Sanskrit and Kannada scholar Vidyavachaspati Bannanje Govindacharya passed away due to age-related ailments at the age of 84 years.
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Bannanje Govindacharya (1936 – 2020) was a Sanskrit scholar versed in Veda Bhashya, Upanishad Bhashya, Mahabharata, Puranas and Ramayana.
He wrote Bhashyas or commentaries on Veda Suktas, Upanishads, ShataRudriya, BrahmaSutra Bhashya, Gita Bhashya and was an orator.
He had done extensive research on Madhwa philosophy, besides authoring over 100 books and 4,000 pages in Sanskrit on the subject.
He is probably the only scholar in recent years who had gone through the manuscripts of Ashta Mutts of Udupi for which he was called the ‘encyclopaedia of manuscripts’.