The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-30
DEATHS OF THREE MODERN sAaka


From As Piato~ta.
The philosophic associations Of India have
been called upon the last season to part with
ass ho %e or
s II h &: ok ;ss lad bssn fct oG %
ton ' Of she anclens vedss to their ante, Brs6:
50 %fse va. tho
AZ nj. ana %ss ss i
as p
81 India. Ham McSun Roy. BssSm.n: born
II ,'Y Id
ssn s!s. upS s SdS % ~ Bitter It smn H.
lie would not scceptths dootr Inc 81 the fri1ity:
tSs Brahm.n the
s snf ara Ssns sd iSsa I'd;
ed the lay S1 man az 70 Il
s..esssntis chsrsoteristIe Of The ChrlstIsn s.:
igion" result he M made fsw ff fsox
ioSaa kn"%lsds e ei the he Hindu law enabled him
20 rsnt Hs q we're
to free religious association entitled the Brah-
After his death in 1888 the controversies Of
the leaders OF this organization were con.
tinued: They maintained that every arsI,ment
Of the Vsdas. II may not DO generally Known
Ssy E Srad sss THss
Sss sSa
mined to give them to this world. Several
Ths Sesa ~ Ali h had
might be as relics Of an archaic age. they
that was childish. erroneous and even impossi.
bic. The project OF disseminating them among
n s nfyss so
Dayansnaa rsvolted against this state, Of
with him was revelation. lie saw no aitsrna.
tive between a complete giving up Of all re;
and letter OF OF the vedas. He it'' knew them By
asa a as asssoges s R Hs so
or rather expired. but. as prehistoric or nrs:
and the YaySr Evary h H
ca, or geographical name In the books was care
which reflected historical Or geographical in
formation as utterly EGrofsne; They were
nInnz ne {, ss Gs.
H. be5 t.
sseh s hs
fGe establ 81 ment Of the Arya. samsj was
the result Of his teachings. and he held the
Upon the organization q the Theosophc So.
ciety In America in 1876 he consented to re-
as H his
sSsqS' The 0fsas9s' Of to The his Society
for awhile in afa!iation; but he presently sev-
:, His zeal for propagandtsm was most intense.
me visited 10y every Of India EXCEPT Mad
"nd liz Was m
patient OF contradiction as religious teachers
sfensrs',y Hr re- bu. he WAS no syeophan.; and
Yogi powers. and that he predicted his own
The body was burned according to imme.
ssrsS snd
two and a half seers. OF camphor were used. A
large PROCESSION chanting hymns from the
~sh III s1s VIII
sads Ksshas
Sen; In 1865 he led the secession from the Adj
the R Rss6bs s ssea
would not sanction his attack on caste. also the
marriage Of widows. He soon became regarded
was the great man and mighty reformer OF the
world. a man above ordinary humanity. whose
religion was entitled to the peculiar regard Of
Asiatics as an altogether Oriental product and
that he exhibited the grandeur Of which Asiatic
II 1878 the daughter Of chunder Sen was mar.
rled to the Maha Raja OF Ouch Behar q few
for such alliances. The technical violation cre-
ated schism; and the Sadharan Samaj was
formed May s. 1873. The new organization
takes advanced ground on female emancipa-
ton. adopting. so far as practicable European
manners and more liberal education. 1t also
takes the lead in regard to religious freedom.
The absolute dominion OF the swami, an au.
thority resembling Popery. Is discarded by the
The death Of Keshub Chunder Sen will hard
ly result In the dissolution Of the Samaj; but
the ssdharan party appears to BIO very largely
Babu Psary Chsnd Mittrs. a writer and
teacher OF great ability. died at Calcutta. Nov.
23, 1883 He wrote much on metaphysical
subjects and was warm advocate Of female
education. His ago was ~ years. A. w.
An Aged Slaves Letter 10 her Former Ms.
ere0a,