Pandit Vishwanaath Vidyaalankar (1889 to 1991)

Name: Professor Vishwanaath Vidyalankaar Vidyamaartand

Father: Sri Lala Preetamdas; Wife: Srimati Kuntidevi

BIRTH: March 1889 in Wazeerabad, Gujraanwala (Now in Pakistan)

EDUCATION: In a vedic Paathshala in Gujraanwala and then in Gurukul Kaangri (till 1914)

TEACHING: Professor in Gurukul Kaangri Vishwa Vidyaalaya from 1914 to 1942

RESEARCH: Researcher from 1923-24 in Paropkarini Sabha in Ajmer; Editor of Quartely Magazine "Vedic Anusandhan" and Monthly Magazine "Arya Sarvedeshik Vaatika" from 1956-57

Rewards & Accolades:

a) Vidyaalankaar,

b) Vidyaamartand Manopadhii

c) Ved vedaang Purashkar

d) Ganga Prasad Upadhyaya Purashkar

e) Pandit Govardhan Shastri Purashkar by UP State Govt

f) Accolades by Pratinidhi Sabha of UP and Punjab

g) Gold Medalist in University ( 4 gold medals for Sanskrit Sahitya, Darshan Shashtra and Chemistry)

Death: 11 March 1991 at an age of 103 years

WORKS OF PROFESSOR VISHWANAATH VIDYALANKAAR

1. Atharvaved Bhasyam (19 vols): Hindi translation by an erudite in both Sanskrit and Chemistry.

2. Saamved Ka Adhyatmik Bhaasya (1973) (?? Vols)

3. Sandhyaa Rahasya

4. Vedic Pashu Yagya Sameeksha (1973)

5. Vedic Jeevan

6. Vedic Grihastha Ashram: First book of Panditji in 1942

7. Baal Satyaartha Prakash

8. Baal Rigvedaadi Bhasya Bhumika

9. Atharva Ved Parichay (1973)

10. Yajurved Swadhyaya (1973)

11. Shatpath Brahmanasya Agnichayan Sameekshaa

12. Rig Veda Parichay

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