Sen was born on 16th January, 1900 in a prominent kayastha family to Harendra Nath Sen, a lawyer and Nabanalini Devi. His hometown was Gotan, near Shyamsundar in the Purba Bardhaman district. Sen was educated at the Burdwan Municipal High School, Burdwan, 1917. He obtained an F.A. in 1919 from Burdwan Raj College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta. He received a divisional scholarship and earned first class honours in Sanskrit from the Government Sanskrit College in 1921. He studied Comparative Philology in Kolkata, scoring the highest marks in 1923. Linguists Suniti Kumar Chatterji and Irach Jehangir Sorabji Taraporewala were his teachers. He received a Premchand Roychand Scholarship and a PhD degree.[2][3]
Sen retired from the university in 1964.
Workedit
He joined the University of Calcutta as a lecturer in 1930, where he served as a professor for thirty four years. He became the second Khaira Professor in the Department of Comparative Philology after his mentor, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, in 1954. After assuming this title, the department attracted many scholars from India and abroad to study and conduct research.
Sen was the first scholar to explore the Old Indo-Aryan syntax in his book, Use of Cases in Vedic Prose (1928), and Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit (1928). He later analysed the syntax of Middle Indo-Aryan in An Outline of Syntax of Middle Indo-Aryan (1950). He contributed significantly to Bengali literature, addressing themes ranging from mythology, the Puranas and crime to horror. Sen's crime stories were compiled in the book Galpa Samgraha (2009).
He published numerous significant articles and research papers. These include the Bangla Sahityer Itihas (5 Vol 1939, 1991), Bhashar Itibritta (1939, 1993), A History of Brajabuli Literature (1935), A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan (1960), Ramkathar Prak Itihas (1977), Bangla Sthannaam (1982), Bharat Kathar Granthimochan (1981), Bharatiya Arya Sahityer Itihas (1963, 1992) and Women's Dialect in Bengali (1923).
Bhashar Itibritta is the first book in the Bengali language on Indo-Aryan and Indo-European historical linguistics. In this book, he postulated Jharkhandi as the fifth dialect of the Bengali language. His book Bangala Sahitye Gadya (1934) remains the best example of a systematic, stylistic description of the literary dialect of the language. The Etymological Dictionary of Bengali (in two volumes, 1971) is one of the largest works on historical etymology in any Indian language. Bangala Sahityer Itihas was also a monumental contribution. Rabindranath Tagore commended the book and wrote the preface. The English edition was published by the Sahitya Akademi in 1960. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the foreword for this book. His autobiography was "Diner Pore Din Je Gelo" (The Days Pass By).
Recognitionedit
The Royal Asiatic Society of London honoured him with a Jubilee Gold Medal in 1984,[2][3] making him the first Asian to receive the prize. Other prizes include the Rabindra Puraskar (1963), Ananda Puraskar (1966, 1984), Vidyasagar Puraskar (1981), Desikottam (1982), and the Padma Bhushan (1990).[4] The Asiatic Society, Calcutta, awarded him the Jadunath Sarkar Medal. He was elected as an honorary fellow of Sahitya Akademi in 1973.[5]
He received the prestigious Ashutosh Memorial Gold Medal and Griffith Memorial prize twice. He was also awarded the University Gold medal and Sarojini medal.
