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Gadgil, who studied Sanskrit astatine Tilak Maharashtra University, established the Sharda Dyaan Peetham successful Pune and travelled to places similar the US and Africa to beforehand the Sanskrit language. (Special arrangement)
Sanskrit student and the laminitis of Sharda Gyan Peetham, Vasant Anant Gadgil, passed distant connected Friday greeting successful Pune. He was 94.
Nitin Jalukar, a household member, said Gadgil’s past rites were held astatine Vaikunth Smashanbhumi.
Gadgil, who studied Sanskrit astatine Tilak Maharashtra University, established the Sharda Dyaan Peetham successful Pune and travelled to places similar the US and Africa to beforehand the Sanskrit language. He learnt past Sanskrit texts similar the Vedas and the Upanishads. Gadgil was besides antecedently associated with the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute.
Every twelvemonth connected Rishi Panchami, Gadgil felicitated eminent sages and intellectuals implicit the property of 80 for their constructive enactment successful assorted fields. He besides dabbled successful journalism for a fewer years, and ran a monthly Sanskrit mag Sharda to propagate the language.
In 2010, the archetypal Sanskrit biography of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar called Bhimayanam was written by Prabhakar Joshi nether Gadgil’s ‘Sharada Gaurav Granthamala’ series. Gadgil besides published a Sanskrit poem by G B Palsule connected the beingness communicative of Vinayak Savarkar.
In 2012, Gadgil was besides felicitated by past Gujarat main curate and existent Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was besides awarded the Mahakavi Kalidas Sanskrit-Vrati National Award for the propagation, research, and improvement of Sanskrit by the Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University.
He is survived by his wife, lad Shrivardhan Gadgil, daughter-in-law, and grandson.
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