Swami Prabhupada

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Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu spiritual teacher author religious founder translator

Swami Prabhupada was a 20th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual teacher and founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), renowned for widely translating and commenting on major Hindu scriptures.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada 1
Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada 1
Srila Prabhupada 1

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaudiya Vaishnava ⓘ
Hindu spiritual teacher ⓘ
author ⓘ
religious founder ⓘ
translator ⓘ
abbreviation International Society for Krishna Consciousness ⓘ
surface form: ISKCON
alsoKnownAs Swami Prabhupada ⓘ
surface form: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Swami Prabhupada ⓘ
surface form: Srila Prabhupada
birthName Abhay Charan De ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1896-09-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1977-11-14 ⓘ
devoteeOf Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ
emphasizedConcept Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead ⓘ
chanting the holy names of God ⓘ
devotional service to Krishna ⓘ
founded International Society for Krishna Consciousness ⓘ
surface form: Hare Krishna movement (international organization)

International Society for Krishna Consciousness ⓘ
fullName Swami Prabhupada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
gender male ⓘ
guru Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura ⓘ
hasTitle Founder-Acharya of ISKCON ⓘ
honorificPrefix His Divine Grace ⓘ
influenced Western interest in bhakti-yoga ⓘ
International Society for Krishna Consciousness ⓘ
surface form: global Hare Krishna movement
languageOfWork Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
movement International Society for Krishna Consciousness ⓘ
surface form: Hare Krishna movement
notableFor establishing Krishna temples internationally ⓘ
promoting congregational chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra ⓘ
spreading Gaudiya Vaishnavism worldwide ⓘ
notableWork Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
surface form: Bhagavad-gita As It Is

Krishna ⓘ
surface form: Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita translation and commentary ⓘ
Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
surface form: Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana) translation and commentary

Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita translation and commentary ⓘ
surface form: Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

The Nectar of Devotion ⓘ
The Nectar of Instruction ⓘ
occupation commentator on Hindu scriptures ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
spiritual teacher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
philosophicalSchool personalist Vedanta ⓘ
placeFoundedOrganization New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
placeOfBirth Calcutta ⓘ
India ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
placeOfDeath India ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
Vrindavan ⓘ
promotedPractice Hare Krishna maha-mantra chanting ⓘ
bhakti-yoga ⓘ
four regulative principles ⓘ
vegetarianism ⓘ
religion Vaishnavism ⓘ
religiousTradition Gaudiya Vaishnavism ⓘ
scripturalFocus Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita translation and commentary ⓘ
surface form: Chaitanya-charitamrita
spiritualLineage Gaudiya Vaishnavism ⓘ
surface form: Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya
tookSannyasaFrom Bhaktiprasada Puri Maharaj ⓘ
yearFoundedOrganization 1966 ⓘ
yearOfSannyasa 1959 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swami Prabhupada → alsoKnownAs → Swami Prabhupada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Srila Prabhupada
Swami Prabhupada → alsoKnownAs → Swami Prabhupada ⓘ
this entity surface form: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Swami Prabhupada → fullName → Swami Prabhupada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Bhagavad Gita → hasCommentaryBy → Swami Prabhupada ⓘ