Dahyabhai Shastri

Born|

Vasai Dabhla, Mehsana district, Gujarat, India

Occupation(s)| Scholar
Educationist
Known for| Sanskrit studies
Awards| Padma Shri
Gujarat State Award

Dahyabhai Shastri is an Indian scholar of Sanskrit and the founder of Brahmarshi Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Nadiad.[1][2] He is also a former president of the Gujarat state unit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.[3] Born in Vasai Dabhla, a small village in Mehsana district of Gujarat and did his studies in Sanskrit in Ahmedabad and Varanasi, Shastri chairs the Veda Centre, Pardi.[4] He is known for contributions in interpreting Sanskrit grammar and literature and is a recipient of Gujarat State Award.[4] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to Literature and education.[5]

## See also[edit]

* Sanskrit grammar

* India portal

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Gujarat CM attends Mudra Tula function of Shri Dahyabhai Shastri at Nadiad". Chief Minister of Gujarat. 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
2. ^ "Dahyabhai Shastri". Hunt News. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
3. ^ "Tribute to K.K. Shastri". Organiser. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 5 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
4. ^ a b "3 Gujaratis get Padma Shri". Tatkal News. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
5. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

## External links[edit]

* "Nadiad based Dahyabhai Shastri(90) receives Padma Award (video)". Desh Gujarat. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

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Recipients of Padma Shri in Literature & Education

1950s|

* K. Shankar Pillai (1954)
* Krishna Kanta Handique (1955)
* Surya Kumar Bhuyan (1956)
* Sukhdev Pande (1956)
* Nalini Bala Devi (1957)
* S. R. Ranganathan (1957)
* Ram Chandra Varma (1958)
* Magan Lal Tribhuvandas Vyas (1958)
* K. S. Chandrasekharan (1958)

1960s|

* B. S. Kesavan (1960)
* Artaballabha Mohanty (1960)
* N. D. Sundaravadivelu (1961)
* Vinayaka Krishna Gokak (1961)
* Vishnukant Jha (1961)
* Jinvijay (1961)
* Evengeline Lazarus (1961)

1970s|

* Ananda Chandra Barua (1970)
* Sulabha Panandikar (1971)

1980s|

* Krishan Dutta Bharadwaj (1981)
* Abid Ali Khan (1981)
* Ram Punjwani (1981)
* Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1982)
* R. V. Pandit (1982)
* Sher Singh Sher (1982)
* Gaura Pant Shivani (1982)
* Ahalya Chari (1983)
* Amitabha Chaudhuri (1983)
* Saliha Abid Hussain (1983)
* Komal Kothari (1983)
* Hundraj Lial Ram Dukhayal Manik (1983)
* Raghuvir Sharan Mitra (1983)
* Attar Singh (1983)
* Mayangnokcha Ao (1984)
* Kshem Suman Chandra (1984)
* Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat (1984)
* Shanta Gandhi (1984)
* Sadhu Singh Hamdard (1984)
* Qurratulain Hyder (1984)
* Ganpatrao Jadhav (1984)
* Syed Abdul Malik (1984)
* John Arthur King Martyn (1984)
* Sooranad Kunjan Pillai (1984)
* Syed Hasan Askari (1985)
* Jamesh Dokhuma (1985)
* Kaka Hathrasi (1985)
* Bharat Mishra (1985)
* Harishankar Parsai (1985)
* Ashangbam Minaketan Singh (1985)
* Anil Agarwal (1986)
* Binod Kanungo (1986)
* Chitra Naik (1986)
* Abdur Rahman (1986)
* Nuchhungi Renthlei (1986)
* Raghunath Sharma (1986)
* Abdul Sattar (1987)
* Nazir Ahmed (1987)
* Vanaja Iyengar (1987)
* Khawlkungi (1987)
* Badri Narayan (1987)
* Debi Prasanna Pattanayak (1987)
* Sant Singh Sekhon (1987)
* N. Khelchandra Singh (1987)
* Madaram Brahma (1988)
* Nissim Ezekiel (1988)
* K. M. George (1988)
* Mario Miranda (1988)
* Vidya Niwas Mishra (1988)
* Ali Jawad Zaidi (1988)
* Kalim Aajiz (1989)
* Barsane Lal Chaturvedi (1989)
* Anita Desai (1989)
* Moti Lal Saqi (1989)
* Rongbong Terang (1989)
* V. Venkatachalam (1989)

