BHAU DAJI (RAMKRISHNA VITHAL) (1822-1874)  , See also:

• HINDU

Hindu physician of Bombay, See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and See also:

• ANTIQUARY

antiquary, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1822 at the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Manjare, in the native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• SAWANTWARI, or SAVANTVADI

Sawantwari, of humble parents dealing in See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay dolls . Dr Bhau's career is a striking instance of See also:

• GREAT

great results arising from small accidents . An Englishman noticing his cleverness at See also:

• CHESS

chess induced his See also:

• FATHER

father to give the boy an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• EDUCATION

education . Accordingly Bhau was brought to Bombay and was educated at the See also:

• ELPHINSTONE, MOUNTSTUART (1779-1859)
• ELPHINSTONE, WILLIAM (1431-1514)

Elphinstone Institution . He relieved his father of the cost of his education by winning many prizes and scholarships, and on his father's See also:

• DEATH

death two years later he cheerfully undertook the See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden of supporting his See also:

• MOTHER

mother and a See also:

• BROTHER

brother (Narayen), who also in after-See also:

• LIFE

life became a distinguished physician and surgeon . About this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he gained a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize for an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on See also:

• INFANTICIDE

infanticide, and was appointed a teacher in the Elphinstone Institution . He began to devote his time to the study of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian antiquities, deciphering See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions and ascertaining the See also:

• DATES

dates and See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Sanskrit authors . He then studied at the See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant Medical See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, and was one of the first batch who graduated there in 185o . In 1851 he set up as a medical practitioner in Bombay, where his success was so great that he soon made a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . He studied the Sanskrit literature of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, and also tested the value of drugs to which the ancient See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus ascribed marvellous See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, among other pathological subjects of See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• INTEREST

interest investigating that of leprosy . Being an ardent See also:

• PROMOTER

promoter of education, he was appointed a member of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of education, and was one of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• FELLOWS, SIR CHARLES (1799-1860)

fellows of the university of Bombay . As the first native See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the students' See also:

• LITERARY

literary and scientific society, and the See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion of the cause of See also:

• FEMALE

female education, a girls' school was founded in his name, for which an endowment was provided by his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends and admirers .

In the See also:

• POLITICAL

political progress of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India he took a great and active interest, and the Bombay Association and the Bombay See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indian Association owe their existence to his ability and exertions . Ile was twice chosen See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of Bombay, in 1869 and 1871 . Various scientific See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

• AMERICA

America conferred on him their membership . He contributed numerous papers to the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal of the Bombay branch of the Royal See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Society . He found time to make a large collection of rare ancient Sanskrit See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts at great cost and trouble . He died in May 1874 . His brother, Dr Narayen Daji (who helped him to set up the charitable dispensary in Bombay), did not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long survive him . Dr Bhau was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of the most See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and amiable See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners; his kindness and sympathy towards the poor and distressed were unbounded, and endeared his memory among the Hindus of Bombay . (N . B .