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PersonType	Category:Editors
FirstName / namefirst	Sarat
LastName / namelast	Sastri
MainNamePhon	Sarat Chandra Sastri
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bio	Sharachchandra Shastri (1862–1916) was a Bengali Sanskrit scholar, poet, and philosopher. He was born in Bandhulikhalkula village in Goalanda upazila of the greater Faridpur district (in present-day Bangladesh). His father, Pitamvar Vidyavagish, was himself a Sanskrit scholar, and Sharachchandra received his early training in poetry, grammar, poetics, nyāya, and astrology at various catuṣpāṭhīs and at Benares College. He was conferred the honorific title Śāstrī upon passing the Upadhi examination at Sanskrit College, Calcutta. His professional career was spent in teaching, at posts including an English school in Rajshahi, City Collegiate School in Calcutta, Darjeeling High School, Brahma Balika Shiksalay, and Calcutta Training School. Among the books he wrote and edited are Nīticampū, Śabkarācāryacarita, Rāmānujacarita, and Dakṣiṇāpatha Bhramaṇa. He also edited the Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka and collaborated with Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Das on Buddhist Sanskrit editorial projects. He played an active part in the compilation of the Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary, a project carried out under government initiative. His brothers were Jyotisarnav Vishwambhar and Satish Chandra Vidyabhushana, the latter a major collaborator with Sarat Chandra Das on several Bibliotheca Indica publications. (Source: Claude.ai)
YearBirth	1862
YearDeath	1916
BornIn	Bandhulikhalkula village in Goalanda (greater Faridpur district, now Bangladesh)
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-|bio=Çarat Chandra Çastri (or Sarat Chandra Sastri) was a notable Indian scholar who made significant contributions to Buddhist studies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He collaborated with Çarat Chandra Das on several important works related to Buddhism.
+|bio=Sharachchandra Shastri (1862–1916) was a Bengali Sanskrit scholar, poet, and philosopher. He was born in Bandhulikhalkula village in Goalanda upazila of the greater Faridpur district (in present-day Bangladesh). His father, Pitamvar Vidyavagish, was himself a Sanskrit scholar, and Sharachchandra received his early training in poetry, grammar, poetics, nyāya, and astrology at various catuṣpāṭhīs and at Benares College. He was conferred the honorific title Śāstrī upon passing the Upadhi examination at Sanskrit College, Calcutta.
-He coauthored ''Suvarña Prabhá'' with Çarat Chandra Das, published in Calcutta in 1898.
+His professional career was spent in teaching, at posts including an English school in Rajshahi, City Collegiate School in Calcutta, Darjeeling High School, Brahma Balika Shiksalay, and Calcutta Training School. Among the books he wrote and edited are Nīticampū, Śabkarācāryacarita, Rāmānujacarita, and Dakṣiṇāpatha Bhramaṇa. He also edited the Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka and collaborated with Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Das on Buddhist Sanskrit editorial projects. He played an active part in the compilation of the Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary, a project carried out under government initiative. His brothers were Jyotisarnav Vishwambhar and Satish Chandra Vidyabhushana, the latter a major collaborator with Sarat Chandra Das on several Bibliotheca Indica publications. (Source: Claude.ai)
-He also worked on ''Buddhist Texts of the Northern and Southern Schools'' in 1897.
+|yearbirth=1862
+|yeardeath=1916
-Çastri's work primarily centered on Buddhist texts and literature, with a particular emphasis on comparing Northern and Southern Buddhist traditions.
+|bornin=Bandhulikhalkula village in Goalanda (greater Faridpur district, now Bangladesh)
-Çastri's scholarly activities took place during a period of renewed interest in Buddhist studies in India. This era saw increased archaeological research and textual analysis of Buddhist materials, contributing to a deeper understanding of Buddhism's history and development in the region.
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