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Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian writer and lyricist. He has written many novels and translated in many languages all over the world. Aleph is a spiritual autobiography of Paulo Coelho in which he describes his experiences in the form of Novel. In the story the two characters meets each other after 500 years. The crisis in faith in God makes the narrator to initiate the journey from Asia to Europe; in the journey he meets the other character Hilal who is also facing the same problem. The Present paper finds out the aspects of Hindu philosophy reflected in the Novel. Hindu philosophy is divided in six schools- Samkhya, Nyaya, Yoga, Vedanta, Vaishesika and Mimnsa. These schools have some ethical differences in them. But all accept the concepts of God, liberation, karma theory and salvation. The present paper only deals with these concepts reflected in the novel. For the paper assumed that ?Aleph? is a novel and for the study the researcher use analytical method.
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[Mr. Shrinivas Yedle. (2017); PAULO COELHOS ALEPH- AN EXPLORATION OF HINDU PHILOSOPHY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Aug). 682-685] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com