Jaygopal Tarkalankar

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Jaygopal Tarkalankar
জয়গোপাল তর্কালঙ্কার
Born(1775-10-07)7 October 1775
Ghritapur Village, Keshiary, British India (now, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India)
Died13 April 1846(1846-04-13) (aged 70)
Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Occupations
Notable workKrishvavisayakshlokah (1817)
Shikshasar (1818)
Krishvavisayakshlokah (1817)
Chandi(1819)
Patrer Dhara (1821)
Babgavidhan (1838)
Paraseek Avidhan (1838)

Jaygopal Tarkalankar (Bengali: জয়গোপাল তর্কালঙ্কার; 7 October 1775 – 13 April 1846) was a Bengali writer and Sanskrit scholar.[1] One of his descendants Sri Ankur Bhattacharya lived in Nabadwip, Nandipara in Nadia district.

Found Created this chart in 2024

Early life

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Tarkalankar was born in 1775 at Ghritapur village, Keshiary in British India. He completed his primary education from his father, Pandit Kebalram Tarkapanchanan.[2]

Career

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Tarkalankar went to Benaras and worked with Henry Thomas Colebrooke. He taught Colebrooke Bengali and Sanskrit, and helped him translation projects.[3] He worked under William Carey from 1805 to 1823 in Serampur where he composed Shikshasar. Tarkalankar also worked with John Clark Marshman and published Samachar Darpan.[4] Immediately after its establishment of Sanskrit College in 1824 he was appointed as lecturer of Vernacular Literature. In his 22 years teaching career he taught Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar[5] and Madan Mohan Tarkalankar. His principal aim was to re-develop the Bengali language by ridding it of its Perso-Arabic influences. Tarkalankar revised versions of Krittivas's Ramayana and Mahabharata of Kashiram Das which were published from Serampore Mission Press in 1834 and 1836 respectively.[2][6]

Works

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  • Shikshasar
  • Krishvavisayakshlokah
  • Chandi
  • Patrer Dhara
  • Babgavidhan
  • Paraseek Avidhan[7]
Acknowledgments on the memory of Sri Joygopal Tarkalankar

References

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  1. ^ Bhowmik, Dulal. "Jaygopal Tarkalankar". Banglapedia. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788126012213. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. ^ Sachindra Kumar Maity (1997). Professor A.L. Basham, My Guruji and Problems and Perspectives of Ancient. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 9788170173267. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ^ Barnita Bagchi, Eckhardt Fuchs, Kate Rousmaniere (March 2014). Connecting Histories of Education: Transnational and Cross-Cultural. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781782382676. Retrieved 31 July 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Chapter 4, Subal Chandra Mitra. "Chapter 4". Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, a story of his life and work. Retrieved 31 July 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Kunal Chakrabarti, Shubhra Chakrabarti (22 August 2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810880245. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  7. ^ Tarkalankar, jaygopal. "Paraseek Avidhan". archive.org. Retrieved 30 July 2018.