Gadadhara bhattacharya biography examples
Gangeshopadhyay founder of nyaya philosophy. There are differences of opinion about when and where he was born. Some scholars believe that he was a man of the 12th century, while others believe that he was born sometime in the 13th or 14th centuries. Similarly, some scholars believe he was a high-caste brahman and that he was born in Mithila, at Karion village beside the river Kamala. Other scholars believe that he was a low-caste Brahmin from a 'Chhadan' family. According to his son Burdwan, his actual name was Gangeswar.
It is traditionally believed that in early life Gangesh was a great fool, but was transformed after worshipping the goddess Kali at the burning ghat. He was greatly knowledgeable about both theistic and atheistic philosophies. Though he wrote a number of books, Tattvachintamani (Thoughts on Theory) is his greatest contribution. Through his writing, he initiated a new era in philosophy by introducing terminology which could be used for deeper analysis. The book had a tremendous impact on scholars who could follow its method to analyse other subjects as well.
Basically, Gangesh dealt with Gautam's rules of logic on testimony. In logic, testimony is of four types: direct, assumed, comparative, and vocal. Basing his work on these four testimonies, Gangesh completed Tattvachintamani in four volumes: Pratyaksachintamani (Direct Thoughts), Anumanachintamani (Hypothetical Thoughts), Upamanachintamani (Analogical Thoughts) and Shavdachintamani (Sound Thoughts). Important philosophers who analysed Tattvachintamani and ensured the smooth development of Nyaya philosophy from the 17th to the 19th centuries include his son Burdwan, Pakshadhar Mishra, Raghunath Shiromani, Mathuranath Tarkavagish, Basudev Sarvabhauma, Jagadish Tarkalankar, Gadadhar Bhattacharya etc. [Mrinal Kanti Gangopadhyay]
Budhindranath Delihial Bhattacharya
Budhindranath Delihial Bhattacharya (1865 - 1945), also known as Budhi Babu, Budhindra Nath Bhattacharya, is renowned for his work The Pronouncing Anglo Assamese Dictionaries, which was first published in 1931. He was also a tea planter of The Crown of England, which later came under the Governments of Assam & West Bengal.
Early life and education
His father's name was Dharmadutta Bhattacharya, and his mother's name was Aai Keteki Devi, of Nowgong(Singia potani), Assam. Budhindranath left a volume of literary works as a dramatist, author, editor and lexicographer.
Budhindranath went to the Government High School, Nagaon, under the patronage of Rai Bahadur Gunabhiram Baruah. He was a talented student. In 1885, he passed the entrance examination and was admitted to the General Assembly Institution, nowadays called City College, Kolkata City College, where he earned a degree in fine arts. In Jaipur, he met Rai Bahadur Radhakanta Handique, Satyanath Bora, and other prominent personalities of pre-independent India who later became his close companions. Despite his talent, he had to leave his college education due to his family's financial situation.
Early professional life and King Edward VIIth's coronation
On 28 July 1888, after arriving at Jorhaat, Budhindranath started living in a small cottage at the J. B. Road (Babu Ali). He began working as a school teacher at the Jorhaat Government High School while staying at the cottage. Later, he visited Dhaka, Shillong, and a few other places, after which, in 1893, he joined the Jorhat Court as the Criminal Peskar. A few years later, he was promoted to the position of head clerk on 17 November 1911 at the Office of the Deputy Commissioner in Jorhat. In 1894, he was given a piece of land by the then Sattradhikar (head monk) of the Garmur Sattra, near Malow Ali. He built a humble abode there and completed the construction process by 1897. In 1890, he married Ru Gadadhar Pandita (Gadadhāra Pandita) (Bengali: গদাধর পণ্ডিত; Sanskrit: गदाधर पंडित), also known as Pandita Goswami, was an incarnation of Srimati Radharani and close childhood friend of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the founder of the Hindu tradition of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Gadadhara Pandit was born in the village of Beleti Gram in the Chittagong district of modern Bangladesh in a family of Varendra Brahmins in 1408 of the Shaka era (i.e., 1486 AD) on the dark moon day of the month of Vaishakh. His father was Madhava Mishra and his mother Ratnavati Devi. He also had a younger brother named Baninath. He belongs to the Kashyapa gotra. He lived in the village of Beleti until he was twelve and then moved with his family to Nabadwip. When Nimai left for Puri after taking sannyas, Gadadhar put forward many arguments against his leaving home. Gadadhar told Nimai that one can do any kind of spiritual sadhana even sitting at home.Nimai told him that what he (the Lord) had come to say would be well received by the public if he became a monk instead of a householder. Gadadhar finally gave.Gadadhar then tried to persuade Mahaprabhu to take him to Puri as well. But Nimai did not agree despite all his cries and pleadings. Gadadhar was burnt to ashes in the fire of separation. He wondered how he would survive without seeing the beloved face of his beloved Gauranga.After some time, Gadadhar came to Puri with some devotees from Nabadwip to visit Mahaprabhu. He stayed in Puri, never returned to Navadwip. Gadadhar started living in the tota (garden) of Jameshwar. Every day Gadadhara recited Srimad Bhagavatam aloud for the pleasure of Mahaprabhu.Once while sitting on the beach discussing some matters over Krishna, Nimai decided to bestow his special favor on Gadadhara. He asked Gadadhar to dig at a certain spot.After some digging, Gadadhara found the beautiful deity of Sri Gopinath. The deity was est Sri Gadadhara Pandit. During their childhood, Sri Gaura Hari and Gadadhara would play together, sometimes at Mahaprabhu's house and sometimes at Gadadhara's house. They both studied together at the sameschool. Gadadhara was a few years younger then Nimai. Nimai couldn't remain without Gadadhara even for a moment and Gadadhara likewise couldn't stand to be separated from Nimai. In the Gaur-ganoddesa-dipika, it is described that that person who in Vraja was the daughter of Sri Vrsabhanu Raja, namely Srimati Radharani, is now celebrated as Sri Gadadhara Pandita. Srila Svarupa Damodara has written in his diary: avani sura bavah Sri Panditakhyo jatindrah / sa khalo bhavati Radha Srila Gauravataro. Sri Vasudeva Ghosa Thakura has also written: Agam agocar gora akhil brahma-par, veda upar, najane pasandi mati bhora Nitya-nityananda Caitanya Govinda Pandit Gadadhar Radhe Caitanya yugala-rupa kebol raser kup avatar sadsiva sadhe Antare nave-ghana bahire gaura tanu yugalrupa parkase Kahe Vasudeva Ghose yugal bhajan base janame janame rahu asa "Lord Gaurasundara, who is beyond the perview of the scriptures, beyond the entire Brahman, and above even the Vedas, can never be known by the atheists whose intelligence is dull. Lord Nityananda is His eternal self. Lord Caitanya is Lord Govinda Himself and Pandita Gadadhara is none other than Sri Radha. The divine couple, who are present in Sri Caitanya, are a well of rasa. Advaita Acarya (Sadasiva) has prayed for His descent. Within He is blackish but o Gadadhara Pandita
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