Ranajit Sarkar

1932 – 2011
classical Sanskrit, Indian philosophy

Curriculum vitae

1932born in Banagram on November 10
2011died in Groningen on May 3

Publications

1968 La poétique de Sri Aurobindo et ses rapports avec les littératures occidentales, Aix-en-Provence, 512 p.
1972 “Sri Aurobindo: towards an integral harmony.” Amersfoortse Stemmen 53: 162-168.
1974 Gitagovinda : towards a total understanding, Groningen (Publikaties van het Instituut voor Indische Talen en Culturen 2), 64 p.
– “The Mother: in memoriam.” Vox Theologica 44: 121-129.
1975 “Baidik kabir kabyadarsa.” Bartika, pp. 49-77.
1976 “The poetical transmutation of some philosophical concepts in Kumarasambhava.” IT 3-4 (1975-76) (= Proceedings of the Second World Sanskrit Conference Torino, 9-15 June 1975): 413-423.
1978 “ ‘Night’ and ‘day’ in Kumarasambhava: an investiga­tion into the suggestive meaning.” IT 6: 261-267.
1979 “Meghaduta: a study of the interplay of ‘dark’ and ‘bright’ images.” In: J.P. Sinha (ed.), Ludwik Sternbach Felicitation Volume, part 1, Lucknow: Akhila Bharatiya Sanskrit Parishad, pp. 371-397.
– “ ‘Town’ and ‘country’: the image of exile in Meghaduta.” IT 7: 351-360.
1980 “Brahmacaribabar adarsa: jagater kalyan.” Yogananda Brahmachari, Pondicherry, pp. 1-24.
1982 “The ideal of Bharat brahmacari: welfare of the world.” Yogananda Brahmacari. Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, pp. 1-34.
1983 “Jivaner Thikana.” Publ.: Sri Aurobindo International Organization. Calcutta, pp. 1-64.
– “The structure of time in Bhavabhuti’s Uttararamacarita.” In: Dr. Babu Saksena Felicitation Volume, Lucknow, pp. 365-380.
1985 In search of Kālidāsa’s thought-world : a study of Kumārasaṃbhava, Lucknow: Akhila Bharatiya Sanskrit Parishad, 214 p.
1986 “Colour and luminosity in the Abhijnana-sakuntala.” Ṛtam 16-18 [1984-1986] (= Shri Gopal Chandra Commemoration Volume): 287-297.
1987 “Kabya-pratibha.” Bartika (1987).
1989 The evolution of the Urvasi-myth from the Vedic to the modern age, Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Interna­tional Centre of Education.
2002 Beyond good and evil: a comparative study of the moral philosophies of Nietzsche and Sri Aurobindo, Pondicherry: Sabda, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department, 187 p.