Bhaskara Appaji Agnihotri
Bhaskara Appaji Agnihotri (also popularly known as Hari Bhaskara Agnihotri), a 17th-century Sanskrit scholar known for his work of anatomy entitled "Sharira Padmini" in 1735. He also composed a work by the name "Padyamritatarangini" in 1676 and a work entitled "Smritiprakasa". He also wrote a treatise on Paribhasas in Panini's grammar by the name of Paribhāṣābhāskara.[1][2] He was born in a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) family of scholars and was the son of Appaji Hari Agnihotri who was also a scholar of grammar.[3]
Works
This is the list of his works:
- Sharira Padmini
- Padyamritatarangini
- Smritiprakasa
- Paribhāṣābhāskara
References
- ^ Language and Literature. Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1971. p. 7.
Bhaskara Apaji Agnihotri was a Deccani Brahmin of the Kashyapa Gotra and a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin. He wrote a work on Sanskrit and Anatomy entitled Sharira Padmini which, according to the chronogram , was composed in samvat 1735. His padyamritatarangini was composed in A. D. 1676. He has also composed another work entitled smritiprakasa.
- ^ Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, ed. (1972). Sanskrit and Maharashtra A Symposium. University of Pune. p. 56.
- ^ Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona Volumes 35-36. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 1954. p. 160.