Gopinath Kaviraj, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gopinath Kaviraj

Hindu philosopher

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1887

Place of Birth: Dhamrai Upazila, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

Date of Death: 12-Jun-1976

Profession: librarian, philosopher

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gopinath Kaviraj (7 September 1887 – 12 June 1976) was a Sanskrit-Tantra scholar, Indologist and philosopher.
First appointed in 1914 a librarian, he was the Principal of Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi from 1923 to 1937.
He was also the editor of the Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala (Sarasvati Bhavana Texts) during that period. In 1964 he received the Sahitya Akademi Award, given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his research treatise on Tantra, Tantrik Vangmaya Men Shaktadrishti.
In the same year he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour given by Government of India.
In 1971 he was conferred the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest literary honour awarded by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.