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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Pt. Balachandra Shastri <br />
| birth_date = 1905<br />
| birth_place = Sonrai, [[Bundelkhand]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| death_date = 1986<br />
| death_place = [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| occupation = Editor, Linguist and Scholar<br />
}}<br />
{{Jainism}}<br />
'''Pandit Balachandra Siddhanta-Shastri''' (पंडित बालचंद्र सिद्धान्तशास्त्री) was a scholar and linguist who bridged classical and modern scholarship in [[Jainism]] during the mid-20th century.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Born in 1905 at Sonrai,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hira-pub.org/jeevatthan/v2/II-28.pdf |title=Jeevatthan Biographical Sketches |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2012-04-21}}</ref> in the district of Sagar in [[Bundelkhand]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], he attended the traditional Jain institution at Sadhumal. He later studied at [[Kashi Vidyapith]].<br />
He served several Jain institutions in India during his life as a scholar. His efforts resulted in the publication of several major Jain texts. He died in Hyderabad in 1985.<br />
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==Contributions==<br />
His contributions include<br />
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* [[Satkhandagama]] along with Dhavala: volumes 6-16, translation.<ref>http://www.jainworld.com/JWHindi/Books/shatkhandagama-5/fristpage.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607133301/http://www.jainworld.com/JWHindi/Books/shatkhandagama-5/fristpage.pdf |date=7 June 2011 }} SHATKHANDAGAMA OF PUSHPADANTA AND BHOOTABALI<br />
WITH THE COMMENTARY DHAVALA OF VEERASENACHARYA</ref><br />
* [[Tiloyapannatti]], vol. 1-2, translation.<br />
* Padmanandi's Panchvinshati, translation and commentary.<br />
* [[Jain Lakshnavali]] (Jain Paribhashik Sabdakosh)(An Authentic and Descriptive Dictionary of Jaina Philosophical Terms)1972-1979, editor.<br />
* Dhyansataka Or Dhyanstav Of Bhaskarnandi, editing and translation<br />
* Atmanushasana of Gunabhadra, editing and translation.<br />
* [[Lokavibhaga]] of Simhasuri, editing and translation.<br />
* Punysarava-kathakosa of Ramachandra, editing and translation.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Golapurva]]<br />
* [[Satkhandagama]]<br />
* [[Jainism in Bundelkhand]]<br />
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==Footnotes and references==<br />
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