Trivikram Ramchandra Kulkarni (19121983)

Title

Trivikram Ramchandra Kulkarni (19121983)

Creator

Kumar, Satishchandra; Majumdar, Anjali

Description

Trivikram Ramchandra Kulkarni was an influential educationist and licensed medical practitioner who passionately advocated for the study of Indian philosophy and psychology, particularly in an academic context. His pivotal contributions included establishing psychology as a formal discipline at universities in Mumbai. Kulkarnis groundbreaking research is encapsulated in his seminal works, notably Pranayama and Perception, which empirically examined the intricate link between pranayama and sensory perception as explicated by Patanjali. In Empirical Basis of Yoga, he explored the methodological applicability of Yoga within standard empirical frameworks, introducing the concept of samapattia state of focused mental function. In 1969, his work Psychosynthesis and Psycholysis compared the esoteric elements of the Rigveda with their empirical ramifications, depicting the human psyche as a dynamic interplay of goings (rta) governed by the transformative energy of agni, representing the cyclical nature of human experience and perception. 2025 selection and editorial matter, Braj Bhushan; individual chapters, the contributors.

Source

Psychology in India: Stories of Eminence;pp.83-87

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Coverage

Kumar S., University Department of Applied Psychology and Counselling Center, University of Mumbai, India; Majumdar A., School of Psychological Sciences, Christ University, Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 978-104036672-1; 978-103296995-4;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003591634-13

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