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Sukumar Sen 16 January 1900 3 March 1992 was an Indian linguist and historian of the Bengali literature who was also well versed in Pali Prakrit and Sanskrit Sukumar SenBorn16 January 1900 1900 01 16 1 Gotan Bengal Presidency British India 1 Died3 March 1992 1992 03 04 aged 92 1 Calcutta West Bengal India 1 Alma materBurdwan Raj College Contents 1 Life 2 Work 3 Recognition 4 Books 5 ReferencesLife editSen was born on 16th January 1900 in a prominent kayastha family to Harendra Nath Sen a lawyer and Nabanalini Devi His hometown was Gotan near Shyamsundar in the Purba Bardhaman district Sen was educated at the Burdwan Municipal High School Burdwan 1917 He obtained an F A in 1919 from Burdwan Raj College then affiliated with the University of Calcutta He received a divisional scholarship and earned first class honours in Sanskrit from the Government Sanskrit College in 1921 He studied Comparative Philology in Kolkata scoring the highest marks in 1923 Linguists Suniti Kumar Chatterji and Irach Jehangir Sorabji Taraporewala were his teachers He received a Premchand Roychand Scholarship and a PhD degree 2 3 Sen retired from the university in 1964 Work editHe joined the University of Calcutta as a lecturer in 1930 where he served as a professor for thirty four years He became the second Khaira Professor in the Department of Comparative Philology after his mentor Suniti Kumar Chatterji in 1954 After assuming this title the department attracted many scholars from India and abroad to study and conduct research Sen was the first scholar to explore the Old Indo Aryan syntax in his book Use of Cases in Vedic Prose 1928 and Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit 1928 He later analysed the syntax of Middle Indo Aryan in An Outline of Syntax of Middle Indo Aryan 1950 He contributed significantly to Bengali literature addressing themes ranging from mythology the Puranas and crime to horror Sen s crime stories were compiled in the book Galpa Samgraha 2009 He published numerous significant articles and research papers These include the Bangla Sahityer Itihas 5 Vol 1939 1991 Bhashar Itibritta 1939 1993 A History of Brajabuli Literature 1935 A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo Aryan 1960 Ramkathar Prak Itihas 1977 Bangla Sthannaam 1982 Bharat Kathar Granthimochan 1981 Bharatiya Arya Sahityer Itihas 1963 1992 and Women s Dialect in Bengali 1923 Bhashar Itibritta is the first book in the Bengali language on Indo Aryan and Indo European historical linguistics In this book he postulated Jharkhandi as the fifth dialect of the Bengali language His book Bangala Sahitye Gadya 1934 remains the best example of a systematic stylistic description of the literary dialect of the language The Etymological Dictionary of Bengali in two volumes 1971 is one of the largest works on historical etymology in any Indian language Bangala Sahityer Itihas was also a monumental contribution Rabindranath Tagore commended the book and wrote the preface The English edition was published by the Sahitya Akademi in 1960 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the foreword for this book His autobiography was Diner Pore Din Je Gelo The Days Pass By Recognition editThe Royal Asiatic Society of London honoured him with a Jubilee Gold Medal in 1984 2 3 making him the first Asian to receive the prize Other prizes include the Rabindra Puraskar 1963 Ananda Puraskar 1966 1984 Vidyasagar Puraskar 1981 Desikottam 1982 and the Padma Bhushan 1990 4 The Asiatic Society Calcutta awarded him the Jadunath Sarkar Medal He was elected as an honorary fellow of Sahitya Akademi in 1973 5 He received the prestigious Ashutosh Memorial Gold Medal and Griffith Memorial prize twice He was also awarded the University Gold medal and Sarojini medal A college in Gotan was named in his honour 6 Books editBhashar Itibritta ভ ষ র ইত ব ত ত ব ল ভ ষ তত ত ব র একট প র ণ ঙ গ আল চন Women s Dialect in Bengali ব ল ম য ল ভ ষ ন য গব ষণ ম লক রচন Bangla sthan nam ব ল স থ নন ম ব ল স থ নন ম ন য ভ ষ ত ত ত ব ক ও ঐত হ স ক ব শ ল ষণ Ram kathar prak itihas র মকথ র প র ক ইত হ স র ম য ণ স ক র ন ত ত লন ম লক প র ণত ত ত ব ক আল চন Bharat kathar granthi mochan ভ রত কথ র গ রন থ ম চন মহ ভ রত স ক র ন ত ত লন ম লক প র ণত ত ত ব ক আল চন A History of Brajabuli Literature ব রজব ল স হ ত য র ইত হ স Bangla sahityer itihas ব ঙ গ ল স হ ত য র ইত হ স ৫ খণ ড স ক ম র স ন র সবচ য ব খ য ত বই ব ল স হ ত য র একট প র ণ ঙ গ ও স মগ র ক ইত হ স 7 Bangla sahityer katha ব ঙ গ ল স হ ত য র কথ 8 Bangla sahitye gadya ব ঙ গ ল স হ ত য গদ য 9 Banga bhumika বঙ গভ ম ক ব ল র আদ ইত হ স স ক র ন ত গ রন থ Bangla Islami sahitya ব ল ইসল ম স হ ত য Diner pare din je gelo দ ন র পর দ ন য গ ল আত মজ বন ম লক রচন References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sukumar Sen linguist a b c d Sukumar Sen 1900 1992 Bibliotheque nationale de France a b 1984 Professor Sukumar Sen Royal Asiatic Society a b Nancy Charley 25 May 2018 Silk Road Culture and More Gold Medallists Royal Asiatic Society Padma Awards PDF Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India 2015 Archived from the 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