGHT UPANISHADS
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1953
Translations of the Isha, Kena, Katha, Mundaka, Mandukya, Prashna, Taittiriya and Aitareya Upanishads, with texts, and an essay "On Translating the Upanishads" as an introduction.
Isha: A translation was published in the Karmayogin, June 19, 1909; another translation with notes appeared in the
Arya, August 15, 1914, followed by an analysis in subsequent issues. This later translation and analysis was published separately as Isha Upanishad in 1921, a Second Edition, revised and enlarged, appeared in 1924 (See 34).
Kena: A translation was published in the Karmayogin, June 26, 1909; another translation with notes in the Arya, June
1916, followed by a commentary in subsequent issues. This later translation and commentary were published as Kena Upanishad in 1952 (See 39).
A revised version was issued in 1970.
Katha: Translation in the Karmayogin, July 3, 1909 and July 31 to August 28, 1909. Later came out as Katha
Upanishad (See 38). Subsequently received partial revision.
Mundaka: Translation in the Karmayogin, February 5, 12 and 26, 1910. A revised translation appeared in the Arya, November-December 1920.
Mandukya and Prashna: from manuscripts.
Taittiriya and Aitareya: from early Baroda manuscripts. On Translating the Upanishads: from a Baroda manuscript.
The Karmayogin translations of the Isha, Kena and Mundaka were reprinted in Seven Upanishads by Ashtekar & Co., Poona in 1920.
SABCL: The Upanishads, Vol. 12
19. ELEMENTS OF YOGA
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Brief answers to elementary questions about Yoga, written between 1933 and 1936.
In SABCL only some of these answers have been included.
SABCL: Letters on Yoga, Vols.22, 23, 24
The Mother, Vol 25
20. ERIC: A Dramatic Romance
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1960
Written in Pondieherry in 1912 or 1913.
SABCL: Collected Plays, Vol.6
21. ESSAYS ON THE GITA
V. Ramaswamy Sastrulu & Sons, Madras, First Series, 1922 '
Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, First Series in 1926, Second Series in 1928
Combined Edition:
Sri Aurobindo Library, New York, 1950
Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Pondicherry, 1959 '
First published in the Arya in two series: First Series from August 1916 to July 1918, and Second Series from August 1918 to July 1920.
SABCL: Essays on the Gita, Vol. 13
22. EVOLUTION
Barindra Kumar Ghose, Calcutta, 1921
Three essays from the Arya: "Evolution", August 1915;
"The Inconscient", September 1915; "Materialism'", October 1918.
SABCL: The Supramental Manifestation, Vol. 16
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23. THE FOUNDATIONS OF INDIAN CULTURE
Sri Aurobindo Library, New York, 1953
First appeared serially in the Arya under the titles: "Is India Civilised?", December 1918 to February 1919, "A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture", February 1919 to July 1919 and "A Defence of Indian Culture", which was left incomplete, August 1919 to January 1921. The Appendix, "Indian Culture and External Influence", is an essay from the Arya, March 1919. The original text was revised slightly by the author. The sections on Indian art and Indian polity were published separately as The Significance of Indian Art (See 77) and The Spirit and Form of Indian Polity (See 83).
SABCL: The Foundations of Indian Culture, Vol. 14
24. THE FUTURE POETRY
First appeared serially in the Arya between December 1917 and July 1920. Practically a reprint of the text of the Arya, although a few new paragraphs were added by the author
.
25. HERACLITUS
Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, 1941
First published serially in the Arya, December 1916 to June 1917.
26. THE HOUR OF GOD
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1959
Essays and notes from Sri Aurobindo's manuscripts.
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SABCL Volume 17 includes only the first three sections of this book.
27. THE HUMAN CYCLE
First appeared serially in the Arya under the title The Psychology of Social Development from August 1916 to July 1918. These articles were revised by the author for their publication in book form under the title The Human Cycle. Subsequently published together with The Ideal of Human Unity and War and Self-Determination (See 28).
28. THE HUMAN CYCLE—THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY—WAR AND SELF-DETERMINATION
Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Pondicherry, 1962, Combined Edition (See 27, 30, 100)
29. HYMNS TO THE MYSTIC FIRE
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1946 Second Edition, Enlarged, 1952
Most of the hymns to Agni from the Rig-veda, translated in their esoteric sense.
First Edition, Contents:
A foreword especially written for the book, and an excerpt from "The Doctrine of the Mystics", an essay which had first appeared in the Arya, September 1915, as the introduction to "The Hymns of the Atris". Hymns of Gritsamada, II. 1-10; Hymns of Bharadwaja, VI. 1-16; Hymns of Parasara, I. 65-73: a revised version of "Parasara's Hymns to the Lord of Flame"
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first published in the Arya, February, June arid July, 1920; Hymn of Paruchchhepa, I. 127.
Second Edition, Contents:
The foreword, all the hymns included in the First Edition, and the following additional material: Hymns to Agni, V. 1-28, taken from 'The Hymns of the Atris" (Arya, October 1915 to July 1916) but with the translations revised; translations of some more hymns of Mandalas I and IV, and some hymns of Mandalas III, VII, VIII and X, which were found among Sri ; Aurobindo's earlier and later manuscripts.
