Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid

Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid
Born	1899 North West Provinces, India
Died	1950
Occupation(s)	Writer, grammarian, translator
Known for	Sanskrit literature
Awards	1960 Padma Bhushan

Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid (1899 – 1950) was an Indian writer, scholar, grammarian and translator of Sanskrit literature. Dravid (Sanskrit: द्रविड) is a surname found in the Tamil Brahmin community who migrated to the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. A significant population has emigrated to Madhya Pradesh and Varanasi among other places. Born in 1899 in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, he was the author several books in Sanskrit which included Sāṅkhyakārikā, Bhāratīya-rājanīti-prakaśah and R̥ṣikalpanyāsaḥ. His brother, Raja Ram Dravid, was the author of The Problem of Universals in Indian Philosophy, a critique of ancient Indian philosophy. The Government of India awarded him Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1960.

Bibliography

• Īśvarakr̥ṣṇa; Śastrī, Ḍhuṇḍhirāja; Nārāyaṇatīrtha (1977). Sāṅkhyakārikā. Vārāṇasī: Caukhambā Saṃskr̥ta Sīrija Āphisa. OCLC 21026070.
• Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī. Bhāratīya-rājanīti-prakaśah. Puṇyapattanam: Śāradā-gaurava-granthamālā. OCLC 23578223.
• Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī; Śāstrī, Devadatta (1971). R̥ṣikalpanyāsaḥ. Prayāga: Bhāratī Pariṣad. OCLC 17814397.
• Kauṭalya; Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī; Dātāra, Viśvanātha Rāmacandra; Nāgara, Udayakr̥ṣṇa (1974). Kauṭilīyaṃ Arthaśāstraṃ / adhyāyadvayātmakam /saṅgr̥hītā[sic]anusandhātā Viśvanātha Rāmacandra dātāraḥ; anuvādakaḥ Udayakr̥ṣṇa Nāgaraḥ (in Sanskrit). Vārāṇasī: Sŕī Gīrvāṇa Vāgvardhinī Sabhā. OCLC 13883337.
• Vācaspatimiśra; Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī (1989). Ṣaḍdarśanaṭīkākr̥dvācaspatimiśraviracita-Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkāyāḥ (in Sanskrit). Vārāṇasī, Bhārata: Caukhambhā Saṃskr̥ta Saṃsthāna. OCLC 21598699.
• Śarmā, Kedāra; Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī (1977). Nepālamāhātmyam: Skandapurāṇāntargataṃ : Sapariśiṣṭa-ʼPārvatiʼ Hindīvyākhyopetaṃ Vyākhyākāraḥ Kedāranātha Śarmā : Prākkathana-pradātā, Rājeśvaraśāstrī Drāviḍaḥ (in Hindi). Vārāṇasī: Caukhambā Amarabhāratī Prakāśana. OCLC 18202448.
• Kāmandaki; देशपांडे, वि. वि; Draviḍa, Rājeśvaraśāstrī; शंकराचार्य (1958). कामंदकीयनीतिसारः: जयमंगलोपाध्यायनिरपेक्षाभ्यां संवलितः (in Sanskrit). Puṇyākhyapattane: Ānandāśramamudraṇālaye. OCLC 28608824.
• Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī; Dātāra, Viśvanāthaśāstrī; Sampūrṇānanda Saṃskr̥ta Viśvavidyālaya (1996). Pāścāttyabhāratīyarājanītyoh̤ samālocanam. Vārāṇasyām: Sampūrṇānandasaṃskr̥taviśvavidyālaya. OCLC 39130303.
• Udayanācārya; Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī; Śukla, Harirāma; Raghunātha Śiromaṇi; Śaṅkaramiśra; Rāmatarkālaṅkārabhaṭṭācārya (1925). Nyāyācāryaśrīmadudayanācāryaviracitaḥ Ātmatattvavivekaḥ. Benares [Varanasi: Secretary, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series. OCLC 6878722.
• Udayana; Drāviḍa, Rajeśwara Śāstrī; Upādhyāya, Padmaprasāda; Śāstrī, Ḍhuṇḍhirāja; Varadarāja; Vardhamāna; Megha Ṭhakkura; Rucidattopādhyāya; Dharmadatta (1957). The Nyāya-kusumāñjali of Śrī Udayanāchārya; with four commentaries, the Bodhinī, Prakāśa, Prakāśikā and Makaranda (in Sanskrit). Varanasi: Chowkhamba Sanskrit series Office. OCLC 714224760.
• Śukla, Rājārāma; Sampūrṇānanda Saṃskr̥ta Viśvavidyālaya, eds. (2009). पंडितराजराजेश्वरशास्त्रिद्रविडानां दर्शनिकमवदानम्. Sampurnananda Samskrta Visvavidyalaya. ISBN 978-8172702328.

See also

• Arthashastra
• Tarka-Sangraha

External links

• Harold G. Coward; K. Kunjunni Raja; Karl H. Potter (1990). The Philosophy of the Grammarians. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 458–. ISBN 978-81-208-0426-5.
• Harold G. Coward; K. Kunjunni Raja (8 March 2015). The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume 5: The Philosophy of the Grammarians. Princeton University Press. pp. 450–. ISBN 978-1-4008-7270-1.
• Harvey P. Alper (1991). Understanding Mantras. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 504–. ISBN 978-81-208-0746-4.
• Warrier, Manjeet Sehgal (28 October 2004). "Scholar gripe fuels Shimla institute probe". The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation. Archived from the original on 4 December 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2018.