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Continued from Part Two

Bhagavad-Gita in translations

As mentioned in the earlier part, the influence of the Bhagavad-Gita began to spread far and beyond Asia following its translations into English and other European languages during the latter part of 18th century, The Bhagavad-Gita captured the attention of the western scholars, intellectuals as also that of the general-readers. That, not merely widened the extent of its readership but also lent it the scope for deriving varied interpretations

In 1785, the Gita became the first Sanskrit work to be translated into English; and, it provoked widespread excitement among English Orientalists, German Romantics, and American Transcendentalists. By about 1890, the Gita was accessible to average European and American; and, it came to be regarded as India’s national or spiritual symbol

In its extended life, the Bhagavad-Gita was enriched with new meanings and new relevance in new settings. Different aspects of the work came to the fore.   The new hearers and new readers fou

Raghunath Kashinath Shevgaonkar

Raghunath Kashinath Shevgaonkar

Raghunath Kashinath Shevgaonkar was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012[1]for leadership in electrical engineering education in India.

Shevgaonkar received his BA in engineering from MITS gwalior.

Shevgaonkar is former Director of IIT Delhi (2011 to 2015) and former Vice Chancellor of University of Pune.

Shevgaonkar is a recipient of the IEEE William Sayle Award for Academic Leadership 2013, the IETE Ram Lal Wadhwa Award 2012, the VASVIK Award for IT and Communication 2009 and the IETE - CEOT -94 Awards for outstanding contribution in the field of Photonics and Opto-electronics.

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Kashinath Trimbak Telang Biography


Kashinath Trimbak Telang. Source Photo: allpedia.dkart.inKashinath Trimbak Telang CIE (20 August 1850, Bombay – 1 September 1893, Bombay) was an Indologist and Indian judge at Bombay High Court.

By profession an advocate of the high court, he also took a vigorous share in literary, social, municipal and political work, as well as in the affairs of the University of Bombay, over which he presided as vice-chancellor from 1892 until his death.

At the age of five Telang was sent to the Amarchaud Wadi vernacular school, and in 1859 entered the high school in Bombay which bears the name of Mountstuart Elphinstone. Here he came under the influence of Narayan Mahadev Purmanand, a teacher of fine intellect and force of character, afterwards one of Telang's most intimate friends.

From this school he passed to the Elphinstone College, of which he became a fellow, and after taking the degree of M.A. and LL.B., decided to follow the example of Bal Mangesh Wagle, the first Indian admitted by the judges to practise on the original side of the high court, a

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