Prakshananda, a direct monastic disciple of Vivekananda
Personal
Born
Sushil Chandra Chakravarty
(1874-07-08)8 July 1874
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died
13 February 1927(1927-02-13) (aged 52)
Religion
Hinduism
Organization
Philosophy
Vedanta
Religious career
Guru
Vivekananda
Honors
President of the Vedanta Society of Northern California from 1915 to 1927
Swami Prakashananda (1874–1927) was a monastic disciple of Vivekananda and a monk of the Ramakrishna Order who played a major role in propagating and promoting the Vedanta philosophy and Vivekananda's message in India and America. He came to the US in 1906 to serve under Trigunatitananda, a direct disciple of Ramakrishna at the Vedanta Society of San Francisco, later renamed as Vedanta Society of Northern California, and later became its president.[1][2]
^Jackson, Carl (1994). Vedanta for the West. Indiana University Press. p. 115. ISBN 0-253-33098-X.
^Abjajananda, Swami (2003). Monastic Disciples of Swami Vivekananda. Mayavati: Advaita Ashrana. p. 150. ISBN 9788175052468.
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