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Summary of
Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Literature
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Published by the major publication
centres of Ramakrishna Math and Mission as in the year 2005 (figures followed by * mark indicate 1999 status)
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SI.
No. |
Name of the Publication
Centre |
No. of Titles |
Language |
Remarks |
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1. |
Ramakrishna Math, Chennai
www.chennaimath.org |
642 |
English-292,
Tamil-333 , Sanskrit-17 |
First title published:
Inspired
Talks in 1908
Popular Books:
1.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
(English) I - 57,400 copies.
2.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
(English) II - 41,800 copies.
3.
Sri Ramakrishna Upadesh Mozighal
(Tamil) - 50,400 copies.
4.
Swami Vivekananda Jeevita Chant
(Telugu) - 75,100 copies.
5.
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(Tamil) 16 vols. - 6,200 sets.
6.
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(Telugu) 10 vols. - 8,800 sets.
7.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
(Telugu) 5 vols. - 11,000 sets. |
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2. |
Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad
www.rkmath.org |
196 |
Telugu-196 |
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3. |
Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata
www.advaitaonline.com |
283 |
English- 182, Hindi-53 Nepali-2,
English‑Sanskrit-46 |
Early Books:
1.
The Atman
in
1905.
2.
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(English) Vol. 1 to 4 in 1907.
Popular Books:
1.
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(English) - 1,54,000 sets (including
subsidized. edition).
2.
Selections from The Complete Works of Swami
Vivekananda (English).
3.
Swami Vivekananda
His call to the
Nation.
4.
Mind and its Control.
5.
Will Power and its Development.
6.
Thoughts of Power. |
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4. |
Ramakrishna Mission Institute of
Culture, Gol Park, Kolkata
www.chennaimath.org |
132 |
English-98, Bengali-31 Hindi-2,
Oriya-1 |
First title
published: Sri Ramakrishna and Spiritual Renaissance in
1940.
Popular Books:
1.
Shatarupe Sarada
(Bengali) - 56,000 copies.
2.
Aamaar Bharat Amar Bharat
(Bengali) - 30,000 copies.
Important
Books:
1.
Cultural Heritage of
India
(6 vols.).
2.
Chintanayak Vivekananda
(Bengali). |
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5. |
Ramakrishna Math, Udbodhan, Kolkata
www.udbodhan.org |
433 |
English-14, Bengali-416, Hindi-3 |
First title
published: Ramakrishna (Bengali) in 1899.
Popular Books:
1.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
(Bengali) - 40,000 sets (2 vols.)
2.
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(Bengali). |
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6. |
Ramakrishna Math, Nagpur
www.rkmathnagpur.org |
335 |
Marathi-174, Hindi- 161 |
First title
published: Sri Ramakrishna Charitra (Marathi) in 1949.
Popular Books:
1.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
(Hindi) - 20,000 sets (3 vols.).
2.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
(Marathi) - 20,000 sets.
3.
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(Marathi) - 15,000 sets. |
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7. |
Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur |
225* |
English- 17, Malayalam-208 |
First title
published: Bhajanavali (Malayalam) in 1956.
Popular Books:
1.
Bhajanavali
(Malayalam) - 1,30,000 copies.
2.
Gita
(Malayalam)
- 1,73,000 copies.
3.
Swami Vivekananda Suktagal
(Malayalam) - 1,90,000 copies.
4.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
(Malayalam) - 15,000 sets (3 vols.).
5.
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(Malayalam) - 15,000 sets (7 vols.). |
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8. |
Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysore |
265 |
Kannada-265 |
First title
published: Viveka Vani (Kannada) in 1933.
Popular Books:
1.
Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
(Kannada) - 22,000 copies.
2.
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(Kannada) - 2,800 sets (10 vols.).
3.
Biographies of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother and
Swami Vivekananda in all sizes
(Kannada) - 3,13,000 copies. |
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9. |
Ramakrishna Math,
Bull Temple Road, Bangalore |
82 |
English-54, Sanskrit-5, Kannada-23 |
First title
published: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Kannada) in
1925.
Popular Books:
1.
Secret of Concentration
(English) - 70,000 copies.
2.
Hindu Dharma Prashnotara Rupadalli
(Kannada) - 58,000 copies.
3.
Badukala Kaliyiri
(Kannada) - 49,000 copies. |
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10. |
Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rajkot
www.rkmrajkot.org |
171 |
Gujarati-161,
English-10 |
First title
published: Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga (Gujarati) in
1930.
