Dr Hari Narayana Bhat

[Srinivasakrishnan ln]

Dear All,

I understand Prof HN Bhat passed away on October 22, 2020. (See attachment). May his soul rest in peace.

Many of us who were recipients over the years of his vast knowledge of Sanskrit texts,  especially grammar texts, are plunged in deep sorrow.

Srini

[Jsr Prasad]

This is indeed a great loss to Sanskrit scholarship. A scholar par excellence, maintained a low profile throughout his career. French Institute was blessed to have him as its resource person. He was prompt in answering several questions, and contributed to BVP a lot with unmatching scholarship. सद्गतिप्राप्तिरस्त्विति प्रार्थना ।

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[K S Kannan]

Sad.

सद्गति-प्राप्तिरस्तु !

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Academic Director, Swadeshi Indology.

Member, Academic Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthana.

Nominated Member, IIAS, Shimla.

Former Professor, CAHC, Jain University, Bangalore.

Former Director, Karnataka Samskrit University, Bangalore.

Former Head, Dept. of Sanskrit, The National Colleges, Bangalore.

[Sundareswaran N.K]

Very sad.

He was a good scholar.

He carried out his doctoral research in our Department under the supervision of Prof.  N. V. P. Unithiri.

I think that his scholarship was not properly recognized. 

अक्षय्यपुण्यलोकावाप्तिरस्तु I

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

Shocking to BVP family ! 

He contributed enormously to the list with his great scholarship and involvement in scholarly pursuit. 

Sadgatipraaptirastu. 

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Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

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BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

From the archives of EEFO

H.N. Bhat (Pondicherry Centre) retires

28 FEBRUARY 13

Dr. H.N. Bhat, Sanskritist, retired on 28th February 2013 after almost 24 years of service at the Pondicherry Centre of the École française  ...

[Rucha Kelkar]

Extremely sad to read this. Have been reading his posts on the BVP group. Condolences and prayers

Rucha Kelkar 

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[Radhakrishna Warrier]

Very Sad.

I joined BVP only relatively recently, but am glad that I could read his scholarly posts here.  He responded to a few of my posts too, and his responses were quite informative.

My heartfelt condolences to his family.

May he obtain sadgati!

Regards,

Radhakrishna Warrier 

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[Dhaval Patel]

Namaste,

I learnt Kashika under his guidance. I used to shoot questions to him via mail and he used to clarify the problem very easily. 

What I loved most about his style was that he did not give the answer directly. He did not believe in spoon feeding. He would ask you counter question. Once you think about his counter question, you yourself would come to know about fallacy in your questions. And this learning gets retained in mind for long, long time.

A personal loss to me.

I would appreciate if someone from the list can send me his residential address off list.

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[ushavishnuvamsi]

नितरां दुःखितोस्मि.....बहुविदामग्रणीः महान्.....

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[V N Jha]

great loss. a great scholar of very rare scholarship ! may the soul rest in peace !

VNJha

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[Bijoy Misra]

An erudite scholar indeed.  He had a knack of researching the text and cite as the problem would need.

I benefited through his research and analysis.

I didn't know his age.  This is a profound loss to the field of Sanskrit studies.

Peace!

BM

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[Madhav Deshpande]

Very sad news indeed.  Cannot believe this.  I had communicated with him until recently.

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]

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[Veeranarayanacharya Pandurangi]

Indeed a great loss to Samskrit scholarship and personal loss to me.

I had worked along with him in French institute of Pondicherry during 1999 to 2004. And immensely benifited by his scholarship. 

He worked in EFEO for 24 years collaborating with many scholars both indian and Western.

However due his style of communication, his reach was limited to mostly writing, but that too was limited by the French style of administration.

He published

Murāri’s pañcikā on the Anargharāghava. He also published, with S.A.S. Sarma, a first critical edition of the Keralan aesthete Pūrṇasarasvatī’s commentary (Bhaktimandākinī) on the Viṣṇupādādikeśastotra as already  noted. But his published (in other persons name) writings include Bhavabhuti word index (published under .....name as everyone knows it).

In this way, he might have published so many things. May be kashika critical edition, he was working on it partially.

He had prepared one more critical edition of a kavya work, perhaps Mahanayak??? SAS Sharma knows better.

But he was noticed by most of people only in BVP and other forums after this evolution of internet properly. 

He had been paralyzed for many years now but still could participate in BVP enthusiastically. 

He could not come to Udupi conference of BVP due to his ailments. 

I hope French people will take measures to publish his works.

Veeranarayana Pandurangi

[Jayaraman]

Shocked to learn about the demise of Dr.HN Bhat . Heartfelt condolences.

I have met him in his house once in Chennai three or four years ago. What amazed me most was - he was living in a remote suburb of Chennai where internet communication, accessibility by road even was very difficult. His computer also needed updating, a CD that we took did not work, the system was very slow, the OS will not cooperate. But the way he was communicating with us all in BVP was amazing.

I could see the verse in action - क्रियासिद्धिः सत्त्वे वसति महतां नोपकरणे।

Salutations to the great soul.

Jayaraman

[Himanshu Pota]

Dear Dr Patel,

I believe Dr Bhat's phone - +91 82960 53906 - is still active. The news came through this phone sent by his son.

I wish someone who lives in Chennai can go to his son's residence, collect as many facts as possible, and publishes a fitting eulogy celebrating his scholarship. Perhaps Veeranarayana Pandurangi ji can put it all together for us.

He was a great man, an embodiment of a great scholarship culture.

Thanks.

