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Rudrapatna Shamasastry FRAS (1868–1944) was a Sanskrit scholar and librarian at the Oriental Research Institute Mysore. He re-discovered and published the Arthashastra, an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy, and military strategy. Early lifeShamasastry was born in 1868 in Rudrapatna, a village on the banks of the Kaveri river in what is today the state of Karnataka. His early education started in Rudrapatna. He later went to the Mysore Samskruta Patasala and obtained his Sanskrit Vidwat degree with high honours. In 1889, Madras University awarded him a BA degree. Impressed by his ability in classical Sanskrit, Sir Sheshadri Iyer, the then Dewan of Mysore Province, nurtured and helped Shamasastry, making it possible for him to join the Government Oriental Library in Mysore as librarian. He "had mastered Vedas, Vedanga, classical Sanskrit, Prakrit, English, Kannada, German, French and other languages."[1] The discoveryThe Oriental Research Institute was established as the Mysore Oriental Library in 1891. It housed thousands of Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscripts. As librarian, Shamasastry examined these fragile manuscripts daily to determine and catalogue their contents.[1] In 1905, Shamasastry discovered the Arthashastra among a heap of manuscripts. He transcribed, edited and published the Sanskrit edition in 1909. He proceeded to translate it into English, publishing it in 1915.[2] The manuscript was in the Grantha script. Other copies of the Arthashastra were discovered later in other parts of India. It was one of the manuscripts in the library that had been handed over by 'a pandit of the Tanjore district' to the Oriental Library.[3] Until this discovery, the Arthashastra was known only through references to it in works, including those by Dandin, Bana, Vishnusarma, Mallinathasuri, Megasthenes, as well as others. This discovery was "an epoch-making event in the history of the study of ancient Indian polity".[4] It altered the perception of ancient India and changed the course of history studies, notably the false belief of European scholars at the time that Indians learnt the art of administration from the Greeks.[1] The book was translated into French, German and many other languages.[1] Other workHe started his career as Librarian, Government Mysore Oriental Library. From 1912–1918, he worked as Principal at the Sri Chamarajendra Samskrita Maha Patashala in Bengaluru. In the year 1918, he returned to the Government Mysore Oriental library and joined as Curator and later Director of Archeological Researches in Mysore, where he would continue to work until his retirement in 1929. Apart from discovering Kautilya's Arthashastra, he pursued his research in the Vedic era and Vedic astronomy, making valuable contributions to Vedic studies. The following are among Shamasastry's works:
All his works received great attention from many great Scholars around the world, particularly European Indianists. R. Shamasastry also edited many Kannada Texts. Some of the important works he published are:
AwardsShamasastry's work was acclaimed by Ashutosh Mukherjee, Rabindranath Tagore, and others. Shamasastry also met Mahatma Gandhi in 1927 at Nandi Hills.[2] The discovery brought international fame to the institute. Outside India, Shamasastry's discovery was hailed by Indologists and Orientalists such as Julius Jolly, Moriz Winternitz, F. W. Thomas, Paul Pelliot, Arthur Berriedale Keith, Sten Konow and others.[1] J. F. Fleet wrote of Shamasastry: "We are, and shall always remain, under a great obligation to him for a most important addition to our means of studying the general history of ancient India."[2] Shamasastry was awarded a doctorate in 1919 from the Oriental University in Washington D.C. and in 1921 from Calcutta University.[10] He was made a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and won the Campbell Memorial gold medal. Several titles were also conferred on him, including Arthashastra Visharada by the Maharaja of Mysore, Mahamahopadhyaya by the Government of India and Vidyalankara and Panditaraja by the Varanasi Sanskrit Mandali.[11] Recognition in GermanyAn often-told anecdote involves the visit of the then-king of Mysore, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, to Germany. When introduced as the king of Mysore, he was asked by the vice-chancellor of a German university whether he was from the Mysore of Shamasastry. On his return, the king honoured Shamasastry and said "In Mysore we are the Maharaja and you are our subject, but in Germany, you are the master and people recognise us by your name and fame."[1][2] Later lifeShamasastry continued his research work on Indological problems.[1] He later became the curator of the institute.[2] As Director of Archaeology of Mysore State, he discovered many inscriptions on stone and copper plates.[1] His house Asutosh, in the Chamundipura locality of Mysore, was named after Sir Asutosh Mookerjee.[2] Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{citation | author=Prof. AV Narasimha Murthy | periodical=The Organiser | title=R Shamasastry: Discoverer of Kautilya's Arthasastra | date=21 June 2009 | url=http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=296&page=17}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{citation | periodical=Outlook India | title=Year of the Guru | author=Sugata Srinivasaraju | date=27 July 2009 | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?250522}} 3. ^{{citation | year=2000 | title = The beginnings of accounting and accounting thought: accounting practice in the Middle East (8000 B.C. to 2000 B.C.) and accounting thought in India (300 B.C. and the Middle Ages) | author=Richard Mattessich |author-link=Richard Mattessich| publisher=Taylor & Francis | isbn=978-0-8153-3445-3 | page=146 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B4l8JJKfXiYC&pg=PA146&dq=shamasastry}} 4. ^{{citation | year=2009 | title = Aspects of political ideas and institutions in ancient India | author1=Ram Sharan Sharma | edition=4 | publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. | isbn=978-81-208-0827-0 | page=4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_E3K8fQoDgC&pg=PA4&dq=shamasastry}} 5. ^{{Citation | author1=R. Shamasastry | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBxtGwAACAAJ&output=ris | title=Drapsa: The Vedic Cycle of Eclipses : a Key to Unlock the Treasures of the Vedas | publisher=Sri Panchacharya Electric Press | year=1938}} 6. ^{{Citation | author1=R. Shamasastry | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzS9YgEACAAJ&output=ris | title=Eclipse-cult in the Vedas, Bible and Koran: A Supplement to the "Drapsa" | publisher=Sri Panchacharya Electric Press | year=1940}} 7. ^{{citation | year=1908 | title = Gavam Ayana the Vedic Era | author1=R. Shamasastry | publisher=R. Shamasastry, 1908 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=zs0wAQAAMAAJ&output=ris}} 8. ^{{citation | year=2009 | title = Evolution of Indian Polity | author1=R. (Rudrapatna) Shama Sastri | publisher=HardPress, 2012 | isbn=9781290797320 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=83ewMQEACAAJ&output=ris}} 9. ^{{citation | year=2009 | title = The Origin of the Devanagari Alphabets | author1=R. (Rudrapatna) Shama Sastri | publisher=Bharati-Prakashan, 1973 | isbn=9781290797320 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7snenQEACAAJ&output=ris}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Annual Convocation|url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/convocation-2012/hony_degrees.htm|publisher=University of Calcutta|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528004638/http://caluniv.ac.in/convocation-2012/hony_degrees.htm|archivedate=28 May 2012|df=dmy-all}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Annual Convocation|url=http://www.ksu.ac.in/en/r-shamasastry/|publisher=Karnataka Samskruta University}} External links{{Sister project links| wikt=no | commons=no | b=no | n=no | q=no | s=Author:Rudrapatnam Shamasastry | v=no | voy=no | species=no | d=q11024070}}
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