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David Frawley (or Vmadeva str ), born

1950, is an American Hindu teacher (acharya) and author,
who has written more than thirty books on topics such as
the Vedas, Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma), Yoga, Ayurveda
and Vedic astrology, published both in India and in the
United States. He is the founder and director of the
American Institute of Vedic Studies in Santa Fe, New
Mexico, which offers educational information on Yoga
philosophy, Ayurveda, and Vedic astrology.
His wife Yogini Shambhavi Chopra joins him in his
teachings.[1] He works closely with the magazine
Hinduism Today, where he is a frequent contributor.[2] He
is associated with a number of Vedic and yogic
organizations in several countries. He is a Vedic teacher
(Vedacharya), Vaidya (Ayurvedic doctor), and a Jyotishi
(Vedic astrologer).
Contents
1 Career
David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri)
Born
September 21, 1950

Wisconsin, United States of America
Nationality
American
Occupation Vedacharya, Ayurvedic teacher, Vedic

astrologer, writer
Spouse(s)
Yogini Shambhavi Chopra

Website
2 Reception
3 Partial bibliography
www.vedanet.com (http://www.vedanet.com/)
4 Notes
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Career
In 2000, in his book How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma, Frawley details his move from
a Catholic upbringing to embracing Hinduism and Vedic knowledge. He discovered the Vedas through the
work of Sri Aurobindo around 1970 as part of his examination of Yoga and Vedanta.[3] His first published
translations of hymns from the Rigveda occurred in 1980-1984 in various Sri Aurobindo Ashram journals,
under the auspices of M.P. Pandit.[4] His article Vedic Mysticism brought me into Hinduism occurs in the
book How to Become a Hindu from the Himalayan Academy.[5]
In 1991, under the auspices of the Hindu teacher Avadhuta Shastri, he was named Vamadeva Shastri after
the Vedic Rishi Vamadeva. In 1996 he was given the title of Pandit along with the Brahmachari Vishwanathji
award in Mumbai, India.[6] He carries on the work of Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni, the chief disciple of
Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi.[7] He is aligned with India Shaivite teacher Sadguru Sivananda Murty.[8]
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In 1980, Frawley founded the Vedic Research Center, which he changed into the American Institute of Vedic
Studies in 1988, which represents his work and teachings, including many on-line resources.[9]
Frawley or Vamadeva Shastri has studied, written and taught extensively in the field of Ayurveda, starting
with his work with Vasant Lad in 1983.[10] He works with multiple Ayurvedic institutions including: The
Chopra Center University of Deepak Chopra (where he is a Master Educator);[11] Kerala Ayurveda
Academy (where he is a primary advisor and teacher);[12] The California College of Ayurveda (which he
advised Marc Halpern during its formation); The Kripalu school of Yoga and Ayurveda;[13] The National
Ayurvedic Medical Association, (where he has been one of the four main advisors since its inception in
2000);[14] and the Association of Ayurveda Professionals of North America (AAPNA, where he is an
advisor).[15] He also previously taught Chinese herbal medicine and western herbology.[16]
Frawleys was closely connected to the noted Indian astrologer Dr. B.V. Raman (Bangalore Venkata
Raman).[17] He was one of the first Americans to receive the title of "Jyotish Kovid" from the Indian
Council of Astrological Sciences (ICAS) in 1993, followed by Jyotish Vachaspati in 1996. He was a
founder and first president of the American Council of Vedic Astrology (ACVA) from 1993-2003.[18] He
uses astrology in some of his books on ancient history, following Sri Yukteswar (Yukteswar Giri) and
emphasizing a current Harmonization with the Galactic Center, linking human events with cosmic time
cycles.[19]
In his Vedic educational work he is associated with the Swaminarayan movement (BAPS, Bochasanwasi Shri
Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha) and their many temples throughout the world.[20]
In books such as The Myth of the Aryan Invasion of India and In Search of the Cradle of Civilization,
Frawley criticizes the 19th century racial interpretations of Indian prehistory, such as the theory of a conflict
between invading caucasoid Aryans and Dravidians.[21] In the book In Search of the Cradle of Civilization
(1995), Frawley along with Georg Feuerstein and Subhash Kak has rejected the Aryan Invasion Theory and
supported the Out of India theory.
Reception
