Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Maharishi_Dayanand_Saraswati
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:advocatesFor Social equality
Education for women
Vedic principles
gptkbp:birthDate 1824-02-12
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Mool_Shankar_Tiwari
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Tankara,_Gujarat,_India
gptkbp:causeOfDeath Assassination (poisoning)
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Statues and memorials in India
Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
gptkbp:deathDate 1883-10-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Ajmer,_Rajasthan,_India
gptkbp:education Studied Vedas and Sanskrit scriptures
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Arya_Samaj
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Lala_Lajpat_Rai
gptkb:Madan_Mohan_Malaviya
gptkb:Vinayak_Damodar_Savarkar
gptkb:Swami_Shraddhanand
gptkb:Ram_Prasad_Bismil
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Vedas
gptkbp:knownFor Social reforms
Women's rights advocacy
Educational reforms
Emphasis on Vedic authority
Opposition to superstitions
Promotion of Hindi and Sanskrit
Promotion of monotheism in Hinduism
Rejection of ritualism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hindi
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Arya_Samaj_movement
Promotion of Vedic values
Influence on Indian independence movement
gptkbp:movement Hindu reform movement
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Satyarth_Prakash
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
religious leader
Social reformer
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Untouchability
Caste system
Child marriage
Idol worship
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:title gptkb:Maharishi
Swami
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maharishi_Dayanand_Saraswati_Jayanti
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7