Vidyadhar Pasusa Johrapurkar (born 1935) is a

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historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

. His name is sometimes spelt as Vidyadhar Pasusa Joharapurkar. He specializes in

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. Prof. Dr. Vidyadhar Pasusa Johrapurkar is from

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. He finished his M.A. in 1956 and Ph.D. in 1959, both from

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. He worked as Professor of Sanskrit at the Department of Education,

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. He taught Sanskrit at the Graduate and Post-Graduate level at Government Colleges in

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. He retired as Professor and Head, Department of Sanskrit at Government College,

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, Madhya Pradesh. As a child, Johrapurkar was inspired to read by his grandfather Nemasav's personal library. As a youth, he joined the Jain Svayamsevak Sangh and thus entered the field of social service. His friend Prof Dr Shantikumar Killedar instigated his study of Indian history and social anthropology. Nearly 100 of his scholarly articles have been published in magazines such as '' Sanmati'' and ''

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''. He was interviewed more than once by Nagpur Doordarshan and Radio Nagpur. His book ''Bhattaraka-Sampradaya'' provides a reconstruction of the Digambar Jain monastic lineages using compilations of Jain inscriptions and has been widely used as a reference.Middle Indo-Aryan and Jaina Studies, Volumes 6-7 of World Sanskrit Conference 7, 1987, Leiden, Editors Colette Caillat, J. G. de Casparis, BRILL, 1991, p. 68

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Here is a list of the books written/edited by Vidyadhar Johrapurkar: #YASHASTILAKA - Hindi Kathasara (Abridged Hindi version of the

Yashastilaka ''Yashas-tilaka'' ( IAST: Yaśas-tilaka) is a 10th-century champu (prose and verse) Sanskrit text that promotes the Jaina doctrine using the story of king Yashodhara. It was written by the Jaina writer Somadeva, in the Vemulavada Chalukya kingdom ...

) #TILAKAMANJARI- Hindi Kathasara (Abridged Hindi version of Dhanapala's Tilakamanjari) #BHATTARAKA SAMPRADAYA (Research work on historical and anthropological grounds, based on Digambara Jain

Bhattaraka A Bhaṭṭāraka ( pka, भट्टारक "holy one") heads traditional Digambara Jain institutions. He is responsible for training scholars, maintenance of libraries, managing endowments, presiding over installation ceremonies and running ...

s published by Jain Sanskriti Sanrakshak Sangh, Solapur in 1958) #DHARMAMRTA (Study of a 15th Century Marathi work on Jainism) #JINA-SAGARA KAVITA (Compilation of 18th century Marathi devotional poetry) #TIRTHAVANDANASAMGRAHA (Collection of essays on Jain Tirthas published by Jain Sanskriti Sanrakshak Sangh, Solapur in 1965) #VISHVA-TATTVA PRAKASHA by Bhavasena Traividya (Hindi translation of a 13th-century Sanskrit work, published by Jain Sanskriti Sanrakshak Sangh, Solapur in 1964) #PRAMAPRAMEYA by Bhavasena Traividya (Hindi translation of a 13th-century Sanskrit work on formal logic) #JAIN SHILALEKHA SAMGRAHA part 4 (Compilation and Critical Study of Jain epigraphy published by Bharatiya Jnanapitha, New Delhi) #JAIN SHILALEKHA SAMGRAHA part 5 (Compilation and Critical Study of Jain epigraphy published by Bharatiya Jnanapitha, New Delhi) #KUVALAYAMALA - Marathi Kathasara (Abridged Marathi version of the Prakrit classic Kuvalayamala) #SVAYAMBHUSTOTRA (Marathi translation of Acarya Samantabhadra's Svayambhustotra) #VIRA SHASANA KE PRABHAVAKA ACARYA - Purvardha (Historical research on early and medieval Jain monks published by Bharatiya Jnanapitha, New Delhi in 1975) #VIVEKA VILASA (Translation of a 15th-century Gujarati text) #BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA (Short Introduction in Hindi on Jina Mahavira) #BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA (Short Introduction in Marathi on Jina Mahavira) #PRACINA MARATHI KATHAPANCAKA (Adaptation of 17th & 18th century Marathi short stories) #MARATHI JAIN SAHITYA (Published as part of JAIN SAHITYA KA BRHAD ITIHASA part 7, published by Parshvanatha Vidyapitha, Varanasi) # BAGHERVAL JATI KA ITIHASA (Historical study of the Bagherval Jain community, published by Akhil Bharatiya Digambara Jain Bagherval Sangh, Kota in 2001)

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* http://connemara.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=au%3AJOHRAPURKAR * http://connemara.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=au:JOHARAPURKAR * https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL5275041A/Vidyadhar_P._Johrapurkar * https://books.google.com/books/about/Tirthavandanasamgraha.html?id=20xIAAAAMAAJ * https://books.google.com/books?id=cAoLg0R1jZIC&dq=vidyadhar+johrapurkar&pg=PA300 * https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6845A/Vidyadhar_Pasusa_Joharapurkar * http://www.jainworld.com/society/jainevents/Itihas%20Parishad.htm * http://www.jainsamaj.org/magazines/ahimsatimesshow.php?id=184 {{DEFAULTSORT:Johrapurkar, Vidyadhar 1935 births Living people Social anthropologists Scholars from Nagpur 20th-century Indian Jains 21st-century Indian Jains

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