Popular Books:
1.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
(Gujarati) - 20,000 sets (3 vols.).
2.
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(Gujarati) - 21,000 sets (12 vols.).
3.
Biography of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother and
Swami Vivekananda (in all sizes
in Gujarati) - 2,50,000 copies.
4.
Shaktidayivichar
(Gujarati) - 1,34,000 copies.
5.
Yuvanone
(Gujarati) - 1,15,000 copies. |
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11. |
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya,
Coimbatore |
21 |
English-2,
Tamil- 19 |
First title
published: Kalivi Swami Vivekananda (Tamil) in 1940.
Popular Books:
1.
Kalivi Swami Vivekananda
(Tamil) - 24,000 copies.
2.
Bhajana Padalgal
(Tamil) - 30,000 copies.
3.
Educational Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda
(English) 11,000 copies. |
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12. |
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama,
Narendrapur (W.B.) |
82 |
English-7 Bengali- 140 |
First title published:
Ma Sarada
Devi (Bengali).
Popular Books:
1.
Murgi Palan
(Bengali) |
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13. |
Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi |
23* |
English-12, Hindi-5, Punjabi-2, Urdu-4 |
First title published:
Make India Great.
Popular Books:
1.
How to Build Character
2.
Sri Sarada Devi-The Great Wonder. |
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14. |
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama,
Guwahati |
9 |
Assamese-9 |
Popular Books: Sri Ramakrishna
in Pictures (Assamese) -10,000 copies. |
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15. |
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda
Ashrama, Raipur |
7* |
Hindi-7 |
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16. |
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama,
Morabadi, Ranchi |
29 |
Bengali-2, Hindi-23, Nagpuri-3, English- 1 |
Popular Books: Agnimantra
(Hindi) -2,00,000 copies. |
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17. |
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama,
Cherrapunji |
21* |
Khasi-20 |
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18. |
Ramakrishna Math Bhuvaneswar (Orissa) |
96 |
Oriya-96 |
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19. |
Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha,
Belur (Dt. Howrah) |
8
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Bengali- 11 |
Many audio cassettes and CDs have
also been produced. |
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20. |
Ramakrishna Mission Calcutta
Students' Home, Belgharia, Kolkata |
13 |
Bengali- 10, English-3, |
Sri Sri Ramakrishna
Kathamrita Part-1 was being published
in Sanskrit, which was recently discontinued. |
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22. |
Vedanta Society of New York, USA
www.vedanta-newyork.org |
45 |
English-45 |
Early Books: Vedanta Philosophy
by Swami Vivekananda.
The Real and Apparent Man
by Swami Vivekananda, and
Spiritual
Unfoldment by Swami Vivekananda published in 1901.
Baker & Taylor Co. started
publishing many books of Swami Vivekananda before Vedanta
Society started doing so. |
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23. |
Vedanta Society of Northern
California, USA |
17* |
English- 17 |
Early Books: The Gospel of Sri
Ramakrishna in 1912.
Books edited by this centre but
published from Advaita Ashrama have not been included, e.g. Swami Vivekananda in the West, New Discoveries
(6 vols.) by
Marie Louise Burke. |
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24. |
Vedanta Society of St. Louis, USA |
13* |
English- 13 |
Books edited by this centre but
published from Advaita Ashrama have not been included. Early
Books: Ethos and Religion in 1942. Popular Books: 1. Vedanta-Voice of Freedom
by Swami Chetanananda - 4,000
copies. |
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25. |
Vedanta Society of Southern
California, USA |
12 |
English- 12 |
Over 10 Lakh copies sold of
Bhagavad Gita in all editions. |
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26. |
Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre, UK |
7* |
English-7 |
Women Saints of East &
West published in 1955. |
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27. |
Ramakrishna Ashrama, Argentina |
26 |
Spanish-26 |
Early Books: Conferencias de
1934 by Swami Vijayananda in 1935. Popular Books: The
Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Spanish) - 2,000 sets (3 vols.). |
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28. |
Nippon Vedanta Kyokai, Japan |
26 |
Japanese- 19 |
Early Books: Selected Verses of
Swami Vivekananda (Japanese) in 1962. Popular Books: The
Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Japanese) 3,000 copies. |
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29. |
Centre Vedantique Ramakrichna,
Gretz France |
15 |
French- 15 |
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30. |
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna
Mission Dhaka, Bangladesh |
20* |
English- 16, Bengali-4 |
First title published:
The Philosophy of Vivekananda and
Future of Man by Late Brg. G. C. Dev in 1963 |
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31. |
Ramakrishna Mission Kila Maidan,
Indore |
9* |
English- 1, Hindi-8 |
All small booklets on Education. |
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Periodicals
published by the centres of Ramakrishna Math and Mission as in the
year 2005 |
(figures followed by * mark indicate 1999
status)
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SI.
