Acharya Vishva Bandhu Explained

Acharya Vishva Bandhu
Birth Date:1897
Birth Place:India
Death Date:1973
Occupation:Vedic scholar
Educationist
Writer
Known For:Vedic studies
Awards:Padma Bhushan

Acharya Vishva Bandhu was an Indian Vedic scholar, writer, educationist and the principal of Dayanand Brahma Mahavidyalaya, an institution under the management of D. A. V. College Trust and Management Society.[1] He was best known for his contributions in fostering Vishveshvaranand Vishwa Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies, an Indological institution founded by two sanyasins, Vishveshvaranand and Nityanand, in 1903.[2] He served as the director of the institution[3] and also contributed to the establishment of Lal Chand Research Library of DAV College, Chandigarh.[4] He was the editor of Vedic Texto-Linguistic Studies and A Vedic Word Concordance, two treatises dealing with the textual and linguistic aspects of the Vedas.[5] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1968, for his contributions to Indian education.[6]

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  1. Web site: About Vishveshvaranand Vishwa Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies . Vishveshvaranand Vishwa Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies . 2020 . 11 March 2020.
  2. Web site: A Brief History . Government of India . 2016 . 21 March 2016 .
  3. Book: The Golden Book of Rigveda . Lotus Press . Mahendra Kulasrestha . 2006 . 228 . 9788183820103.
  4. Web site: Indology Section (LalChand Research Library) . DAV College, Chandigarh . 2016 . 21 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160317062954/http://www.davchd.com/Library/SectionsOfTheLibrary.aspx . 17 March 2016 .
  5. Web site: Reviews . Triveni Journal India . 2016 . 21 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815130350/http://www.trivenijournalindia.com/reviewsoct77.htm . 15 August 2016 .
  6. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2016 . 3 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .