Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
Aurobindo's c.1916-1950 epic poem — 24,000-line mantra-poetry on Savitri's recovery of Satyavan from death
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol (Late) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Non-Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Bi-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Space Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Total |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
The c. 1916-1950 decades of composition; the cosmic-mythological-yogic time of the poem.
Space
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
The Pondicherry ashram setting; the cosmic-mythological space of the legend.
Matter
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
The embodied Savitri and Satyavan whose story the poem extends.
Observer
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
The mantra-poetry reader as proper participant-observer.
Energy
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
The mantra-energies of the proper-yogic reading.
Information
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
The 24,000-line content of the epic-mantra-poetry.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Savitri's place in standard literary canons is contested; its devotional-yogic reception within the integral-yoga community is universal-positive. Mainstream literary criticism has largely overlooked it.