In his book American Veda: How Indian Spirituality Changed the West, in the section "Passions for India,"
Philip Goldberg (2010) mentions David Frawley or Vamadeva Shastri as among three important teachers or
acharyas of the Vedic tradition in the West today, along with Georg Feuerstein and Andrew Harvey.[22]
In its Meet the Innovators section, the magazine Yoga Journal, speaks of David Frawley as one of the
first Americans to bring Ayurvedic Medicine and Vedic Astrology to the West. [23]
Referring to his book Yoga and Ayurveda, Frawley is mentioned as one of the main Yoga teachers of Deepak
Chopra and David Simon in their book, the Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga (2005).[24]
Rajiv Mehrotra (2003) of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in
New Delhi, India, interviewed Frawley as one of twenty important spiritual teachers in his book The Mind of
the Guru.[25]
Frawley has been highlighted for calling Paramahansa Yogananda, the father of Yoga in the West. [26]
Frawleys Swami Vivekananda: The Maker of a New Era in Global Spirituality occurs in a Ramakrishna
Mission book anthology in honor of the one hundred and fiftieth birth anniversary of Swami
Vivekananda.[27] Prabuddha Bharata (2014), a publication of the Ramakrishna Order, states relative to
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Frawleys book Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound, The book is a revelation in terms of the astonishing width
of literature that Frawley touches upon. Volumes can be written on each individual chapter. [28]
Bryant (2001) commented that Frawley's historical work is more successful in the popular arena, to which it
is directed and where its impact "is by no means insignificant", rather than in academic study[29] and that
"(Frawley) is committed to channeling a symbolic spiritual paradigm through a critical empirico rational
one".[30]
Alternative archaeologist Graham Hancock (2002) quotes Frawleys historical work extensively for the
proposal of highly evolved ancient civilizations prior to our current estimate of history, including in India.[31]
In addition, note Kreisburg (2012), for Frawleys The Vedic Literature and Its Many Secrets.[32]
In a series of exchanges published in The Hindu (2002), Michael Witzel rejects Frawley's linking of Vedic
literature with the Harappan civilisation and a claimed lost city in the Gulf of Cambay, as misreading Vedic
texts, ignoring or misunderstanding other evidence and motivated by antiquity frenzy. Witzel argues that
Frawley's proposed "ecological approach" and "innovative theories" of the history of ancient India amount
to propagating currently popular indigenist ideas.[33]
The Hindu (2014) notes Frawley as a Yoga and Vedanta expert. [34]
Bruce Lincoln (1999) attributes autochthonous ideas such as Frawley's to "parochial nationalism", terming
them "exercises in scholarship ( = myth + footnotes)", where archaeological data spanning several millennia
is selectively invoked, with no textual sources to control the inquiry, in support of the theorists' desired
narrative.[35]
Partial bibliography
Yoga: the Greater Tradition, Mandala Publishing, San Rafael, California ISBN 978-1-60109-016-4
Vedantic Meditation: Lighting the Flame of Awareness, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California
ISBN 978-1-55643-334-4
Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound: Secrets of Seed (Bija) Mantras, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin
ISBN 978-0-9102-6194-4
Soma in Yoga and Ayurveda: The Power of Rejuvenation and Immortality, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes,
Wisconsin ISBN 978-0-9406-7621-3
Inner Tantric Yoga: Working with the Universal Shakti, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. ISBN
978-0-9406-7650-3
Universal Hinduism: Towards a New Vision of Sanatana Dharma, Voice of India, New Delhi, India
ISBN 978-81-85990-89-7
Arise Arjuna: Hinduism and the Modern World, Voice of India. New Delhi, India ISBN
978-81-85990-27-9
Awaken Bharata: A Call For Indias Rebirth, Voice of India. New Delhi, India ISBN 81-85990-51-4
Gods, Sages, and Kings: Vedic Secrets of Ancient Civilization, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin
ISBN 0-910261-37-7
From the River of Heaven: Hindu and Vedic Knowledge for the Modern Age, Lotus Press, Twin
Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-910261-38-5
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Hinduism: The Eternal Tradition (Sanatana Dharma), Voice of India, New Delhi, India ISBN
81-85990-29-8
The Myth of the Aryan Invasion of India, Voice of India, New Delhi, India ISBN 81-85990-20-4
online book (http://www.tri-murti.com/ancientindia/aryan0.html), article (http://www.hindunet.org
/hindu_history/ancient/aryan/aryan_frawley.html)