In SABCL Volume 11, besides the hymns contained in the earlier editions, Suktas 59, 94 and 97 of the First Mandala
(from the Arya, September 1917 and January 1920) and two more hitherto unpublished hymns, I. 14 and IV. 40, are
given. "The Doctrine of the Mystics" has been given in its complete form. Some other studies found among Sri
Aurobindo's manuscripts have been 'included as a supplement. After the publication of Volume 11, some additional
material (on two hymns, I.. 74 and IV. 6) was discovered which is reprpduced in Volume 27.
SABCL: Hymns to the Mystic Fire, Vol. 11
30. THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY
Sons of India Ltd., Madras, 1919
Second Edition, Revised:
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1950
Sri Aurobindo Library, Inc., New York, 1950
The First Edition was a reprint of the series of essays with the same title first published in the Arya, September
1915 to July 1918. It included a preface by Sri Aurobindo, a detailed synopsis of the chapters, and three appendices
consisting of articles from the Arya.
The Second Edition was revised by the author before the Second World War, and a Postscript Chapter dealing
with contemporary world conditions' was added later in order to bring it up to date.
In the American Edition, the Postscript Chapter appears
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as the introduction. Subsequently published together with The Human Cycle and War and Self-Determination (See 28). In SABCL the preface to the First Edition is given in Volume 27.
31. THE IDEAL OF THE KARMAYOGIN
Sadhana Press, Chandemagore, 1918
Second Edition, 1919
Revised Edition, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry,
1937
Articles from the Karmayogin.
The First Edition contained only "The Ideal of the Karmayogin" and "Karmayoga", both from the Karmayogin of June 19, 1909.
The Second Edition was enlarged to include the following Karmayogin articles: "In Either Case" (March 26, 1910), "The Awakening Soul of India" (June 26, 1909), "The Doctrine of Sacrifice" (July 24, 1909), "The Process of Evolution" (September 18, 1909); "The Strength of Stillness" (February 19, 1910), "The Three Purushas" (February 12, 1910), "The Stress of the Hidden Spirit" (February 26, 1910) and "The Greatness of the Individual" (July 24, 1909). The Second Edition also included two articles by Sister Nivedita taken from the Karmayogin of March 12, 1910.
In SABCL some of the articles are given in Volume 2 and some in Volume 3.
SABCL: Karmayogin, Vol. 2 The Harmony of Virtue Vol. 3
32. IDEALS AND PROGRESS
Barindra Kumar Ghose, Calcutta, 1920 Revised Edition, Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, 1922
Five essays from the Arya: "On Ideals" (June 1916), "Yoga and Skill in Works" (July 1916), "Conservation and
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Progress" (May 1916), "The Conservative Mind and Eastern Progress" (July 1916) and "Our Ideal" (August 1915);
33. ILION
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1957
An epic in quantitative hexameters, left incomplete. The poem was begun in Alipore jail in 1909, recommenced in Pondicherry and worked on until 1915 or so. The five opening passages (lines 1-371) were recast for inclusion as an appendix in Collected Poems and Plays, 1942. The rest of Book One, Books Two to Eight, and fragments of Book Nine were found in various stages of revision among Sri Aurobindo's papers and are published as they were found. An essay "On Quantitative Metre" (See 60) and a letter "An Answer to a Criticism" are included as appendices.
SABCL: Collected Poems, Vol.5
34. ISHA UPANISHAD
Arya Publishing House,' Calcutta, 1921 Revised and Enlarged Edition, 1924
Translation'and analysis. First .appeared in the Arya, August 1914 to May 1915. An earlier translation had appeared in the Karmayogin, June 19, 1909.
35 KALIDASA
Arya Sahitya Bhawan, Calcutta, 1929
A combined edition, revised, of The Age of Kalidasa
(Seel) and Kalidasa's "Seasons" (See 37).
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36. KALIDASA (Second Series)
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1954 Second Edition, 1964
From Sri Aurobindo's Baroda manuscripts: "Hindu Drama", "The Historical Method", "On Translating Kalidasa" and the four studies making up "Kalidasa's Characters".
"On Translating Kalidasa" and "Pururavas" (published as "The Character of the Hero") appeared as Introduction and Appendix to Vikramorvasie (See 97).
The First Edition included a fragmentary translation of Malavica and the King, dating from the Baroda period. The Second Edition, however, omitted this and substituted the translation of the first canto of Kumarasambhavam, The Birth of the War God (See 9).
In SABCL "On Translating Kalidasa" has been given in Volume 3 and, in a more complete form, in Volume 27.
SABCL: The Harmony of Virtue, Vol. 3 Translations, Vol. 8
37. KALIDASA'S "SEASONS"
Tagore & Co.. Madras, 1921
First appeared in three issues of the Karmayogin, July 31to August 14, 1909. Parts of an early draft of the essay have been found among Sri Aurobindo's Baroda papers.A revised version was included in Kalidasa, 1929 Edition (See 35).
38. KATHA UPANISHAD
Ashtekar & Co., Popna, 1919
Revised Edition, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1952
The First Edition was a reprint of the translation from the Karmayogin, July 3 and July 31 to August 28, 1909.
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A revised version was included in Eight Upanishads (See 18).
The Upanishads, Vol. 12
39. KENA UPANISHAD
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1952 Revised Edition, 1970
A translation of the Kena Upanishad first appeared in the Karmayogin, June 26, 1909. A new translation with a commentary appeared in the Arya, June 1915 to July 1916. This was published in book form in 1952 and later included in the Eight Upanishads (See 18). A revised translation was found after 1952 and was issued as the Revised Edition in 1970.
