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Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by around 83 million Marathi people of Maharashtra, India. It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India, respectively, and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. There were 83 million speakers in 2011; Marathi ranks 19th in the list of most spoken languages in the world. Marathi has the third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi & Bengali. Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages, dating from about 900 AD. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect. Koli, Malvani Konkani has been heavily influenced by Marathi varieties.
Marathi literature is the body of literature of Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra and written in the Devanagari script.
Joshi is a surname used by the Brahmins (caste) in India and Nepal. In Nepal, the surname Joshi is also used by Newars (caste). Joshi is also sometimes spelled as Jyoshi. The name is popularly derived from the Sanskrit word Jyotisha, referring to Vedic Astrology and astronomy; in turn, Jyotisha is derived from Jyotish. Joshi is a common family name in the Indian states of Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Goa and Uttar Pradesh. In Nepal, it is adopted by two different ethnic groups, the Kumai (Khas) Bahun and the Chatharīya (Kshatriya) Newars.
Fergusson College (FC), now Fergusson University is an Autonomous public educational institution offering courses in the streams of Arts and Science in the city of Pune. It was founded in 1885 by the Deccan Education Society. Professor Vaman Shivram Apte was its first principal. Social reformer, journalist, thinker and educationist Gopal Ganesh Agarkar served as the second principal from August 1892 till his death in June 1895.
Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar, popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj, was an eminent Marathi poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer, apart from being a humanist, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived, In a career spanning five decades starting in pre-independence era, he wrote 16 volumes of poems, three novels, eight volumes of short stories, seven volumes of essays, 18 plays and six one-act plays. His works like the Vishakha (1942), a collection of lyrics, inspired a generation into the Indian freedom movement, and is today considered one of the masterpieces of Indian literature, apart from his play, Natsamrat, which has an important place in Marathi literature. He was the recipient of several State awards, and National awards including the 1974 Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi for Natsamrat, Padma Bhushan (1991) and the Jnanapith Award in 1987; he also served as the President of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at Margao in 1964.
Maharashtri or Maharashtri Prakrit, is a language of ancient and medieval India which is the ancestor of Marathi and Konkani. It is one of the many languages of a complex called Prakrit, and the chief Dramatic Prakrit. Maharashtri was spoken for 1000 years. It was used in numerous works of literature, and its literary use was made famous by the Sanskrit playwright Kālidāsa.
Govind Vinayak Karandikar, better known as Vindā Karandikar, was a well-known Marathi poet, writer, literary critic, and translator.
Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya (NMV) is one of the oldest school in Pune, Maharashtra, India. The school was founded by the Shikshan Prasarak Mandali, an educational charity on 1 January 1883. The school has a secondary school section for students in grade five to ten and a junior college for students in grade eleven and twelve.
"Tarkateertha" Lakshman Shastri Joshi (1901–1994) was an Indian scholar, of Sanskrit, Hindu Dharma, and a Marathi literary critic, and supporter of Indian independence. Mahatma Gandhi chose him to be his principal advisor in his campaign against untouchability.
Laxmanshastri Balaji Joshi was a Sanskritist, Vedic scholar, thinker and Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.
Vaman Malhar Joshi was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.
Vamanrao Joshi may refer to:
Mahamahopadhyaya is an honorific title given to prestigious scholars by the Government of India. Prior to 1947, the title was bestowed by the British Raj, and before them, by the kings of ancient India. In ancient India, a scholar that wrote works based on topics related to the shastras was granted the title Mahopadhyaya. The title Mahamahopadhyaya was bestowed on the best amongst the Mahopadhyaya scholars.
