Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t52: Kshitimohan Sen
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t52
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Kshitimohan Sen
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Kshitimohan Sen was an eminent Sanskrit and Bengali scholar of Visva-Bharati who served the institution from 1908 to 1954. He had accompanied Rabindranath Tagore’s entourage to China in 1924 as one of its distinguished members.
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Kshitimohan Sen was born on 2ⁿᵈ December 1880 in a middle class family of Banaras from where he did his Masters degree in Sanskrit. But, he was an accomplished scholar in Sanskrit, Bengali, Hindi and Gujrati. Besides these specified academic areas, he had carried out extensive research on medieval ascetics, mendicants and Bauls. He had a thorough-going knowledge and understanding on Vedas, Upanishads, tantra and Smriti. Being invited by Rabindranath Tagore, he joined the Brahmahyasrama of Santiniketan in the year 1908 and was engaged in various academic and administrative assignments like the principal of Vidya-Bhavan (Department of Higher Studies) and a member of the Central committee of the Sino-Indian Cultural Society in India. He was appointed Vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati at the age of 73 for a very short period (October 2, 1953 - March 28, 1954).
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He wrote several books- Kabir in four volumes, Dadu, Baul, Jati Bheda, Prachin Bharater Nari (Woman in Ancient India), Bharatiya Madhya Yuger Sandhanar Dhara, Rabindra Prasanga, Bharater Sanskriti and Hindu-Musalman Yukta Sadhana, etc. in Bengali, and Hinduism and Medieval Mysticism in India in English. Besides, he has also contributed substantial number of scholarly articles to Visva-Bharati Quarterly, Visva-Bharati Patrika and Sino-Indian journal published by Tan Yunshan.
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He received Rabindra Memorial gold medal and Deshikottama from Visva-Bharati. He breathed his last on 12ᵗʰ March 1960 in Bardhaman near Santiniketan.
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(*Arttatrana Nayak*)