Talk:Samarpan Ki Anjuli (समर्पण की अंजुली)
The main focus of this bit of speculation will be on Pustak Mahal, the publisher of five books by Osho (see below). All have page counts in the 130-140ish range, suggesting about five chapters, if they are ordinary whole discourses and not compilations of some kind. All have ISBNs running sequentially from 0707 to 0711 (the sixth to ninth digits of an ISBN-10 or ninth to twelfth of an ISBN-13, the publisher's actual numbering as they go along issuing new books). Pustak Mahal is a big publisher but appears not to have done Osho books before or since. They have no Osho books listed at their website. This strongly suggests a one-time experiment in 2001 that perhaps was aborted or allowed to lapse.
In addition, all the titles are unconnected to other known Osho books, so whether compilations, translations or just new invented titles, their provenance may remain forever unknown. Even the words used for the titles are ones not commonly used in Osho's books. The meaning of this book's title in English is not known. Samarpan translates as surrender or dedication, but Anjuli (or Aanjuli) appears to be unknown in various dictionaries. G**gle Translate gave the title a valiant effort as "Dedication your hands" but really we need a fluent Hindiwala to work this out. At least this volume, alone among the five books from PM, has a few booksellers still listing it, with Osho's name and even a cover image. -- Sarlo (talk) 11:41, 5 July 2014 (PDT)
The five titles, for further research into the possibility of some thematic or other coherence are:
- Vartaman Dharm Ki Bhasha (वर्तमान धर्म की भाषा)
- Param Upalabdhi Ke Sopan (परम उपलब्धि के सोपान)
- Sadhana Ka Param Lakshya (साधना का परम लक्ष्य)
- Samarpan Ki Anjuli (समर्पण की अंजुली)
- Prem Ka Jharokha (प्रेम का झरोखा)
Oct 2017 update:
Above speculative meanderings were written before Anjuli's source was found, ie some four chapters of Sapna Yah Sansar (सपना यह संसार). This book and Vartaman can likely be pinpointed to specific chapters, in this case, ch 1-4, based on Anjuli's resemblance to the title of Sapna's ch 3. See Sapna's Talk page for more on that. -- doofus-9 22:45, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
