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Swami Vedananda was a great yogi. He had followed the path of spiritual progress through spiritual practice for a long time. His knowledge was matured by being constantly engaged in Sanskrit - reading. He was expert of Vedas, Brahmin Granths, Aranyakas and Upanishads. He was also proficient in Vedan Read more...
Swami Vedananda was a great yogi. He had followed the path of spiritual progress through spiritual practice for a long time. His knowledge was matured by being constantly engaged in Sanskrit - reading. He was expert of Vedas, Brahmin Granths, Aranyakas and Upanishads. He was also proficient in Vedangas like education, kalpa, grammar, nirukta, chhand, jyotish etc. He had complete authority over the scriptures like Nyaya, Vaiseshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Vedanta and Mimamsa. Poetry, drama, verses, ornate etc. were all present to you in their temporal subjects. Whenever students expressed a desire to study any subject from wherever and from any place, the shastras immediately began to emerge from Swami ji Maharaj's mouth like waterfall. Hindi language, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Pashto, Urdu, etc., you had complete expertise on the native languages. Apart from being an English language scholar, you also had a working knowledge of foreign languages like Arabic, Persian, German, French, Latin, Greek, Hebrew etc.
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