David Frawley

David Frawley (Sanskrit: वामदेव शास्‍त्री) (born 1950) is one of the few Westerners to be recognized by a major Hindu sect in India as a Vedacharya or teacher of the ancient wisdom. In 1991, under the auspices of the Hindu teacher Avadhuta Shastri, he was named Vamadeva Shastri, after the great Vedic Rishi Vamadeva. In 1995 he was given the title of Pandit along with the Brahmachari Vishwanathji award in Mumbai for his knowledge of the Vedic teaching.

David Frawley gained wide public attention in India with his writings attacking the Aryan Invasion Theory. His approach to ancient India stresses its spirituality. He has pleaded for a return to the Vedas, treating these ancient texts as infallible soureces of wisdom.

Frawley founded and is the director of the American Vedic Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Partial bibliography

• Gods, Sages, and Kings, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–910261–37–7
• From the River of Heaven, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–910261–38–5
• The Myth of the Aryan Invasion Theory
• In Search of the Cradle of Civilization
• How I Became a Hindu
• The Rig Veda and the History of India
• Hinduism and the Clash of Civilizations.
• Yoga and Ayurveda, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–914955–81–0
• Tantric Yoga, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–910261–39–3
• Wisdom of the Ancient Seers, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–910261–36–9
• Oracle of Rama, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–910261–35–0
• Yoga and the Sacred Fire, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–940985–75–6
• Ayurvedic Healing, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–914955–97–7
• Ayurveda and Marma Therapy, (with Ranade and Lele), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–940985–59–4
• Yoga for Your Type: Ayurvedic Guide to Your Asana Practice, (with Summerfield-Kozak), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–910261–30-X
• Ayurveda: Nature's Medicine, (with Ranade), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–914955–95–0
• Yoga of Herbs: Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine, (with Lad), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–941524–24–8
• Ayurveda and the Mind, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–914955–36–5
• Astrology of the Seers, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0–914955–89–6

See also

• Hindu reform

External Links

• Information on Dr. David Frawley
• David Frawley's homepage, Biography of David Frawley