Acknowledgement

At the very outset I wish to express my indebtedness and deep sense of gratitude to my respected guide Dr. Pranita Devi, Rtd. Head of Philosophy department, Bajali College, Pathsala, for her invaluable suggestions and guidance during the preparation of this work. The work could not have been possible without the encouragement and untiring guidance I had been receiving from my respected guide. It is indeed a great pleasure for me to work under her and it is due to her inspiring supervision that I could complete this work.

I also express my gratefulness to my all respected teachers of the Department of Philosophy, Gauhati University, for the kind help accorded to me by them in different ways.

I am grateful to my parents Mr. Thaneswar Baruah and Mrs. Ranu Baruah for supporting and encouraging me in my research work. I heartily thank all other family members for helping me in different ways during my preparation.

I shall be failing in my duty if I do not record my thankfulness to the staff of the Department of Philosophy, Gauhati University, without whose constant help it would have been impossible to complete my work.

I am specially grateful to my colleague cum friend Miss Nibedita Thakuria who helped me invaluably in my research work. It is she who typed my whole thesis.

I am grateful to Mr. Apurba Das, and Mr. Dimple Kalita of Mirza as well as Mr. Suraj Das of Guwahati University market. These three persons helped me in printing the thesis in the shortest possible time.

In the preparation of this thesis I have been greatly indebted to many authors to whose works I have referred in proper places.

Finally, I do express my gratefulness to all those serving in different libraries who also helped me more in this respect. I must take the name of Kajal Maharaj Ji of Ramakrsihna Mission Ashram situated at Ulubari, Guwahati. He helped me in understanding Vivekananda well.