▁Sri ▁An ir van ▁moved ▁to ▁Sh ill ong ▁in ▁Ass am . ▁His ▁reputation ▁as ▁a ▁V edic ▁scholar ▁grew ; ▁and ▁he ▁wrote ▁both ▁in ▁Beng ali ▁( ch ief ly ) ▁and ▁in ▁English ▁( he ▁was ▁also ▁fl uent ▁in ▁French ) ▁on ▁various ▁aspects ▁of ▁H indu ▁philosophy ▁( part icular ly ▁Sam kh ya , ▁the ▁Up an ish ads , ▁the ▁G ita ▁and ▁V ed anta ) ▁and ▁the ▁par alle ls ▁between ▁R ig ved ic , ▁Pur an ic , ▁T ant ric ▁and ▁Buddh ist ▁thought . ▁His ▁mag num ▁op us , ▁V eda ▁M im ams a , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁three ▁volumes ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁This ▁work ▁won ▁him ▁the ▁Rab ind ra ▁award . ▁ ▁Though ▁Sri ▁An ir van ▁was ▁a ▁saint , ▁he ▁studied ▁subjects ▁such ▁as ▁Marx ism ▁ ▁and ▁garden ing ; ▁yet ▁he ▁called ▁himself ▁a ▁simple ▁ba ul ▁. ▁ ▁Sri ▁An ir van ▁made ▁his ▁final ▁move , ▁to ▁Kol k ata , ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁He ▁died ▁on ▁ 3 1 ▁May ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁after ▁a ▁six - year ▁ill ness . ▁ ▁Works ▁ <0x09> Ad iti ▁( B eng ali : ▁ <0xE0> <0xA6> <0x85> ন ্ ত র ্ য ো গ ). ▁Kol k ata : ▁Sri ▁G aut am ▁D har