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Dec 08, 1880 Limli, Gujarat, India Died on 02 Mar 1978 (aged 97)
Jain Scholar and Philosopher from India
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About Sukhlal Sanghvi
- Sukhlal Sanghvi (1880–1978), also known as Pandit Sukhlalji, was a Jain scholar and philosopher.
- He belonged to the Sthanakvasi sect of Jainism.
- Pandit Sukhlal lost his eyesight at the age of sixteen on account of smallpox.
- However, he overcame this handicap and became profoundly versed in Jain logic and rose to become a professor at Banaras Hindu University.
- Paul Dundas calls him one of the most incisive modern interpreters of Jain philosophy.
- Dundas notes that Sanghavi represents what now seems to be a virtually lost scholarly and intellectual world.
- He was a mentor for famous Jain scholar Padmanabh Jaini.
- During his lifetime he won such awards as the Sahitya Akademi Award and won recognition from the Government of India by getting Padma Bhushan award.
- Sukhlalji was also known as Pragnachaksu because he was so vastly learned despite being visually challenged.