In Search of the Cradle of Civilization, (with Georg Feuerstein and Subhash Kak), Quest Books,
Wheaton, Illinois ISBN 0-8356-0720-8
How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma, Voice of India, New Delhi, India ISBN
978-81-85990-60-6
The Rig Veda and the History of India, Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi, India ISBN 81-7742-039-9
Hinduism and the Clash of Civilizations, Voice of India, New Delhi, India ISBN 81-85990-72-7
Yoga and Ayurveda: Self-healing and Self-realization, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN
0-914955-81-0
Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses: Spiritual Secrets of Ayurveda, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes,
Wisconsin ISBN 0-910261-39-3
Wisdom of the Ancient Seers: Selected Mantras from the Rigveda, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes,
Oracle of Rama, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-910261-35-0
Yoga and the Sacred Fire: Self-Realization and Planetary Transformation, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes,
Ayurvedic Healing: A Comprehensive Guide, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN
0-914955-97-7
Ayurveda and Marma Therapy: Energy Points in Yogic Healing, (with Ranade and Lele), Lotus
Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-940985-59-4
Yoga for Your Type: An Ayurvedic Guide to Your Asana Practice, (with Summerfield-Kozak), Lotus
Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 978-0-9102-6130-2
Ayurveda: Nature's Medicine, (with Subhash Ranade), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN
0-914955-95-0
Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine, (with Vasant Lad), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes,
Ayurveda and the Mind: the Healing of Consciousness, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN
0-914955-36-5
Astrology of the Seers: A Guide to Vedic (Hindu) Astrology, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin
ISBN 0-914955-89-6
Ayurvedic Astrology: Self-Healing Through the Stars, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN
0-940985-88-8
Hidden Horizons: Unearthing 10,000 Years of Indian Culture, Swaminarayan Aksharpith, Amdavad,
India ISBN 978-8175263314
Notes
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1. ^ Shambhavi Lorain Chopra (2006). Yogini: Unfolding the Goddess Within. Wisdom Tree India. pp. foreword
by David Frawley. ISBN 81-8328-035-8.
2. ^ "Vamadeva Shastri and Shambhavi" (http://www.himalayanacademy.com/blog/taka/2009/05/25/vamadevashastri-and-shambhavi/). Hinduism Today.
3. ^ David Frawley (2000). How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma. Voice of India. pp. 4447.
ISBN 81-85990-60-3.
4. ^ David Frawley (2000). How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma. Voice of India. pp. 5153.
ISBN 81-85990-60-3.
5. ^ Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2000). How to Become a Hindu: A Guide for Seekers and Born Hindus.
Himalayan Academy. pp. 92101. ISBN 0-945497-82-2.
6. ^ David Frawley (2004). Yoga and the Sacred Fire: Self-realization and Planetary Transformation. Lotus
Press. p. 8. ISBN 0-940985-75-6.
7. ^ David Frawley (1994). Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses. Lotus Press. pp. 1617.
ISBN 978-0-91026-1395.
8. ^ Sivananda Murty (2009). Katha Yoga. Aditya Prakashan. pp. xxvii. ISBN 978-81-7742-091-3.
9. ^ "About American Institute of Vedic Studies" (http://www.vedanet.com/about). American Institute of Vedic
Studies.
10. ^ David Frawley, Vasant Lad (1986). Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine. Lotus Press.
ISBN 978-0-9415-2424-7.
11. ^ "Chopra Center University Advisors" (http://www.chopra.com/ccu-advisory). Chopra Center.
12. ^ "Kerala Ayurveda Academy Advisors" (http://www.ayurvedaacademy.com/academy/index.php/aboutus
/board). Kerala Ayurveda.
13. ^ "Kripalu Yoga and Ayurveda" (http://kripalu.org/presenter/V0000461/). Kripalu.
14. ^ "NAMA (Advisors)" (http://www.ayurveda-nama.org/advisors.php). National Ayurvedic Medical
Association.
15. ^ "AAPNA board" (http://aapna.org/about/board). Association of Ayurveda Professionals of North America.
16. ^ Michael Tierra (1988). David Frawley, ed. Planetary Herbology. Lotus Press. ISBN 978-0941524278.
17. ^ David Frawley (2000). Astrology of the Seers: A Guide to Vedic (Hindu) Astrology, second edition. Lotus
Press. pp. iii, viiviii, xixii. ISBN 978-0-91495-5894.
18. ^ "CVA testimonials" (http://councilvedicastrology.com/testimonials.html). Council of Vedic Astrology.
19. ^ David Frawley (2000). Astrology of the Seers: A Guide to Vedic (Hindu) Astrology, second edition. Lotus
Press. pp. 3543. ISBN 978-0-91495-5894.
