About Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid
Lived 1899 – 1950 (aged 50–51). Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid was an Indian translator, known for Sanskrit literature.
Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid (1899 – 1950) was an Indian writer, scholar, grammarian and translator of Sanskrit literature. Dravid is a surname found in the Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin community who migrated to the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. A significant population has emigrated to Madhya Pradesh and Varanasi among other places.
Early life Born in 1899 in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, he was the author several books in Sanskrit which included Sāṅkhyakārikā, Bhāratīya-rājanīti-prakaśah and R̥ṣikalpanyāsaḥ. His brother, Raja Ram Dravid, was the author of The Problem of Universals in Indian Philosophy, a critique of ancient Indian philosophy. The Government of India awarded him Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1960.
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Who was Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid?
Indian translator
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Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid was born in 1899 in Uttar Pradesh.
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Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid died in 1950.
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Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid was a translator.
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Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid was known for Sanskrit literature.
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Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid was Indian.
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