Nalanda : Buddhist monastic centre (5th–7th centuries), believed to have been an open university. Located north of Rājagriha, the original name of Pātaliputra, capital of Magadha, it was founded by the Gupta emperor Narasimhagupta Bālāditya who had converted to Mahayana Buddhism; he installed there an 80ft high copper Buddha in an ornamental temple. Young & old Buddhist scholars from Tibet, China & Java studied at Nālandā. [Bhattacharya]
... completed before 27 June, the date of the letter published on pages 12 - 13. Among the Great was not accepted by the New York publisher. It was first brought out in India in 1945 (Bombay: Nalanda Publications). The "Life Sketch" appeared as an appendix to this edition, below the following note by Dilip: " For the benefit of Western readers I append here a brief statement of the principal ...
... (The Hogarth Press, London, 1957). Rishabhchand. The Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1959). Roy, Dilip Kumar. Among the Great (Nalanda Publications, Bombay, 1946). Sri Aurobindo Came to Me (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1952). Roy, Pratap Chandra. The Mahabharata, Vol. II, Vana Parva, English Translation ...
... of Latin or the living modern tongues in Europe? Are we then to fetch back to the methods of the tols of Nadiya or to the system, if we can find out what it was, practised in ancient Takshashila or Nalanda? At most what can be demanded is a larger place for Page 419 the study of the past of our country, the replacement of English by the indigenous tongues as a medium and the relegation of... that is not the idea nor the endeavour. The living spirit of the demand for national education no more requires a return to the astronomy and mathematics of Bhaskara or the forms of the system of Nalanda than the living spirit of Swadeshi a return from railway and motor traction to the ancient chariot and the bullock-cart. There is no doubt plenty of retrogressive sentimentalism about and there have ...
... Latin or the living modern tongues in Europe? Are we then to fetch back to the methods of the "Tols" of Nadiya or to the system, if we can find out what it was, practised in ancient Takshashila or Nalanda? At most what can be demanded is a larger place for the study of the past of our country, the replacement of English by the indigenous tongues as a medium and the relegation of the former to the position... that is not the idea nor the endeavour. The living spirit of the demand for national education no more requires a return to the astronomy and mathematics of Bhaskara or the forms of the system of Nalanda than the living spirit of Swadeshi a return from railway and motor traction to the ancient chariot and the bullockcart. There is no doubt plenty of retrogressive sentimentalism about and there have ...
... the desecration of places of worship, destruction of universities like Nalanda, and the wholesale slaughter of monks and priests to wipe out the intellectual bedrock of the people they overran. They made an attempt to replace the languages - Sanskrit as well as the regional languages. They struck at the universities (like Nalanda), traditional centres of learning (ashrams, gurukulas), architectural ...
... George Allen & Unwin, 1935 ), pp. 35-36. × The Subhash I Knew, by Dilip Kumar Roy ( Bombay, Nalanda Publications, 1946 ). ...
... "A Preface on National Education.") The living spirit of the demand for national education no more requires a return to the astronomy and mathematics of Bhaskara or the forms of the system of Nalanda than the living spirit of Swadeshi a return from railway and motor traction to the ancient chariot and the bullock-cart.... It is the spirit, the living and vital issue that we have to do with, and ...
... ive Organisation", A New History..., p. 292, fn. 2. 7. Op. (it., p. 531, fn. 2 8. Ibid., p. 551. 9. A New History..., p. 136. Page 38 the copper-plates. The Nalanda and Gaya records run counter to Samudragupta's twice-proved practice and thereby ring false. Apart from every other hurdle to taking 320 A.D. as the accession era of Samudragupta, there is the ...
... present and the future. He pointed out that "the living spirit of the demand for national education no more requires a return to the astronomy and mathematics of Bhaskara or the forms of the system of Nalanda than the living spirit of Swadheshi, a return from railway and motor traction to the ancient chariot and the bullock-cart." 1 He, therefore, spoke not of a return to the 5th century but an initiation ...
... instance. You see the subjects women had to study in those days. You will see there were so many arts and accomplishments they had to learn. Then there was a time when Buddhist Universities like Nalanda, Takshashila were in vogue. They were like the Schools in mediaeval Europe. Disciple : What was the system of education in Europe at that time ? Sri Aurobindo : It consisted of discussions ...
... on 2 nd June 1900, for winning that year’s national poetry contest of ashta-avadhani , held by the University of Nawadweep, the last surviving ancient seat of traditional learning after Nalanda, Ujjain, Amaravathi and Kancheepuram. [ Nayana , pp.28-36] [13] V. Venkateswara Sastrulu (Proprietor, Vavila Press, Madras), The Reminiscences and Anecdotes ...
... education of soul and mind, a result so immense and persistent would have been impossible. 3 There were the ashramas, of course, and there were also the ancient universities, like those of Nalanda and Takshasila, Vallabhi and Vikamsila, Ujjaini and Kancheepuram, Amravati and Odantapuri; but were not these ashramas and universities themselves reared on a seminal principle? Where did the ancients ...
... Vidya Bhavan). I have often wondered why we always quote Chinese or Arab travellers for the records of Indian history. Then I remembered that the Muslim invaders had laid waste the renowned Nalanda and Taxila universities and others. Their well-stocked libraries were burnt to ashes. Much of whatever escaped was later destroyed by Christian missionaries. Remember that for seven centuries following ...
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