40. LAST POEMS
Forty-eight poems, mostly sonnets;; composed between 1937 and 1944. A facsimile of each poem is given on the facing page. A few of these poems first appeared in The Advent, an Ashram quarterly.
41. LETTERS OF SRI AUROBINDO (First Series) Sri Aurobindo Circle, Bombay, 1947
Extracts from letters to disciples. These letters as well as those of the other three series listed below were written mostly in the 1930's. The dates of most letters are given. Subsequently incorporated in On Yoga II (See 63).
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42. LETTERS OF SRI AUROBINDO (Second Series)
Sri Aurobindo Circle, Bombay, 1949
Subsequently incorporated in On Yoga II ( See 63).
43. LETTERS OF SRI AUROBINDO (Third Series, On Poetry and Literature) Sri Aurobindo Circle, Bombay, 1949
44. LETTERS OF SRI AUROBINDO (Fourth Series)
Sri Aurobindo Circle, Bombay, 1951
Subsequently incorporated in On Yoga II (See 63).
45. LETTERS OF SRI AUROBINDO ON THE MOTHER
Extracts from letters written mostly during the 1930's. The dates of most of the letters are given. Published in 1953 with additional matter and in a slightly different form as Part III of Sri Aurobindo on Himself and on The Mother (See 84).
SABCL: The Mother, Vol. 25
46. LETTERS ON "SAVITRI"
Letters to a disciple. Reprinted from Mother India. Included in the 1954 Edition of Savitri (See 76).
SABCL: Savitri, Vol. 29
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47. THE LIFE DIVINE
Book One: Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, 1939
Book Two (in two parts): 1940
Second Edition, Revised: Book One, 1943; Book Two, 1944
Complete in one volume:
Sri Aurobindo Library, New York, 1949
Sri Aurobindo International ('University Centre, Pondicherry, 1955
India Library Society, New York, 1965
First published serially in the Arya from August 1914 to January 1919. The fifty-three chapters from the Arya, "thoroughly revised and enlarged" by the author, were subsequently issued in book form: Book One in 1939 and Book Two, in two parts, in 1940. In some later editions, Book One and Book Two were called Volume I and Volume II. Book One consists of twenty-eight chapters, twenty-seven in the order in which they appeared in the Arya and an additional new chapter,"Supermind, Mind and the Overmind Maya".
Book Two includes most of the remaining chapters from the Arya, completely recast and extensively enlarged: the titles of some chapters were changed, the order of many chapters rearranged, and many new chapters were added. The Second Edition underwent further revision of a comparatively minor nature.
SABCL: The Life Divine, Vols. 18, 19
48. LIFE — LITERATURE — YOGA
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1952 Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 1967
Letters written during the 1930's and 1940's. Reprinted from Mother India. In SABCL most letters on poetry, literature, etc. are included in Section VI of Volume 26.
SABCL: On Himself, Vol. 26
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49 LIGHTS ON YOGA
Sri Aurobindo Library, Howrah, 1935
Extracts from letters to disciples. The later printings included an appendix containing explanations by the author of some passages in the book.
50. LIGHT TO SUPERLIGHT
Prabartak Publishers, Calcutta, 1972
Twenty-six letters from Sri Aurobindo, one to Anandarao and the rest to Motilal Roy, and, as an appendix, Sapta-Chatushtaya (incomplete).
In SABCL Volume 27, the letters, with editorial revisions, appear in the supplement to Volume 26 and SaptaChatushtaya (complete) in the supplement to Volume 17.
SABCL: Supplement, Vol. 27
51. LOVE AND DEATH
The Shama'a Publishing House, Aghora Mandir, Madras, 1921
A narrative poem written at Baroda, in June and July 1899. .
Reprinted from the review Shama 'a,: January 1921. Later included in Collected Poems and Plays (See l3). .
52. MAN — SLAVE OR FREE?
First Edition [for private circulation]:
Prabartak Publishing House, Chandernagore, 1922 First [Trade] Edition:
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1966
The 1922 Edition contained five essays from the Karmayogin: "Man—Slave or Free?" (June 26, 1909),
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"Yoga and Human Evolution" (July 3, 1909), "Yoga and Hypnotism" (July 17, 1909), "Fate and Free-Will" (January 29, 1910) and "The Principle of Evil" (February 26, 1910).
The 1966 Edition contained, in addition, "The Need in Nationalism" (published as "Ourselves" in the Karmayogin, June 1909, "The Power that Uplifts" (Karmayogin, August 21, 1909), and three "Historical Impressions" which had been written for the Karmayogin but were first published in the Standard Bearer: "Napoleon" (November 20, 1920) and "The French .Revolution" (November 28 and December 5, 1920).
In SABCL the first five of the above essays are included in Section Seven of Volume 3; "The Need in Nationalism" appears under its original title "Ourselves" on page 11 and "The Power that Uplifts" on page 162 of Volume 2, "Historical Impressions" comes under Section X of Volume 17.
SABCL: Karmayogin, Vol. 2 The Harmony of Virtue, Vol. 3 The Hour of God, Vol. 17
53. THE MIND OF LIGHT
E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1953
American Edition of The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth (See 86), published under this new title.
54. MORE LIGHTS ON YOGA
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Poitdichierry, 1-948
Extracts from letters. In SABCL incorporated into Volumes 22, 23, 24.
