Shankara Baaladeekshita Joshi (1896– 28 Sep 1991), popularly referred to as Sham Ba Joshi, was an authority on the culture of

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. Joshi was known for his unique and distinctive style of

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. The range of his interests, study, research and thinking was very extensive. As a result, he was able to do seminal research in

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analysis including the historical names of different places, divine imagery and religious symbolism. ''Kannada Pustaka Praadhikara'' has brought out a collection of all his works in 1999 in a six-volume publication. He spent most time in Sadankeri in Dharwad, India. He was born on 4 January 1896 in

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village located in

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taluka of Belgaum district,

Works

*Aravinda Ghoshara charithravu (1921) *Upanishat rahasya (translation - 1928) *Tilaka kathaamruthasaara (1932) *Kanmareyaada Kannada (1933) *Maharaastrada moola (1934) *Karnatakada veera kshtriyaru (1937) *Kamnudiya Huttu athava Niruktha (1937) *Kannadada nele (1939) *Shiva rahasya (1939) *Makkala vadapugalu (1940) *Roodi Haagu bhaavika kalpanegalu (1940) *Tanthragaara karatakaraaya (1943) *Eddelu kannadiga athava asanthoshave ellgeya moola (1943) *Agnividye (1946) *Yedegalu haeluva kamnaada kathe (1947) *Karna Mooru chithragalu (1947) *Yaksha prashne athava baraliruva samaaja (1948) *Samaaja darshana (1949) *Soundarya vichara (1949) *Kannada nudiya jeevala (1950) *Daariya buthi (1950) *Haalumatha darshana (1960) *Karnaata sumskrutiya poorvapeetike (1967) *Rugveda saara-naaga prathimaa vichara (1971) *Bhashe mathu sumskruti (1975) *Sat-tya mathu sathya (1975) *Kannada saahithyada abhivruddi (1976) *Pravaaha pathithara karma - Hindu emba dharma (1976) *Shrimat bhagavadgeeteyalli hudugiruva rajayogada rahaysa (1977) *Saamskrutika mooladallina taatvika chintanegalu (1978) *Vaivasata manu praneeta Manava dharmada aakruti (1979) *Budana Jaathaka (1980) *Kamnaadavara sumskrutiya gati - stiti (1981) *Bithiddannu belako (1984) *Jeevanada arthagrahana paddati (1986) *Marhaati Samskruti - kelavu samasyegalu (translation by Keertinatha kurthakoti from Marati - 1993) *Aayda lekhanagalu - Editor Mallepuram G. Venkatesh (1996) *Stityanthara (translation by Goureesha kaikini from Marati - 1993) *Prathimaa (2010) *Aayda lekhanagalu - Ed. Jyothi hosura (2012)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Joshi, Sham ba 1896 births 1991 deaths People from Dharwad 20th-century Indian linguists Scientists from Karnataka Kannada-language writers Writers from Karnataka Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada