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Work #1208 · Late

Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol

Sri Aurobindo
c. 1916-1950 (composed across decades; final revisions until weeks before Aurobindo's 1950 death) · English
Epic poem / Mantra-poetry · Hindu Vedanta / Integral yoga / English-language epic poetry

Aurobindo's c.1916-1950 epic poem — 24,000-line mantra-poetry on Savitri's recovery of Satyavan from death

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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: A Legend and a Symbol

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.