Vidyadhar Johrapurkar


Vidyadhar Pasusa Johrapurkar is a Sanskritist, social anthropologist and historian. His name is sometimes spelt as Vidyadhar Pasusa Joharapurkar.
Prof. Dr. Vidyadhar Pasusa Johrapurkar is from Nagpur. He finished his M.A. in 1956 and Ph.D. in 1959, both from Nagpur University. He worked as Professor of Sanskrit at the Department of Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh. He taught Sanskrit at the Graduate and Post-Graduate level at Government Colleges in Nagpur, Jabalpur, Javra, Mandala and Bhopal. He retired as Professor and Head, Department of Sanskrit at Government College, Sivni, Madhya Pradesh.
As a child, Johrapurkar was inspired to read by his grandfather Nemasav's personal library. As a youth, he joined the Jain Svayamsevak Sangh and thus entered the field of social service. His friend Prof Dr Shantikumar Killedar instigated his study of Indian history and social anthropology.
Nearly 100 of his scholarly articles have been published in magazines such as Sanmati and Anekanta. He was interviewed more than once by Nagpur Doordarshan and Radio Nagpur.
His book Bhattaraka-Sampradaya provides a reconstruction of the Digambar Jain monastic lineages using compilations of Jain inscriptions and has been widely used as a reference.

Scholar and writer

Here is a list of the books written/edited by Vidyadhar Johrapurkar:
  1. YASHASTILAKA - Hindi Kathasara
  2. TILAKAMANJARI- Hindi Kathasara
  3. BHATTARAKA SAMPRADAYA
  4. DHARMAMRTA
  5. JINA-SAGARA KAVITA
  6. TIRTHAVANDANASAMGRAHA
  7. VISHVA-TATTVA PRAKASHA by Bhavasena Traividya
  8. PRAMAPRAMEYA by Bhavasena Traividya
  9. JAIN SHILALEKHA SAMGRAHA part 4
  10. JAIN SHILALEKHA SAMGRAHA part 5
  11. KUVALAYAMALA - Marathi Kathasara
  12. SVAYAMBHUSTOTRA
  13. VIRA SHASANA KE PRABHAVAKA ACARYA - Purvardha
  14. VIVEKA VILASA
  15. BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA
  16. BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA
  17. PRACINA MARATHI KATHAPANCAKA
  18. MARATHI JAIN SAHITYA
  19. BAGHERVAL JATI KA ITIHASA