Dayananda Saraswati

**Dayanand Saraswati**  (,  *Maharshi Dayānand Sarasvatī*) lahir (12 Februari 1824 – 30 Oktober 1883), di Tankara adalah pemimpin agama Hindu berpengaruh pada waktu itu. Ia dikenal sebagai pendiri Arya Samaj, sebuah gerakan reformasi Hindu dari tradisi Weda.

## Kehidupan awal
Dayanand Saraswati lahir pada 12 Februari 1824 di Tankara, dekat Morbi di wilayah Kathiawad (sekarang distrik Rajkot di Gujarat). Nama aslinya adalah Mool Shankar. Nama ayahnya adalah Karshanji Lalji Tiwari dan nama ibunya adalah Yashodabai.

## Referensi

## Bacaan tambahan

* *Dayananda Saraswati, Founder of Arya Samaj*, by Arjan Singh Bawa. Published by Ess Ess Publications, 1979 (1st edition:1901).
* *Swami Dayanand Saraswati*, by Dhanpati Pandey. Published by Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1985.
* ''World Perspectives on Swami Dayananda Saraswati'' , Ganga Ram Garg. Concept Publishing Company. 1986.
* *Indian Political Tradition*, by D.K Mohanty. Published by Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. ISBN 81-261-2033-9. Chapter 4: Dayananda Saraswati *Page 92*.
* *Rashtra Pitamah Swami Dayanand Saraswati* by Rajender Sethi (M R Sethi Educational Trust Chandigarh 2006)
* Aurobindo Ghosh, in *Bankim Tilak Dayanand* (Calcutta 1947 p 1, 39)
* *Arya Samaj And The Freedom Movement* by K C Yadav & K S Arya -Manohar Publications Delhi 1988
* ''The Prophets of the New India'', Romain Roland p.&nbsp;97 (Kessinger Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-4254-8484-0)

## Catatan kaki

* *[[Satyarth Prakash]]* (1875) Light of Truth – first English translation 1908 http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC15495055&id=0vwYAAAAMAAJ&q=Dayananda+Sarasvati&dq=Dayananda+Sarasvati&pgis=1http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC05080824&id=920AAAAAMAAJ&q=Dayananda+Sarasvati&dq=Dayananda+Sarasvati&pgis=1
* R̥gvedādi-bhāṣya-bhūmikā / An Introduction to the Commentary on the Vedas. ed. B. Ghasi Ram, Meerut (1925). reprints 1981, 1984 http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00473491&id=7SggAAAAMAAJ&q=Dayananda+Sarasvati&dq=Dayananda+Sarasvati&pgis=1 
* *Glorious Thoughts of Swami Dayananda*. ed. New Book Society of India, 1966 http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00473491&id=7SggAAAAMAAJ&q=Dayananda+Sarasvati&dq=Dayananda+Sarasvati&pgis=1
* *An introduction to the commentary on the Vedas*. Jan Gyan-Prakashan, 1973.Flipkart.com: An Introduction To The Commentary On The VEDAS: Dayananda (9788170771296)
* *Autobiography*, ed. Kripal Chandra Yadav, New Delhi: Manohar, 1978.Autobiography of dayanand saraswati - Google Books ISBN 0685196682
* Yajurvēda bhāṣyam: Samskr̥tabhāṣyaṃ, Āndhraṭīkātātparyaṃ, Āṅglabhāvārthasahitaṅgā, ed. Mar̲r̲i Kr̥ṣṇāreḍḍi, Haidarābād: Vaidika Sāhitya Pracāra Samiti, 2005.
* *The philosophy of religion in India*, Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2005, ISBN 81-8090-079-7
* Dr.'Krant'M.L.Verma *Swadhinta Sangram Ke Krantikari Sahitya Ka Itihas (3 Volumes)* 2006 Praveen Prakashan 4760-61 23 Ansari Road Daryaganj New Delhi 110002 ISBN 81-7783-122-4 (Set)
* Prem Lata, Swami Dayananda Sarasvati (1990) http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN8170001145&id=m0YdAAAAMAAJ&q=Dayananda&dq=Dayananda&pgis=1
* Autobiography of Swami Dayanand Saraswati (1976) http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02431035&id=NR7tCyHEw6EC&q=Dayananda&dq=Dayananda&pgis=1
* M. Ruthven, *Fundamentalism: A Very Short Introduction*, Oxford University Press, USA (2007), ISBN 978-0-19-921270-5.
* N. A. Salmond, Hindu Iconoclasts: Rammohun Roy, Dayananda Sarasvati and nineteenth-century polemics against Idolatry (2004) http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0889204195&id=wxjArixq5hcC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=JuH2TiCf_o&dq=Dayananda&sig=X0AkJsQXnRccJhUgoI2Nbf5RCAM

## Pranala luar

* All about Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
* Satyarth Prakash – THE "LIGHT OF TRUTH" karya Swami Dayanand Buku online
* Read Satyarth Prakash Online 
* For date of birth 12-2-1824 forged by British Islamic India, who made the Arya Samaj Act of 1937 to sabotage the 13th Samskara of Hindu marriages.
* Dayanand Saraswati (1824-1883)
* Life and Teaching of Swami Dayanand
* [Swami Dayanand — A Critical Study of his Life and Teachings:by FK Khan Durrani]http://aaiil.org/text/books/others/durrani/swamidayanand/swamidayanand.shtml 
* THE ARYA MARRIAGE VALIDATION ACT,1937 http://www.helplinelaw.com/docs/THE%20ARYA%20MARRIAGE%20VALIDATION%20ACT,%201937