Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Shashi Bhushan Dasgupta | |
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| Born | (1911-03-17)17 March 1911 |
| Died | 21 July 1964(1964-07-21) (aged 53) |
| Occupations | Scholar in philosophy, languages and literature, literary critic, author, theologian |
Shashibhusan Dasgupta, orShashi Bhushan Dasgupta,Shashibhusan andShashi Bhusan Das Gupta (17 March 1911 – 21 July 1964) was aBengali scholar of philosophy, languages, literature (particularly Bengali literature), literary critic, author and theologian.[1]
Dasgupta was born inChandrahar Village in modernBarisal Division, South-Central Bangladesh. He obtained his IA fromB M College, Barisal, his BA (Hons) in Philosophy fromScottish Church College,Kolkata,West Bengal,India. His MA inBengali Language and Literature was fromCalcutta University in 1935, and he subsequently joined Calcutta University's Bengali Department as a Researcher. Winning the 1937Premchand Roychand Studentship due to his scholarship contributions, Dasgupta was appointed in Bengali Department a lecturer, and received his PhD in that department in 1939.
Dasgupta's chief opus is the identification of Indian spiritual meditation forms and demonstration of their relationship toTantricBuddhism, toSaivite,Sakta andVaishnava religious philosophies, and to Bengali literature. He won the 1961Sahitya Akademi Award for his workBharater Shakti-Sadhana O Shakta Sahitya.
Dasgupta had authored novels, plays, poems and children's books.[2] Some editions of his works are published posthumously or in recently updated versions, and their exact or cited titles in English depend on the language variants being transliterated.
