Benimadhab Barua

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Benimadhab Barua

Benimadhab Barua ( Bengali : বেণীমাধব বড়ুয়া , Beṇīmādhab Baṛuẏā ; born December 31, 1888 in Mahamuni in the Chittagong district ; † March 23, 1948 in Calcutta ) was a Bengali scholar and specialist in classical Indian languages ​​and traditional law.

Live and act

Barua received his training at Scottish Church College and the Presidency College of the University of Calcutta, among others . In 1913 he obtained a Master of Arts degree in the ancient Indian language Pali . He also studied law. From 1913 to 1914 he was lecturer for Pali at the University of Calcutta. A government grant allowed him to study in England. He studied Greek and Modern European Philosophy at the University of London . Here he obtained his doctorate in 1917. After he returned to India in 1918, he was appointed professor at the University of Calcutta. Here he taught Pali, Sanskrit and ancient history of India until his death in 1948 .

When Lama Anagarika Govinda founded the Arya Maitreya Mandala in 1933 , Benimadhab Barua was one of the founding members. Barua was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society , which honored him with the Bimalacharan Laha Gold Medal. He edited the magazines Indian Culture , Buddhist India , Jagajjyoti and Vishvavani .

Works

Benimadhab Barua received his doctorate in London in 1917
  • A History of Pre-Buddhist Indian Philosophy. A Prolegomena to the History of Buddhist Philosophy (1918)
  • A History of Pre-Buddhistic Indian Philosophy (1921)
  • The Ajivikas (1921)
  • Old Brāhmi Inscriptions in the Udayagiri and Khandgiri (1926)
  • Gaya and Buddha Gaya (1931 and 1934)
  • Asoka and His Inscriptions (1946)
  • Brahmachari Kuladananda and His Guru Bijaya Krishna Goswami (1938)
  • Studies in Buddhism (1947)
  • Philosophy of Progress (1948)

literature

  • Hemendu Bikash Chowdhury: Dr. BR Barua Birth Centenary Commemoration Volume. Bauddha Dharmankur Sabha 1989
  • Birgit Zotz : "Eighty years of Ārya Maitreya Maṇḍala - a chronology." In: Der Kreis No. 270, October 2013 ( ISSN  2197-6007 ), pp. 6–21.

Single receipts

  1. ↑ The biography follows the article on Barua in the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh
  2. ↑ Annette Belke: Lama Anagarika Govinda. Pioneer of a "creative Buddhism" in the West and founder of the Arya Maitreya Mandala . Dissertation. Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna 1995, p. 255
personal data
SURNAME Barua, Benimadhab
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bengali scholar and specialist in classical Indian languages ​​and traditional law
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Mahamuni, Chittagong District
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1948
Place of death Calcutta