Jaideva Singh Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Thakur
Jaideva Singh
Birth Date:	19 September 1893
Birth Place:	Shoharatgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Death Place:	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Jaideva Singh (19 September 1893 in Shoratgarh, Uttar Pradesh^[1] – 27 May 1986 in^[2] Banaras) was an Indian musicologist and philosopher. He played a key role in the development of All India Radio where he was chief producer.^{[3] [4]} He was influenced by the Indian musicologist Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande.^[5]

Singh was a scholar in the Kashmir Saivism school of Indian philosophy,^{[6] [7]} a subject he studied for many years with Swami Lakshman Joo in Kashmir. He prepared and published first-ever English and Hindi translations of a number of Shaivite scriptures.^[8] Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1973. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 for his contribution to music.Thakur Jaideva Singh, has contributed numerous papers on music. He studied vocal music with Srikrishna Harihirlekar and Nankoo Bhaya Telang; was elected a Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademy in 1965; was honoured by Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Maha Vidyalaya Mandal and awarded Padma Bhushan by the President of India in 1974.

Selected works

• Introduction to Madhyamaka Philosophy, Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan, Varanasi, 1968.
• Pratyabhijnahrdayam: The Secret of Self-Recognition, by Kṣemarāja, translation, Motilal Banarsidass, 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 Vasugupta, 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, translation, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1988.
• Los Shiva Sutras: El yoga del reconocimiento de la identidad con el Ser supremo, by Vasugupta, translation into Spanish, Fundación Genesian, Sevilla, 2000.
• Pratyabhijñahridayam. El secreto del autorreconocimiento, by Kṣemarāja, translation into Spanish, Ediciones Maha Yoga, Buenos Aires, 2013.

External links

• In memoriam, The Hindu, 13 May 2011, Gautam Chatterjee

Notes and References

1. Book: Journal of the Indian Musicological Society. 1986. Indian Musicological Society.
2. Book: Misra, Susheela. Among contemporary musicians. 4 August 2013. 1 January 2001. Harman Pub. House. 232.
3. Book: Roy, Ashok. Music makers: living legends of Indian classical music. 4 August 2013. 2 February 2004. Rupa & Co.. 9788129103192.
4. News: Finding her own voice. Gowri Ramnarayan . https://web.archive.org/web/20090421195450/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/04/17/stories/2009041751100100.htm . dead . 21 April 2009 . 17 April 2009 . The Hindu. 30 May 2013.
5. Book: Bakhle, Janaki. Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition. 2005. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-534731-9. 258.
6. Book: Rastogi, Navjivan. Introduction to the Tantrāloka: a study in structure. 1987. Motilal Banarsidass. 14. 9788120801806.
7. Book: Rastogi, Navjivan. The krama tantricism of Kashmir: historical and general sources. 4 August 2013. 1 January 1979. Motilal Banarsidass. 9780896840485.
8. Book: Saints and Sages of Kashmir. 2004. APH Publishing. 978-81-7648-576-0. 297.