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| name = A. N. Jani<br />
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| birth_name = Arunoday Natvarlal Jani<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1921|11|20}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Baroda]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2003|5|16|1921|11|20}}<br />
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| occupation = Scholar and Indologist<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], English<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
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| notable_works = ''A Critical Study of Sriharsha's Naishadhiyacharitam'' (1957)<br />
| spouse = <br />
| awards = [[Mahamahopadhyaya]] (1982)<br />
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'''Arunoday Natvarlal Jani''' (20 November 1921 – 16 May 2003), known as '''A. N. Jani''', was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and [[Sanskrit]] scholar, and [[Indologist]] from India.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
A. N. Jani was born on 20 November 1921 in [[Baroda]], [[British Raj|British India]].<ref name="JOOI">{{cite journal|title=Mm. Pro. Dr. Arunoday Natvarlal Jani|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mJjAAAAMAAJ&q=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani|journal=Journal of the Oriental Institute|year=2001|volume=50|publisher=Oriental Institute|location=Baroda|page=367|oclc=1774243}}</ref><ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book|editor-last=Dutt|editor-first=Kartik Chandra|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA495|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|page=495}}</ref> He completed his MA in 1946, and received PhD in 1954 from the [[Bombay University]]. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the ''[[Naishadha Charita|Naiṣadhīyacaritam]]'', an epic poem written by 12th century Sanskrit poet [[Shriharsha]]. In 1962, he studied Diploma in German from the [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|M. S. University]], and received Certificate in French in 1964 from the same university. He worked as a professor and later head of the department of Sanskrit at M. S. University during 1967–1980. He was appointed a director of Oriental Institute, Baroda during 1975–1981.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name="Datta1983">{{cite book|last1=Datta|first1=B.|last2=Sharma|first2=U. C.|last3=Vyas|first3=Nitin J.|title=Aruṇa-bhāratī: Professor A.N. Jani Felicitation Volume : Essays in Contemporary Indological Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5UtAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Professor A.N. Jani Felicitation Volume Committee, Oriental Institute|location=Baroda|page=xvii–xxviii|oclc=13369078}}</ref><br />
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He cultivated interest in the different school of [[Indian philosophy]] from his professor G. H. Bhatt. Among Jani's notable students include [[Shripad Narayan Pendse|S. N. Pendse]], who studied his BA under Jani.<ref name="Datta1983"/><br />
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Jani died on 16 May 2003.<ref name="JOOI"/> His son Jaydev Jani, known as Rasaraja, was a poet.<ref name="Panda2000">{{cite book|last=Panda|first=Ravindra Kumar|title=Studies in Sanskrit Śāstras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKbWAAAAMAAJ&q=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani |year=2000|publisher=Paramamitra Prakashan|location=Delhi|page=177|isbn=978-81-85970-23-3}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
List of selected publications by A. N. Jani:<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name="Datta1983"/><br />
* ''A Critical Study of Sriharsha's Naishadhiyacharitam'' (1957)<br />
* ''Kalikapurana'' (1972) (edited with [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] translation)<br />
* ''Sriharsha'' (1996) (on the life and works of Sanskrit poet [[Shriharsha]])<br />
* ''Saptasati'' (edited with Gujarati translation)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
In 1982, he was awarded the title of [[Mahamahopadhyaya]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Dutt1999"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian Indologists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Sanskrit scholars]]<br />
[[Category:People from Vadodara]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarati-language Indian writers]]<br />
[[Category:University of Mumbai alumni]]<br />
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