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{{Infobox person
| name = Ganganath Jha
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| birth_date = 25 December 1872
| birth_place = gandhwari(Pandaul), [[Madhubani district|Madhubani]], [[Bihar]]
| death_date = 9 November 1941
| death_place = [[Prayagraj]], India
| occupation = Sanskrit scholar
| spouse = Rukmini Devi
}}

'''Sir Gaṅgānāth Jhā''' (25 December 1872 – 9 November 1941) was a scholar of [[Sanskrit]], [[Indian philosophy]] and [[Buddhist philosophy]]. He was also a [[Pandit|paṇḍit]] of [[Nyaya|Nyāya-Śāstra]].

==Early life==
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Ganganath Jha was born in a [[Maithil Brahmin]] family of the gandhwari village of Madhubani district of Bihar.he He was first taught using the [[Persian alphabet|Persian]] script then, when his family moved to [[Benares]] when he was aged seven, he learned [[Sanskrit]]. In 1880, he returned to his relatives in [[Darbhanga]] and was admitted to an English medium school. In 1886, after completing his school education, he returned to Benares for further studies and was admitted to the Government Sanskrit College there. He received his [[Master of Arts|MA]] degree in Sanskrit with first rank in 1892.

==Service==
At the age of 24, he was appointed a librarian of the Darbhanga state by its [[Maharaja]]. In 1902, he was appointed a Professor of Sanskrit at [[Muir Central College|Muir College]] in [[Allahabad]], which he left in 1918 to become the first Indian principal of the [[Government Sanskrit College]] in Benares. Between 1920 and 1923 he served as a member of the Council of State in the [[British India|Central British Government]] of India.<ref>Autobiographical notes of Dr. Ganganath Jha, '''Ganganath Jha Sanskrit Vidyapeeth''', Allahabad</ref>{{full citation needed|date=November 2012}}

He was vice-chancellor of [[University of Allahabad]] (Prayag University) during 1923–32. The University of Allahabad established the Ganganath Jha Hostel in his honour.<ref>[http://www.allduniv.ac.in/index.php/about-us/introduction/ex-vc-list "Ganganath jha was VC of University of Allahabad"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107021420/http://www.allduniv.ac.in/index.php/about-us/introduction/ex-vc-list |date=7 January 2013 }}. UoA's official web page say</ref><ref>[http://www.jkinstitute.ac.in/index.php/about-us/campus/hostels “Ganganath Jha Hostel”]. Reference of Ganganath Jha Hostel from J K Institute, Allahaabad University web page</ref><ref>[http://www.allduniv.ac.in/index.php/student/student-welfare/hostels “This hostel is in the list of University of Allahabad Hostel”] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204095912/http://www.allduniv.ac.in/index.php/student/student-welfare/hostels |date=4 February 2013 }}. Its presence in Hostel's list of Allahabad University</ref>

==Honors and awards==
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* D. Litt, 1900
* Mahāmahopādhyāya, 1901
* Member, Council of State (1920–1923)
* Honorary Fellow of the Asiatic Society, 1924<ref>[http://www.asiaticsociety.org.in/index.php/activities/fellowships-and-medals Fellowships and Medals], asiaticsociety.org.in. Retrieved 26 June 2021.</ref>
* Campbell Memorial Gold Medal, Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1935<ref>[http://www.asiaticsociety.org.in/index.php/activities/fellowships-and-medals Fellowships and Medals], asiaticsociety.org.in. Retrieved 26 June 2021.</ref>
* Honorary Member, Royal Asiatic Society, London
* Knight Bachelor, 1941 Birthday Honours List<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35184/supplements/3282 The London Gazette, 12 June 1941]</ref>

==Literary work==
Sir GN Jha written numerous books and translated many Sanskrit books into English.<ref>[[A. B. Keith]], ''History of Sanskrit Literature'', [[Motilal Banarsidass]], Delhi.</ref>{{page needed|date=October 2012}}<ref>[[A. A. Macdonell]] and A. B. Keith, ''Vedic Index of names and subjects'', Choukhanba Vidya Bhavan, Benares, 1962.</ref>{{page needed|date=October 2012}}

