Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET January 2017 Political Science
Arrange the following works of Sri Aurobindo in chronological order. Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
- 1. Love and Death
- 2. The Life Divine
- 3. Essays on the Gita
- 4. Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
A1, 3, 2, 4 ✓ Correct
B1, 2, 3, 4
C2, 4, 1, 3
D4, 1, 2, 3
Correct answer: (A) 1, 3, 2, 4 — The correct chronological order is 1, 3, 2, 4: Love and Death (1899), Essays on the Gita (1922), The Life Divine (1939), Savitri.
Explanation
★The correct chronological order is 1, 3, 2, 4: Love and Death (1899), Essays on the Gita (1922), The Life Divine (1939), Savitri.
★Love and Death came first, a blank-verse poem of 1899 retelling the tale of Ruru and Pramadvara from the Mahabharata.
★Essays on the Gita followed, written from 1916 and published as a book in 1922, expounding the philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita.
★The Life Divine, his major philosophical work on spiritual evolution, was completed and published as a book around 1939 to 1940.
★Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol, his vast epic poem, was his last great work, published in full around 1950.
★The sequence thus moves from early poetry through Gita commentary to his mature philosophy and final epic.
★Love and Death (1899) belongs to his pre-yogic phase, while Savitri crowns his spiritual vision.
★The Sri Aurobindo Ashram took organised shape at Pondicherry in 1926 with the help of Mirra Alfassa, known as The Mother.
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