Swami Dayanand Saraswati

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Hindu monk Hindu religious reformer Indian philosopher founder of religious organization social reformer

Swami Dayanand Saraswati was a 19th-century Hindu religious reformer and founder of the Arya Samaj, known for advocating a return to the teachings of the Vedas and opposing social evils such as caste discrimination and idol worship.

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Label Occurrences
Swami Dayanand Saraswati canonical 5
Swami Dayananda Saraswati 2
Arya Samaj reformer Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu monk ⓘ
Hindu religious reformer ⓘ
Indian philosopher ⓘ
founder of religious organization ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
advocated monotheism based on the Vedas ⓘ
associatedWith Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System ⓘ
surface form: Arya Samaj schools (Dayanand Anglo-Vedic institutions)
authored Satyarth Prakash ⓘ
commentaries on the Vedas ⓘ
birthDate 1824-02-12 ⓘ
birthName Mool Shankar ⓘ
birthPlace Tankara, Kathiawar, Gujarat, India ⓘ
deathCause injuries from poisoning ⓘ
deathDate 1883-10-30 ⓘ
deathPlace Ajmer district ⓘ
surface form: Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
era 19th-century India ⓘ
founded Arya Samaj ⓘ
foundingDateOfFoundedOrganization 1875-04-10 ⓘ
foundingPlaceOfFoundedOrganization Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: Bombay, India
honorificPrefix Swami ⓘ
influenced Hindu reform movements in North India ⓘ
Indian nationalist thought ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of a return to the Vedas ⓘ
critique of caste discrimination ⓘ
founding the Arya Samaj ⓘ
opposition to idol worship ⓘ
promotion of widow remarriage ⓘ
promotion of women’s education ⓘ
languageOfWorks Hindi ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
mainInterest Vedas ⓘ
religious reform ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
name Swami Dayanand Saraswati self-link ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
opposed caste discrimination ⓘ
child marriage ⓘ
idol worship ⓘ
untouchability ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Hindu reform movement ⓘ
Vedic reformism ⓘ
region British India ⓘ
rejected Puranic authority over Vedas ⓘ
polytheistic interpretation of Hinduism ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
supported Vedic education ⓘ
widow remarriage ⓘ
women’s education ⓘ
viewedScriptureAs Vedas as infallible authority ⓘ

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Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Lahore → namedAfter → Swami Dayanand Saraswati ⓘ
Arya Samaj → founder → Swami Dayanand Saraswati ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Bhai Parmanand → influencedBy → Swami Dayanand Saraswati ⓘ
Maharshi Dayanand University → namedAfter → Swami Dayanand Saraswati ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dayananda Saraswati
Maharshi Dayanand University → namedFor → Swami Dayanand Saraswati ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arya Samaj reformer Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
Swami Dayanand Saraswati → name → Swami Dayanand Saraswati self-link ⓘ
DAV College network → followsPhilosophyOf → Swami Dayanand Saraswati ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System → namedAfter → Swami Dayanand Saraswati ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dayanand Saraswati
Satyarth Prakash → author → Swami Dayanand Saraswati ⓘ
Swami Shraddhanand → influencedBy → Swami Dayanand Saraswati ⓘ