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Vaman Shivram Apte (1858 – 9 August 1892 [1]) was an Indian lexicographer and a professor of Sanskrit at Pune's Fergusson College. He is best known for his compilation of a dictionary, The Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary .
In 1884 they created the Deccan Education Society [2] [3] with Hon. Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi, V. S. Apte, V. B. Kelkar, M. S. Gole and N. K. Dharap.The Maharaja of Kolhapur, Chhatrapati Shahu served as the president of the society from 1885 till his death in 1922. [4]
The Sanskrit Drama in its origin, development, theory & practice. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Raghavan, V. (1959). "A Bibliography of English Translations of Sanskrit Dramas". Indian Literature. 3 (1): 141– 153. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 23329669. Schuyler, Montgomery (1991) [1905]. A Bibliography of the Sanskrit Drama. New Delhi: Asian Educational ...
'Alakh Niranjan' became a very popular name for God all over India during and after Gorakhnath's time. Later first Sikh Guru, Nanak used this holy name to denote God. Famous works by Guru Matsyendranath: Kaulayogini Tantra. Guru Gorakhnath's celebrated works are Gorakhsha Samhita, Yoga-Bija. Guru Nanak's works include Japji Sahib.
Avadhūta (IAST avadhūta, written as अवधूत) is a Sanskrit term from the root 'to shake' (see V. S. Apte and Monier-Williams) that, among its many uses, in some Indian religions indicates a type of mystic or saint who is beyond egoic-consciousness, duality and common worldly concerns and acts without consideration for standard social etiquette.
V. S. Apte [4] gives this particular meaning and derivation, and Monier-Williams [5] also gives the same, with some qualification. Another form of this root means "to flow, to move near by flowing". (All the meanings and derivations cited above are based upon Sanskrit English Dictionary of Monier-Williams). [5]
A shakha (Sanskrit: शाखा, romanized: śākhā, lit. 'branch') is a Hindu theological school that specializes in learning certain Vedic texts, or else the traditional texts followed by such a school. [1] [2] An individual follower of a particular school or recension is called a śākhin. [3]
Kālidāsa's Śakuntalā was the model for the libretto of Karl von Perfall 's first opera, which premièred in 1853. [23] In 1853 Monier Monier-Williams published the Sanskrit text of the play. [24] Two years later he published an English translation of the play, under the title: Śakoontalá or The Lost Ring. [9]