Remembering Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar: life and legacy

By:

Paddayya, K. (Ed.)

Publication details: New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 2025.Description: xxxvi, 412p.: ill.; hbk.: 25 cmISBN:

9788173057304

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

954.0350924 PAD

Summary: This volume, arising from an international seminar held at the Deccan College in Pune in 2025, is aimed at honouring the memory of the revered and arguably the most celebrated Indologist of modern India, Sir Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, to mark his death centenary. As is well known, Sir Bhandarkar distinguished himself by conceptualizing Indological research in a holistic perspective and by putting forward a critical, comparative and historical methodological framework for realizing this objective. His works and writings still retain their inspirational value for students and researchers and are vitally important for arriving at a true and objective understanding of ancient India and its rich and multifaceted legacy. Bhandarkar also played a key role in ushering in a socio-religious renaissance in western India. The volume comprises 24 essays contributed by senior and reputed scholars spread across the country and, in two cases, from outside the country. Section I has six essays, four of which are overall estimates of Bhandarkar’s academic contributions, one about his approach to social reforms and another about his close and promotional association with Prarthana Samaj. The next eight papers making up Section II are devoted to Sanskrit and philological studies and the topics covered by these include Rigvedic origins of theatre, commentaries on Paninian grammar, the famous Sulabha-Janaka dialogue, Sanskrit grammar, Bhandarkar's comparative study of the Indo-Aryan family of languages and some results of the Marathi dialects survey. Section III comprises ten essays relating to historical, socio-religious and archaeological studies. These deal with the assessment of Bhandarkar's own contributions to and later developments in research in the domains of historical studies proper, social reforms, religious studies, field archaeological and epigraphical research, and manuscript collection and curation. The volume concludes with comments on Bhandarkar's advocacy of educational idealism, humanistic universalism and higher spiritualism. It is hoped that this volume, while simultaneously briefing readers about recent advances in Indology, will serve to bring Bhandarkar's rich legacy alive and inspire and guide the minds of students, teachers and independent scholars. https://www.aryanbooks.com/details.php?prod_id=510&title=

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This volume, arising from an international seminar held at the Deccan College in Pune in 2025, is aimed at honouring the memory of the revered and arguably the most celebrated Indologist of modern India, Sir Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, to mark his death centenary. As is well known,

Sir Bhandarkar distinguished himself by conceptualizing Indological research in a holistic perspective and by putting forward a critical, comparative and historical methodological framework for realizing this objective. His works and writings still retain their inspirational value for students and researchers and are vitally important for arriving at a true and objective understanding of ancient India and its rich and multifaceted legacy. Bhandarkar also played a key role in ushering in a socio-religious renaissance in western India.

The volume comprises 24 essays contributed by senior and reputed scholars spread across the country and, in two cases, from outside the country. Section I has six essays, four of which are overall estimates of Bhandarkar’s academic contributions, one about his approach to social reforms and another about his close and promotional association with Prarthana Samaj. The next eight papers making up Section II are devoted to Sanskrit and philological studies and the topics covered by these include Rigvedic origins of theatre, commentaries on Paninian grammar, the famous Sulabha-Janaka dialogue, Sanskrit grammar, Bhandarkar's comparative study of the Indo-Aryan family of languages and some results of the Marathi dialects survey. Section III comprises ten essays relating to historical, socio-religious and archaeological studies. These deal with the assessment of Bhandarkar's own contributions to and later developments in research in the domains of historical studies proper, social reforms, religious studies, field archaeological and epigraphical research, and manuscript collection and curation. The volume concludes with comments on Bhandarkar's advocacy of educational idealism, humanistic universalism and higher spiritualism.

It is hoped that this volume, while simultaneously briefing readers about recent advances in Indology, will serve to bring Bhandarkar's rich legacy alive and inspire and guide the minds of students, teachers and independent scholars.

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