Jaygopal Tarkalankar
Jaygopal Tarkalankar (Bengali: জয়গোপাল তর্কালঙ্কার; 7 October 1775 — 13 April 1846) was a Bengali writer and Sanskrit scholar.
Early life
[edit]Tarkalankar was born in 1775 at Ghritapur village, Keshiary in British India. He completed his primary education from His father, Pandit Kebalram Tarkapanchanan.[1]
Career
[edit]Tarkalankar went to Benaras and worked with Henry Thomas Colebrooke. He taught Colebrooke Bengali and Sanskrit and helped him translation projects.[2] He worked under William Carey from 1805 to 1823 in Serampur where he composed Shikshasar. Tarkalankar also worked with John Clark Marshman and published Samachar Darpan.[3] Immediately after its establishment of Sanskrit College in 1824 he was appointed as lecturer of Vernacular literature. In his 22 years teaching career he taught Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar[4] and Madan Mohan Tarkalankar. His principal aim was to re-develop the Bengali language by ridding it of its Perso-Arabic influences. Tarkalankar revised versions of Krittivas's Ramayana and Mahabharata of Kashiram Das which were published from Serampore Mission Press in 1834 and 1836 respectively.[1][5]
Works
[edit]- Shikshasar
- Krishvavisayakshlokah
- Chandi
- Patrer Dhara
- Babgavidhan
- Paraseek Avidhan[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788126012213. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ Sachindra Kumar Maity (1997). Professor A.L. Basham, My Guruji and Problems and Perspectives of Ancient. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 9788170173267. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ Barnita Bagchi, Eckhardt Fuchs, Kate Rousmaniere (March 2014). Connecting Histories of Education: Transnational and Cross-Cultural. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781782382676. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Chapter 4, Subal Chandra Mitra. "Chapter 4". Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, a story of his life and work. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Kunal Chakrabarti, Shubhra Chakrabarti (22 August 2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810880245. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ Tarkalankar, jaygopal. "Paraseek Avidhan". archive.org. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- 1775 births
- 1846 deaths
- People from Nadia district
- Bengali Hindus
- Bengali writers
- Bengali educators
- 18th-century Bengalis
- 19th-century Bengalis
- Sanskrit writers
- Indian Sanskrit scholars
- 19th-century Indian translators
- 18th-century Indian translators
- 18th-century Indian scholars
- 19th-century Indian scholars
- 18th-century Indian educators
- 19th-century Indian educators
- 19th-century Indian male writers
- Indian male non-fiction writers
- 18th-century Indian non-fiction writers
- 19th-century Indian non-fiction writers
- Sanskrit scholars from Bengal
- Language reformers
- Writers from the Bengal Presidency