Shankar Vaman Dandekar
Shankar Vaman Dandekar (Devanagari: शंकर वामन, उपाख्य सोनोपंत, दांडेकर; 1896-1969) was a philosopher and educationist from Maharashtra, India. He was commonly known as Sonopant Dandekar and as Mamasaheb (सोनोपन्त / सोनुमामा / सोनूमामा / मामासाहेब दाण्डेकर).
He was an important interpreter of Warkari Bhakti Sampraday in Maharashtra. His funeral was marked on a grad scale by the Warkari movement.
He served as a professor of philosophy and the principal of Sir Parshurambhau College in Pune for many years.
He edited and published several Hindu religious texts in Sanskrit and Marathi languages.
External Links
- [For more information on Sonopant Dandekar (in Marathi language), see - http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2964583.cms]
- [Marathi-language wiki also has an article on him; see - http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0]