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PROF. A. CHAKRAVARTI
A Nayanar by caste and a practising Jain by faith Rai Bahadur Prof. A. Chakravarti, 1880-1960, was one of the most prominent Indologists. He was a professor of philosophy in the Govt. College Kumbhakonam where from he retired as principal in 1938.
A versatile scholar of Sanskrit, Prakrit and Tamil Prof. Chakravarti was equally well-versed in Western philosophy. He is also known for his comparative and analytical approach to philosphic problems in the light of modern researches. It is abundantly evidence in a number of classical works which he edited and translated with voluminous introductions, viz., Panchasti-kaya-sara of Kundakunda (1920); Nila-kesi of Samayadivakara Muni (1936); Tirukkural of Thevar alongwith its commentary of Kaviraja Panditar (1949); Tirukkural with English translation and commentary, which was described by M.S.H. Thomopson in the J.R.A. Society, London, 1955, as 'an indispensable aid to the study of Tirukkural, the Tamil Bible; Samayasra of Acharya Kundakunda (1950).
Apart from a number of essays published in the Cultural Heritage of India, Philosophy of the East and West, Jaina Guzette, Aryan Path, Tamil Academy etc. he authored some unparalleled books like the Jaina Literature in Tamil the Religion of Ahimsa and so on.
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