Balachandra Shastri

Pt. Balachandra Shastri
Born 1905
Sonrai, Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
Died 1986
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Occupation Editor, Linguist and Scholar
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Pandit Balachandra Siddhanta-Shastri (पंडित बालचंद्र सिद्धान्तशास्त्री) was a scholar and linguist who bridged classical and modern scholarship in Jainism during the mid-20th century.

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Life

Born in 1905 at Sonrai,[1] in the district of Sagar in Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh, he attended the traditional Jain institution at Sadhumal. He later studied at Kashi Vidyapith. He served several Jain institutions in India during his life as a scholar. His efforts resulted in the publication of several major Jain texts. He died in Hyderabad in 1985.

Contributions

His contributions include

See also

Footnotes and references

  1. ^ http://www.hira-pub.org/jeevatthan/v2/II-28.pdf Jeevatthan Biographical Sketches
  2. ^ http://www.jainworld.com/JWHindi/Books/shatkhandagama-5/fristpage.pdf SHATKHANDAGAMA OF PUSHPADANTA AND BHOOTABALI WITH THE COMMENTARY DHAVALA OF VEERASENACHARYA