Vrajavallabha Dwivedi (Editor)
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Rama Ghose (Author)
Dr. Rama Ghose, is a learned scholar of Saivism. She was awarded the esteemed Buch Prize for the best doctoral thesis in Philosophy in the year 1973 by Banaras Hindu university. She joined Arya Mahila Degree College, Varanasi, in the year 1969 and since then has devoted herself whole-heartedly for the persuit of knowledge in the field of Philosophy and religion. She has been studying all the source books and original scriptures of Agamas, especially Siddhantagamas. She has also presented an authentic and critical interpretation of Tiruvarutpayan, a famous Tamil scripture of Saiva- Siddhanta which she could explain authoritatively because of her knowledge of Tamil language. This may be considered a rare distinction for a northern Indian scholar. She has faithfully and critically rendered into English two Agamas, namely Candrajnanagama and Makutagama; the detailed introduction, notes and references on them have much been appreciated by the scholars. She has actively participated in the National and International Seminars and discourses and presented he research papers on Saivism in the philosophical conferences held at Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. She is a deeply religious lady and devotes her entire leisure in persuit of ancient Indian Philosophical thoughts and culture.
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