===Books authored===
* The Prabhakar school of Purva-Mimansa, [[Allahabad University]], 1911.
* Kavi Rahasya, Hindustan Academy Press, Prayag.
* Nyaya Prakash, Nagari Pracharini Sabha, [[Benares]], 1920.
* Vaisveshik Darsha, Nagari Pracharini Sabha, [[Benares]], 1921.
* The Philosophical Discipline, [[Calcutta University]], 1928.
* Sources of Hindu law, Indian Press, Allahabad, 1930.
* Hindu Vidhi Ka Srota, [[Patna University]], 1931.
* Shankar Vedant, [[Allahabad University]], 1939.
* Purva-Mimansa in its sources, [[Banaras Hindu University]], 1942.
* Yoga Darshana, Theosophical Society, [[Madras]].

===Books translated===
* Chandogyopanishad, G.A. Nelson & Co., [[Madras]], 1899.
* Yoga-Darsana, Theosophical Publication, Bombay, 1907.
* Gautam ka Nyaya Sutra, Oriental Book Agency, [[Poona]], 1913.
* The Purva-Mimansa Sastra of Gemini, [[Pāṇini]] office, [[Allahabad]], 1916.
* Sloka Vartika, Asiatic Society of Bengal, [[Calcutta]], 1924.
* Tantra-Bhasa, Oriental Book Agency, [[Poona]], 1925.
* Manusmriti, in five Volumes, [[Calcutta University]], 1920–1926.
* Yoga Sar Sangrah, Oriental Book Agency, [[Poona]], 1931.
* [[Tattvasamgraha]] of [[Shantarakshita]], (in two Volumes), Baroda Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1936.
* Shabarbhasya, (in three Voumes), Baroda Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1939.

===Books edited===
* Memansa Nyaya Prakash, 1904.
* Gautam Ka Nyayasutra, Oriental Book Agency, [[Poona]], 1931.
* Nyayadarshana, Coukhamba Sanskrit Series, Benares, 1925.
* Jyant Bhatt ki Nyayakalika, Sanskrit Bhavan Texts, Benares, 1925.
* Mimansa Paribhasha, Medical Hall Press, Benares, 1905.
* Bhavana Vivek, Govt. Press, Allahabad, 1922.
* Mimansa Mandan, Coukhamba Sanskrit Series, Benares, 1929.
* Manusmriti, [[Asiatic Society]], Bengal.
* Tantra Ratna, Sanskrit Bhavan Texts, Benares, 1930.
* Vad vinod, Indian Press, Allahabad, 1915.
* Khandan Khanda Khadya, Coukhamba Sanskrit Series, Benares, 1914.
* Purush Pariksha, Veledeiyer, Allahabad, 1911.
* Kadambari, Sanskrit Bhavan Texts, Benares.
* Prasanna Raghav Natan, Sanskrit Bhavan Texts, Benares.
* Meghdootam, Sanskrit Bhavan Texts, Benares.

==Disciples==
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* [[Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya|Prof. Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya]]
* Dr. Baburam Saxena
* Dr. Umesh Mishra
* Dr. Sahadeva Jha

==Notable children==
* Dr. [[Amarnath Jha]]
* Dr. [[Aditya Nath Jha]]
* Bibhuti Nath Jha IAS

==Ganganath Jha Research Institute==
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In 1945, after his death, his five sons established the ''Ganganath Jha Research Institute'' in Allahabad. The institute publishes books and journals on oriental studies, as well as producing a journal. Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Ganganatha Jha Campus), formerly known as Ganganath Jha Research Institute (from 1943 to 1971) and Ganganatha Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (from 1971 to 2002 under the Ministry of HRD, Government of India) was founded on 17 November 1943 with a view to perpetuate the name and works of M. M. Dr. Sir Ganganatha Jha (b. 1871 & d.1941), an International figure of Orientology and Indology.<ref>[http://gnjhacampusrsks.org/aboutus.html "Ganganath Jha Research Institute (Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626064252/http://gnjhacampusrsks.org/aboutus.html |date=26 June 2013 }}. In 1945, after his death, his five sons established the ''Ganganath Jha Research Institute now called Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan</ref> This is the research training centre of [[Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan]] from 2016 to 2017.<ref>http://www.gnjhacampusrsks.org</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/manusmriti-with-the-commentary-of-medhatithi Manusmṛti with the Manubhāṣya of Medhātithi] translation and additional notes by Ganganath Jha.

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