S. V. Sohoni
Dr. Shridhar Vasudev Sohoni (1914–2002) was an eminent scholar of Sanskrit, and a noted antiquarian and numismatist. He was an officer in the
Biography
Shridhar Vasudev Sohoni was born in a
Between 1964 and 1966, he was appointed the Honorary Vice-chancellor of Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, and was later the chairman of the World Buddhist Conference in Bodhgaya in 1972.[9] In 1973 he was appointed the Lokayukta of Bihar, and was appointed to various committees and commissions.Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali, English, Marathi, Hindi, and Gujarati were the languages in which he was fluent. His scholarship in Sanskrit was praised by Dr. Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, who called him " a critical and imaginative researcher of Sanskrit literature and ancient Indian history."[10] Dr. S.V. Sohoni's name appears in hundreds of publications in most unexpected places, as seen in the chapter on South Asian cartography in the Historical Mapping section of The History of Cartography (eds. J.B. Harley and David Woodward).[11] His numismatic expertise has been described by Mr. Sanjay Godbole, when he explained how just feeling a coin was enough for him to recognise a fake.[12] He was the chief editor of the Journal of Bihar Research Society and founder editor of Indian Numismatic Chronicle, also having served as the President of the Bihar Research Society, and Chairman of the Government of Uttar Pradesh Coin Committee from 1974 to 1977.[13]
Personal life
S.V. Sohoni married Nirmaladevi Taisaheb Ghorpade, of the royal family of Ichalkaranji state. He had two sons, Dr. Venkatrao Sohoni, who graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur with a degree in electronics engineering (1963) and at IIT, Mumbai in 1972 with a PhD in information systems. He married the writer Neera Kuckreja Sohoni.[14] His second son Shrinivas Sohoni entered the Indian Administrative Service in 1970, was the Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha and retired as Secretary to the President of India.[15] His daughter, Dr. Vineeta Deshmukh, nee Padmaja Sohoni, studied at Patna University (B.A. Literature) and Delhi University (M.A., Literature), and was a Professor of English at the S.N.D.T. University in Mumbai. She was the first person in India to earn a Ph.D. in Linguistics focused on the teaching of English Language for Vocational Studies in the context of ESL in India.
Bibliography
Books
- Sohoni, S.V. (1951). Ceylon, Burma, China and Russia. Poona.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Sohoni, S.V. (1962). Maharajadhiraj Dr. Kameshwara Singh memorial vol. 1. Vol. Journal of the Bihar Research Society, 48. Bihar Research Society.
- Sohoni, S.V. (1963). Maharajadhiraj Dr. Kameshwara Singh memorial vol. 2. Vol. Journal of the Bihar Research Society, 49. Bihar Research Society.
- Sohoni, S.V. (1968). Prof. Syed Hasan Askari felicitation volume. Patna: Bihar Research Society.
- Kalzang, Washul Tulku Thubten; Pasadika, Bhikku; Sohoni, S.V. (1971). Excerpts from the Śūraṅgama samādhi sūtra : Ḥphag-pa-dpaḥ-bar-ḥgro-baḥi-tiṅ-ṅe-ḥdzin-ces-bya-ba-theg-pa-chen-poḥi-mdo. Patna: Bihar Research Society.
- Mahanama; Sohoni, S.V. (1971). Vaṃsatthappakāsinī, nāma, Mahāvaṃsaṭīka. Patna: Nava Nālandā Mahāvihāra.
- Sohoni, S.V. (1977). Bāṇajayantī-nibandhāvalī : Bihāra-Rājya-Śikṣā-Vibhāgena saṇghaṭitayā samityā rājyasāhāyyena samāyojite, 1966 Khrīstābde, Mahākavibāṇabhaṭṭa-jayantī-samārohāvasare prāptānāṃ nibandhānāṃ saṅgraharūpā. Vol. Mithilā Vidyāpīṭha granthamālā : Arvācīnagranthāvalau, 5. Darbhanga: Mithilāvidyāpīṭha.
- Sohoni, S.V (1984). The Ombudsman in India. Ahmedabad: Harold Laski Institute of Political Science.
Essays
- Sohoni, S. V. 'A note on Audumbara temple coins' in Journal of the Numismatic Society of India 4 (1942): 55ff.
- Sohoni, S. V. 'Classical Concepts of Prthvi' in Journal of Bihar Research Society 51 (1965): 79–85.
- Sohoni, S. V. 'Notes and Queries on Bhitari Pillar Inscription of Skandagupta' in Journal of the Burma Research Society(1969): 100.
- Sohoni, S. V. 'Epigraphia Miscellanea' in Journal of Bihar research Society 42 (1975): 1–4.
- Sohoni, S. V. 'On Vishakhadatta's Devicandragupta' in Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 62.1/4 (1981): 169–192.
- Sohoni, S. V. 'Kalidasa and the Geography of Central Tibet' in Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 63.1/4 (1982): 121–156.
- Sohoni, S. V., and G. H. Taralekar. 'Fragments of Panditaraja Jagannatha's commentary on Kavyaprakasa' in Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 67.1/4 (1986): 317–328.
- Sohoni, S. V. 'Lokasamayakriyanuvidhana' in Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 68.1/4 (1987): 269–279.
- Sohoni, S. V. 'Historical background of iron industry in Malwa of Bhoja's period.' Social Science 10 (1990): 104.
- Sohoni, S. V. 'Shyamala's Last Curiosity' in Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 71.1/4 (1990): 185–193.
- Sohoni, S. V. 'In Defence of Mayura and Bana' in Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute 53 (1993): 349–355.
References
- ISBN 8171545793.
- ^ Bhatt, Shashikant (2003). Dr. H.V. Trivedi, Dr. S.V. Sohoni, Professor A.M. Shastri Commemoration Volume: The Journal of Academy of Indian Numismatics and Sigillography, Vol. XVII-XVIII (Volumes 17–18 of Journal of the academy of Indian Numismatics and Sigillography ed.). Academy of Indian Numismatics and Sigillography.
- ISBN 9788185133539.
- ISSN 0378-1143.
- ^ Godbole, Sanjay (31 March 2002). "Nirapekśa Samśodhaka (निरपेक्ष संशोधक)". Lokasatta (लोकसत्ता) (Mumbai), Lokaraṅga supplement (लोकरंग पुरवणी). p. 3.
- ISSN 0378-1143.
- ^ "Proceedings of the Royal Numismatic Society, Session 1937–38". Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society. 18: 6. 1938.
- ^ Godbole, Sanjay (31 March 2002). "Nirapekśa Samśodhaka (निरपेक्ष संशोधक)". Lokasatta (लोकसत्ता) (Mumbai), Lokaraṅga supplement (लोकरंग पुरवणी). p. 3.
- ISSN 0378-1143.
- ^ Mirashi, V.V. (1976). "A new theory about the life and date of Kalidasa re-examined". Sri Venkateswara University Oriental Journal. XIX (1–2): 23.
- ^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1987). Harley, J.B.; Woodward, David (eds.). Geographical Mapping. Vol. 2 bk. 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 452.
- ^ Godbole, Sanjay (19 May 1996). "Sri.Va. Sohoni". No. Asamanta Puravani. Tarun Bharat (Pune edition). p. 1.
- ISSN 0378-1143.
- ^ "Ichalkaranji Jagir". Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ISBN 978-8189107017.