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Keshavram Kashiram Shastri | |
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Born | July 28, 1905 Mangrol, Gujarat, India |
Died | September 9, 2006 (Aged 101) Ahmedabad, India |
Other names | કેકા શાસ્ત્રી, કાઠિયાવાડી વિદૂર |
Organization | Vishwa Hindu Parishad |
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Keshavram Kashiram Bambhaniya (Gujarati (ISO 15919): Keśavarāma Kāśīrāma Śāstrī), also known as K. K. Shastri, was the founding leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. He was among the dignitaries who attended the first meeting of VHP in 1964 and since then continuously associated with the VHP work and was head of the Gujarat unit also.
Biography
Shastri completed his school up to matriculation (conclusion of secondary education) and then was taught Sanskrit grammar, poetry, and Vedānta by his father, Kāśīrāma Karaśanajī Śāstrī (Bāṁbhaṇiyā). He then spent 1923 as a teacher in Caṁdavāṇā, a village near Mangrol, Gujarat, following which he served as a part-time teacher in his father's Sanskrit school. He then spent 11 years as an assistant teacher in Coronation High School in Mangrol.
In 1936 he moved to Ahmedabad and became an edtor of Prajābaṁdhu, a Gujarati weekly, and in the following year joined the Gujarat Vernacular Society as a researcher. In 1939, he began teaching postgraduate courses on Apabhraṃśa and Old Gujarati literature. In 1944, the University of Bombay gave him permission to give M.A. exams, and in 1955 gave permission to advise PhD students and taught at the university for 42 years. He also served as an adjunct professor at Balabhai Damodardas Women's College in Ahmedabad from 1961 to 1971. Since 1960, he served as an honorary professor at the B. J. Institue of Learning in Ahmedabad.
K. K. Shastri completed matriculation from Mumbai University in 1922. Later he studied poetry, Sanskrit language and grammar. He did his Diploma in Literature from Saurashtra University. He started his career in teaching as an assistant teacher of Sanskrit at Coronation High School in 1925 in Mangrol (District: Junagadh - Gujarat)& Left it because of Muslim Management. Later he joined Sanskrit Pathshala as a part-time teacher. He became assistant editor of Prajabandhu (Gujarati weekly) in Ahmedabad in 1936. He worked with Gujarat Vernacular Society and Gujarat Assembly in 1937. He joined L.D. Institute of Learning and Research in 1958. He also worked as an honorary lecturer of Gujarati at the B.J. Institute of Learning and Research. He was an associate professor of Sanskrit and Gujarati at the B.D. Women's College. He joined the Gujarat Research Society in 1961 as the honorary Regulator.He also was a "KULPATI" of Bharatiya Sanskar Dham. He was a mentor to the current Prime Minister of India- Narendra Modi.
Achievements
In 1952 he was awarded the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak (Ranjitram Gold Medal) by the Gujarat Sahitya Sabha for his lifetime research on Gujarati literature and grammar.
He guided more than 19 researchers in completing their Ph. D degrees and more than 1500 other graduate students in Gujarati literature. He was regarded as a mobile dictionary of Gujarati language, grammar as well as Vedic literature. A guide and patron to innumerable students, followers and VHP workers, Shastriji himself was an institution. Besides 240 books to his credit, he has written over 1500 research papers in Gujarati, Sanskrit, Hindi and English.
He was conferred Padma Shri decades back recognizing his talent and outstanding services to the Gujarati literature. He won gold medals from Gujarat Sahitya Sabha, Gujarat Itihas Parishad and Nadiyad Pushtmargiya Library and bronze medal from Gujarat Research Society.
Death
He died September 9, 2006, in Ahmedabad at the age of 101.
Books
Shastri's prominent publications are as under,
- Brihad Gujarati Kosh (part I&II)
- Vanaushadhi Kosh (which is translated in 10 languages)
- Jaisamhita (an 8800 episode book on Mahabharat)
- Bharatsamhita
- Shrimadbhagwat Puran (Sanskrit).
- Gujarati Vagvikas
- Vagvaibhav
- Bhalan - ek adhyayan
- Kavi rachit part 1 & 2
- Apbhransh vyakaran
- Narsinh mehta - ek adhyayan
- Pramanand - ek adhyayan
- Akshar ane Shabda (base of gujaratee vyakaran)
- Aakshvanee ane bija lekho
References
- ^ Kaḍiyā, Kr̥ṣṇakānta. "Śāstrī, Keśavarāma Kāśīrāma" શાસ્ત્રી, કેશવરામ કાશીરામ. Gujarāta Viśvakośa (in Gujarati).
- "28 जुलाई / जन्म-दिवस; विश्व हिन्दू परिषद और केशवराम शास्त्री". Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- "Obituary: Renowned scholar and senior VHP leader K. K. Shastri is no more". Organiser. 24 Sep 2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 21 Aug 2014.
- "Keshavram Kashiram Shastri: Life devoted to religion". Panchajanya. 19 Sep 2004. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 21 Aug 2014.
- ^ "Modi's mentors: KK Shastri, the scholar who helped save the Gujarati language - Firstpost". Firstpost. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2016.