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Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda

Vaishnava theologian, songwriter and religious leader.

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Hindu Encounter with Modernity

Hindu Encounter with Modernity: Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda, Vaishnava Theologian

by Shukavak N. Dasa with foreword by Thomas J. Hopkins. An in-depth look at Kedarnath Datta's life and theology.

Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda
(1838-1914 AD)
Biography


Kedarnath Datta's Family History and Kayasthas in Bengal
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Dwadash-Mandir

Chapter One of Kedarnath Datta's Autobiography

(pdf download) We are in the process of editing Kedarnath Datta's Autobiography and the Sri Krishna Samhita, an important theologic work by Kedarnath Datta. If you would like to be informed when they become available email us: Sri Publications.

Writings of Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda

Kedarnath Datta wrote and edited over 100 books on Vaishnavism. Here are two examples of his writings.

The Bhagavata: Its Philosophy, Ethics and Theology

(pdf download) This is the text of the famous Dinajpur speech given by Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda in 1868. It is one of the few extant samples of English writing that came from the pen of Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda.

Panca-samskara

(pdf download) Translation by Shukavak N. Dasa of an article written by Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda about the Vaishnava initiation process.

Indian History of Relevance to Kedarnath Datta

British Orientalism

The Bengal Renaissance

 

Contemporaries of Kedarnath Datta

Michael Madhusudan Datta
(1824-1873 AD)

Poet and dramatist of modern Bengali literature.


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