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55. MORE POEMS
Poems from manuscripts, in three sections with an appendix. Section I: early poems including three sonnets from Sri Aurobindo's Baroda period; Section II: seventeen poems, eight being fragmentary or incomplete, from Sri Aurobindo's later writings, and one translation; Section III: seventeen sonnets; Appendix: metrical experiments, some dated 1934 to 1938.
SABCL: Collected Poems, Vol. 5 Translations, Vol. 8
56. THE MOTHER
Arya Sahitya Bhawan, Calcutta, 1928
Parts of this book were written originally as letters to disciples.
57. THE NATIONAL VALUE OF ART
Prabartak Publishing House, Chandemagore, 1922
First appeared in the Karmayogin, November 20 to December 25, 1909,
58. THE NEED IN NATIONALISM and Other Essays
S. Ganesan, Triplicane, Madras, 1923
Five essays from the Karmayogin: "The Need in Nationalism" (published in the Karmayogin as "Ourselves"), "The Power that Uplifts", "The Principle of Evil", "Man—Slave or Free?" and "Fate and FreeWill".
Of these, the last three had appeared in the 1922 Edition of , Man — Slave.: or Free?; the remaining two were
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included in the 1966 Edition of that book (See 52). In SABCL "The Need in Nationalism" appears under its original title "Ourselves" in Volume 2. The other essays are included in Volume 3.
SABCL: Karmayogin, Vol. 2 The Harmony of Virtue, Vol. 3
59. ON NATIONALISM (First Series)
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1965
Thirty-four editorial articles from the Bande Mataram, July 1907 to May 1908.
In SABCL only twenty-eight of these have been included in Volume 1; the rest are of doubtful authorship.
60. ON QUANTITATIVE METRE
Reprinted from Collected Poems and Plays (See 13).
61. ON THE VEDA
Sri Aurobindo International University Centre, Pondicherry, 1956
Writings from the Arya: "The Secret of the Veda" (August 1914 to July 1916), "Selected Hymns" (August 1914 to July 1915), "Hymns of the Atris" (August 1915 to December 1917), "Other Hymns" (published intermittently between August 1915 and January 1920).
An incomplete essay from manuscripts, "The Origins of Aryan Speech", is added as an appendix.
In SABCL On the Veda is published under the title The Secret of the Veda, Volume 10, with the following additions and alterations: in Part Three, translations of a number of hymns to Indra, found among Sri. Aurobindo's
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manuscripts and later published in The Advent, have been included. A letter, "Interpretation of the Veda" has been appended. The hymns to Agni from "Other Hymns" and "The Doctrine of the Mystics" from "The Hymns of the Atris" have been shifted to Volume 11.
SABCL: The Secret of the Veda, Vol. 10 Hymns to the Mystic Fire, Vol. 11
62. ON YOGA I: The Synthesis of Yoga
Sri Aurobindo International University Centre, Pondicherry, 1955 (See 88) .
SABCL: The Synthesis of Yoga, Vols. 20, 21
63. ON YOGA II (in two tomes)
Sri Aurobindo International University Centre, Pondicherry, 1958
Letters on Yoga brought together under one title. Tome One was reprinted in an enlarged edition in August 1969,with the subtitle Letters on Yoga. The SABCL Edition of these letters is considerably enlarged and covers three volumes: 22, 23 and 24 (See 41, 42, 44).
SABCL: Letters on Yoga, Vols. 22,'23, 24
64. AN OPEN LETTER TO HIS COUNTRYMEN
Manmohan Ghose, Calcutta, 1909
First appeared as "An Open Letter to My Countrymen" in the Karmayogin, July 31, 1909. Subsequently included in Speeches (See 82).
SABCL: Karmayogin, Vol. 2
65. PERSEUS THE DELIVERER
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1955
A drama. Written in Calcutta or Deoghar between 1906
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and 1907. First appeared in the weekly Bande Mataram, June 30, to October 13, 1907.
Reproduced with the author's revisions and some additional passages in Collected Poems and Plays (See 13). In the 1955 edition two more scenes have been included which were not available for the earlier printings.
SABCL: Collected Plays, Vol. 6
66. THE PHANTOM HOUR
One of the short stories written under the general title "Idylls of the Occult", during the early years of Sri Aurobindo's stay at Pondicherry, probably between 1910 and 1912.
SABCL: Collected Plays, Vol. 7
67. POEMS
Government Central Press, Hyderabad, 1941
Contents: "Transformation", "Nirvana", "The Other Earths" (these three first appeared in the Calcutta Review of October 1934), "Thought the Paraclete", "Moon of Two Hemispheres" and "Rose of God". Included in Collected Poems and Plays (See 13) as "Transformation and Other Poems".
68. POEMS FROM BENGALI
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1956
Translations from Nidhu Babu, Horn Thakur, Jnanadas and Chandidas, done in the early years of the author's stay at Baroda. The first of the translations from Chandidas first appeared in Ahana and Other Poems (See 3), the second and third
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in Songs to Myrtilla (See 81). All were included in Collected Poems and Plays (See 13).
69. POEMS—PAST AND PRESENT
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1946
Contents: "Musa Spiritus", "Bride of the Fire", "The Blue Bird", "A God's Labour", "Hell and Heaven", "Kamadeva", "Life", "One Day—The Little More".The first four and the last of these poems were written in the late 1930's.
70. PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS OF THE MOTHER
Sri Aurobindo Library, Madras, 1941
Selections from the Mother's Prieres et Meditations, translated by Sri Aurobindo.
71. THE PROBLEM OF REBIRTH
Essays from the Arya, reprinted with minor revisions by the author. Section I: "Rebirth" (November 1915),"The
eincarnating Soul" (December 1915), "Rebirth, Evolution, Heredity" (March 1919), "Rebirth and Soul Evolution" (April 1919), "The Significance of Rebirth" (May 1919), "The Ascending Unity" (June 1919), . "Involution and Evolution" (July 1919), "Karma" (August 1919), "Karma and Freedom" (September 1919), "Karma, Will and Consequence" (October 1919), "Rebirth and Karma" (November 1919), "Karma and Justice" (December 1919). Section II: "The Foundation" (August 1920), "The Terrestrial Law" (September 1920), Mind Nature
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and the .Law of Karma" (October and November-December 1920). Section III: "The Higher Lines of Karma"(November-December 1920), "The Lines of Truth" (January 1921).
The Second Printing contained, as an appendix, a letter by the author in reply to a question about this series of articles.
In SABCL "The Ascending Unity" and "Involution and Evolution" are given in Section III, the rest in Section II of Volume 16.
72. THE RENAISSANCE IN INDIA
Prabartak Publishing House, Chandemagore, 1920
Four essays from the Arya, August to November 1918.
73. THE RIDDLE OF THIS WORLD
Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, 1933
Extracts from letters. In SABCL, incorporated into Volumes 22, 23,-and 24.
74. RISHI BUNKIM CHANDRA
Prabartak Publishing House, Chandernagore, 1923
Translations in prose and verse of "Bande Mataram" from the Karmayogin, November 20, 1909; an essay, "Rishi Bunkim Chandra", from the Bande Mataram, April 16, 1907; a poem, "Bunkim Chandra Chatterjee", from Songs to Myrtilla (See 81). The translations and the essay were subsequently included in Bankim—Tilak — Dayananda (See 7).
In SABCL the translations appear in Section It of Volume
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8, the essay in Section IX of Volume 17 and the poem in Section I of Volume 5.
SABCL: Collected Poems, Vol. 5Translations, Vol. 8The Hour of God, Vol. 17
75. RODOGUNE
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1958
A tragedy. From Sri Aurobindo's Baroda period.
76. SAVITRI — A Legend and a Symbol
Part I, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1950Parts II and III (in one volume), 1951Complete in one volume, 1954
An epic poem. Sri Aurobindo worked on a poem entitled "Savitri" while at Baroda. The epic as it now stands took shape over the several decades of the author's stay in Pondicherry. The cantos of Part One (Books One to Three) were issued separately in fascicule and as instalments in various Ashram journals between 1946 and 1948. In 1950 "The Book of Fate" was issued in fascicule. The 1954 Edition includes the author's Letters on "Savitri" (See 46).
SABCL: Savitri, Vols. 28, 29
77. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INDIAN ART
Sri Aurobindo Circle, Bombay, 1947
Reproduction of Chapters XII to XV of the series entitled "A Defence of Indian Culture" (See 23) first appeared in the Arya, January to April 1920.In SABCL these chapters appear in Section III of Volume 14, under the title "Indian Art".
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78. SIX POEMS OF SRI AUROBINDO
Rameshwar & Co., Chandernagore, 1934
Contents: "The Bird of Fire", "Trance", "Shiva", "The Life Heavens", "Jivanmukta", "In Horis Aetemum", with notes from the author's correspondence and parallel translations in Bengali by different disciples of Sri Aurobindo.
Included in Collected Poems and Plays (See 13).
In SABCL the poems and the notes are included in Section VI of Volume 5.
79. SONGS OF THE SEA
Ganesh & Co., Madras, 1923
A translation ofC. R. Das's Bengali poems, Sugar Sangit, done by Sri Aurobindo at Pondicherry around 1912. Included in Collected Poems and Plays (See 13).
80. SONGS OF VIDYAPATI
Translations from the Maithili poet, written in Baroda.
81. SONGS TO MYRTILLA
First Edition [for private circulation only]:
Lakshmi Vilas Printing Press, Baroda, 1895Authorised [Trade] Edition: , Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, 1923
The 1923 edition contains twenty-one poems, all except five written between 1890 and 1892 while Sri Aurobindo was a student at Cambridge: "Songs to Myrtilla", ''0 Coil, Coil", "Goethe", "The Lost Deliverer", "Charles
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Stewart Pamell", "Hie Jacet", "Lines on Ireland", "On a Satyr and Sleeping Love" (translation), "A Rose of Women"
(translation), "Saraswati with the Lotus", "Night by the Sea", "The Lover's Complaint", "Love in Sorrow","The Island Grave", "Estelle", "Radha's Complaint in Absence" (translation), "Radha's Appeal" (translation),"Bunkim Chandra Chatterji", "Madhusudan Dutt", "To the Cuckoo", "Envoi".
In SABCL the four translations noted above are included in Volume 8: the first two appear without title as numbersI and II of the "Selected Poems of Chandidas" on pages 302 to 304; the last two, translations from Plato and Meleager respectively, appear on page 411.
82. SPEECHES
Prabartak Publishing House, Calcutta, 1922
Contents of the First Edition:
Parti: "Advice to National College Students" (See 92) from Dawn, September 1907, "The Present Situation" (See 92), "Bande Mataram", "United Congress", "Baruipur Speech", "Palli Samiti"; the first, third and fifth of these had been published in the Bande Mataram during 1908.
