Background
He was born Philippe Barbier Saint-Hilaire in Paris.
He was born Philippe Barbier Saint-Hilaire in Paris.
In 1914 he graduated from the Ècole Polytechnique with a degree in Engineering.
The name was one of Srimati Radharani"s 1000 names. He served in the army in World War I as an artillery officer, and after the war worked as a junior engineer in Paris, at the Ministry of transport and communication. In 1924 he left Japan and spend time with tantric lamas in monasteries in North China and Mongolia.
In 1951 The Mother appointed him director of the newly founded Sri Aurobindo International University Centre.
He served in this position for 18 years, as well as being general secretary of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, until his death in 1969. The Mother reports in Agenda of May 1969 that Pavitra left his body in a yogic way and merged with her.
What was left was published as.