Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol

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Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol is Sri Aurobindo’s epic philosophical poem that reimagines a tale from the Mahabharata to explore themes of spiritual evolution, divine love, and the transformation of human consciousness.

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instanceOf epic poem
philosophical poem
spiritual poem
author Sri Aurobindo
basedOn Savitri and Satyavan story from the Mahabharata
centralSymbol Death as the Ignorance
Satyavan as the human soul
Savitri as the Divine Mother
compositionPeriod 1916–1950
countryOfOrigin India
firstCompleteEdition 1950–1951
genre epic poetry
philosophical literature
spiritual literature
hasCommentariesBy Sri Aurobindo scholars
The Mother (Mirra Alfassa)
influencedBy The Synthesis of Yoga
surface form: Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga

Upanishadic thought
Vedic spirituality
language English
literaryMovement Indian English
surface form: Indian English literature

spiritual modernism
mainCharacter Death
Savitrī and Satyavan
surface form: Satyavan

Savitri
meter iambic pentameter
notableFor length among English epic poems
systematic exposition of Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual vision in poetic form
philosophicalOrientation Integral Advaita
Integral Yoga philosophy
placeOfPublication Puducherry
surface form: Pondicherry
publisher Sri Aurobindo Ashram
relatedWork Essays on the Gita
The Life Divine
religiousContext Hinduism
Vedanta
setting mythic India
structure 12 books
49 cantos
theme cosmic consciousness
divine incarnation
divine love
evolution of the soul
human destiny
integral yoga
spiritual evolution
transformation of human consciousness
victory over death
yoga of transformation
verseForm blank verse

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Sri Aurobindo knownFor Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
Sri Aurobindo wrote Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
The Future Poetry relatedWorkByAuthor Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
Savitrī and Satyavan influencedWork Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
this entity surface form: Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol by Sri Aurobindo