Bidhushekhar Shastri

Bidhushekhar Shastri (1878–1957) was a Bengali Sanskrit scholar, editor and linguist.

Bidhushekhar Shastri
Born1878 (1878)
Harishchandrapur, Maldah, British India
Died1957 (aged 78–79)

Early life

Shastri was born at Harishchandrapur, Maldah in British India. He studied at a Tol, after receiving Kavyatirtha degree he went to Benaras for higher studies. Shastri became expert in Sanskrit language and wrote prose and poetry. He received the title Shastri from Benaras after completion of study. Initially he worked in Metropolitan Bohubazar Branch School in Kolkata,[1] In 1905, he started his career as a Sanskrit professor in Brahmacharya Vidyalay at Santiniketan,[2] became the principal of Vidya Bhawan, founded by Rabindranath. Then Shastri joined in the Calcutta University as Asutosh Professor. He had knowledge about Vedic literature, French, German, Tibetan and Chinese languages.[3]

Works

Shastri worked for recovering lost Sanskrit texts from Tibetan translations as well as tried to revive old Sanskrit Tols to make them relevant in contemporary society. He edited 17 books in Bengali and English on a number of subjects like Logic, Philosophy, Pali, History of Buddhism etc. Shastri received D.Litt from the Calcutta University and Deshikottama from the Visva Bharati University. In 1936 he was awarded with the title of Mahamahopadhyaya by the Government of India.[3]

References
  1. Yoga Niketan (February 2006). A Collection of Biographies of 4 Kriya Yoga Gurus by Swami Satyananda Giri. ISBN 9780595386758. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  2. "Journal of the Krishnamurti Schools". Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  3. Volume 1, Amaresh Datta (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. ISBN 9788126018031. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
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