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Dayananda Sarasvati, originally Mula Sankara

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Dayananda Sarasvati, originally Mula Sankara (1824-1883)

Hindu religious reformer. In about 1875 he founded the Arya Samaj, a society named after the Aryans, who were believed to have originated the Vedic hymns. By returning to the original hymns of the Vedas, he tried to simplify and purify Hinduism.



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