Part II: "Uttarpara Speech", first published in the Karmayogin, June 19 and 26, 1909, issued separately in brochure form since 1919 (See 94); "Beadon Square Speech", "Jhalakati-Speech", "The Right of Association", "College Square Speech", "Kumartuli Speech", all published in the Karmayogin in 1909.Appendix: "An Open Letter to My Countrymen" (See 64). The 1969 Edition included as an appendix a second open letter "To My Countrymen" from the Karmayogin, December 25, 1909.
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In SABCL all of these, and some additional speeches, are arranged chronologically in Volumes 1 and 2. The two open letters are included in Volume 2.
SABCL: Bande Mataram, Vol. 1Karmayogin, Vol. 2
83. THE SPIRIT AND FORM OF INDIAN POLITY
Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, 1942
Reprint, with minor revisions by the author, of Chapters XX to XXIII of "A Defence of Indian Culture", from the Arya, October 1920 to January 1921.In SABCL these chapters are included in Section III of Volume 14, under the title "Indian Polity".
84. SRI AUROBINDO ON HIMSELF AND ON THE MOTHER
Sri Aurobindo International University Centre, Pondicherry, 1953
Compiled from notes and letters, mostly published in this book for the first time. Contents in three parts:
Part I: Sri Aurobindo on Himself. Part II: Sri Aurobindo on Himself and on the Mother. Part III: Sri Aurobindo on the Mother. Most letters of Part III were first published separately in 1951 under the title Letters of Sri Aurobindo on the Mother, (See 45); in addition some early lettersof Sri Aurobindo, most of them to the Mother, are included in Part III.
In SABCL, Parts I and II,. revised and considerably enlarged, comprise Volume 26; Part III has been enlarged and rearranged to form Part Two of Volume 25
SABCL: The Mother, Vol. 25On Himself, Vol. 26
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85. THE SUPERMAN
Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, 1920
Three essays from the Arya: "The Superman" (April 1915), "All-Will and Free-Will" (March 1915) and "The Delight of Works" (August 1915). "The Superman" had earlier appeared in the Arya under the title "The Type of the Superman".
86. THE SUPRAMENTAL MANIFESTATION UPON EARTH
The last of Sri Aurobindo's prose writings, reproduced from the quarterly Bulletin of Physical Education (presently called the Bulletin of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education), February 1949 to November 1950.
Reprinted in New York in 1953 as The Mind of Light (See 53).
87. SWAMI DAYANAND SARASWATI
N. K. Kapadia, Bombay, 1939
Reprint of Dayananda: The Man and His Work (See 16), comprised of two articles which were subsequently included in Bankim — Tilak — Dayananda (See 7).
88. THE SYNTHESIS OF YOGA
Part I — The Yoga of Divine Works:
Sri Aurobindo Library, Madras, 1948Sri Aurobindo Library, New York, 1950Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1953
Complete in one volume as On Yoga I— The Synthesis of Yoga:
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Sri Aurobindo International University Centre, Pondicherry, 1955
The Synthesis of Yoga first appeared in the Arya serially, in seventy-two chapters together with five introductory chapters, from August 1914 to January 1921. The first eleven chapters were revised and enlarged and published as twelve chapters in book form in 1948 as The Synthesis of Yoga (Part I: The Yoga of Divine Works). Chapters - VI to XII in their revised form first appeared serially in the quarterly Advent from August 1946 to April 1948. In 1950 The Yoga of Divine Works was published in an American edition with a glossary and an index.
In 1955, under the imprint of the Sri Aurobindo International University Centre Collection, the complete Synthesis of Yoga was published as On Yoga 1: The Synthesis of Yoga. This edition contained the introduction, the twelve revised chapters of Part I and an unfinished thirteenth chapter found among Sri Aurobindo's manuscripts. Of the remaining three parts, Part II had undergone some revision before publication in book form, but , Part III and Part IV were printed largely as they appeared in the Arya.
The SABCL edition is a reproduction, in two volumes, of the University Edition, On Yoga I: The Synthesis of Yoga.
89. A SYSTEM OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
An incomplete series of articles from the Karmayogin, February 12 to April 2, 1910. The first edition was unauthorised. In 1924 an authorised edition was issued with a note by the author.
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90. THOUGHTS AND APHORISMS
From unrevised manuscripts. A portion of the original work was revised and published as Thoughts and Glimpses (See 91).
91. THOUGHTS AND GLIMPSES
First published in the Arya as "Aphorisms" and "Thoughts and Glimpses", between March 1915 and August 1917.
92. TWO LECTURES OF SRIYUT ARAVINDA GHOSH
G. P. Mundeshwar, Bombay, 1908
Includes "Advice to National College Students" from the Dawn, September 1907, and "The Present Situation" from the weekly Bande Mataram, February 23, 1908. Both were subsequently included in Speeches (See 82).
93. URVASIE: A Poem
Lakshmi Vilas Press Co., Ltd., Baroda, no date (c. 1896)
Included, with some revisions, in Collected Poems and Plays (See 13).
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94. UTTARPARA SPEECH
Prabartak Publishing House, Chandemagore, 1919
Speech delivered at Uttarpara on May 30, 1909. Published in the Karmayogin, June 19 and 26, 1909. Included in Speeches (See 82).
