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'''Bhikhan Lal Atreya''' (1897–1967) was an Indian writer and scholar, known for his writings on the [[Hindu scripture]], [[Yogavasishtha]].<ref name="Atreya, B. L. (Bhikhan Lal) on OCLC">{{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}}</ref> He was a professor of philosophy at [[Banaras Hindu University]] and did academic research on [[parapsychology]] and [[mysticism]].<ref name="Atreya, Bhikhan Lal (1897-1967)">{{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}}</ref> ''The Yogavāsistha and Its Philosophy'',<ref name="Atreya1939">{{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}}</ref><br />
''The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha''<ref name="Atreya1962">{{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xaKmQEACAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Dershana printers}}</ref><br />
and ''An Introduction to Parapsychology''<ref name="Atreya1952">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{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 }}</ref><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
* {{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}}<br />
* {{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}}<br />
* {{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}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Bhikhan Lal Atreya|title=The essence of Yogavāsiṣṭha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xaKmQEACAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Dershana printers}}<br />
* {{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}}<br />
* {{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 & Distributors}}<br />
* {{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}}<br />
* {{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}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Yogavasishtha]]<br />
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* {{cite journal | jstor=273293| title=Back Matter | journal=The Phylon Quarterly | year=1957 | volume=8 | issue=4}}<br />
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