Here's a clip about Pandit Ghulam Dastagir Birajdar, and more information on him is available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4bxYXvzlHk
Best, --P On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM Tyler Neill via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks for everyone's responses on this Sanskrit comic book thread! > > To sum up so far: > > 1) Priya knew of 4 more Amar Chitra Katha in Sanskrit (Kālīdāsa [sic], > Kaṇṇagi, Hakka-Bukka, and Napoleon Bonaparte 😂) bringing the current > total to 8. > > - I've just noticed that these were uploaded by a user called "Comics > in Sanskrit > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/@comics_in_sanskrit/uploads__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDvN4u4iz$>", > who also uploaded numerous other Sanskrit-translation items, including two > Tinkle competition winners ('80 and '84) and various Japanese manga (a > bunch of Doraemon, plus several not-safe-for-work romances!) > > > 2) Vitus created a handy list on Archive to organize access to the 8 Amar > Chitra Kathas, for starters: > https://archive.org/details/@vangrmr/lists/1/sanskrit-comics > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/@vangrmr/lists/1/sanskrit-comics__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDq1FJ7Ic$> > (the > general name suggests that other series are can be included, as well). > Let's hopefully continue uncovering and uploading more! > > 3) Asko pointed out my mistake (thanks!), so now we know that the Ramayana > item is in fact Amar Chitra Katha, as well. Too bad that people digitize > these items without any front matter, leaving us these puzzles to solve. > > - I've now deleted my original upload with the misleading identifier > ("mystery"), and the new item is at > https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-ramayana-sanskrit > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-ramayana-sanskrit__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDsJO2u8e$> > (*@Vitus*: Can you please update your list with this new one?) > > > 4) Madhav and Satyanad remind us that the similar publication Chandamama > is extremely well organized online, in Sanskrit ( > https://www.chandamama.in/sanskrit/ > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.chandamama.in/sanskrit/__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDp0BkMbk$>) > and other languages. > > 5) Joel is interested in creating new comic and/or kids books based on > Sanskrit or other classic texts. (He will almost certainly be interested in > the above "Comics in Sanskrit" items!) > > I'm also still curious to hear what others may know about Pandit Gulam > Dastgir, and/or the general history of these Sanskrit Amar Chitra Katha > translations. Perhaps there's an article out there somewhere? > > Kind wishes, > Tyler > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Tyler Neill <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:57:02 -0400 >> Subject: [INDOLOGY] four Sanskrit comic books >> Dear List, >> >> For over a decade, I've had in my possession two rare Amar Chitra Katha >> comic books in Sanskrit (गंगा and भगवान् बुद्धः), given out by Sadananda >> Das to students in his spoken Sanskrit summer course (Heidelberg, 2013). I >> also discovered another one already digitized online (हनुमान्), plus one >> more Sanskrit comic book (रामायण) that's not Amar Chitra Katha. Two of the >> Amar Chitra Katha items clearly note the role of Pandit Gulam Dastgir, who >> I believe was the translator of all three. >> >> Checking now, I'm surprised to see that no one else has yet made these >> items easily available online, e.g., on Archive. They are great learning >> tools, if nothing else. >> >> To fix this, I've now digitized my two and uploaded all four to Archive: >> https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-ganga-sanskrit >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-ganga-sanskrit__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDnaS26HE$> >> https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-bhagavan-buddhah-sanskrit >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-bhagavan-buddhah-sanskrit__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDrK7TZ1A$> >> https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-hanuman-sanskrit >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-hanuman-sanskrit__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDmo2QfdG$> >> https://archive.org/details/mystery-comic-book-ramayana-sanskrit >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/mystery-comic-book-ramayana-sanskrit__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDmmIV-z9$> >> >> Please enjoy and share widely. Let me know if there are any copyright >> concerns, or if I can improve the metadata to make them easier to find. >> Also, if you have or know of additional Sanskrit comic books of this sort, >> please be in touch, maybe I can continue organizing better access. >> >> Kind wishes, >> Tyler >> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDtYREayG$ >
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