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The Principle of Dharma (Dharma-tattva) is a major philosophical work of Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay. Dharma, according to him, is harmonious cultivation of all inherent faculties and their ultimate transformation to whole-hearted devotion to God and humanism. He has reasoned out his views through a catechetic method that lends clarity to his philosophical perceptions.This is the time the work is translated into English from the original Bengali text.
Dharmatattva is Bankimchandra's final manifesto on religious and ethical ideals in the context of what are considered the essential truths of Hinduism. Although the work first appeared as a series of separate articles in a Bengali periodical published from Kolkata, Bankimchandra compiled these in 1888 into Dharmatattva in its present form. It is generally regarded as an important document in the development of Bankimchandra's ideas and in the history of ...
The first volume of this collector's edition brings together five of Bankimchandra's best-known works in English translation. Set in the Bengal of Emperor Jehangir's time, Kapalkundala tells the story of Nabakumar, a young woman named Kapalkundala whom he rescues from a tantric intent on human sacrifice, and the beautiful Lutfunnisa who has sold her heart on marrying him. In Bishabriksha (The Poison Tree), set in Bankimchandra's own time, Nagendra ...