1990s|

* M. Aram (1990)
* Vijay Kumar Chopra (1990)
* Behram Contractor (1990)
* Radha Mohan Gadanayak (1990)
* Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari (1990)
* Yashpal Jain (1990)
* Sharad Joshi (1990)
* Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra (1990)
* Gopi Chand Narang (1990)
* Dagdu Maruti Pawar (1990)
* Nilmani Phookan Jr (1990)
* Shyam Singh Shashi (1990)
* Ram Nath Shastri (1990)
* Bharat Bhushan (yogi) (1991)
* Kapil Deva Dvivedi (1991)
* B. K. S. Iyengar (1991)
* Satish Chandra Kakati (1991)
* Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte (1991)
* Madan Lal Madhu (1991)
* Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor (1991)
* Keshav Malik (1991)
* Surendra Mohanty (1991)
* P. T. Narasimhachar (1991)
* V. G. Bhide (1992)
* Gulabdas Broker (1992)
* Krishna Chaithanya (1992)
* Rajammal P. Devadas (1992)
* Vasant Shankar Kanetkar (1992)
* V. C. Kulandaiswamy (1992)
* R. S. Lugani (1992)
* Shovana Narayan (1992)
* Nisith Ranjan Ray (1992)
* M. Kirti Singh (1992)
* B. K. Thapar (1992)
* Mark Tully (1992)
* B. N. Goswamy (1998)
* O. N. V. Kurup (1998)
* Lalsangzuali Sailo (1998)
* Gurdial Singh (1998)
* Narayan Gangaram Surve (1998)
* Ruskin Bond (1999)
* Shayama Chona (1999)
* G. P. Chopra (1999)
* Namdeo Dhasal (1999)
* Kanhaiya Lal Nandan (1999)
* Satya Vrat Shastri (1999)
* Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh (1999)

2000s|

* Grigoriy Lvovitch Bondarevsky (2000)
* P. S. Chawngthu (2000)
* Piloo Nowshir Jungalwalla (2000)
* Mandan Mishra (2000)
* Rehman Rahi (2000)
* K. P. Saxena (2000)
* Nabaneeta Dev Sen (2000)
* Elangbam Nilakanta Singh (2000)
* Bala V. Balachandran (2001)
* Jeelani Bano (2001)
* Manoj Das (2001)
* Javare Gowda (2001)
* Chandrashekhara Kambara (2001)
* Gnanananda Kavi (2001)
* Kumar Ketkar (2001)
* Ravindra Kumar (2001)
* Kalidas Gupta Riza (2001)
* Padma Sachdev (2001)
* Bhabendra Nath Saikia (2001)
* Vachnesh Tripathi (2001)
* Munirathna Anandakrishnan (2002)
* Gopal Chhotray (2002)
* Gyan Chand Jain (2002)
* Madhu Mangesh Karnik (2002)
* Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar (2002)
* V. K. Madhavan Kutty (2002)
* Turlapaty Kutumba Rao (2002)
* Kim Yang-shik (2002)
* Manzoor Ahtesham (2003)
* Jagdish Chaturvedi (2003)
* Motilal Jotwani (2003)
* Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad (2003)
* Tekkatte Narayan Shanbhag (2003)
* Shailendra Nath Shrivastava (2003)
* Pritam Singh (2003)
* Vairamuthu (2003)
* Hamlet Bareh (2004)
* Kumarpal Desai (2004)
* Tatyana Elizarenkova (2004)
* Anil Kumar Gupta (2004)
* Gowri Ishwaran (2004)
* Leeladhar Jagudi (2004)
* Sunita Jain (2004)
* Prithvi Nath Kaula (2004)
* Ayyappa Paniker (2004)
* P. Parameswaran (2004)
* Bal Samant (2004)
* Kanhaiyalal Sethia (2004)
* Ramesh Chandra Shah (2004)
* Heinrich von Stietencron (2004)
* Sudhir Tailang (2004)
* Dalip Kaur Tiwana (2004)
* Amiya Kumar Bagchi (2005)
* Shobhana Bhartia (2005)
* Manas Chaudhuri (2005)
* Darchhawna (2005)
* J. S. Grewal (2005)
* Amin Kamil (2005)
* Gadul Singh Lama (2005)
* Mammen Mathew (2005)
* S. B. Mujumdar (2005)
* Bilat Paswan Vihangam (2005)
* Ajeet Cour (2006)
* Sucheta Dalal (2006)
* Laltluangliana Khiangte (2006)
* Lothar Lutze (2006)
* Mrinal Pande (2006)
* Sugathakumari (2006)
* Sitanshu Yashaschandra (2006)
* Temsüla Ao (2007)
* Vijaydan Detha (2007)
* Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia (2007)
* Amitav Ghosh (2007)
* Meenakshi Gopinath (2007)
* Giriraj Kishore (2007)
* Shekhar Pathak (2007)
* Pratibha Ray (2007)
* Rostislav Rybakov (2007)
* Vikram Seth (2007)
* Vaali (2007)
* Sivanthi Adithan (2008)
* Bina Agarwal (2008)
* Vellayani Arjunan (2008)
* Nirupam Bajpai (2008)
* Surjya Kanta Hazarika (2008)
* Vinod Dua (2008)
* M. Leelavathy (2008)
* Amitabh Mattoo (2008)
* Bholabhai Patel (2008)
* Rajdeep Sardesai (2008)
* Sukhadeo Thorat (2008)
* Srinibash Udgata (2008)
* Suresh Gundu Amonkar
* Abhay Chhajlani
* Birendra Nath Datta
* Shashi Deshpande
* Bannanje Govindacharya
* Panchapakesa Jayaraman
* Mathoor Krishnamurty
* Jayanta Mahapatra
* Laxman Mane
* John Ralston Marr
* Alok Mehta
* A. Sankara Reddy
* Lalthangfala Sailo
* Ngawang Samten
* Ranbir Chander Sobti
* Ram Shankar Tripathi

2010s|

* Lalzuia Colney (2010)
* Maria Aurora Couto (2010)
* Romuald D'Souza (2010)
* Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar (2010)
* Surendra Dubey (2010)
* Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai (2010)
* Hermann Kulke (2010)
* Ramaranjan Mukherji (2010)
* Govind Chandra Pande (2010)
* Mrs YGP (2010)
* Sheldon Pollock (2010)
* Arun Sarma (2010)
* Jitendra Udhampuri (2010)
* Granville Austin (2011)
* Mahim Bora (2011)
* Urvashi Butalia (2011)
* Pullella Sriramachandrudu (2011)
* Mamang Dai (2011)
* Pravin Darji (2011)
* Chandra Prakash Deval (2011)
* Deviprasad Dwivedi (2011)
* Balraj Komal (2011)
* Krishna Kumar (2011)
* Rajni Kumar (2011)
* Devanur Mahadeva (2011)
* Barun Mazumder (2011)
* Ritu Menon (2011)
* Avvai Natarajan (2011)
* Bhalchandra Nemade (2011)
* Karl Harrington Potter (2011)
* Koneru Ramakrishna Rao (2011)
* Devi Dutt Sharma (2011)
* Nilamber Dev Sharma (2011)
* Geeta Dharmarajan (2012)
* Eberhard Fischer (2012)
* Kedar Gurung (2012)
* Surjit Patar (2012)
* Sachchidanand Sahai (2012)
* Allan Sealy (2012)
* Pepita Seth (2012)
* Vijay Dutt Shridhar (2012)
* Ralte L. Thanmawia (2012)
* Anvita Abbi (2013)
* Nida Fazli (2013)
* Radhika Herzberger (2013)
* Noboru Karashima (2013)
* Salik Lucknawi (2013)
* J. Malsawma (2013)
* Devendra Patel (2013)
* Christopher Pinney (2013)
* Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam (2013)
* Rama Kant Shukla (2013)
* Jagdish Prasad Singh (2013)
* Akhtarul Wasey (2013)
* Naheed Abidi (2014)
* Ashok Chakradhar (2014)
* Keki N. Daruwalla (2014)
* G. N. Devy (2014)
* Kolakaluri Enoch (2014)
* Ved Kumari Ghai (2014)
* Manorama Jafa (2014)
* Rehana Khatoon (2014)
* P. Kilemsungla (2014)
* Sengaku Mayeda (2014)
* Waikhom Gojen Meitei (2014)
* Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (2014)
* Dinesh Singh (2014)
* Huang Baosheng (2015)
* Bettina Bäumer (2015)
* Lakshmi Nandan Bora (2015)
* Jean-Claude Carrière (2015)
* Gyan Chaturvedi (2015)
* Raj Chetty (2015)
* Bibek Debroy (2015)
* Ashok Gulati (2015)
* George L. Hart (2015)
* Sunil Jogi (2015)
* Usha Kiran Khan (2015)
* Narayana Purushothama Mallaya (2015)
* Lambert Mascarenhas (2015)
* Taarak Mehta (2015)
* Ram Bahadur Rai (2015)
* J. S. Rajput (2015)
* Bimal Kumar Roy (2015)
* Annette Schmiedchen (2015)
* Gunvant Shah (2015)
* Brahmdev Sharma (2015)
* Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah (2016)
* S. L. Bhyrappa (2016)
* Kameshwar Brahma (2016)
* Jawahar Lal Kaul (2016)
* Sal Khan (2016)
* Ashok Malik (2016)
* Haldhar Nag (2016)
* Pushpesh Pant (2016)
* Dahyabhai Shastri (2016)
* Prahlad Chandra Tasa (2016)
* Anant Agarwal (2017)
* Eli Ahmed (2017)
* Michel Danino (2017)
* Narendra Kohli (2017)
* Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (2017)
* Kashi Nath Pandita (2017)
* Vishnu Pandya (2017)
* V. G. Patel (2017)
* H.R. Shah (2017)
* Chamu Krishna Shastry (2017)
* Bhawana Somaaya (2017)
* Punam Suri (2017)
* Harihar Kripalu Tripathi (2017)
* G. Venkatasubbiah (2017)
* Prafulla Govinda Baruah (2018)
* Shyamlal Chaturvedi (2018)
* Arup Kumar Dutta (2018)
* Arvind Gupta (2018)
* Digamber Hansda (2018)
* Anwar Jalalpuri (2018)
* Piyong Temjen Jamir (2018)
* Joyasree Goswami Mahanta (2018)
* Zaverilal Mehta (2018)
* Tomio Mizokami (2018)
* Habibullo Rajabov (2018)
* Vagish Shastri (2018)
* Maharao Raghuveer Singh (2018)
* A Zakia (2018)
* Narsingh Dev Jamwal (2019)
* Nagindas Sanghavi (2019)
* Mohammed Hanif Khan Shastri (2019)
* Devendra Swarup (2019)

