Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna

Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna was an Indian philosopher, scholar and logician.[1] He was one of the best tol scholars of Nabadwip in the early 19th century.[2] Prasanna Chandra was the student of Goloknath Nayaratna.[3]

Career
Old image of Pakatol of Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna, Nabadwip

He used to teach by setting up a toll near Nabadwip Vidyasagar College. Later, a rich man named Babulal of Lucknow built his toll into a pucca building.[4] Since then, it has been known as the Pakatol of Nabadwip.[5] Students from different provinces like Mithila, Delhi, Lahore, Madras, Puri etc. came his tol and study there.[6][7] Of his 14 resident students, five were from Delhi and Lahore, six from Mithila, two from Puri and one from Tamil Nadu.[8]

He is also one of the eleven members present at the time of the establishment of Nabadwip Municipality.[9]

References
  1. Sanajaoba, Naorem (1988). Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization. Mittal Publications. p. 384. ISBN 978-81-7099-853-2.
  2. Hunter, Sir William Wilson (1973). A Statistical Account of Bengal: Districts of Nadia and Jessore. D. K. Publishing House. p. 108.
  3. বসু, অঞ্জলি; গুপ্ত, সুবোধ চন্দ্র সেন (2010). সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান: প্রায় চার সহস্রাধিক জীবনী-সংবলিত আকর গ্রণ্থ. প্রথম খন্ড (in Bengali). Sāhitya Saṃsada. ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6.
  4. Asiatic Society of Bengal (1867). Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. London Natural History Museum Library. Calcutta. p. 89.
  5. Mitra, Asok; Commissioner, India Census (1953). District Handbooks: West Bengal. S. N. Guha Ray.
  6. Rāṛhī, Kānticandra (2004). Nabadvīpa-mahimā (in Bengali). Nabadvīpa Purātattva Parishada. p. 205.
  7. notes, Willis's Current (1868). Willis's Current notes. Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. p. 207.
  8. Not Available (1957). Journal Of The Madras University,vol.28,no.2(january). p. 193.
  9. Mondal, Mrityunjoy (2013). Nabadwiper Itibritta. Nabadwip: Nabadwip Sahityo Samaj. p. 349.
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