A
true son of
Saraswati-aliving
encyclopedia-a moving
geode of the massage
Prof Prahallad
Pradhan(1910-1982) is a
great indent in the
field of Indology.He
alone could turn a
clamant in bringing out
a linguistic renaissance
in the Orient. None but.
he could only implant
the ensign of Orissa. in
the world
Buddhist"s
conference,held at
Nalanda (1980),being its
unanimously nominated
chairman .As the
Sanskrit Luminary
nominated of the
Sub-confinement
,President rddy
conferred upon him
"The certificate of
Honor".
Being
a polyglot and having a
tireless touring
personality, he fanned
no prejudice for any
thing .Rather he
considered people of
diverse nations as the
members of one family
.for his unifying vision
and his fear of God ,he
had been numbered with
the godly . Where he
went his humility moved
the millions.
It
is nodenying the fact
that he emerged as the
first Pali scholar of
orissa .His named is
added to the priceless
list of Dhamananda
kosamdi ,Bhikshyu
Jagadish,
Sumangalacharya and
like. He remained the
peerless President of
the All India Oriental
conference in the
Aligarh session (pali
section ).His oriya
rendering of "Pali
Dharmapada "will
continue to inspire the
succeeding generations.
During his research on
the scientific
philosophy of buddhism
at Biswa Bharati, he had
first an entry in to the
World of Letters By that
time , Hajari Prasad
Dwivedi bore witness to
his versatile genius
.There he received an
intimation from the Govt
.of China & under
the recommendation of
Neheru"s Govt .poceeding
too the Oriental Studies
Research Center .From
1948 to 1951, he served
there as a visiting
professor at Nanking and
Peking University. God
granted him to observe
the course of history
there ,in Mautsetung's
China . A great many
Chinese Scholars -seven
Radio China had held him
in awe and reverence for
his unique mastery of
Chinese Tibetan
Languages . At the
request of Rahul
Sansrutayan ,he had
restored the manuscripts
of Basubandhu's "Abhidharma
samuchaya " and
Asang's Abhidharma Kosa
Bhasya (7th century
A.D.) After rendering
necessary correction ,he
got them ,in pure Dev
Nagari, under the
protective wings of
Bihar Royal Society
.That brought him
international fame .
Prof.Pradhan's
Collection of Oriya
essays "sahityayan"
his Sanskrit edition of
"Manimala"
,"Shaiva Chintamani
" 'Guhya
Siddhitantra " his
publication of
Bajaridas's "Artha
Gobinda "his
strring connentaries on
Narayananda Abadhuta
Goswami's rudra
Sudhanidhi (16th century
A.D.)etc, are valuable
contribution. He was a
champion worker in
promoting the cause of
education and
scholorships in this
country. Despite that
,being a son of the
peasant family ,he never
forgot -Dirty hands can
be educated only
He
first initiated "Kalidas
Jayanti in Orissa ,in
company of Dr H.K.Mahatab,
Dr Mayadhar Mansingh
,Prof. Gouri Kumar Brahma
and pt Basudev Mishra . he
had striven his best to
bring Gangadhara Meher
into the National
mainstream in campony of
Padmashri Kalandi Charan
Panigrahi.He first founded
a research center at
Lachhipur (sonepur) in
company of Bhagirathi
Nepak- the reasonbing
Lachhipur lies near
Khaliapali from where
original script of Stuti
Chintamani was available.
After
Banaras and Dharbhanga ,Prahallad
thought to establish the
third Sanskrit University
at Puri ,where in his
salad days ,the orthodox
Brahmins had
objected him study
Paninian Grammer . How be
it ,his yearning was
fulfilled in 1981 when he
asked "Guru Dakshina
"from his Ravenshaw
vian student Sri
J.B.Pattnaik ,the then
Chief Minister of Orissa
of the nobel committee. Dr
Sunit Kumar Chhattopdhaya
was an honourable member .
Teachership -Lecturership
and principal -ship ,he
had served in all
capacities . At last ,Lord
Jaggannath bountiful
favours would have it,he
remained the first
vice-chancellor of Sri
Jaggannath Sanskrit
University. Of the Charana
Mahasabha held at Tarabha,
Sri Bhagirathi Nepak
callstomemory of Pt
Sadasiv Ratha Sharma
proclaiming unto all
saying Prof.Prahallad
Pradhan as not only the
"Kulapati of Sri
Vihar " but also the
Kulapati of Utkal"
Such a lofty station he
deserved .
Prahallad
remained obliged to Pt
Ramagyana Panda all
through his life who had
discovered him a resolute
Ekalabya in 1927 and
taught him Paninian
Grammer at puri .Ere that
Gudia Baba was his torch
bearer in teaching him
"Sddhanta Koumudi
" in his father
founded toll ,established
at Kamgaon of Bargarh
District. It was a long
way (though ) Prahallad
could at last ,become a
fount of inspiration for a
great many Sanskrit
-aspirants. He turned a
Letter of Living . He
loved and he served
,remaining far above
praise and blame . He was
as if ,trudging on a
closen highway . Proff
Dhkhishyam Pattnaik called
him "Kirti Shesha"
While making his
horoscope. He refered him
being worthy of an
illustrious father like
Chintamani Pradhan of
Antapali a hamlet
hitherto- undotted in the
Orissan map
The
Legendary Professor had
been members of many
national and international
institutions, He had been
members of many national
and international
institutation , He had
been in Jhankar editorial
Board in Utkal University
syndicate and U.P.S.C.- in
Kendra and Orissa Sahitya
Akademi in the Gyanapitha
Regional committe . He was
the chief in editing the
Ancient rolls of Orissa
museum . He was in the
advisory board of the
Governor . He was in the
board of appointing
professor to the Dept ,of
Chinese ,in Delhi
University. He had a high
command almost in all the
scholarsy circles ,says
Prof. Pranabandhu Kar
By-Late
Prabhat Kumar Mishra
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