95. VASAVADUTTA
A dramatic romance. Written between October 18 and 30, 1915; revised in April 1916.
96. VIEWS AND REVIEWS
Reprinted from the Arya. Part One ("The Question of the Month"): "The Needed Synthesis" (August 1914), "The Significance of 'Arya'" (September 1914), "On Meditation" (October 1914), "On Universal Consciousness" (January 1915). Part Two (Reviews): "Hymns to the Goddess" (May 1915), "South Indian Bronzes" (October 1915)-, "God the Invisible King" (July 1917), "Rupam" (April 1920), "About Astrology" (November 1917). -In SABCL all the articles of Part One are included in Section VII of Volume 16, except "The Significance of 'Arya'" which appears in Section XI of Volume 17.The reviews which make up Part Two are included in Section VIII of Volume 17.
SABCL: The Supramental Manifestation, Vol. 16The Hour of God, Vol. 17
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97. VIKRAMORVASIE (The Hero and the Nymph)R. Chatterjee, Calcutta, 1911
A translation done by Sri Aurobindo at Baroda, of Kalidasa's Sanskrit drama. The 1952 edition included "On Translating Kalidasa" and "The Character of theHero" (Pururavas) as Introduction and Appendix (See 36).
98. THE VIZIERS OF BASSORA
A dramatic romance written by Sri Aurobindo at Baroda and seized along with other manuscripts by the British police in May 1908 when he was arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case. The manuscripts were not recovered until 1951. The history of their loss and recovery is detailed in an appendix to the 1959 edition.
99. VYASA AND VALMIKI
Essays, notes and translations from the author's Baroda period. Vyasa: "Notes on the Mahabharata", "The Problem of the Mahabharata" and translations (done in 1893) from the Sabha Parva and Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata. Valmiki: "The Genius of Valmiki" and translations from the Bala Kanda, Ayodhya Kanda and Aranya Kanda of the Ramayana.
SABCL: The Harmony of Virtue, Vol. 3Translations, Vol. 8
100. WAR AND SELF-DETERMINATION
S.R.Murthy & Co., Madras, 3920Third Edition, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1957
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The First Edition contained three essays from theArya: "The Passing of War" (April 1916), "The Unseen Power"(December 1918), "Self-Determination "(September 1918); and a fourth, "A League of Nations", written especially for the volume, with a foreword. In the Third Edition another Arya essay, "After the War" (August 1920), which had been issued in pamphlet form in 1949 (See 1), was included.
In 1962 War and Self-Determination was published along with The Human Cycle and The Ideal of Human Unity(See 28); in this edition yet another unpublished Arya article, "1919" (July 1919), was included.
101. THE YOGA AND ITS OBJECTS
Sadhana Press, Chandernagore, 1921
Sri Aurobindo worked on an early version of this work sometime before 1913.
The 1968 edition included a note by Sri Aurobindo and an appendix containing explanations given by Sri Aurobindo apropos of some passages in the book.
III
CONTENTS OF THE SRI AUROBINDO BIRTH CENTENARY LIBRARY
Volume 1
Bande Mataram, EARLY POLITICAL WRITINGS — I (1893-1908): New Lamps for Old; Bhawani Mandir; The Doctrine of Passive Resistance; editorials and comments from the Bande Mataram; Speeches.
Volume 2
Karmayogin, EARLY POLITICAL WRITINGS — II (1909-1910): Uttarpara Speech,-'The Ideal of the Karmayogin; An Open Letter to My Countrymen; other essays, notes and comments from the Karmayogin; Speeches.
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Volume 3
The Harmony of Virtue, EARLY CULTURAL WRITINGS: The Harmony of Virtue; Bankim Chandra Chatter jee; The Sources of Poetry and Other Essays; Valmiki and Vyasa; Kalidasa; The Brainof India; Essays from the Karmayogin; Art and Literature; Passing Thoughts; Conversations of the Dead.
Volume 4
Writings in Bengali: Hymn to Durga; Poems; Stories; The Veda; The Upanishads; The Puranas; The Gita; Dharma; Nationalism; Editorials from Dharma; Stories' of Jail Life; Letters.
Volume 5
Collected Poems, THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS:
Short Poems; Sonnets; Longer Poems; On Quantitative Metre; Ilion; Poems in New Metres; Metrical Experiments
Volume 6
Collected Plays AND SHORT STORIES, Part One:
Perseus the Deliverer; Vasavadutta; Rodogune; Eric.
Volume 7
Collected Plays AND SHORT STORIES, Part Two:
The Viziers of Bassora; Prince of Edur; The Maid in the Mill; The House of Brut; The Prince of Mathura; The Birth of Sin; Vikramorvasie (The Hero and the Nymph): Short Stories: Idylls of the Occult: The Phantom Hour; The Door at Abelard; The Devil's Mastiff; The Golden Bird. Juvenilia.
Volume 8
Translations, FROM SANSKRIT AND OTHER LANGUAGES: From Sanskrit: passages from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita, Kalidasa; The Century of Life (the Nitishataka of Bhartrihari); etc. From Bengali: Songs of Bidyapati; Bande Mataram (Hymn to the Mother); thirteen chapters from Anandamath (Bankim Chandra Chatterji's novel); etc. From Tamil: 'opening of The Kural, etc. From Greek and Latin: opening of the Odyssey, etc.
