Kamlashankar Pranshankar Trivedi (11 October 1857 – 1925) was a

Gujarati language Gujarati ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Western Rājasthāni, Old Gujarati (). In India, it is one of the 22 Languages with ...

editor and

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ian.

Life

Kamlashankar was born on 11 October 1857 at

Surat Surat (Gujarati Language, Gujarati: ) is a city in the western Indian States and territories of India, state of Gujarat. The word Surat directly translates to ''face'' in Urdu, Gujarati language, Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of t ...

. He completed his primary and secondary education in Surat. He passed

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in 1874. He completed Bachelor of Arts in economy and history from Alphenston College in 1878. Due to poor financial condition, he joined as an extra teacher in Mission School, Surat. Later he taught in primary and secondary level at

Bharuch Bharuch () is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District. The city of Bharuch and surroundings have been settled since times of antiquity. It was a shi ...

Nadiad Nadiad is a city in the state of Gujarat, India and the administrative centre of the Kheda district. It is known for the Santram Mandir, the Mai Mandir,

, Surat,

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and

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. He served as a principal of Premchand Raichand Training College in Ahmedabad in 1902 and edited ''Gujarat Shalapatra''. He served as an examiner of Sanskrit in

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and

Panjab University Panjab University (PU) is an Indian collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh. Funded through both State and Union governments, it is considered a state university. It traces its origins to the University of the Punjab in Lahor ...

. He retired in 1914. He presided over the seventh session of

Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Gujarati Sahitya Parishad () is a literary organisation for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Mehta with the aim of creating literature appealing to all classes of society and ...

in 1924. He died in 1925.

Works

He was educated in economy and history while he taught Sanskrit. He published several works on grammar and translated several Sanskrit works. His editing is influenced by Sanskrit. He wrote ''England no Tunko Itihas'' (1887), ''Gods of India'' (1913), ''Shiksahnshastrana Mooltatvo'' (1913), ''Shankar Jayanti Vyakhyanmala'' (1913), ''Gujarati Bhashanu Vyakaran'' (1914-16), ''Karakmimansa'' (1915), ''Madhyam Vyakaran'' (1917) and the forty chapters Gujarati grammar, ''Brihad Vyakaran'' (1919). He wrote the short history of India titled ''Hindustan no Sankshipta Itihas'' (1920). His works ''Kavyasahitya Mimansa'' (1930) and ''Anubhavvinod'' (1933) were published posthumously. He translated

Samuel Smiles Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His prim ...

's ''Duty'' into Gujarati. He edited several textbooks; ''Sanskrit'' Book 1-2 (1896), ''Sanskritshikshika'' (The Sanskrit Teacher, 1911), ''Sahityamanjari'' (1915), ''Gujarati/Trivedi Vanchanmala'' (1921). He edited ''

Bhaṭṭikāvya ' (; "Bhatti's Poem") is a Sanskrit-language poem dating from the 7th century CE, in the formal genre of the "great poem" ( mahākāvya). It focuses on two deeply rooted Sanskrit traditions, the ''Ramayana'' and Panini's grammar, while incorporat ...

'' (1898), Jagannath's ''Rekha Ganit'' (1901-1902), Vidyadhar's ''Ekavali'' (1908), Vishwanath's ''Prataprudryashobhushan'' (1909), Lakshmidhara's ''Shadbhashachandrika'' (1918), Ramchandra's ''Prakriyakaumudi'',

Vararuchi Vararuci (also transliterated as Vararuchi) () is a name associated with several literary and scientific texts in Sanskrit and also with various legends in several parts of India. This Vararuci is often identified with Kātyāyana. Kātyāyana is ...

's ''Prakrit Prakash'', Kond Bhatt's ''Vyakaranbhushan''.

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