सोमवार, 7 मार्च 2016

Dr. Baliram Sadashiv Agnihotri -- Brief intro

Dr. Baliram Sadashiv Agnihotri was born in Dharangaon, District Jalgaon ( Maharashtra ) in 1916.  He studied at P.R. High School, Dharangaon, H.P.T. College, Nasik ( undergraduate studies ), S.P. College, Pune ( M.A. in Sanskrit ) and again HPT, Nasik ( M.A. in Philosophy ).  He took his Doctorate in 1948 from Bombay University on .....

Investigations of Yoga and its implication found in Vedic Literature, under Prof. Velankar of Wilson College.  

He started his teaching career from Kaivalyadham Yoga Institute as a teacher of Yoga, while the Institute also provided him scholarship for his doctoral work.  Thereafter, small stints as school teacher in Vyaza and Khandwa and aas Prof. in Hitkarini College, Jabalpur. Finally, he joined Bihar Education Services as Prof. and Research guide in Mithila Sanskrit Research Institute, Darbhanga.  He guided many doctoral students for research. 

Married in 1949 to Miss Leela Namjoshi, he was already a pround father of three brilliant children by the time he joined the Institute in Darbhanga.  He spent twenty years of his active and creative life here.  Grooming all three  children to brilliant academic career, providing a steady anchor point to Maharashtrian community in Bihar, pursuing his own studies of the rich philosophy textsboth Eastern and Western and endearing all with his expertise of free guidance on Astrology, he was a well respected and well consulted personality with innumerable friends.  

His published works include
1) Kadambari Kathasar : A trilingual commentary ( Published; Choukhamba Publishers Varanasi )
2) Patanjal Yogsutra
3) Sankhyakarika
4) Yogatrayi - A comparison between three upanishda - Kath, Mandukya and Shwetashwatar (                         )
5) Buddhiyoga - the exhibitory sermon of Bhagwadgita. 
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