Rama Nath Sharma (also written as Ramanath Sharma) was born in 1939 at Chhata, Ballia, India in a family of traditional Sanskrit scholars.
He studied Sanskrit from his father Padmashri Pa??ita Raghunath Sharma, the author of the famous commentary Ambakartri on the Vakyapadiyam of Bhart?hari.
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Sharma is the author of 6 volumes containing a comprehensive translation and analysis of the fundamental work on the grammar of ancient Sanskrit, the A??adhyayi of Pa?ini.