Jaideva Singh (19 September 1893 in

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– 27 May 1986 in

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) was an Indian

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

and

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. He played a key role in the development of

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where he was chief producer. He was influenced by the Indian

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. Singh was a scholar in the

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school of

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, a subject he studied for many years with

Swami Lakshman Joo Swami Lakshman Joo (9 May 1907 – 27 September 1991) was a mystic and scholar of Kashmir Shaivism. He was known as Lal Sahib ("Friend of God") by followers. Biography Lakshman Joo was born in a Kashmiri Hindu Brahmin family in the ci ...

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. He prepared and published first-ever English and Hindi translations of a number of Shaivite scriptures. Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1973. He was awarded the

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in 1974 for his contribution to music.

Selected works

*''Introduction to Madhyamaka Philosophy'', Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan, Varanasi, 1968. *''Pratyabhijnahrdayam: The Secret of Self-Recognition'', by

Kṣemarāja Rajanaka Kṣemarāja (क्षेमराज) (late 10th to early 11th century) was a philosopher and brilliant disciple of Abhinavagupta, who was a peerless master of tantra, yoga, poetics, and dramaturgy. Not much is known of Kṣemarāja's l ...

, translation,

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, Delhi, 1977. *''Vijnanabhairava or Divine Consciousness: A Treasury of 112 Types of Yoga'', translation, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1979. *'' Siva Sutras: The Yoga of Supreme Identity'', by

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, translation, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1979. *''Spanda-Karikas: The Divine Creative Pulsation'', by Vasugupta, translation, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1980. *''Para-trisika-Vivarana by Abhinavagupta: The Secret of Tantric Mysticism'', by

Abhinavagupta Abhinavagupta (c. 950 – 1016 Common Era, CE) was a Indian philosophy, philosopher, Mysticism, mystic and Aesthetics, aesthetician from Kashmir. He was also considered an influential Music of India, musician, Indian poetry, poet, Theatre in ...

, translation, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1988. *''Los Shiva Sutras: El yoga del reconocimiento de la identidad con el Ser supremo'', by

, translation into Spanish, Fundación Genesian, Sevilla, 2000. *''Pratyabhijñahridayam. El secreto del autorreconocimiento'', by

, translation into Spanish, Ediciones Maha Yoga, Buenos Aires, 2013.

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In memoriam
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