2020s|

* Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra (2020)
* Binapani Mohanty (2020)
* Damayanti Beshra (2020)
* H. M. Desai (2020)
* Lil Bahadur Chettri (2020)
* Meenakshi Jain (2020)
* N. Chandrasekharan Nair (2020)
* Narayan Joshi Karayal (2020)
* Prithwindra Mukherjee (2020)
* Robert Thurman (2020)
* S. P. Kothari (2020)
* Shahabuddin Rathod (2020)
* Sudharma (2020)
* Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam (2020)
* Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi (2020)
* Yogesh Praveen (2020)
* Benichandra Jamatia (2020)
* Carlos G. Vallés (2021)
* Dadudan Gadhvi (2021)
* Imran Shah (2021)
* Mangal Singh Hazowary (2021)
* Mridula Sinha (2021)
* Namdeo Kamble (2021)
* Rangasami L. Kashyap (2021)
* Srikant Datar (2021)
* Solomon Pappaiah (2021)
* Asavadi Prakasarao (2021)
* Lalbiakthanga Pachuau (2021)
* Najma Akhtar (2022)
* T Senka Ao (2022)
* J K Bajaj (2022)
* Sirpi Balasubramaniam (2022)
* Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat (2022)
* Harmohinder Singh Bedi (2022)
* Maria Christopher Byrski (2022)
* Khalil Dhantejvi (Posthumous) (2022)
* Dhaneswar Engti (2022)
* Narasimha Rao Garikapati (2022)
* Girdhari Ram Gonjhu (Posthumous) (2022)
* Shaibal Gupta (Posthumous) (2022)
* Narasingha Prasad Guru (2022)
* Avadh Kishore Jadia (2022)
* Tara Jauhar (2022)
* Rutger Kortenhorst (2022)
* P Narayana Kurup (2022)
* V L Nghaka  (2022)
* Chirapat Prapandavidya (2022)
* Vidyanand Sarek (2022)
* Kali Pada Saren (2022)
* Dilip Shahani  (2022)
* Vishwamurti Shastri (2022)
* Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan (2022)
* Siddhalingaiah (Posthumous) (2022)
* Vidya Vindu Singh (2022)
* Raghuvendra Tanwar (2022)
* Badaplin War (2022)
* Radha Charan Gupta (2023)
* C. I. Issac (2023)
* Rattan Singh Jaggi (2023)
* Anand Kumar (2023)
* Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande (2023)
* Antaryami Mishra (2023)
* Ramesh Patange (2023)
* B. Ramakrishna Reddy (2023)
* Mohan Singh (2023)
* Prakash Chandra Sood (2023)
* Janum Singh Soy (2023)
* Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (2023)
* Dhaniram Toto (2023)

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