Bhikhan Lal Atreya Explained

Bhikhan Lal Atreya
Birth Date:	1897
Birth Place:	Village Bandar Zudda, SaharanpurNorth-west Provinces, British India
Occupation:	Writer Scholar Academic
Known For:	Writings on Indian philosophy
Awards:	Padma Bhushan

Bhikhan Lal Atreya (1897–1967) was an Indian writer and scholar, known for his writings on the Hindu scripture, Yogavasishtha.^[1] He was a professor of philosophy at Banaras Hindu University and did academic research on parapsychology and mysticism.^[2] The Yogavāsistha and Its Philosophy,^[3] The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha^[4] and An Introduction to Parapsychology^[5] are some of his notable books. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1957, for his contributions to literature and education.^[6]

Selected bibliography

• Book: Bhikhan Lal Atreya. The Yogavāsistha and Its Philosophy. 1939. Indian Bookshop.
• Book: Bhikhan Lal Atreya. An Introduction to Parapsychology: Collected Papers on Psychical Research. 1952. Kumar Publication.
• Book: Bhikhan Lal Atreya. The Spirit of Indian Culture. 1952. International Standard Publications.
• Book: Bhikhan Lal Atreya. The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha. 1962. Dershana printers.
• Book: Bhikhan Lal Atreya. Bhāratīya nīti-śāstra kā itihāsa. 1964. Hindī Samiti.
• Book: Bhikhan Lal Atreya. Rama Shanker Srivastava. Shanti Prakash Atreya, J. P. Atreya. Philosophical reflections. 1977. Oriental Publishers & Distributors.
• Book: Bhikhan Lal Atreya. The Philosophy of the Yoga-vasistha: A Comparative, Critical and Synthetic Survey of the Philosophical Ideas of Vasistha as Presented in the Yoga-Vasistha Maha-Ramayana. 1981. Darshana Printers.
• Book: Bhikhan Lal Atreya. Sampūrṇānanda Saṃskr̥ta Viśvavidyālaya. Vāsiṣṭhadarśanam. 2002. Sampūrṇānanda Saṃskr̥ta Viśvavidyālaye. 9788172700836 .

See also

• Yogavasishtha

External links

• 273293. Back Matter . The Phylon Quarterly . 1957 . 8 . 4.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Atreya, B. L. (Bhikhan Lal) on OCLC . OCLC . 2016 . 5 July 2016.
2. Web site: Atreya, Bhikhan Lal (1897-1967) . Encyclopedia.com . 2016 . 5 July 2016.
3. Book: Bhikhan Lal Atreya. The Yogavāsistha and Its Philosophy. 1939. Indian Bookshop.
4. Book: Bhikhan Lal Atreya. The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha. 1962. Dershana printers.
5. Book: Bhikhan Lal Atreya. An Introduction to Parapsychology: Collected Papers on Psychical Research. 1952. Kumar Publication.
6. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2016 . 3 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .