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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Bhikhan Lal Atreya&#039;&#039;&#039; (1897–1967) was an Indian writer and scholar, known for his writings on the [[Hindu scripture]], [[Yogavasishtha]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Atreya, B. L. (Bhikhan Lal) on OCLC&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=Atreya,%20B.%20L.%20(Bhikhan%20Lal) | title=Atreya, B. L. (Bhikhan Lal) on OCLC | publisher=OCLC | date=2016 | accessdate=5 July 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was a professor of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Philosophy &lt;/del&gt;at [[Banaras Hindu University]] and did academic research on [[parapsychology]] and [[mysticism]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Atreya, Bhikhan Lal (1897-1967)&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3403800412.html | title=Atreya, Bhikhan Lal (1897-1967) | publisher=Encyclopedia.com | date=2016 | accessdate=5 July 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;The Yogavāsistha and Its Philosophy&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Atreya1939&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The Yogavāsistha and Its Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-YUCoQEACAAJ|year=1939|publisher=Indian Bookshop}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Bhikhan Lal Atreya&#039;&#039;&#039; (1897–1967) was an Indian writer and scholar, known for his writings on the [[Hindu scripture]], [[Yogavasishtha]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Atreya, B. L. (Bhikhan Lal) on OCLC&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=Atreya,%20B.%20L.%20(Bhikhan%20Lal) | title=Atreya, B. L. (Bhikhan Lal) on OCLC | publisher=OCLC | date=2016 | accessdate=5 July 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was a professor of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;philosophy &lt;/ins&gt;at [[Banaras Hindu University]] and did academic research on [[parapsychology]] and [[mysticism]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Atreya, Bhikhan Lal (1897-1967)&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3403800412.html | title=Atreya, Bhikhan Lal (1897-1967) | publisher=Encyclopedia.com | date=2016 | accessdate=5 July 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;The Yogavāsistha and Its Philosophy&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Atreya1939&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The Yogavāsistha and Its Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-YUCoQEACAAJ|year=1939|publisher=Indian Bookshop}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Atreya1962&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xaKmQEACAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Dershana printers}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Atreya1962&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xaKmQEACAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Dershana printers}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhikhan Lal Atreya&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1897–1967) was an Indian writer and scholar, known for his writings on the [[Hindu scripture]], [[Yogavasishtha]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Atreya, B. L. (Bhikhan Lal) on OCLC&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=Atreya,%20B.%20L.%20(Bhikhan%20Lal) | title=Atreya, B. L. (Bhikhan Lal) on OCLC | publisher=OCLC | date=2016 | accessdate=5 July 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was a professor of Philosophy at [[Banaras Hindu University]] and did academic research on [[parapsychology]] and [[mysticism]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Atreya, Bhikhan Lal (1897-1967)&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3403800412.html | title=Atreya, Bhikhan Lal (1897-1967) | publisher=Encyclopedia.com | date=2016 | accessdate=5 July 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Yogavāsistha and Its Philosophy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Atreya1939&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The Yogavāsistha and Its Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-YUCoQEACAAJ|year=1939|publisher=Indian Bookshop}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Atreya1962&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xaKmQEACAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Dershana printers}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;An Introduction to Parapsychology&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Atreya1952&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=An Introduction to Parapsychology: Collected Papers on Psychical Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAiWYgEACAAJ|year=1952|publisher=Kumar Publication}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; are some of his notable books. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1957, for his contributions to literature and education.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Padma Awards&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |accessdate=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Selected bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The Yogavāsistha and Its Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-YUCoQEACAAJ|year=1939|publisher=Indian Bookshop}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=An Introduction to Parapsychology: Collected Papers on Psychical Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAiWYgEACAAJ|year=1952|publisher=Kumar Publication}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The Spirit of Indian Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjwKAQAAIAAJ|year=1952|publisher=International Standard Publications}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xaKmQEACAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Dershana printers}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=Bhāratīya nīti-śāstra kā itihāsa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3prpiqLYuIAC|year=1964|publisher=Hindī Samiti}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author1=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|author2=Rama Shanker Srivastava|author3=Shanti Prakash Atreya, J. P. Atreya|title=Philosophical reflections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJqKCpGY5xYC|year=1977|publisher=Oriental Publishers &amp;amp; Distributors}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The Philosophy of the Yoga-vasistha: A Comparative, Critical and Synthetic Survey of the Philosophical Ideas of Vasistha as Presented in the Yoga-Vasistha Maha-Ramayana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zkOeoAEACAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Darshana Printers}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author1=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|author2=Sampūrṇānanda Saṃskr̥ta Viśvavidyālaya|title=Vāsiṣṭhadarśanam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZjXAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Sampūrṇānanda Saṃskr̥ta Viśvavidyālaye}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Yogavasishtha]]&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{cite journal | jstor=273293| title=Back Matter | journal=The Phylon Quarterly | year=1957 | volume=8 | issue=4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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