Rambhadracharya

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Rambhadracharya

Jagadguru Rambhadracharya ( Sanskrit : जगद्गुरुरामभद्राचार्यः Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya , pronunciation: [ɟəɡəd̪ɡuru Rɑːməbʱəd̪rɑːcɑːrjə] real name Giridhar Mishra * 14. January 1950 in Jaunpur , Uttar Pradesh , India ) is an Indian scholar, educator, composer, speaker, philosopher and Hindu religious leader based in Chitrakuta , Uttar Pradesh.

Life

Rambhadracharya lost his sight at the age of two months and has been blind ever since. He never used braille or any other aids. He speaks 22 languages ​​and writes and composes in Sanskrit , Hindi , Awadhi , Maithili and several other languages.

Work and religious position

Since 1988 he has been one of the four established Jagadguru Ramanandacharyas and leader of the Ramanandi Order (Ramanandi Sampradaya ), which can be traced back to Saint Ramananda (around 1400 to 1476) and is one of the largest Orthodox Hindu orders of Vishnuism .

He is the founder and head of the Ashram Tulsi Peeth, a religious and social institution in Chitrakuta named after the poet and saint Tulsidas , as well as the founder and lifelong chancellor of the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University (JRHU) (German: Jagadguru-Rambhadacharya University for the Disabled) in Chitrakuta , which offers diploma and postgraduate courses exclusively for disabled students. This university was founded on September 27, 2001 and is the first and only disabled university in the world.

Among the more than 80 works that he wrote are four great epic poems, two in Sanskrit and two in Hindi, as well as a Hindi commentary on the Ramacaritmanas , a Sanskrit prose commentary on the Astadhyayi , the eight books of grammatical rules of the grammarist Panini , and Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthanatrayi scriptures, the three main Hindu works Brahma Sutra , Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads .

In India, Rambhadracharya is considered the authority for the knowledge and interpretation of the Holy Tulsidas. He is a renowned Katha lecturer for the Ramayana and the Bhagavatapurana . His Katha programs are regularly shown in various cities in India and abroad and are shown on television channels such as Sanskar TV and Sanatan TV.

In 2015 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan .

Fonts

  • Svami Rambhadracharya (Ed.): Shriramacaritmanas. 4th edition. Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Chitrakuta 2006. (original title in Hindi: श्रीरामचरितमानस - मूल गुटका तुलसीपीठ संस्करण ; IAST transliteration of the title: Śrīrāmacaritamānasa. ) (Includes: critical edition of the work Rāmacaritamānasa. As Tulasīpīṭha - or Tulsi Peeth issue referred. )
  • Jagadguru Rambhadracharya: Shriramacaritamanasa - Bhavarthabodhini Hindi Tika. Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Chitrakuta 2008. (IAST transliteration of the title: Śrīrāmacaritamānasa Bhāvārthabodhinī Hindī Ṭīkā. ) (Contains: Commentary on the Ramacaritamanas of the Tulsidas in Hindi) ( online, PDF 6.21 MB, in Hindi )

literature

  • Vagish Dinkar: Shribhargavraghaviyam mimansa. Deshbharti Prakashan, Delhi 2009, ISBN 978-81-908276-6-9 . (Original title in Hindi: श्रीभार्गवराघवीयम् मीमांसा ; IAST transliteration: Vāgīśa Dinakara: Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam mīmāṃsā. Deśabhāratī Prakāśana, Dillī 2009.)
  • Shanti Lal Nagar (Ed.): The Holy Journey of a Divine Saint: Being the English Rendering of Swarnayatra Abhinandan Granth. BR Publishing Company, New Delhi 2002, ISBN 81-7646-288-8 . (Contains: Festschrift in honor of Rāmabhadrācārya. Original title: Svarṇayātrā abhinandana grantha. )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lok Sabha, The Office of Speaker: Speeches. Retrieved March 8, 2011 .
  2. ↑ a b R. Chandra: जीवन यात्रा (English Life Journey) . In: Krānti Bhārata Samācāra . tape 8 , no. 11 . Rajesh Chandra Pandey, September 2008, pp. 22-23 (Hindi).
  3. ↑ a b Agarwal 2010, pp. 1108–1110.
  4. ↑ a b वाचस्पति पुरस्कार २००७ (Vachaspati Award 2007). (PDF) (No longer available online.) KK Birla Foundation, archived from the original on July 13, 2011 ; Retrieved March 8, 2011 (Hindi). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kkbirlafoundation.com
  5. ↑ a b Sutapa Mukherjee: A Blind Sage's Vision: A Varsity For The Disabled At Chitrakoot . In: Outlook . tape 5 , May 10, 1999 (English).
  6. ↑ Dinkar 2008, p. 39.
  7. ↑ Shree Jagadguru Rambhadracharya. Official Site, accessed on May 10, 2011 (English): "Magical Facts: Knowledge of 22 languages ​​including English, French and many Indian languages."
  8. ↑ Dinkar 2008, p. 32.
  9. ↑ Nagar 2002, p. 91.
  10. ↑ The Chancellor. (No longer available online.) Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, archived from the original on May 16, 2010 ; accessed on July 21, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jrhu.com
  11. ^ Gyanendra Kumar Dwivedi: Analysis and Design of Algorithm . Laxmi Publications, New Delhi, India 2008, ISBN 978-81-318-0116-1 , pp. x (English).
  12. ↑ Dinkar 2008, pp. 40-43.
  13. ↑ Tulsidas, Ram Chandra Prasad (translator): Tulasīdāsa's Śrī Rāmacaritamānasa: The Holy Lake of the Acts Of Rāma (A Romanized Edition). Illustrated reprint. Motilal Banarsidass , Delhi 1993, ISBN 81-208-0762-6 , p. XIV. Limited preview in Google Book Search, English and Hindi.
  14. ^ Vyas: The Ramayana: Global View . Ed .: Lallan Prasad. Har Anand Publications Pvt, Delhi, India 1996, ISBN 81-241-0244-9 , pp. 62 (English). .Acharya Giridhar Mishra, a blind Tulasi scholar of uncanny critical insight, ... (... Acharya Giridhar Mishra, a blind Tulasi scholar with uncanny critical understanding, ...)

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personal data
SURNAME Rambhadracharya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rāmabhadrācārya; Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya; Jagadguru Rambhadracharya; Swami Rambhadracharya; Jagadgururāmabhadrācāryaḥ; Rāmabhadr Ācārya; Mishra, Giridhar (maiden name, transcription); Miśra, Giridhara (maiden name, IAST transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian scholar and Hindu religious leader of the Ramanandi order
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Jaunpur , Uttar Pradesh, India