Jain Journal 1976 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

Page 44

DR. A. N. UPADHYE
I. On the 9th of October 1975 early in the morning, we received a message that Dr. A. N. Upadhye was no more. He expired on the 8th October at 10 p.m. We could hardly believe this sad news. He was with us till the 1st of October. For some time we could not speak, as we were deeply grieved. When we met some prominent persons of Mysore who knew him, including the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore, their grief was too deep for tears. Most of those who wanted to express their condolences at the meeting arranged in the University, could not speak much ; they broke down in tears.
Dr. Upadhye was very highly respected and loved in the University cricles and in the general public. The News papers and Journals in the Karnatak State paid very high tributes to Late Dr. Upadhye and published articles on his personality and work.
II. Dr. A. N. Upadhye was born (1906) in a village, Sadalga, District Belgaum, in a family of Priests by tradition and/but agriculturists by profession. After finishing his Primary education in the village, he went to Belgaum for his High School education. After passing the Matriculation Examination, he completed his College Education in the Rajaram College, Kolhapur, and the Willingdon College, Sangli. He passed his B.A. Examination in Honours Division with Sanskrit as the special and Ardhamagadhi (Prakrit) as the second subject, in the year 1928. He was appointed a Fellow in the Willingdon College, Sangli. For the second year of his M.A., he studied in the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, where he attended the Post-graduate lectures of Dr. S. K. Belvalkar, Dr. V. S. Sukthankar and Dr. P. L. Vaidya. His contacts with these Professors stood him in good stead in his academic career later on. At his M.A., he had Prakrit as a principal and