Gurunath Vidyanidhi (1862–1931) 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 who was born in

Vikrampur Bikrampur ("City of Courage") was a pargana situated south of Dhaka, the modern capital city of Bangladesh. In the present day, it is known as Munshiganj District of Bangladesh. It is a historic region in Bengal and was a part of the Bhawal Es ...

in the Dhaka District of what later became

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. He was the author of a number of books used by Sanskrit scholars and researchers, including ''Mugdhavodh Vyakaran'', ''Mitralabh'', ''Amarkos'', ''Sahitya Darpan'' and ''Chhando Manjari''.

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* Bengali people 1862 births 1931 deaths People from Bikrampur People from British India {{Bangladesh-bio-stub