[Sri Ramakrishna] Swami Vivekananda - pictures and about his name choosing

[Guest guest]

Dear Avanija,

I haven't time just now to look it up, but I believe that Swamiji took

several names as went on his India wanderings, each ending in -ananda.

Perhaps it was the Maharajah of Khetri, who became his disciple, who

suggested the name Vivekananda, and he adopted it.

Gerrua cloth refers to the dye color, made from the indigenous red stone or

clay so abundant in India. It is usually cotton, but can also be silk, or

nowadays, synthetic!

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

The Life of Sw. Viveknanda, by his Eastern & Western

Disciples, 5th ed. 1979, pp. 199-200 has this info:

 

" He wanted to take the name Ramakrishnananda, but gave it to

Shashi to honor his devtion to the Master. He then took the name

Vividishananda, which he seldom used. He changed to Vivekananda- Feb

1891 to Oct. 1892; then to Sachchidananda - Oct. 1892 to May 1893- to

prevent his brother disciples following him. On the eve of his

departure for the West in May 1893 , he took back the name of

Vivekananda for good, perhaps at the request of Maharajah of Khetri. "

 

Sri Ramakrishna had already given the boys ochre clothes;

but they formalised the sanyasa ceremony in Jan. 1887.

 

The word ochre (or ocher) perhaps comes closest to 'gerua';

" ocher = any of a class of natural earths ,mixtures of hydrated oxide

of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale

yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments. "

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder

 

Ramakrishna, Swami Yogeshananda <yogeshananda@v...> wrote:

> Dear Avanija,

> I haven't time just now to look it up, but I believe that Swamiji

took

> several names as went on his India wanderings, each ending in -

ananda.

> Perhaps it was the Maharajah of Khetri, who became his disciple, who

> suggested the name Vivekananda, and he adopted it.

> Gerrua cloth refers to the dye color, made from the indigenous red

stone or

> clay so abundant in India. It is usually cotton, but can also be

silk, or

> nowadays, synthetic!