Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid
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Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid (1899 – 1950) was an Indian writer, scholar, grammarian and translator of Sanskrit literature. Dravid (Sanskrit: द्रविड) is a surname found in the Tamil Brahmin community who migrated to the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. A significant population has emigrated to Madhya Pradesh and Varanasi among other places. Born in 1899 in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, he was the author several books in Sanskrit which included Sāṅkhyakārikā, Bhāratīya-rājanīti-prakaśah and R̥ṣikalpanyāsaḥ. His brother, Raja Ram Dravid, was the author of The Problem of Universals in Indian Philosophy, a critique of ancient Indian philosophy. The Government of India awarded him Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1960.
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- Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī. Bhāratīya-rājanīti-prakaśah. Puṇyapattanam: Śāradā-gaurava-granthamālā. OCLC 23578223.
- Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī; Śāstrī, Devadatta (1971). R̥ṣikalpanyāsaḥ. Prayāga: Bhāratī Pariṣad. OCLC 17814397.
- Kauṭalya; Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī; Dātāra, Viśvanātha Rāmacandra; Nāgara, Udayakr̥ṣṇa (1974). Kauṭilīyaṃ Arthaśāstraṃ / adhyāyadvayātmakam /saṅgr̥hītā[sic]anusandhātā Viśvanātha Rāmacandra dātāraḥ; anuvādakaḥ Udayakr̥ṣṇa Nāgaraḥ (in Sanskrit). Vārāṇasī: Sŕī Gīrvāṇa Vāgvardhinī Sabhā. OCLC 13883337.
- Vācaspatimiśra; Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī (1989). Ṣaḍdarśanaṭīkākr̥dvācaspatimiśraviracita-Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkāyāḥ (in Sanskrit). Vārāṇasī, Bhārata: Caukhambhā Saṃskr̥ta Saṃsthāna. OCLC 21598699.
- Śarmā, Kedāra; Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī (1977). Nepālamāhātmyam: Skandapurāṇāntargataṃ : Sapariśiṣṭa-ʼPārvatiʼ Hindīvyākhyopetaṃ Vyākhyākāraḥ Kedāranātha Śarmā : Prākkathana-pradātā, Rājeśvaraśāstrī Drāviḍaḥ (in Hindi). Vārāṇasī: Caukhambā Amarabhāratī Prakāśana. OCLC 18202448.
- Kāmandaki; देशपांडे, वि. वि; Draviḍa, Rājeśvaraśāstrī; शंकराचार्य (1958). कामंदकीयनीतिसारः: जयमंगलोपाध्यायनिरपेक्षाभ्यां संवलितः (in Sanskrit). Puṇyākhyapattane: Ānandāśramamudraṇālaye. OCLC 28608824.
- Drāviḍa, Rājeśvara Śāstrī; Dātāra, Viśvanāthaśāstrī; Sampūrṇānanda Saṃskr̥ta Viśvavidyālaya (1996). Pāścāttyabhāratīyarājanītyoh̤ samālocanam. Vārāṇasyām: Sampūrṇānandasaṃskr̥taviśvavidyālaya. OCLC 39130303.
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- Udayana; Drāviḍa, Rajeśwara Śāstrī; Upādhyāya, Padmaprasāda; Śāstrī, Ḍhuṇḍhirāja; Varadarāja; Vardhamāna; Megha Ṭhakkura; Rucidattopādhyāya; Dharmadatta (1957). The Nyāya-kusumāñjali of Śrī Udayanāchārya; with four commentaries, the Bodhinī, Prakāśa, Prakāśikā and Makaranda (in Sanskrit). Varanasi: Chowkhamba Sanskrit series Office. OCLC 714224760.
- Śukla, Rājārāma; Sampūrṇānanda Saṃskr̥ta Viśvavidyālaya, eds. (2009). पंडितराजराजेश्वरशास्त्रिद्रविडानां दर्शनिकमवदानम्. Sampurnananda Samskrta Visvavidyalaya. ISBN 978-8172702328.