- Balachandra Shastri
Infobox Person
name = Pt. Balachandra Shastri
birth_date = 1905
birth_place = Sonrai,Bundelkhand ,Madhya Pradesh
death_date = 1985
death_place = Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh
occupation = Editor, Linguist and ScholarPandit 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 [http://www.hira-pub.org/jeevatthan/v2/II-28.pdf Jeevatthan Biographical Sketches ] , in the district of Sagar in
Bundelkhand ,Madhya Pradesh , he attended the traditional Jain institution at Sadhumal. He later studied at Kashi Vidyapith.He served 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
*
Satkhandagama along with Dhavala: volumes 6-16, translation [http://www.jainworld.com/JWHindi/Books/shatkhandagama-5/fristpage.pdf SHATKHANDAGAMA OF PUSHPADANTA AND BHOOTABALIWITH THE COMMENTARY DHAVALA OF VEERASENACHARYA] .
*Tiloyapannatti , vol. 1-2, translation.
* Padmanandi's Panchvinshati, translation and commentary.
*Jain Lakshnavali (Jain Paribhashik Sabdakosh)(An Authentic and Descriptive Dictionary of Jaina Philosophical Terms)1972-1979, editor.
* Dhyansataka Or Dhyanstav Of Bhaskarnandi, editing and translation
* Atmanushasana of Gunabhadra, editing and translation.
* Lokavibhaga of Simhasuri, editing and translation.
* Punysarava-kathakosa of Ramachandra, editing and translation.ee also
*
Golapurva
*Satkhandagama Footnotes and references
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