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Maharishi Dayananda Saraswati 
Born Mul Shankar Tiwari or Mulshankar KarasandasTiwari /Shuddha Chaitanya asBrahmachari
12 February 1824
Tankara, GujaratDied 30 October 1883 (aged 59)
Ajmer, RajasthanNationality Indian Titles/honours Sindhi Marhu Guru Swami Virajananda Dandi Philosophy Traitvad vedic philosophy based on Samhita of four Vedas and its theory derived on Nighantu and Nirukta with six Darshanas supported by Paniniya Vyakaran. Literary works Satyarth Prakash stan (1875) Quotation "Om viswani dev savitar duritani parasuv yad paadam bhadram tanna aasuva."