Sukhlal Sanghvi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sukhlal Sanghvi

Jain Scholar and Philosopher from India

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1880

Place of Birth: Limli, Gujarat, India

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1978

Profession: translator, author, philosopher, linguist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Sukhlal Sanghvi (1880–1978), also known as Pandit Sukhlalji, was a Jain scholar and philosopher.
He belonged to the Sthanakvasi sect of Jainism.
Pandit Sukhlal lost his eyesight at the age of sixteen on account of smallpox.
However, he overcame this handicap and became profoundly versed in Jain logic and rose to become a professor at Banaras Hindu University.
Paul Dundas calls him one of the most incisive modern interpreters of Jain philosophy.
Dundas notes that Sanghavi represents what now seems to be a virtually lost scholarly and intellectual world.
He was a mentor for famous Jain scholar Padmanabh Jaini.
During his lifetime he won such awards as the Sahitya Akademi Award and won recognition from the Government of India by getting Padma Bhushan award.
Sukhlalji was also known as Pragnachaksu because he was so vastly learned despite being visually challenged.