Mahendranath Gupta (M.)

E479535

Mahendranath Gupta (M.) was an Indian schoolteacher and mystic best known as the author of "The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna," a seminal chronicle of the saint’s life and teachings.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mahendranath Gupta (M.) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf author
disciple of Sri Ramakrishna
human
mystic
schoolteacher
alternateName M.
Mahendra Nath Gupta
Master Mahashaya
associatedWith Belur Math
Ramakrishna Order
birthYear 1854
countryOfCitizenship India
deathYear 1932
devoteeOf Sri Ramakrishna
educatedAt Presidency College, Calcutta
employer various schools in Calcutta
genre mystical literature
religious literature
spiritual biography
hasRole eyewitness recorder of Sri Ramakrishna’s conversations
influenced global understanding of Sri Ramakrishna
modern Hindu devotional practice
influencedBy Sri Ramakrishna
knownFor chronicling the life and teachings of Sri Ramakrishna
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali
English
movement Ramakrishna movement
notableStudent householder devotees of Sri Ramakrishna
notableWork Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
occupation mystic
schoolteacher
writer
placeOfBirth Calcutta
placeOfDeath Calcutta
primaryThemeInWorks God-realization in everyday life
bhakti (devotion)
harmony of religions
religion Hinduism
spouse Manomohini Devi
studentOf Sri Ramakrishna
subjectOf studies in Ramakrishna-Vivekananda scholarship
timePeriod 19th century
early 20th century
workBasedOn direct conversations with Sri Ramakrishna
writingStyle diary-like first-person chronicle

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Sri Ramakrishna teacherOf Mahendranath Gupta (M.)
Gadadhar Chattopadhyay teacherOf Mahendranath Gupta (M.)