No. |
Name of the Periodical |
Language |
Periodicity |
Year of Starting |
Circulation
(No. of copies) |
Publication Centre |
Remarks |
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1. |
Prabuddha Bharata |
English |
Monthly |
1896 |
6255 |
Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati,
Uttaranchal |
Started by Alasinga Perumal and Dr.
Nanjunda Rao under the inspiration of Sw. Vivekananda. The first
editor was B. Rajam Iyer. From August 1898 to March 1899 it was
published from Almora, and from April 1899 onwards it is
regularly being published from Mayavati. |
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2. |
The Vedanta Kesari |
English |
Monthly |
1914 |
8600 |
Ramakrishna Math, Chennai |
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3. |
Bulletin of Ramakrishna Mission
Institute of Culture |
English |
Monthly |
1950 |
4000 |
Ramakrishna Mission Institute of
Culture, Kolkata |
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4. |
Vedanta |
English |
Bimonthly |
1951 |
600* |
Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre, Bourne
End, UK |
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5. |
Global Vedanta |
English |
Bimonthly |
1996 |
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Vedanta
Society of Western Washington, Seattle, USA |
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6. |
Vedanta |
French |
Quarterly |
1965
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800 |
Centre
Vedantique Ramakrichna, Gretz, France |
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7. |
Fumetsu No kotoba (Universal
Gospel) |
Japanese |
Bimonthly |
1961
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333 |
Nippon Vedanta Kyokai Kanagawa-ken,
Japan |
Started as a
monthly in 1961 by RK Vedanta Society, Tokyo. From 1970 it is
being published as a bimonthly. |
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8. |
Udbodhan |
Bengali |
Monthly |
1899
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67500 |
Ramakrishna Math Udbodhan, Kolkata |
Inspired by Sw.
Vivekananda, Sw Trigunatitananda started this journal. |
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9. |
Samaj Shiksha |
Bengali |
Monthly |
1955
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943 |
Ramakrishna
Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, West Bengal |
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10. |
Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam |
Tamil |
Monthly |
1921
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92000 |
Ramakrishna Math, Chennai |
Thousands of
copies sold through 650 agents through 3500 outlets.
Well-wishers of this periodical have donated life membership
fees for supply of this periodical free of charge to 1450
libraries and 6500 educational institutions. |
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11. |
Ashrama Vani |
Hindi |
Monthly |
1982
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2000* |
Ramakrishna Ashrama,
Kila Maidan, Indore |
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12. |
Sri Ramakrishna Prabha |
Telugu |
Monthly |
1944 |
21500 |
Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad |
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13. |
Prabuddha
Keralam |
Malayalam |
Monthly |
1915 |
6000* |
Sri Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur |
Started in 1915 at Kollam, later
shifted to Quilandy, Ottapalam, Allappuzha, Kalady, and then to
Thrissur in 1964. |
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14. |
Jivan Vikas |
Marathi |
Monthly |
1957 |
12000 |
Sri Ramakrishna Math, Nagpur |
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15. |
Sri Ramakrishna Jyot |
Gujarati |
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1989 |
5500 |
Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rajkot |
Patrons 823. |
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16. |
Viveka Jyoti |
Hindi |
Monthly |
1963 |
12750 |
Ramakrishna
Mission Vivekananda Ashrama, Raipur |
Life Members
9900. |
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17. |
Divyayan
Samachar |
Hindi |
Monthly |
1979 |
1700 |
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama,
Morabadi, Ranchi |
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18. |
Journal of
Educational Research & Extension |
English |
Quarterly |
1963 |
200 |
Ramakrishna
Mission Vidyalaya, Coimbatore |
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19. |
Viveka Prabha |
Kannada |
Monthly |
2000 |
17961 |
Ramakrishna
Ashrama, Mysore |
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20. |
Nirvana |
English |
Quarterly |
1994 |
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Ramakrishna
Mission, Singapore |
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