Kalyan Mal Lodha

Kalyan Mal Lodha
Born	(1921-09-28)28 September 1921 Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Died	21 November 2009(2009-11-21) (aged 88)
Occupation(s)	Educator, Hindi writer and critic, social reformer
Notable work	Vagdwar (Vāgdvāra)
Parents	Chandmalji Lodha (father) Suraj Kanwar (mother)
Relatives	Chandmal Lodha (brother) Shrikishanmal Lodha (brother)
Awards	Murti Devi Award (2003)

Kalyan Mal Lodha is an Indian educator, Hindi writer, literary critic, and social reformer. He served as the vice-chancellor of Jodhpur University. ^{[1] [2]}

Lodha was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and currently lives in Kolkata. He has been involved with promoting the Jain religion and community. He was the professor and head of the Hindi department at Calcutta University but has since retired. ^{[3] [2] [4]}

In 2002, Lodha received the Bihari Award from the K. Birla Foundation in Kolkata for his book, Vagdwar, which is sometimes transliterated as Vāgdvāra. ^{[5] [6] [2]} The book examines eight Hindi poets: Tulsidas, Soordas, Kabirdas, Nirala, Maithili Sharan Gupta, Jai Shankar Prasad, Mahadevi Verma, and Makhanlal Chaturvedi. ^[5] His other books, when the titles are translated into English, include Some Characters of Hindi Modern Poetry, Radha in Indian Literature-Criticism and Philosophy of Speech.

Lodha's name is transliterated as Kalyāṇamala Loṛhā on WorldCat. ^[7]

Bibliography

• Vāgdvāra: sāta Hindī kaviyoṃ kā maulika adhyayana. Varanasi: Viśvavidyālaya Prakāśana, 2000. ISBN   978-81-7124-251-1

References

1. "Padatik felicitates Usha Ganguly". Daily Excelsior. Archived from the original on 19 June 2007.
2. "Global news - achievements - Prof. Kalyanmal Lodha". Jain Spirit magazine. Colchester: Jain Spirit Limited. September 2002. p. 12. Archived from the original on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
3. jambudweep. "Shri K.M. Lodha". encyclopediaofjainism.com. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
4. "Department of Hindi - history". University of Calcutta . Kolkata. 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
5. JaineLibrary, Anish Visaria. "Search, Seek, and Discover Jain Literature". jainqq.org. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
6. "Sanskrit scholar selected for Vachaspati Puraskar". Times of India. 14 March 2002.
7. "Author search". WorldCat . 15 September 2025.