A Study of Raja Rao’s Comrade Kirillov in the Light of Vedant Philosophy
Keywords:
Sadhna, Vedant, Spirituality, Indian Philosophy, Absolute, TruthAbstract
Raja Rao is one of the founding figures in Indian English Literature along with R. K. Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand. He is one who has interpreted the reality surrounding him and the world he was living in through his Vedantic lenses. The present paper examines Raja Rao’s Comrade Kirillov in the light of Vedant Philosophy. The term “Vedant” is derived from Sanskrit. It means “Upanishads or end of the veda”. Vedant is the one of the six Indian traditional philosophies which is universal in its application and is equally relevant to all countries, all cultures, and all religious backgrounds. In fact, Comrade Kirillov presents a stage of development of the novelist. The novel discloses the essence of Vedanta Philosophy.
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