Kala Nath Shastry | |
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| Born | 15 July 1936 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Maharaja Sanskrit College, Jaipur; Maharaja's College, Jaipur |
| Known for | Sanskrit Literature Hindi Linguistics |
| Awards | Rashtrapati Award (1998) Sahitya Akademi Award (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sanskrit Linguistics, Hindi Indian Culture |
| Institutions | Department of Languages Maharaja College |
Devarshi Kala Nath Shastry was born on 15 July 1936. He is a Sanskrit scholar and was honoured by the President of India in 1988. He is an Indologist and a prolific writer in Sanskrit, Hindi and English, and a well-known linguist, who has contributed to the campaign of evolving technical terminology in Indian languages and ensuring a respectable status for Hindi, the official language of his state and the Indian union.[1]
- ^ [1] Inventory of Sanskrit Scholars, Ed. Radha Vallabh Tripathi, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi, 2012, ISBN 978-93-86111-85-2