Bhaskara Appaji Agnihotri
Bhaskara Appaji Agnihotri (also popularly known as Hari Bhaskara Agnihotri), a 17th-century Sanskrit scholar known for his work of anatomy entitled "Sharira Padmini" in 1735. He also composed a work by the name "Padyamritatarangini" in 1676 and a work entitled "Smritiprakasa". He also wrote a treatise on Paribhasas in Panini's grammar by the name of Paribhāṣābhāskara.[1][2] He was born in a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) family of scholars and was the son of Appaji Hari Agnihotri who was also a scholar of grammar.[3]
Works
[edit]This is the list of his works:
- Sharira Padmini
- Padyamritatarangini
- Smritiprakasa
- Paribhāṣābhāskara
References
[edit]- ^ Language and Literature. Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1971. p. 7.
Bhaskara Apaji Agnihotri was a Deccani Brahmin of the Kashyapa Gotra and a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin. He wrote a work on Sanskrit and Anatomy entitled Sharira Padmini which, according to the chronogram, was composed in samvat 1735. His padyamritatarangini was composed in A. D. 1676. He has also composed another work entitled smritiprakasa.
- ^ Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, ed. (1972). Sanskrit and Maharashtra A Symposium. University of Pune. p. 56.
- ^ Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona Volumes 35-36. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 1954. p. 160.