ISBN 9789394548046|Paperback|178 pages|2023|Broadway Publishing House
The Amazing Kosambis and their Unusual Quest by Luis S R Vas tells the story of two eminent scholars from Goa. Damodar D Kosambi and his father Dharmanand Kosambi.
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On July 31 2008, India concluded the birth centenary celebrations of Damodar D.Kosambi, a Goan polymath whose knowledge spanned subjects from mathematics to indology, genetics to numismatics, history and archaeology in which he made significant contributions.
Damodar had and equally eminent father, Dharmanand. A Buddhist scholar of Sanskrit and Pali who greatly contributed to his achievements: he provided the son with a Harvard education (although he was himself unable to Study beyond standard V in Marathi). He introduced him to Marxist literature and demonstrated that Sanskrit and Pali scripture reflected divergent social values.
Dharmanand Kosambi was the son of Damodar Shenoy Lotlikar, from Sanquale, a village near Murmugao. He hoped Dharmanand would study Portuguese and become an escrivão da Comunidade (government Scribe) which was at the time a well paid job. But he was unable to master the language. In any case after reading a school boys book on the Buddha, he was determined to study Buddhism in depth.
Author:
Luis S R Vas
ISBN:
9789394548046
Publisher:
Broadway Publishing House
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
178
Year of Publication:
2023
Edition:
First
Condition:
New
Country of Origin:
India
About the Author
The author has had a decades long career in publishing (Jaico), corporate communications (L&T) and freelance feature writing, having contributed over 500 articles to publications in India and abroad. He is the author of over a score of books, most recently Abbé Faria (Broadway), Let Your Brain Be Your Doctor (St. Paul’s) and Decision-Making for Managers The Jataka Way (Pustak Mahal).
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