Shripad Damodar Satvalekar
Vedamuthi Shripad Damodar Satvalekar (19 September 1867 - 31 July 1968) was the leading scholar of the Vedas in depth study. He was honored with Padma Bhushan by the Indian government in the field of 'Literature and Education' in 1968.
Biography
Shreepad was born on September 19, 1867 in the small village 'Kolgaon (Ratnagiri district) of Sawantwadi Riyadh (Maharashtra) on the southern end of Sahyadri mountain range. His father, Shri Damodar Bhatt, his father, Mr. Anant Bhatt and Praptita, Shri Krishna Bhatt, were the refreshing scholars of all Rigvedi Vedic traditions. Since childhood, Sridipad was studied in the Vedas. As such, due to his spiritual knowledge, there was a lot of prestige in the society of Satlawala family. At the age of eight, the school education of Sripad started. Acharya Shri Chintamani Shastri Kelkar gave him education of Sanskrit grammar.
In 1887 Vestrap, an English official, started painting work at Sawantwadi. There, the painting of Guru Malvankar took the mind of Shripad. They love to learn this art. His father, Shri Damodar Bhat was also a master in painting. Therefore, the paintings of Shreepad started falling on the walls of the house. He had nothing to do with sculpture.
Founded in "JJ School of Arts", he established a gallery in Hyderabad. Along with his business, he started taking part in the National Movement enthusiastically. Your article "Tejaswita" written on the basis of Vedas was deemed seditious, due to which you had to suffer imprisonment for three years. Living
In search of opportunity, Shreepad reached Mumbai at the age of 23. However, in the 22nd year, he was married to Mrs. Saraswati Bai, daughter of the blessed family, who was married. In the meantime, Shripad started studying Sanskrit texts in the time that he got from painting. He received the best award "Mayo Medal" twice in painting and sculpture. In 1893, the famous JJ of Mumbai. He was appointed as a teacher at the School of Art.
In 1900, Shreepad left Hyderabad and left for Hyderabad. They stayed there for 13 years. With the help of famous painter Mr. Deuskar, he made a studio there. They came in contact with the Arya Samaj. Vedanta started participating in discussions. Reputation started to grow and in the society they started recognizing the name of Panditji. He translated Marathi "Satyarth Prakash", "Rigveda Bhashya Raksha" and "Yoga Tattvashark". In 1918, some differences arose from Aryasamaj.
As much as the serious study and meaning of Vedas' meaning and thought is done by any other Indian. In relation to Vedic literature, he wrote many articles and established Vivekvardhini Education Society in Hyderabad. You did not like the Nizam to enjoy your knowledge of national ideas, so you had to leave Hyderabad soon. After spending some time in Haridwar, Lahore, you settled in Aundh in 1918 and on the same day establishing Swadhyayana Mandal started continuing in the literature service. After the assassination of Gandhi, he had to get out of there. Now he made a village named Pardi in Gujarat and after re-establishment of the Swadhyayana Mandal, Vedas became even more strongly involved in the purity and spread of the ancient Sanskrit literature.
Panditji is associated with freedom struggle only in Hyderabad. Proximity to Lokmanya Tilak led him to the Indian National Congress. He started giving lectures on indigenous In the freedom struggle, Shripad was engaged in whole heartedly. In 1919, he established the "Swadhyaya Mandal" in Aundh. Start translating Rigveda, Samved, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda. He was also published. In 1919, he started publication of "Vedic religion" magazine in Hindi and Marathi "Purushartha" magazines in 1924. Pandit Satvalekar wrote the book "Sanskrit Swayam Shikshak" for easy access to the language of the Vedas for students and general readers.
Panditji joined the RSS in Satara in 1936. As a conductor of Aundh Principals, he started new branches. For 16 years, he saw the work of the Sangh. He also played an active role in the independence movement of 1942. Due to relentless hard work, his physical strength started getting impaired. They also started living unwell. They had paralysis on 9th June 1968. At the age of 101, he left the world on July 31, 1968. Satwalekar ji composed some 409 texts. Among them, most of the prestige has got their Vedic languages. After the Vedas-Bhashya (Sanskrit) of Acharya Sain, Ved-Bhishya (Hindi) is considered to be the most authentic of them. The "Vedic Nation Song" compiled by you is a wonderful treatise. It was published simultaneously in both Marathi and Hindi languages from Bombay and Allahabad. This collection of Vedic Mantras capable of destroying the Rashtrasatru was taken up by foreign regime and he ordered to seize and destroy all its copies. Published works Vedas Vedic Code
(Enhanced version of pure text) Other Vedic texts
(* Many books of all these types are written) Mahabharata-Geeta other Except the last, all the above books are published by Swadhyay Mandal, Pardi (District-Valsad), Gujarat and are available through 'Vijaykumar Govindram Hassanad', New Road, Delhi-6 and Chaukhamba Publications. Respect
On being independent of the country, in 1959, the President of India rewarded him as a special scholar of the country and on 26 January 1968 he was honored by the title of "Padmabhushan". Prior to this, he had been absorbed in Vidyamartand, Mahamopopadhyay, Vidyavachaspati, Vedamahshri, Vedammurti etc..
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