Gopinath Kaviraj (7 September 1887 – 12 June 1976)
was a Sanskrit-Tantra scholar, Indologist and philosopher. Starting as a
librarian in 1914, he later remained Principal of Government Sanskrit College,
Varanasi from 1923 to 1937. He also remained the editors of Sarasvati Bhavana
Granthamala (Sarasvati Bhavana Texts) during this period.
In 1964, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award, given by
the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his research
treatise on Tantra, Tantrik Vangmaya Men Shaktadrishti. In the same years
he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour given by
Government of India. Then in 1971, he was conferred the Sahitya Akademi
Fellowship, the highest literary honour awarded by the Sahitya Akademi, India's
National Academy of Letters.
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