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Gandhian Psychology & Sarvodaya: A Psychological Interpretation of the Gandhian Social Order

Dr. Vijay Srivastava , Komal , Atul Kumar Karn

DIP: 18.02.003/20261101

DOI: 10.25215/2455/1101003

Received: October 31, 2025; Revision Received: January 12, 2026; Accepted: January 15, 2026

Abstract

Gandhian Psychology is not a separate branch or discipline; indeed, it is an application of Gandhian principles truth, non-violence, satyagraha, non-possession, bread labour etc in the domain of psychology. It also deals with the various types of conflicts (Srivastava & Singh, 2023). One of the best gifts to mankind by Gandhian philosophy is the idea of Sarvodaya i.e. harmonic social order. From Gandhi to Vionba and Jai Prakash Naryan to Deen Dayal Upadhyay, many political thinkers given space to their mind to develop this novel idea of Sarvodaya in theoretical and empirical both ways. But one of the novelties in researching on the Sarvodaya is linked with the psychological interpretation of Sarvodaya thought, the first time it was attempted by Indu B. Tikekar in late seventies after independence in India. The work of theological and analytical study of Gandhian thought in deeper perspective of Integral revolution. (Tikekar, 1970). This paper is an attempt to explore the theological work of Indu. B. Tikekar in open perspective. This paper is an extended version of analytical study of psychological interpretation of Gandhian thought. The paper is purely qualitative in nature and it is based on theological analysis of quotes of Gandhi and Gandhian Scholars. This paper also presents an analytical commentary on comparison between Indian and Western psychology on establishment of harmonic social order.

The author(s) appreciates all those who participated in the study and helped to facilitate the research process.

The author(s) declared no conflict of interest.

This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Dr. Vijay Srivastava @ vijay.srivastava@muit.in

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ISSN 2455-670X

DIP: 18.02.003/20261101

DOI: 10.25215/2455/1101003

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Volume 11, Issue 1, January – March, 2026

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