DR. VILAS
ADINATH SANGAVE
Dr. Vilas Adinath Sangave, an
eminent Sociologist and Jainologist, was born on 2nd June 1920 in a Jaina
family at Solapur in Maharashtra. He had his College education in Poona
and got his Doctorate in Sociology (on the study of Jaina Community) in
1950 from the University of Bombay. He worked for some years as Professor
of Sociology in the renowned Karnatak College, Dharwad and Rajaram
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He retired in 1980 as Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology,
Shivaji University, Kolhapur, and since then he has been working as
Honorary Director of Shahu Research Institute of Shivaji University,
Kolhapur.
Dr. Vilas Sangave has to his
credit forty Research Books and seventy-five Research Papers on Sociology
and Social Anthropology in Marathi and English. His books in Marathi have
run into many editions, have been translated into Kannada, Hindi and
Gujarathi and have received prizes for best books from Bombay, Poona and
Kolhapur Universities in Maharashtra. His book in English on Jainism has
been translated into French. In recent years six large Research Volumes in
Social History on "Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati Papers" edited by Dr. Vilas
Sangave have been very much appreciated.
Dr. Vilas Sangave's research
publications in Jainology are considered as significant contributions to
studies in Jaina Society, History and Religion and the first five of these
books have been posted on the Internet in 1996:
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Jaina Community : A Social
Survey (lst Edition, 1959; 2nd Edition,1980);
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Life and Legacy of Mahavira:
A Social Study (1975),
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Sacred Shravana-Belagola: A
Socio-Religious Study (1981),
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Aspects of Jaina Religion
(1990),
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The Jaina Path of Ahimsa
(1991),
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History of Dakshin Bharat
Jaina Sabha, (1976) (In Marathi),
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Hirachand Nemchand : The
Pioneer of Jaina Social Reform Movement (1989) (In Marathi),
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Jaina-Culture :-Tradition
and Impact (1991)(In Marathi),
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Jaina Religion and Community
(1997) (Published in USA),
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Facets of Jainology (1998).
Dr. Sangave is closely
associated with several Universities and national level Research
Institutes in Social Sciences and Jainology, Dr. Vilas Sangave has been
specially honoured by the University of Cambridge (U.K. ) in 1985 and by
the Government of Bihar in 1989 for his distinctive services to research
studies in Jainology.
Dr. Vilas Sangave is also a
renowned speaker in English, Marathi and Hindi and is known for his
erudite and effective lectures on Jain Society, Religion and Culture
delivered in several Universities and Research Centres in India, U.K. and
U.S.A.
As a scholar member of Special
Delegation of International Jaina Community, Dr. Vilas Sangave
participated in the presentation of the "Jain Declaration on Nature" to
His Royal Highness Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace in London, in,
October 1990. Again, as a scholar member of official Delegation of Jain
Religion from India, Dr. Vilas Sangave delivered an address on "Jainism":
The Oldest Religion" in the "Parliament of World's Religions : Centennial
Celebrations (1893-1993)" held at Chicago (U.S.A.) in September 1993.
For his distinctive
contributions to Jain Literature and Research Studies in Jain Sociology,
Dr. Vilas Sangave was specially honoured with National and Inter-national
Awards like :
1) Acharya Kund-Kund Puraskar
(in 1990)
2) Ahimsa Puraskar (in 1994),
3) Gomatesh Puraskar ( in
1996) and
4) Acharya Vidyanand Puraskar
(in 1998)
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