Sanskrit Scholarship

Essays

P.V. Kane’s Magnificent Guidance for Serious Scholars of Sanatana Culture and Heritage

P.V. Kane’s Magnificent Guidance for Serious Scholars of Sanatana Culture and Heritage

In the concluding episode of this series, P.V. Kane offers brilliant and encyclopaedic guidance to independent scholars who wish to pursue serious research in the fields of Sanskrit, Indology, Indian culture and heritage.

The Shattered Landscape of Sanskrit Pathashalas: P.V. Kane’s Lament

The Shattered Landscape of Sanskrit Pathashalas: P.V. Kane’s Lament

In the same 1946 speech, P.V. Kane paints a desolate picture of traditional Sanskrit Pathashalas, which had flourished unbroken since the dawn of the Indian civilisation. It makes for very depressing reading.

When P.V. Kane Honoured P.K. Gode

When P.V. Kane Honoured P.K. Gode

P.K. Gode lived in a fortunate period which not only recognised his contribution but valued and celebrated it. The highest point in Gode’s productive and distinguished life arrived on May 18, 1949. He was honoured by the redoubtable Mahamahopadhyaya Pandurang Vaman Kane in a public function held in

How Macaulayite Hindus Destroyed the Pandit System of Scholarship

How Macaulayite Hindus Destroyed the Pandit System of Scholarship

A Meeting held at the Bombay University Senate in 1913, among other things, set a blueprint of sorts to destroy the time-honoured system of scholarly education that produced Pandits of the highest order.

Maintaining a Sanskrit Pathashala was Once the Pride of the Hindu Community

Maintaining a Sanskrit Pathashala was Once the Pride of the Hindu Community

The second part of this series narrates how the Sanatana Community kept Sanskrit alive during oppressive Islamic regimes by maintaining Pathashalas. The era of universities established during British rule gave a huge boost for Sanskrit revival.

Sanskrit Through the Ages: A Forgotten Lecture by K.M. Munshi

Sanskrit Through the Ages: A Forgotten Lecture by K.M. Munshi

A 1951 lecture delivered by K.M. Munshi on the importance and primacy of Sanskrit as our national language and a great vehicle for the cultural rejuvenation of Bharatavarsha.

The Inspiring Life of Mahatapasvi Acharya Pullela Sriramachandrudu

The Inspiring Life of Mahatapasvi Acharya Pullela Sriramachandrudu

A tribute to Acharya Pullela Sriramachandrudu, the Sanskrit and Telugu scholar par excellence who has bequeathed an inspiring legacy of dedicated service to Sanatana Dharma and Sanskrit.

Conscious Introspection of Learning is the True Measure of Sanatana Scholarship

Conscious Introspection of Learning is the True Measure of Sanatana Scholarship

An essay on the true essence and method of learning and scholarship elucidated by our Rishis and Vidwans contrasted with the biased and misleading approach and interpretation by Western scholars of Indology.

The Golisri Sanskrit School of Calcutta: The Unmourned Victim of William Bentinck and Macaulay

The Golisri Sanskrit School of Calcutta: The Unmourned Victim of William Bentinck and Macaulay

The tragic story of the Golisri Sanskrit School of Calcutta which was obliterated forever by the educational policy of William Bentinck and Macaulay

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