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Volume 9
The Future Poetry AND LETTERS ON POETRY, LITERATURE AND ART.
Volume 10
The Secret of the Veda: The Secret of the Veda; Selected Hymns; Hymns of the Atris; Other Hymns; Interpretation of the Veda; The Origins of Aryan Speech.
Volume 11
Hymns to the Mystic Fire: Foreword; The Doctrine of the Mystics; Translations (Hymns to Agni from the Rig-veda translated in their esoteric sense); Supplement.
Volume 12
The Upanishads, TEXTS, TRANSLATIONS AND COMMENTARIES: Philosophy of the Upanishads; On Translating the Upanishads; The Upanishads; Early translations of some Vedantic texts; Supplement.
Volume 13
Essays on the Gita: First Series. Second Series, '' Part One: The Synthesis of Works, Love and Knowledge; Part Two: The Supreme Secret.
Volume 14
The Foundations of Indian Culture AND THE RENAISSANCE IN INDIA: Is India Civilised?; A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture; A Defence of Indian Culture (Religion and Spirituality, Indian Art, Indian Literature, Indian Polity); Indian Culture and External Influence; The Renaissance in India.
Volume 15
Social and Political Thought: The Human Cycle; The Ideal of Human Unity; War and Self-Determination
Volume 16
The Supramental Manifestation AND OTHER WRITINGS: The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth; The Problem of Rebirth; Evolution; The Superman; Ideals and Progress; Heraclitus; Thoughts nand Glimpses; Question of the Month from the Arya; The Yoga and Its Objects.
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Volume 17
The Hour of God AND OTHER WRITINGS: The Hour of God; Evolution — Psychology — The Supermind; On Yoga; Thoughts and Aphorisms; Essays Divine and Human; Education and Art; Premises of Astrology; Reviews; Dayananda —Bankim — Tilak — Andal — Nammalwar; Historical Impressions; Notes from the Arya.
Volume 18
The Life Divine, BOOK ONE AND BOOK Two, PART ONE. Book One: Omnipresent Reality and the Universe; Book Two: The Knowledge and the Ignorance — The Spiritual Evolution; Part I: The Infinite Consciousness and the Ignorance.
Volume 19
The Life Divine, BOOK Two, PART Two: The Knowledge and the Spiritual Evolution.
Volume 20
The Synthesis of Yoga, PARTS ONE AND Two: Introduction: The Conditions of the Synthesis; Part I: The Yoga of Divine Works; Part II: The Yoga of Integral Knowledge.
Volume 21
The Synthesis of Yoga, PARTS THREE AND FOUR. Part III: The Yoga of Divine Love; Part IV: The Yoga of Self-Perfection.
Volume 22
Letters on Yoga, Part One: The Supramental Evolution; Integral Yoga and Other Paths; Religion, Morality, Idealism and Yoga; Reason, Science and Yoga; Planes and Parts of the Being; The Divine and the Hostile Powers; The Purpose of Avatarhood; Rebirth; Fate and Free-Will, Karma and Heredity, etc.
Volume 23
Letters on Yoga, PARTS Two AND THREE. Part Two: The Object of Integral Yoga; Synthetic Method and the Integral Yoga; Basic Requisites of the Path; The Foundation of Sadhana; Sadhana through Work; Sadhana through Meditation; Sadhana through Love and Devotion; Human Relation-
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ships in Yoga; Sadhana in the Ashram and Outside; Part Three: Experiences and Realisations; Visions and Symbols; Experiences of the Inner and the Cosmic Consciousness.
Volume 24
Letters on Yoga, PART FOUR: The Triple Transformation — Psychic, Spiritual, Supramental; Transformation of the Mind; Transformation of the Vital; Transformation of the Physical; Transformation of the Subconscient and the Inconscient; Difficulties of the Path; Opposition of the Hostile Forces.
Volume 25
The Mother: WITH LETTERS ON THE MOTHER AND PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS (translations from Prieres et Meditations de la Mere).
Volume 26
On Himself, COMPILED FROM NOTES AND LETTERS: Part One: Sri Aurobindo on Himself: Life Before Pondicherry; Beginnings of Yoga; His Path and Other Paths; Sadhana for the Earth-Consciousness; The Master and the Guide; The Poet and the Critic; Reminiscences and Observations; Messages ; Some Early Letters; Part Two: Sri Aurobindo on Himself and on the Mother: Leaders of Evolution; Identity of Their consciousness; Difficulties of the Path-Finders; Helpers on the Way.
Volume 27
Supplement: Supplementary material arranged by volume.
Volume 28
Savitri—A LEGEND AND A SYMBOL, PART ONE: The Book of Beginnings; The Book of the Traveller of the Worlds; The Book of the Divine Mother.
Volume 29
Savitri — A LEGEND AND A SYMBOL, PARTS Two AND THREE: Part Two: The Book of Birth and Quest; The Book of Love; The Book of Fate; The Book of Yoga; The Book of Death; Part Three: The Book of Eternal Night; The Book of the Double Twilight; The Book of Everlasting
Page 416
Day; Epilogue: The Return to Earth; Sri Aurobindo's Letters on Savitri.
Volume 30
Index and Glossary: Sri Aurobindo, a Life Sketch; Chronology; Contents of the Centenary Library, Bibliography; List of Essays, Speeches and Shorter Works; Title Index of Poems; Index; Glossary of Sanskrit Terms; etc.
Page 417
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