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'''Debjan''' is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] novel written by [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]].<ref name="Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's 118th birth anniversary">{{cite news|title=Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's 118th birth anniversary|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=249472|accessdate=1 October 2012|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=September 13, 2012}}</ref><ref name="About Debjan">{{cite web|title=About Debjan|url=http://banglaboi.in/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=912&category_id=13&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1|publisher=Bangla Boi (website)|accessdate=1 October 2012}}</ref> The work is a fiction and deals with life after death. |
'''Debjan''' is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] novel written by [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]].<ref name="Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's 118th birth anniversary">{{cite news|title=Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's 118th birth anniversary|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=249472|accessdate=1 October 2012|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=September 13, 2012}}</ref><ref name="About Debjan">{{cite web|title=About Debjan|url=http://banglaboi.in/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=912&category_id=13&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1|publisher=Bangla Boi (website)|accessdate=1 October 2012}}</ref> The work is a fiction and deals with life after death. |
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The name Debjan is derived from the Sanskrit word "Devyaan" which literally translated as the path of Gods. This is the path of no return, i.e. a soul traversing this path will be liberated according to the ancient Indian scriptures. The description of this path occurs in [[Upanishads]] and also in [[Gita]]. <Ref> [http://astrobix.com/hinduism/?tag=kaushitaki-upanishad-summary Kaushitaki Upanishad] </Ref> |
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The other path is known as Pitr Yaan. A soul traversing this path will have to return to the world again for reaping the fruits of Karma. <Ref> Life Beyond Death, by [[Swami Abhedananda]], Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 1944 </Ref> |
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[[Gita]] refers to these two paths as the "White" and the "Black" paths, one which leads to eternal life and the other compels one to return to the world. </Ref> Bhagavat Gita by Annie Besant and Bhagavan Das, Chapter 8, Theosophical Publishing Society </Ref> |
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== Synopsis == |
== Synopsis == |
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| Author | Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay |
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| Original title | দেবযান |
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publication place | India |
Debjan is a Bengali novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay.[1][2] The work is a fiction and deals with life after death. The name Debjan is derived from the Sanskrit word "Devyaan" which literally translated as the path of Gods. This is the path of no return, i.e. a soul traversing this path will be liberated according to the ancient Indian scriptures. The description of this path occurs in Upanishads and also in Gita. [3] The other path is known as Pitr Yaan. A soul traversing this path will have to return to the world again for reaping the fruits of Karma. [4] Gita refers to these two paths as the "White" and the "Black" paths, one which leads to eternal life and the other compels one to return to the world. </Ref> Bhagavat Gita by Annie Besant and Bhagavan Das, Chapter 8, Theosophical Publishing Society </Ref>
Synopsis
Jatin, the male protagonist of the novel, a Brahmin lives in a village. Though he is highly educated yet he is unemployed and poor. His wife Ashalata has deserted him and lives in her maternal house with their children. Jatin has met neither his wife nor his children for years. After suffering from high fever Jatin dies. Right after his death Jatin discovers Pushpa, his very intimate childhood friend who died 13 years ago is standing beside his bed. Pushpa tells Jatin that she has come to take him with her. And from here the main story begins. Jatin learns death is not the end of everything, but, it is just a beginning of a new life (i.e. Debjan).
Characters
- Jatin
- Pushpa
- Ashalata (wife of Jatin)
- Pranay Devi
- Karuna Devi
- The universe wanderer
- Vaishnava monk
References
- ^ "Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's 118th birth anniversary". The Daily Star. September 13, 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ "About Debjan". Bangla Boi (website). Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ Kaushitaki Upanishad
- ^ Life Beyond Death, by Swami Abhedananda, Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 1944
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