''Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol'' is an
epic poem
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
...
in
blank verse
Blank verse is poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always in iambic pentameter. It has been described as "probably the most common and influential form that English poetry has taken since the 16th century", and P ...
by
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as ''Vande Mataram''. He joined the ...
, based upon the theology from the ''
Mahabharata
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the ''Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuruk ...
''. Its central theme revolves around the transcendence of man as the consummation of terrestrial
evolution
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...
and the emergence of an immortal supramental gnostic race upon earth. Savitri approaches 24,000 lines and was completed by Sri Aurobindo.
Editions
*ed. Aurobindo Ghose, Sri Aurobindo Ashram (1954) ASIN B0007ILK7W
*Lotus Press (1995)
Literature
*Jugal Kishore Mukherjee, ''The ascent of sight in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri'' (2001)
*D. S. Mishra, ''Poetry and philosophy in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri'' (1989)
* Tenneti Purnachandra Rao and Dr. Tenneti Nagaranjani, ''Savitri Telugu Anuvadam'' in multiple volumes (Translated Savitri into Telugu in metered poetry with analysis)
References
External links
''Savitri'' Recording by ShraddhavanOfficial online textThe Mother on ''Savitri''Information on Sri Aurobindo and his writings
{{Savitri and Satyavan
1954 books
Integral thought
New Age in popular culture
New Age literature
Epic poems in English
Works by Sri Aurobindo