Baljinath Pandit (1916–2007) was a

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

scholar and authority on

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. He obtained his Ph.D. at Punjab University and was professor of Sanskrit and Philosophy at

Himachal Pradesh University Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) is an Indian public state university at Summer Hill in the state capital city Shimla. It is close to the vicinity of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. It is wholly financed by the government of Himachal ...

. He was honored for his work by the President of India, and was also on the Muktabodha Indological Research Institute Academic Council. In 1999 he was on the panel of "Seminar on Kashmir Shaivaism". He died on 7 September 2007.

Works

* * * * * * * * * * A Realist view of Advaita: Part XI - Bibliography
by Chittaranjan Naik *

Articles

Koshur Samachar, Kashmir News Network

References

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