Himanshu

[Soumya Kumar]

Sad news indeed. He responded promptly to queries like a true teacher - small or big and I benefited from him personally. Sadgati praptirastu

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Soumya Kumar

Mysuru - 570 005

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[Venkatakrishna Sastry]

Very sad news.

Bhat ji was a good friend of mine. We had good interactions on beauty of Samskruth, teaching methods and grammar intricacies. He has made good contributions to the field of Samskruth studies.

I recall two memorable lines here, which aptly applies  to  Bhat ji:     

 

नास्ति तेषां यशःकाये, जरा-मरणजं भयम्

 

हुतं च दत्तं च तथैव तिष्ठति

 

Regards

BVK Sastry

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[V Subrahmanian]

Dr. Bhat was a very amiable person.  I had a chance to meet him personally in 2012 in Chennai when he had come to the venue where the Sringeri Jagadguru was camping for Chaturmasya and the annual Mahaganapati Vakyartha Sabha was on.  

He expounded to me personally over chat a small text of humorous verses some years ago.

Our tributes to the exalted soul.

regards

subrahmanian.v

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[yogini vyas]

Sad news indeed.

May his divine soul Rest in Peace.

Om Shanti

Yogini Vyas

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[Veeranarayanacharya Pandurangi]

it was Balaramayana, not Mahanataka (as perviously noted by me) he was last working on in collaboration with V Lalita and Manjunatha Bhatta as he noted

[Shrivathsa B]

हरिनारायणभट्टवर्यो दिष्टान्तं गत इति इदानीमेव ज्ञातम् । नितरां खिद्यते मनो मे । 😢

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[Anand Ghurye]

Sincere prayers !

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हन्त! कथमेवं सञ्जातम्! बुधोऽसौ समवर्धयन् मे भाषाज्ञानम् बहु! कः खलु तत्स्थानं गृह्णीयात्?

तत्रान्येषां युष्माकं लेखनानि दृष्ट्वा वर्धते हि विस्मयो मम। तत्संसर्गयोग्यताम् उपपादयेम चिरं स्वकर्मभिः।

[Deva Pattanayak]

My heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Hari Narayana Bhat. 

May his soul rest in peace.

Deva Narayan Pattanayak

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[Prof. PTGY SAMPATH KUMAR ACHARYULU]

It’s a shocking news to me that Dr. Harinarayana Bhat is no more. 

He is such a person to remember for ever. He is very simple in person and highly reputed in scholarship. 

Sanskrit world lost A grate grammarian, and a critic. 

I had a grate chance to accompany with him for more than ten years while working in EFEO, Pondicherry during 1987. - 97, preparing entire Samasa section of Paniniya Udaharana Kosha.  But unfortunately the publishers omitted my name in the publication. Of course this is quite common practice every where.  But Dr. HN Bhat is really a peculiar scholar, who could succeeded such people and continued upto end of service. 

He has submitted his theses on Pancika on Anarghararaghava, to Madras University during 1987, working as a Sanskrit teacher at school level. His theses was attracted the scholars,  And made him appointed in the EFEO, placing him in a world wide reputation. 

I pray Lord Srimannarayana to shower his grace on Harinarayana, for ever peace of his departed soul. 

I convey My deep condolence to his family members. 

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[Jay Nityananda Das]

A Great loss to the Sanskrit world!

I was touched by  his simplicity blended with straightforwardness  in his responses over BVP.

May Lord Hari show His mercy upon him. Hare Krishna!

das,

Jaya Nityananda Dasa

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[Veeranarayanacharya Pandurangi]

True Sir. 

But unfortunately the publishers omitted my name in the publication. Of course this is quite common practice every where. 

It is also particularly true in French context.

I wonder nobody in BVP asked in whose name Bhats work on Bhavabhuti word index is published.

This is saddest thing to happen. But such things do happen.

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[Ramesh Kn]

  I am shocked at his demise..!!

Sanskrit fraternity has lost an exemplary grammarian cum critic.

Most of the time, his replies were instantaneous & very curt yet thought provoking  

His postings & comments can be seen in most of the sanskrit blogs in the internet.

Sir was living at Shimoga with his daughter.

He is a very very simple man by his looks & attire. He never complained of food or the place. He used to adjust himself wherever he is put in.

His sole companion was his tablet & few sanskrit books .

Once when he approached SBI for an error . The staff misunderstood him to be an illiterate seeing his simple looks & attire & nudged him away.

The staff then suggested do that way, do this way..

Sir then let out his wisdom from the bag, no body could withstand his thorough knowledge in internet, apps etc & all were astonished.

Sir was suffering from Jaundice & was admitted in the hospital.

He was made to undergo corona test whose result was negative.

But the hospital authorities admitted him & kept on performing test after test..

He was shifted out from ICU & put on general medicines.

He breathed his lost on 22.10.2020 at his 72 years of age.

his son flew from USA and performed the last rites.

Learnt from her daughter that hnbhat01at gmail dot com is still alive .

People can express their condolences in that mail.

He will be ever remembered by me for all the guidance he has given especially to the samskrita googlegroup.

Few pictures of sir..

 

Namaskarams

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Thanks for sharing those excellent pictures and a detailed eulogy, Sri K N Ramesh-ji. 

I saw that sea shore picture in his profile. But that was small and low pixel. This is a high resolution one. Thanks for sharing. 

That family pic is also a good selection and has come out very well. 

This list misses him deeply. 

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[Vrinda P M]

Upammulkay

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[Vrinda P M]

Sorry for the message. I am not aware of this message. Please pardon me.

Vrinda