Joshi was born on January 12, 1906, in the town of Ambede in Goa. He received the epithets shastri and pandit following his education in a Sanskrit pathshala in Sangli.
In his student days, Joshi also frequented the public library in Sangli, and widely read the works of modern Marathi writers of his time like Narayan Sitaram Phadke and Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar. Especially, Khandekar's short stories and novels highly influenced him then to want to be a writer like Khandekar.
Literary works
Encyclopedia
Bharatiya Sanskruti Kosh (भारतीय संस्कृतिकोश) (10 volumes). These ten volume contain information of indian history, geography, various ethnic and lingual group, festivals of these groups and other cultural aspects of their life.
Cultural informative works
Marathi Saraswat(मराठी सारस्वत) (2 volumes) (Co-authored with अनंत जोशी)
Purush Suktam (पुरूषसूक्तम्) (Co-authored with श्री. शि. धायगुडे)
Teerthaswarup Maharashtra (तीर्थस्वरूप महाराष्ट्र ) (2 volumes)
Pune University awarded an honorary D. Lit. degree to Joshi for his Bharatiya Sanskruti Kosh (भारतीय संस्कृतिकोश), which comprised 10 volumes of 800 pages each.
Legacy
Thirteen Marathi movies, including "कन्यादान”, "धर्मकन्या”, "वैशाख वणवा”, "मानिनी”, and जिव्हाळा were based on Joshi's short stories.
References
"कथाकार पंडित महादेवशास्त्री जोशी" - लेखिका: शुभलक्ष्मी जोशी (Biography)
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