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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Gangadhar Sen Roy''' (1798 – 1885) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] Ayurvedic doctor, poet and [[Sanskrit]] scholar.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Sen Roy was born to Bhabani Prasad Sen Roy in 1798 in [[Magura District|Magura]], the then [[Jessore District]] [[British India]]. He studied [[Ayurveda]] ''Shastra'' from Kabiraj Ramakanta Sen in [[Rajshahi]].<ref name="Vol - I 2002">{{Cite book|title=Sansab Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Vol - I|first=Subodh C. Sengupta & Anjali Basu|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=125}}</ref> He went to [[Kolkata]] from Magura then came to Saidabad, near [[Baharampur|Berhampore]] in 1836 and settled there. He became popular as legendary physician of [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]. He was also the family physician of local [[zamindar]]s and [[Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad|Nawab family of Murshidabad]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.berhamporemunicipality.org/support/page/biography.php|title=Biography|access-date=May 5, 2018}}</ref> He received ''[[Kaviraj]]'' and ''Kaviratna'' title.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nx0uDwAAQBAJ&q=Gangadhar+Sen+Roy+Ayurveda&pg=PT93|title=Medical Professionals and the Organization of Knowledge|last=Eliot Freidson, Judith Lorber|date=12 July 2017|isbn=9781351506229|access-date=May 5, 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Literary works==<br />
Sen Roy was also a Sanskrit scholar, wrote poems and plays in Sanskrit. His book ''Jalpakalpataru'' is a notable work on ancient [[Charaka Samhita|Charak Samhita]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/156654/8/08_bibliography.pdf|title=Bibliography|access-date=May 5, 2018}}</ref> Sen Roy wrote almost 80 books on Ayurveda, [[Tantra]], [[Sanskrit grammar|Sanskrit Grammar]], [[Astrology]] and [[Philosophy]].<ref name="Vol - I 2002" /> Few of his books are;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%95:%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC|title=লেখক:গঙ্গাধর সেন রায়|publisher=উইকিসংকলন|access-date=May 5, 2018}}</ref><br />
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* ''Kavyaprava''<br />
* ''Lokalokapurusiya''<br />
* ''Durgobadhkabya''<br />
* ''Rajvijay''<br />
* ''Taravatisayangvara''<br />
* ''Pramadbhavjani''<br />
* ''Mugdhabodhamahavrth''<br />
* ''Taittiriyopanisadvrtti''<br />
* ''Harsadaya''<br />
* ''Tattvavidyakara''<br />
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