Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s3.8
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s3.8
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c11.s3.8
In this scenario, the idea of *svarāj* emerged as a dynamic conceptual framework. The prefix “sva” indicated the self and *rāj* got linked with the idea of freedom at political, social and psychological levels. After Shyamji Krishna Varma, the idea of *svarāj* was to unfold in Gandhi’s criticism of Spencer and liberation of the inner soul of man. *Ātmano mokṣārthaṁ jagad hitāya ca* (for one’s own liberation and for the welfare of the world) this saying of Vivekananda became a central principle of Subhas Chandra Bose.