Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya (18 October 1861– 20 April 1938) was a Marathi-language historian and writer from

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, India. He was Chief Justice of Gwalior State for a period. He was born in a Chitpavan Brahmin family. In 1908, Vaidya chaired the Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held in Pune. Later, he became involved in the nationalist

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, which was led by

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Works

The following is a list of the titles of his major works: * Samagra Awalonnati Lekhamālā (1906) * Mahābhārat — Samālochan (1914) * Mahābhārat — A Criticism * Nibandha Aṇi Bhāshaṇẽ (1915) * Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇ Parīkshaṇ (1920) * Madhyayugīn Bhārat, Athawā, Hindu Rājyāñchā Udbhav, Utkarsh, Aṇi Uchchhed (1920) * History of Mediaeval Hindu India, Being a History of India From 600 to 1200 A.D. (in three volumes) (Poona: Oriental Book Supplying Agency, 1921-1926) * Downfall of Hindu India * Shrī Kru̥shṇa Charitra (1922) * Sanskrut Wāngmayāchā Troṭak Itihās (1922) * Shriman Mahābhāratāche Marāṭhī Suras Bhāshāntar (1922) * Durdaivī Raṅgū, Athawā, Pānipatachā Shewaṭacha Saṅgrām (1924) - a work of fiction based on the Third Battle of Panipat * Early History of Rajputs (750 to 1000 A.D.) (Poona, 1924) * Shrī Rām Charitra (1926) * History of Sanskrit Literature (1930) * Hindu Dharmāchi Tatwe, Arthāt, Yāsambandhĩ̄ Niranirāḷyā Wishayānwar Vaidyāni Dileli Wyākhāne Va Lihilele Lekh (1931) * Vaidyānche Aitihāsik Nibandha (1931) * Marāṭhā Swarājya Sãsthāpak Shrī Shivājī Mahārāj (1932) * Shivaji – The Founder of Maratha Swaraj * Saṅgīt Sãyogitā Nāṭak, Arthāt, Patinishṭhā (1934) * Epic India, or, India As Described in the Mahabharat and the Ramayan (in two volumes) * The Riddle of the Rāmāyaṇ * Marāṭhī Bhāshechi Utpatti

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak Marathi-language writers 1861 births 1938 deaths Chief justices Presidents of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan