- Surendranath Dasgupta
Surendranath Dasgupta ( _bn. সুরেন্দ্রনাথ দাসগুপ্ত) (1887–1952) was a
scholar ofSanskrit andphilosophy . He was principal ofSanskrit College and later a professor at theUniversity of Calcutta .Dasgupta was born in Kushtia,
Bengal (now inBangladesh ). His ancestral home was in the village Goila inBarisal District . He studied in Ripon College an affiliated college of theUniversity of Calcutta and graduated with honours inSanskrit . Later, he received his Masters degree from Sanskrit College in 1908. He got a second Masters degree in Western Philosophy in 1910 from theUniversity of Calcutta .His career in teaching began with a short stint as a lecturer in
Rajshahi College . Later, he became a professor of Sanskrit and Bengali inChittagong College . After some time, he went back to graduate school and received a PhD from the University of Calcutta, and later went toEngland to work on his second PhD at theUniversity of Cambridge .Following his return in 1924, Dasgupta joined the Presidency College as professor of
philosophy . Later, he became the principal of Sanskrit College, and later joined the University of Calcutta as a professor.In 1932, he served as the president of the
Indian Philosophical Congress . His own philosophy was known as "Theory of Dependent Emergence".Dasgupta had three daughters Maitreyi Devi (Sen), Chitrita Devi (Gupta) and Sumitra Majumdar. Maitreyi Devi and Chitrita Devi(Gupta) were also famous writers. The list of his famous students includes scholars like
Mircea Eliade andDebiprasad Chattopadhyaya .His sons Subhayu Dasgupta, Sugata Dasgupta and Prof. Subhachari Dasgupta also left behind valuable work in nation building. Subhayu Dasgupta wrote the famous book " Hindu Ethos and the Challenge of Change" , while Sugata Dasgupta was a featured speaker and a noted Gandhian while his youngest son, Subhachari Dasgupta , erstwhile professor at the National Institute for Bank Management developed civil society leaders in India for three decades through the People's Institute for development and Training.
His only surviving child Sumitra Majumdar now spends her time between Goa and Calcutta.
Bibliography
*"A History of Indian Philosophy", 5 volumes
*"General Introduction to Tantra Philosophy"
*"A Study of Patanjali"
*"Yoga Philosophy in Relation to Other Systems of Indian Thought"
*"A History of Sanskrit Literature"
*"Rabindranath: The Poet and Philosopher"
*"Kavyavicha"
*"Saundaryatattva"
*"Rabidipika"Prof. Dasgupta married Madhuri Devi, a beautiful lady and the younger sister of India's pioneer film director and founder of Bombay Talkies Himanshu Rai [Ray] and had six children with her.
References
* [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/D_0048.htm Biography] , from
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