Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna was an Indian philosopher, scholar and logician.[1] He was one of the best tol scholars of Nabadwip in the early 19th century.[2] Prasanna Chandra was the student of Goloknath Nayaratna.[3]

Career

Old image of Pakatol of Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna, Nabadwip

He used to teach by setting up a toll near Nabadwip Vidyasagar College. Later, a rich man named Babulal of Lucknow built his toll into a pucca building.[4] Since then, it has been known as the Pakatol of Nabadwip.[5] Students from different provinces like Mithila, Delhi, Lahore, Madras, Puri etc. came his tol and study there.[6][7] Of his 14 resident students, five were from Delhi and Lahore, six from Mithila, two from Puri and one from Tamil Nadu.[8]

He is also one of the eleven members present at the time of the establishment of Nabadwip Municipality.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Sanajaoba, Naorem (1988). Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization. Mittal Publications. p. 384. ISBN 978-81-7099-853-2.
  2. ↑ Hunter, Sir William Wilson (1973). A Statistical Account of Bengal: Districts of Nadia and Jessore. D. K. Publishing House. p. 108.
  3. ↑ বসু, অঞ্জলি; গুপ্ত, সুবোধ চন্দ্র সেন (2010). সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান: প্রায় চার সহস্রাধিক জীবনী-সংবলিত আকর গ্রণ্থ. প্রথম খন্ড (in Bengali). Sāhitya Saṃsada. ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6.
  4. ↑ Asiatic Society of Bengal (1867). Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. London Natural History Museum Library. Calcutta. p. 89.
  5. ↑ Mitra, Asok; Commissioner, India Census (1953). District Handbooks: West Bengal. S. N. Guha Ray.
  6. ↑ Rāṛhī, Kānticandra (2004). Nabadvīpa-mahimā (in Bengali). Nabadvīpa Purātattva Parishada. p. 205.
  7. ↑ notes, Willis's Current (1868). Willis's Current notes. Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. p. 207.
  8. ↑ Not Available (1957). Journal Of The Madras University,vol.28,no.2(january). p. 193.
  9. ↑ Mondal, Mrityunjoy (2013). Nabadwiper Itibritta. Nabadwip: Nabadwip Sahityo Samaj. p. 349.
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