The Autobiography of Bhaktivinoda Thakur: How It Came to Light in the West and Its Significance

Authors

  • Shukavak N. Dasa

Keywords:

personal narrative, modern devotion, colonial Bengal, Svalikhita Jīvanī, autobiography, Bhaktivinoda Thakur

Abstract

 The article The Autobiography of Bhaktivinoda Thakur by Shukavak N. Dasa recounts the rediscovery of Svalikhita Jīvanī, Bhaktivinoda’s Bengali autobiography, in the 1980s. Combining personal narrative and scholarly insight, the author highlights the text’s honest tone and the profound way it humanized Bhaktivinoda’s life amid colonial pressures, personal doubt, and devotional reform.

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Published

2025-07-04

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2014): Bhakti Vinode (Fall)

Section

Articles