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Osho, 1931-1990

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Personal name headingOsho, 1931-1990
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Variant(s)Osho Rajneesh, 1931-1990
Rajneesh, Osho, 1931-1990
Ōṣō, 1931-1990
Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree, 1931-1990
Rajanīśa, Acharya, 1931-1990
Rajneesh, Acharya, 1931-1990
Rajaneesh, Acharya, 1931-1990
Mohan, Rajneesh Chandra, 1931-1990
Rajŭnishwi, 1931-1990
Jain, Chandra Mohan, 1931-1990
Rajneesh, Shree, 1931-1990
Pakavān̲ Rajan̲īṣ, 1931-1990
Rajan̲īṣ, Pakavān̲, 1931-1990
Rajneesh, Mohan Chandra, 1931-1990
Ошо, 1931-1990
אושו, 1931-1990
اوشو، 1931-1990
Rajaneesh, Ācarya, Śri, 1931-1990
Rajnīshu, 1931-1990
Rajnessh, 1931-1990
Oshu, Rajnesh, 1931-1990
Biography/History noteOsho Rajneesh (born Dec. 11, 1931; died Jan. 19, 1990) was a Indian spiritual leader whose teachings achieved recognition internationally. The name he adopted in 1988, Osho, is a Buddhist honorific which translates as, "one upon whom the heavens shower flowers."
Associated countryIndia
Birth date19311211
Death date19900119
Place of birthKuchwada, Madhya Pradesh, India
Place of deathPune, India
Special noteMachine-derived non-Latin script reference project.
Non-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inHis On meditation [SR], p1989- : v. 13, inlay sheet (Osho)
Times of India, 20/1/90 (d. Jan. 19, 1990)
Sacerdotes & políticos, 1990: t.p. (Osho Rajneesh) p. i (b. Dec. 11, 1931 in Kuchwada, Madhya Pradesh, India)
NY Times, 1-20-90: p. 30 (Baghwan [sic] Shree Rajneesh; Bhagwan; named Chandra Mohan Jain at birth; acquired nickname Raj or Rajneesh; in 1988 began using a Buddhist honorific, Osho; d. Jan. 19, 1990)
SILAS, Feb. 2, 2006 (hdg.: Osho, 1931-1990; usage: Ōṣō)
His The Diamond Sutra, 1979: t.p. (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)
Tel. call to Rajneesh Foundation 10/14/82 (real name: Rajneesh Chandra Mohan; changed to Acharya Rajneesh; prefers Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh; b. Dec. 11, 1931; has never used Govind Sharma "Rajneesh" as his name)
Hong, S.J. Rajŭnishwi wa ŭi mannam, 1985: t.p. (Rajŭnishwi)
Words from a man of no words, 1997?: t.p. (Shree Rajneesh)
Pakavān̲ Rajan̲īṣin̲ tiyān̲a mur̲aikaḷ, 2003.
Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Mar. 13, 2006 (Acharya Rajneesh; also known as: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Osho Rajneesh; b. Dec. 11, 1931, Kutchwara, India; d. Jan. 19, 1990, Poona, India; obituary notice: name originally Chandra Mohan Jain; in the 1960s Rajneesh adopted the name "Baghwan" (a Hindu title meaning "God"); moved in 1981 to the United States)
Biog. resource center (Encyclopedia of occultism and parapsychology), Mar. 13, 2006 (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh; also known as: Acharya Rajneesh, Osho Rajneesh; b. Dec. 11, 1931, Kutchwara, India; d. Jan. 19, 1990; known since 1988 within the movement he established as "Osho"; born Mohan Chandra Rajneesh with a Jain religious background; in 1988 Rajneesh changed his name to Osho (i.e., one upon whom the heavens shower flowers))
Path of self-realization, 1966: t.p. (Ācarya Śri Rajaneesh)
Zindagī hiku nācu, hiku nag̲h̲mo, 2011: t.p. (Gurū Rajnīshu) t.p. verso (Guro Rajnessh)
Caʼe Bhagatu Kabīru, 2013: t.p. (Guro Rajnesh Oshu)
Associated languagehin eng
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