Kantilal Baldevram Vyas (21 November 1910 – 23 March 1991) was a

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linguist, critic and editor from

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. He published several works in the field of linguistics including ''Bhasha Vijnan'', ''Bhasha, Vrutt ane Kavyalankar'', ''Gujarati Bhashano Udgam, Vikas and Swaroop'' (Origin, Development and Form of Gujarati language) and ''Bhasha Sanshodhan''.

Life

Kantilal Vyas was born on 21 November 1910 at Hampura, a village in the

Surendranagar district Surendranagar is an administrative district in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India. It has a population of approximately 1.7 million people. Surendranagar, along with the twin city of Wadhwan, has a total of 400,000 inhabitants, an ...

of Gujarat in India. After finishing his schooling in 1926, he studied Bachelor of Arts and received a degree in

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and

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in the year 1930 from

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. He further studied Master of Arts and received a degree in Gujarati and

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in the year 1933 from M.T.B. College,

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. He received the degree of D.Lit. in 1968 from

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for his research in linguistics and

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. He died on 23 March 1991.

Career and contribution

Vyas was a scholar of linguistics, grammar, and old and medieval Gujarati literature. He edited several old and medieval Gujarati manuscripts. He edited ''

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'', an old Gujarati fagu poem, in English and Gujarati. He also edited ''

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'' of

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(Vol. I, in English and Gujarati), ''Char Gujarati Phagu Kavyo'' (of the 15th century), ''Ranmall Chhand'', ''Apabharmsha of

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'' (1982) and ''Mamerun of Premanand'' (in collaboration with

Chimanlal Trivedi Chimanlal Shivshankar Trivedi (2 June 192930 January 2015) was a Gujarati critic and editor from Gujarat, India. Life Chimanlal Trivedi was born on 2 June 1929 at Mujpur village (now in Patan district, Gujarat, India). He completed BA in 1950, ...

). He was appointed the Fellow of

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in 1948 and as the President of Professor Association of Gujarati in 1963. He was the head of Gujarati Department at

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from 1937 to 1959 and thereafter became the principal of various government colleges including M. N. College, Visnagar (1959–1965), Dharmendrasinh College,

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(1965–1966),

Samaldas College Samaldas Arts College or Samaldas College is a college in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. It was founded in 1885 by Takhtsinhji, the Maharaja of Bhavnagar State in memory of his Diwan (minister) Samaldas Paramananddas Mehta. It is one of the oldest ...

Bhavnagar Bhavnagar is a city and the headquarters of Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was founded in 1723 by Bhavsinhji Gohil. It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, which was a princely state before it was merged into the Dominion ...

(1966–1967),

Mithibai College The Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics is a college affiliated to the University of Mumbai offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Arts, Science and Commerce. ...

, Mumbai (1968–1971), C. M. College, Viramgam (1971–1974) and Shoorji Vallabhdas Arts and Commerce College, Mandvi (1974–1975). He retired in 1975.

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