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SUKUMARI BHATTACHARJI: History of classical Sanskrit literature, vii,.!
OBITUARY: SUKUMARI BHATTACHARJI ()
Kolkata: Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Sukumari Bhattacharji died on Saturday.
It is impossible to review this small but significant book by Sukumari Bhattacharji without noting an unintended confusion.
She was She had pledged her body to the cause of medical research.
Sukumaridi, as she was fondly called by her admirers, belonged to a rare breed of scholars who had equal grasp of English and Sanskrit literature.
She began her career as a lecturer in English at Lady Brabourne College, joined Jadavpur Universitys Comparative Literature Department on the request of Buddhadeb Basu, and later shifted to the Sanskrit Department.
Born to Christian parents on July 12, , Sukumari used to joke that she shared her birthday with Julius Caesar.
But her Christian lineage came in the way when she wanted to do her graduation in Sanskrit. Calcutta University didnt allow her. Sukumari did her masters in English in and took up teaching at Lady Brabourne College, a year later.
She had to do her masters in Sanskrit as a private candidate, 10 years later.