About Vrajlal Shastri
Lived 1825 – 1892 (aged 66). Vrajlal Shastri was an Indian writer, philologist, biographer and poet.
Life He was born on 26 November 1825 in Malataj, a village in Petlad, Gujarat. He took his primary education in his village Malataj.
He died on 14 November 1892. Utsargmala (1870), Gurjar Bhasha Prakash (1892). His Utsargama is a pioneer work in philology of Gujarati. He also compiled, with J. V. S. Taylor, Dhatusangraha (1870), an etymological dictionary of Gujarati roots.
His Rasganga is a work on poetics. Chandrahas Akhyana and Muktamala are his other creative works. Yagnavalkyacharit is a biography of sage Yajnavalkya in a dialogue form which is an only biography in such form in Gujarati. Hitopadesh Shabdartha (1870) and Vaisheshik Tarksaar (1898; posthumously) are also his significant works.
Don’t just read it —
keep it.
Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.
- E-book
- Audio
- Video
Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free
Important facts
Related people
Same field, nearest in time
Contemporaries
People whose lives overlapped Vrajlal Shastri's
Frequently asked questions
Who was Vrajlal Shastri?
Gujarati author from India
When was Vrajlal Shastri born?
Vrajlal Shastri was born on 26 November 1825 in Gujarat, Petlad.
When did Vrajlal Shastri die?
Vrajlal Shastri died on 14 November 1892.
What was Vrajlal Shastri's occupation?
Vrajlal Shastri was a writer, philologist, biographer and poet.
What nationality was Vrajlal Shastri?
Vrajlal Shastri was Indian.
Sources & further reading
Cite this page
APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Vrajlal Shastri. https://biography.guide/vrajlal-shastri/
MLA: "Vrajlal Shastri." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/vrajlal-shastri/.
Chicago: "Vrajlal Shastri." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/vrajlal-shastri/.
Data last updated: 2026-09-21 · Spot an error? Report a correction.
Portrait: Wikimedia Commons · author & licence
Page generated 2026-09-27 04:58 UTC