Kala Nath Shastry

Kala Nath Shastry
Born(1936-07-15)15 July 1936
Jaipur, Jaipur State, India
Died25 February 2025(2025-02-25) (aged 88)
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materMaharaja Sanskrit College, Jaipur; Maharaja's College, Jaipur
Known forSanskrit Literature
Hindi Linguistics
AwardsRashtrapati Award (1998)
Sahitya Akademi Award (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsSanskrit Linguistics, Hindi Indian Culture
InstitutionsDepartment of Languages

Maharaja College
Rajasthan Hindi Granth Academy
Directorate of Sanskrit Education
Department of College Education
Sikar Govt. College
Kotputli Govt. College

Was Chairperson, Modern Sanskrit Chair, JRR Sanskrit University, Jaipur

Devarshi Kala Nath Shastry (15 July 1936 – 25 February 2025) was an Indian Sanskrit scholar honoured by the President of India in 1998. He was an Indologist and a prolific writer in Sanskrit, Hindi and English, and a well-known linguist, who contributed to the campaign of evolving technical terminology in Indian languages and ensuring a respectable status for Hindi, the official language of his state and the Indian union. Shastry died on 25 February 2025, at the age of 88.

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