Jain Journal 1976 04

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

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Along with Dr. Hiralal Jain, he was associated with the edition of Dhavala in sixteen volumes ; he was the General Editor of Mur Jain Granthamala and Manikchandra Granthamala published by the Bharatiya Jnanapitha, Delhi and Jivaraja Jain Granthamala, Sholapur.
He was member of the Editorial Board of the Kannada Nighanļu, Bangalore, and of the Project Committee of the Sanskrit Dictionary, Deccan College, Poona.
Dr. Upadhye's work Siddhasena's Nyāyävatāra and other works (with a Bibliographic Review) has been published by the Jain Sahitya Vikasa Mandala, Bombay-56. This book got the Golden Jubilee Award of the University of Mysore, for 1973.
He was given the Certificate of Honour (along with five other Sanskrit Scholars) by the President of India on the Independence Day, 1975.
Dr. A. N. Upadhye attained international status for his scholarship in the academic world. Eminent scholars on Prakrit and Indology used to visit India just to meet the stalwart of a scholar and pay their respects to him. I had very intimate associations with Dr. Upadhye for the last forty years. He was the embodiment of humility and kindness. He was so simple that people, who did not know his worth in scholarship, could consider him as a simple common man. But his personality was fascinating and with his scholarship, humility and charm, no one could possibly ignore him.
IV. It was a tragic irony of fate that within about a fortnight of handing over charge of the Department to me, we had to hear the sad news of the demise of this great scholar. He went to his place, Kolhapur, in order to enjoy his well-earned rest and then continue to work at home but it was not to be. When he handed over charge of the Department of Jainology and Prakrits of the University of Mysore to me, I said that it was a frightening responsibility and a challange, which I vowed to see that I maintain the traditions of the Department and build it up to his heart's desire. He was the founder Professor of the Department. He expressed confidence that I would develop the department on the lines that he chalked out. I felt a kind of spiritual satisfaction for this.
In the death of Dr. Upadhye, we have lost a great scholar and a great friend, guide and a philosopher. India has lost a great Oriental Scholar and his loss cannot be easily filled. To adapt the phrase of Harold Lasky, to have known men like Dr. Upadhye and to have worked with him 'is to have warmed one's hands in the central fire of life'.
-T. G. KALGHATGI