Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna Explained

Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna was an Indian philosopher, scholar and logician.^[1] He was one of the best tol scholars of Nabadwip in the early 19th century.^[2] Prasanna Chandra was the student of Goloknath Nayaratna.^[3]

Career

He used to teach by setting up a toll near Nabadwip Vidyasagar College. Later, a rich man named Babulal of Lucknow built his toll into a pucca building.^[4] Since then, it has been known as the Pakatol of Nabadwip.^[5] Students from different provinces like Mithila, Delhi, Lahore, Madras, Puri etc. came his tol and study there.^{[6] [7]} Of his 14 resident students, five were from Delhi and Lahore, six from Mithila, two from Puri and one from Tamil Nadu.^[8]

He is also one of the eleven members present at the time of the establishment of Nabadwip Municipality.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Book: Sanajaoba, Naorem. Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization. 1988. Mittal Publications. 978-81-7099-853-2. 384. en.
2. Book: Hunter, Sir William Wilson. A Statistical Account of Bengal: Districts of Nadia and Jessore. 1973. D. K. Publishing House. 108. en.
3. Book: বসু. অঞ্জলি. সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান: প্রায় চার সহস্রাধিক জীবনী-সংবলিত আকর গ্রণ্থ. প্রথম খন্ড. গুপ্ত. সুবোধ চন্দ্র সেন. 2010. Sāhitya Saṃsada. 978-81-7955-135-6. bn.
4. Book: Asiatic Society of Bengal. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 1867. Calcutta. London Natural History Museum Library. 89.
5. Book: Mitra. Asok. District Handbooks: West Bengal. Commissioner. India Census. 1953. S. N. Guha Ray. en.
6. Book: Rāṛhī, Kānticandra. Nabadvīpa-mahimā. 2004. Nabadvīpa Purātattva Parishada. 205. bn.
7. Book: notes, Willis's Current. Willis's Current notes. 1868. Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. 207. en.
8. Book: Not Available. Journal Of The Madras University, vol. 28, no. 2 (January). 1957. 193.
9. Book: Mondal, Mrityunjoy. Nabadwiper Itibritta. Nabadwip Sahityo Samaj. 2013. Nabadwip. 349.