Our special salutations to the friends who worked as eyes and hands of Sharma in this process. The sort of insightful works of śāstra that he composed at that age makes us spellbound. This kind of dedicated ārādhana of Sarasvatī continued even beyond his ninetieth year. Sharma had the right blend of scholarship, sense of aucitya, and enthusiasm to teach – the three worked together and helped him author extraordinary gems in the form of literary works. “Look, boys! This is called scholarship!” he exclaimed. It is hard to even describe the immense pleasure that DVG felt upon listening to this. We were surprised to see that even a śāstra can be made so interesting and engaging. He spoke in such an attractive manner on these topics that it kindled great enthusiasm in all of us. Sharma covered a huge range of topics – the place of language in human life, the scope and limitations of a language, śikṣā and other śāstras, Pāṇini’s grammar and other systems of grammar, the history of vyākaraṇa- śāstra, the interdependence of vyākaraṇa and tarka-śāstra, and so on.
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We were not exposed to the traditional approach to śāstras DVG, who had this in mind, had organized the lecture series to get us introduced to the same. During 1964–65, as per the request of DVG, Sharma delivered a lecture series on the evolution of śabda-śāstra. Sharma’s analysis of rasa-bhāva, citta-vṛttis, and alaṅkāra-śāstra was itself a treat filled with rasa. The lectures worked to bolster his thoughts. Upon listening to the lecture series, which went beyond mere listing technical definitions, my friend V S Kaushik was convinced about the correlation between nāṭya, yoga, and adhyātma. On that occasion, Sharma delivered lectures on the main concepts of the Nāṭyaśāstra. The Sanātana Kalākṣetra, an institute I was closely associated with, organized a praśikṣaṇa-varga in 1961–62 specially meant for teachers of nāṭya. We had occasions to witness and relish the scholarship of Sharma even outside the Gokhale Institute. DVG even declared Sharma as the Kulapati (Chancellor) of that Vidyālaya (school). In the due course, he became a part of the Gokhale Institute.
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Their relationship seemed to be glued with a 53-grade cement – it was so lasting and deep. As soon as he got to know that DVG was eager to meet him, Ranganatha Sharma came to meet him. D V Gundappa too was curious to meet him. When I enquired about him, I came to know that he was a lecturer at the Cāmarājendra Saṃskṛta Mahāpāṭhaśālā (in Chamarajapet, Bangalore). It was an excellent review of a great work. Sri.’s Bhāratīya Kāvyamīmāmsè, which had been published then. Sharma had written a review article on Ti. Back then, the weekly magazine Janapragati was popular. Ranganatha Sharma’s name caught my eye for the first time circa 1954. Sharada Chaitra were well settled – and this gave him some solace.
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This loss bothered Sharma throughout his life. His wife, Kamalakshamma passed away in 1973, quite unexpectedly.
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At times, these were sources of light humour to him.įate was cruel to Sharma in some respects. He received all these with an attitude of equanimity – he was absolutely dispassionate. He received the title ‘ Mahāmahopādhyāya’ from the Sanskrit University, Tirupati. He was also felicitated with the Rājyotsava Award by the Government of Karnataka and Rāṣṭrapati Sammān by the Government of India. The Darbhanga Sanskrit University conferred upon him an Honorary D.Litt. Even his family members did not know for several years that he was the author of those articles.
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He authored a couple of columns in a few magazines under a different name. He became totally dispassionate about the job he had taken up once it was complete.