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Krushnashastri Chiplunkar
Krushnashastri Chiplunkar (Devanagari: कृष्णशास्त्री चिपळूणकर) (1824–1878) was a social activist and a Marathi people, Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. For some years, he served as a principal of the Teachers' Training College in Pune. Chiplunkar was a scholar especially in Sanskrit ''Nyaya'' (न्याय) (Logic), ''Dharma'' (धर्म) (Religion, Law, and Ethics), and ''Artha'' (अर्थ) (Economics). Learning English was not common among Indian scholars of his time, yet he started learning it at age 25, and mastered it along with Sanskrit and Marathi. He was a leading personality in the city of Pune during his life. Works * विचारलहरी (1852) * सॉक्रेटिसचे चरित्र (1852) * अर्थशास्त्र परिभाषा (1855) * संस्कृतभाषेचे लघु व्याकरण (1859) * पद्यरत्नावली (1865) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devanagari
Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental systems: alphabets, writing system), based on the ancient Brahmi script, ''Brāhmī'' script, used in the northern Indian subcontinent. It was developed and in regular use by the 7th century CE. The Devanagari script, composed of 47 primary characters, including 14 vowels and 33 consonants, is the fourth most widely List of writing systems by adoption, adopted writing system in the world, being used for over 120 languages.Devanagari (Nagari) , Script Features and Description, SIL International (2013), United States The orthography of this script reflects the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