20. ^ Frawley, David (2007). Hidden Horizons: Unearthing 10,000 Years of Indian Culture. Amdavad, India:
Swaminarayan Aksharpith. p. xi-xiv. ISBN 978-81-7526-331-4.
21. ^ Arvidsson 2006:298 Arvidsson, Stefan (2006), Aryan Idols: Indo-European Mythology as Ideology and
Science, translated by Sonia Wichmann, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.
22. ^ Philip Goldberg (2010). American Veda: How Indian Spirituality Changed the West. Harmony Books.
pp. 222224. ISBN 978-0-385-52134-5.
23. ^ Journal, Yoga. "Yoga Journal" (http://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/351). Yoga Journal. Retrieved 12 April
2013.
24. ^ Deepak Chopra, David Simon (2005). Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga. Wiley. p. 200. ISBN 978-0471736271.
25. ^ Mehrotra, Rajiv (2003). The Mind of the Guru: Conversations with Spiritual Masters. New Delhi, India:
Penguin Books. pp. 91104. ISBN 0-67-004951-4.
26. ^ Paramahansa Yogananda (1998). Autobiography of a Yogi. Self-Realization Fellowship. pp. xxiii.
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ISBN 978-0-87612-079-8.
27. ^ Ramakrishna Mission (2013). Swami Vivekananda: New Perspectives. Ramakrishna Mission Institute of
Culture. pp. 544551. ISBN 978-93-81325-23-0.
28. ^ Prabuddha Bharata. Ramakrishna Order. Jan 2014. pp. 161162.
29. ^ Edwin Bryant (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate. Oxford
University Press. p. 291. ISBN 0-19-513777-9.
30. ^ Edwin Bryant (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate. Oxford
University Press. p. 347. ISBN 0-19-513777-9.
31. ^ Graham Hancock (2002). Underworld: Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age. Penguin books. pp. 137, 1478,
157, 158, 1667, 181, 182. ISBN 0-718-14400-7.
32. ^ Glenn Kreisburg (2012). Mysteries of the Ancient Past: A Graham Hancock Reader. Bear and Company.
pp. 2238. ISBN 978-159143155-8.
33. ^ David Frawley (June 18, 2002). Vedic literature and the Gulf of Cambay discovery
(http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/op/2002/06/18/stories/2002061800030200.htm). The Hindu.; M. Witzel
(June 25, 2002). A maritime Rigveda? How not to read ancient texts (http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu
/op/2002/06/25/stories/2002062500030200.htm). The Hindu.; David Frawley (July 16, 2002). Witzel's
vanishing ocean (http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/op/2002/07/16/stories/2002071600070200.htm). The
Hindu.; Michael Witzel (August 6, 2002). Philology vanished: Frawley's Rigveda I
(http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/op/2002/08/06/stories/2002080600070200.htm). The Hindu.; Michael
Witzel (August 13, 2002). Philology vanished: Frawley's Rigveda II (http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu
/op/2002/08/13/stories/2002081300020200.htm). The Hindu.;David Frawley (August 20, 2002). Witzel's
philology (http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/op/2002/08/20/stories/2002082000120200.htm). The Hindu..
34. ^ "An Enlightened Path" (http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/an-enlightenedpath/article5736503.ece). The Hindu. Feb 28, 2014.
35. ^ Bruce Lincoln (1999). Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship. University of Chicago Press.
p. 215. ISBN 0-226-48201-4.
See also
Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Swami Veda Bharati
Dayananda Saraswati (rsha Vidya)
Voice of India
Motilal Banarsidass
References
Arvidsson, Stefan (2006). Aryan Idols: Indo-European Mythology as Ideology and Science. translated
by Sonia Wichmann. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-02860-6.
Sri Aurobindo (1995). The Secret of the Vedas. Twin Lakes, Wisconsin: Lotus Press.
ISBN 978-0914955191.
Sri Vasistha Ganapathi Muni (1998). Sri Ramana Gita. Tiruvannamalai, India: Sri Ramanasramam.
ISBN 978-8188018178.
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External links
David Frawley's homepage (http://www.vedanet.com/)
Interview with Vedacharya David Frawley (http://www.yogacurious.com/blog/interviewwith-vedacharya-david-frawley/2013/04/)
US Publisher of books by David Frawley (http://www.lotuspress.com)
India publisher of books by David Frawley (http://www.mlbd.com/AuthorDecription.aspx?id=8441)
Online books by David Frawley (http://www.hindubooks.org/david_frawley/)
Online version of Hinduism and the Clash of Civilizations (http://www.voi.org/books/civilization/)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Frawley&oldid=613414016"
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David Frawley (or Vmadeva str ), born

David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri)

September 21, 1950

Occupation Vedacharya, Ayurvedic teacher, Vedic

Yogini Shambhavi Chopra