Balachandra Shastri Explained

Pandit Balachandra Shastri
Birth Date:1905
Birth Place:Sonrai, Bundelkhand, British India
Death Place:Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Occupation:Editor, Linguist and Scholar

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.

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 worked for 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jeevatthan Biographical Sketches . 2012-04-21.
  2. http://www.jainworld.com/JWHindi/Books/shatkhandagama-5/fristpage.pdf SHATKHANDAGAMA OF PUSHPADANTA AND BHOOTABALIWITH THE COMMENTARY DHAVALA OF VEERASENACHARYA