Vidyadhar Johrapurkar

Vidyadhar Johrapurkar (born 1935) (in Hindi/Marathi - विद्याधर जोहरापुरकर) is a Sanskritist, social anthropologist and historian. His name is sometimes spelt as Vidyadhar Joharapurkar.

Prof. Dr. Vidyadhar Johrapurkar is a Digamber Jain from Nagpur, the ex-capital of CP Berar and accepted as the geographical capital of India. Prof Johrapurkar finished his M.A. in 1956 and Ph.D. in 1959, both from Nagpur University. He worked as Professor of Sanskrit at the Department of Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh. He taught Sanskrit at the Graduate and Post-Graduate level at Government Colleges in Nagpur, Jabalpur, Javra, Mandala and Bhopal. He finally retired as Professor and Head, Department of Sanskrit at Government College, Sivni, Madhya Pradesh.

As a child, Prof Johrapurkar was inspired to read by his grandfather Nemasav's personal library. As a youth, he joined the Jain Svayamsevak Sangh and thus entered the field of social service. His senior friend Prof Dr Shantikumar Killedar instigated his study of Indian history and social anthropology.

Nearly 100 of his scholarly articles were published in prestigious magazines such as Sanmati, Anekanta and other Jain magazines. He was interviewed more than once by Nagpur Doordarshan and Radio Nagpur.

His book Bhattaraka-Sampradaya provides a reconstruction of the Digambar Jain monastic lineages using compilations of Jain inscriptions and has been widely used as a reference.[1][2][3]

Scholar and writer

Here is a list of the books written/edited by Vidyadhar Johrapurkar:

  1. YASHASTILAKA - Hindi Kathasara (Abridged Hindi version of the Yashastilaka)
  2. TILAKAMANJARI- Hindi Kathasara (Abridged Hindi version of Dhanapalas' Tilakamanjari)
  3. BHATTARAKA SAMPRADAYA (Research work on historical and anthropological grounds, based on Digambara Jain Bhattarakas published by Jain Sanskriti Sanrakshak Sangh, Solapur in 1958)
  4. DHARMAMRTA (Study of a 15th Century Marathi work on Jainism)
  5. JINA-SAGARA KAVITA (Compilation of 18th century Marathi devotional poetry)
  6. TIRTHAVANDANASAMGRAHA (Collection of essays on Jain Tirthas published by Jain Sanskriti Sanrakshak Sangh, Solapur in 1965)
  7. VISHVA-TATTVA PRAKASHA by Bhavasena Traividya (Hindi translation of a 13th-century Sanskrit work, published by Jain Sanskriti Sanrakshak Sangh, Solapur in 1964)
  8. PRAMAPRAMEYA by Bhavasena Traividya (Hindi translation of a 13th-century Sanskrit work on formal logic)
  9. JAIN SHILALEKHA SAMGRAHA part 4 (Compilation and Critical Study of Jain epigraphy published by Bharatiya Jnanapitha, New Delhi)
  10. JAIN SHILALEKHA SAMGRAHA part 5 (Compilation and Critical Study of Jain epigraphy published by Bharatiya Jnanapitha, New Delhi)
  11. KUVALAYAMALA - Marathi Kathasara (Abridged Marathi version of the Prakrit classic Kuvalayamala)
  12. SVAYAMBHUSTOTRA (Marathi translation of Acarya Samantabhadra's Svayambhustotra)
  13. VIRA SHASANA KE PRABHAVAKA ACARYA - Purvardha (Historical research on early and medieval Jain monks published by Bharatiya Jnanapitha, New Delhi in 1975)
  14. VIVEKA VILASA (Translation of a 15th-century Gujarati text)
  15. BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA (Short Introduction in Hindi on Jina Mahavira)
  16. BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA (Short Introduction in Marathi on Jina Mahavira)
  17. PRACINA MARATHI KATHAPANCAKA (Adaptation of 17th & 18th century Marathi short stories)
  18. MARATHI JAIN SAHITYA (Published as part of JAIN SAHITYA KA BRHAD ITIHASA part 7, published by Parshvanatha Vidyapitha, Varanasi)
  19. BAGHERVAL JATI KA ITIHASA (Historical study of the Bagherval Jain community, published by Akhil Bharatiya Digambara Jain Bagherval Sangh, Kota in 2001)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gender and Salvation: Jaina Debates on the Spiritual Liberation of Women, Padmanabh S. Jaini, University of California Press, 1991 p. 221
  2. ↑ Jaina Community: A Social Survey, Volume 2 of Popular library of Indian sociology and social thought, Vilas Adinath Sangave, Popular Prakashan, 1980p. 428
  3. ↑ Middle Indo-Aryan and Jaina Studies, Volumes 6-7 of World Sanskrit Conference 7, 1987, Leiden, Editors Colette Caillat, J. G. de Casparis, BRILL, 1991, p. 68

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