The Journal of the Ganganath Jha Research Institute (Vol-I Part-I November 1943) An Old And Rare Book

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For nearly a quarter of a century, if not more, it was impossible for anyone here to talk of the Allahabad University and not to think at the same time of Sir Ganga Nath Jha. His reputation as a Sanskrit scholar had spread far beyond the confines of this country. It is only for those, who know Sanskrit or who are well-versed in Hindu philosophy to give a correct estimate of the contribution he made to the exposition of Hindu thought, but as one, who has been more or less interested in the various aspects of our intellectual life, I can say that wherever I went in India or outside I found scholars and savants speaking of him in terms of the greatest respect and veneration. I can say from personal knowledge that his translation of the Hindu Law text books, which I have on several occasions used in courts of law, are most illuminating and are monuments of learning and research. He lived the typical life of a Hindu Pandit,-by instinct and tradition a conservative, he was intensely proud of the contribution of our ancestors in the realm of thought and he considered it his duty-and none was more qualified than he to interpret that thought to us in our generation. Above everything else he was the living example of a life dedicated to the service of scholarship. If it is true to say of any one it may be said of him in all sincerity that his whole life was a life of plain living and high thinking. Altogether whether we look to his intellectual life or to the high standard of purity which he set in private life, he was a most valuable asset to the Allahabad University.

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