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Life and Vision of The Vedic Seer KavsaAilusa This book in the series of Life and Vision of Vedic Seers isanattempt to reconstruct the life and ideology of a RgvedicseerKavasa Ailusa noted for contributing four hymns to theSarhhitaparticularly the famous Gamblers Hymn which is unique initscontent inasmuch as instead of devoting itself to anyone ofthedeities it has been addressed to Die as its deity and devotedtoAksa an insignificant wild seed used in playing an ancientgamewhich happened to be decisive even to kingships. Contents Introduction Life, Askesis and Attainment of Seerhood King Kurusravana and Mitratithi as Patrons of Kavasa Ailusa Kavasas Mode of Sadhana Kavasa Ailusa;s Contribution to the Central Theme oftheMahabharata Status of Space-Time in Kavasas Complexion of the Reality Gamblers Hymn as a Symbolic Form of Greed of Man Index of Words Satya Prakash Singh, SwamiMahesvarananda Professor Satya Prakash Singh is renowned Vedic scholar. He isaPh.D of the Banaras Hindu University and D.Litt of theAligarhMuslim University; former Chairman of the Department ofSanskritand Dean, Faculty of Arts, Aligarh Muslim University. Hehas beenan Editorial Fellow in the Centre for Studies inCivilisations, NewDelhi also Director of Dharam Hindu InternationalCentre of IndicResearch in Delhi and Director of Vedic ResearchCentre in NewDelhi. He is the recipient of a number of prestigious awardsincludingGanganath Jha Award of the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy,RajajiLiterary Award of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Swami PranavanadaBestBook of the Year Award in Psychology, Banbhatta PuraskaraofSanskrit Academy, Uttar Pradesh, besides President of IndiasAwardof Scholar of Eminence. His publications include: 1. SriAurobindoand Whitehead on the Nature of God, 2. Sri Aurobindo, JungandVedic Yoga, 3. Upanisadic Symbolism, 4. Vedic Symbolism, 5.Lifeand Vision of Vedic Seers: Visvamitra, 6. Life and Vision ofVedicSeers: Dirghatamas, 7. Vedic Cision of Consc
