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D D Kosambi
Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (31 July 1907 – 29 June 1966) was an Indian polymath with interests in mathematics, statistics, philology, history, and genetics. He contributed to genetics by introducing the ''Kosambi map function''. In statistics, he was the first person to develop orthogonal infinite series expressions for stochastic processes via the Kosambi–Karhunen–Loève theorem. He is also well known for his work in numismatics and for compiling critical editions of ancient Sanskrit texts. His father, Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi, had studied ancient Indian texts with a particular emphasis on Buddhism and its literature in the Pali language. Damodar Kosambi emulated him by developing a keen interest in his country's ancient history. He was also a Marxist historian specialising in ancient India who employed the historical materialist approach in his work. He is particularly known for his classic work '' An Introduction to the Study of Indian History''. He is described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi
Acharya Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi (9 October 1876 – 4 June 1947) was a prominent Indian Buddhist scholar and Pāli language expert. He was the father of the illustrious mathematician and prominent Marxist historian Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi. Biography Kosambi was born in the Sankhval village of Goa in 1876 in orthodox Saraswat Brahmin family. He was married at the age of sixteen. He was passionately interested in knowledge and felt that married life would not allow him to pursue this goal. He thus attempted to leave home several times, but lacked the courage to do so and he returned to his family. However, after the birth of his first daughter, Manik, he did leave his family not returning for nearly four years. Needless to say, his wife, Balabai, suffered during these years, as it was uncommon at the time for a married man to leave his wife and family. Later, Kosambi first traveled to Pune with an intention to learn Sanskrit. From Pune, he traveled to Varanasi after br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
