Savitri
The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother
← Sri Aurobindo

Early Cultural Writings

CWSA· Vol. 1· Prose

Book 1. Part One - The Harmony of Virtue

  1. C. 1The Sole Motive of Man’s Existence

Book 2. The Harmony of Virtue

  1. C. 1Book One - The Harmony of Virtue
  2. C. 2Book Two - The Harmony of Virtue
  3. C. 3Book Three - The Harmony of Virtue
  4. C. 4Beauty in the Real
  5. C. 5Stray Thoughts
  6. C. 6Part Two - On Literature

Book 3. Bankim Chandra Chatterji

  1. C. 1I - His Youth and College Life
  2. C. 2II -The Bengal He Lived In
  3. C. 3III - His Official Career
  4. C. 4IV - His Versatility
  5. C. 5V - His Literary History
  6. C. 6VI - What He Did for Bengal
  7. C. 7VII - Our Hope in the Future

Book 4. On Poetry and Literature

  1. C. 1Poetry
  2. C. 2Characteristics of Augustan Poetry
  3. C. 3Sketch of the Progress of Poetry from Thomson to Wordsworth
  4. C. 4Appendix: Test Questions
  5. C. 5Marginalia On Madhusudan Dutt's Virangana Kavya
  6. C. 6Originality in National Literatures

Book 5. The Poetry of Kalidasa

  1. C. 1A Proposed Work on Kalidasa
  2. C. 2The Malavas
  3. C. 3The Age of Kalidasa
  4. C. 4The Historical Method
  5. C. 5The Seasons
  6. C. 6Hindu Drama
  7. C. 7Vikramorvasie - The Play
  8. C. 8Vikramorvasie - The Characters
  9. C. 9The Spirit of the Times
  10. C. 10On Translating Kalidasa
  11. C. 11Appendix: Passages and Fragments

Book 6. On the Mahabharata

  1. C. 1Notes on the Mahabharata
  2. C. 2Part Three - On Education
  3. C. 3Address at the Baroda College Social Gathering
  4. C. 4Education

Book 7. The Brain of India

  1. C. 1I - The Brain of India
  2. C. 2II - The Brain of India
  3. C. 3III - The Brain of India
  4. C. 4IV - The Brain of India

Book 8. A System of National Education

  1. C. 1Publisher’s Note to the 1924 Edition
  2. C. 2I - The Human Mind
  3. C. 3II - The Powers of the Mind
  4. C. 4III - The Moral Nature
  5. C. 5IV - Simultaneous and Successive Teaching
  6. C. 6V - The Training of the Senses
  7. C. 7VI - Sense-Improvement by Practice
  8. C. 8VII - The Training of the Mental Faculties
  9. C. 9VIII - The Training of the Logical Faculty
  10. C. 10Message for National Education Week (1918)
  11. C. 11National Education

Book 9. A Preface on National Education

  1. C. 11 - A Preface on National Education
  2. C. 22 - A Preface on National Education

Book 11. The National Value of Art

  1. C. 1I - The National Value of Art
  2. C. 2II - The National Value of Art
  3. C. 3III - The National Value of Art
  4. C. 4IV - The National Value of Art
  5. C. 5V - The National Value of Art
  6. C. 6VI - The National Value of Art
  7. C. 7Two Pictures
  8. C. 8Indian Art and an Old Classic
  9. C. 9The Revival of Indian Art
  10. C. 10An Answer to a Critic
  11. C. 11Part Five - Conversations of the Dead
  12. C. 12I - Dinshah, Perizade
  13. C. 13II - Turiu, Uriu
  14. C. 14III - Mazzini, Cavour, Garibaldi
  15. C. 15IV - Shivaji, Jaysingh
  16. C. 16V - Littleton, Percival
  17. C. 17Part Six - The Chandernagore Manuscript
  18. C. 18Passing Thoughts [1]
  19. C. 19Passing Thoughts [2]
  20. C. 20Passing Thoughts [3]
  21. C. 21Hathayoga
  22. C. 22Rajayoga
  23. C. 23Historical Impressions: The French Revolution
  24. C. 24Historical Impressions: Napoleon
  25. C. 25In the Society’s Chambers
  26. C. 26At the Society’s Chambers
  27. C. 27Things Seen in Symbols [1]
  28. C. 28Things Seen in Symbols [2]
  29. C. 29The Real Difficulty
  30. C. 30Art
  31. C. 31Part Seven - Epistles/Letters From Abroad
  32. C. 32Epistles from Abroad
  33. C. 33Letters from Abroad
  34. C. 34Part Eight - Reviews
  35. C. 35“Suprabhat”
  36. C. 36“Hymns to the Goddess”
  37. C. 37“South Indian Bronzes”
  38. C. 38“God, the Invisible King”
  39. C. 39“Rupam”
  40. C. 40About Astrology
  41. C. 41“Sanskrit Research”
  42. C. 42“The Feast of Youth”
  43. C. 43“Shama’a”

Book 12. Part Nine - Bankim – Tilak – Dayananda

  1. C. 1Rishi Bankim Chandra
  2. C. 2Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  3. C. 3A Great Mind, a Great Will
  4. C. 4DayanandaThe Man and His Work
  5. C. 5Dayananda and the Veda
  6. C. 6The Men that Pass
  7. C. 7Appendix One: Baroda Speeches and Reports

Book 13. Speeches Written for the Maharaja of Baroda

  1. C. 1Medical Department
  2. C. 2The Revival of Industry in India

Book 14. Report on Trade in the Baroda State

  1. C. 1General Suggestions.

Book 15. Opinions Written as Acting Principal, Baroda College

  1. C. 1Resolving a Problem of Seniority in the High School
  2. C. 2On a Proposed Examination for Teachers
  3. C. 3On a Head Assistant for the High School

Book 16. Appendix Two: Premises of Astrology

  1. C. 1Chapter I - Elements
  2. C. 2Chapter II - The Signs
  3. C. 3Chapter III - The Planets
  4. C. 4Note on the Texts