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	{{~~short~~ description\|Indian scholar and ~~Idologist~~}}		{{Short description\|Indian scholar and indologist (1921–2003)}}
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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	A. N. Jani was born on 20 November 1921 in [[Baroda]], [[British Raj\|British India]].<ref name="JOOI">{{cite journal\|title=Mm. Pro. Dr. Arunoday Natvarlal Jani\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mJjAAAAMAAJ&q~~=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani&dq~~=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani\|journal=Journal of the Oriental Institute\|year=2001\|volume=50\|publisher=Oriental Institute\|location=Baroda\|page=367\|oclc=1774243}}</ref><ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book\|editor-last=Dutt\|editor-first=Kartik Chandra\|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA495\|year=1999\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5\|page=495}}</ref> He completed his MA in 1946, and received PhD in 1954 from the [[Bombay University]]. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the ''[[Naishadha Charita\|Naiṣadhīyacaritam]]'', an epic poem written by 12th century Sanskrit poet [[Shriharsha]]. In 1962, he studied Diploma in German from the [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda\|M. S. University]], and received Certificate in French in 1964 from the same university. He worked as a professor and later head of the department of Sanskrit at M. S. University during 1967–1980. He was appointed as a director of Oriental Institute, Baroda during 1975–1981.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name="Datta1983">{{cite book\|last1=Datta\|first1=B.\|last2=Sharma\|first2=U. C.\|last3=Vyas\|first3=Nitin J.\|title=Aruṇa-bhāratī: Professor A.N. Jani Felicitation Volume : Essays in Contemporary Indological Research\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5UtAAAAMAAJ\|year=1983\|publisher=Professor A.N. Jani Felicitation Volume Committee, Oriental Institute\|location=Baroda\|page=xvii–xxviii\|oclc=13369078}}</ref>		A. N. Jani was born on 20 November 1921 in [[Baroda]], [[British Raj\|British India]].<ref name="JOOI">{{cite journal\|title=Mm. Pro. Dr. Arunoday Natvarlal Jani\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mJjAAAAMAAJ&q=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani\|journal=Journal of the Oriental Institute\|year=2001\|volume=50\|publisher=Oriental Institute\|location=Baroda\|page=367\|oclc=1774243}}</ref><ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book\|editor-last=Dutt\|editor-first=Kartik Chandra\|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA495\|year=1999\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5\|page=495}}</ref> He completed his MA in 1946, and received PhD in 1954 from the [[Bombay University]]. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the ''[[Naishadha Charita\|Naiṣadhīyacaritam]]'', an epic poem written by 12th century Sanskrit poet [[Shriharsha]]. In 1962, he studied Diploma in German from the [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda\|M. S. University]], and received Certificate in French in 1964 from the same university. He worked as a professor and later head of the department of Sanskrit at M. S. University during 1967–1980. He was appointed a director of Oriental Institute, Baroda during 1975–1981.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name="Datta1983">{{cite book\|last1=Datta\|first1=B.\|last2=Sharma\|first2=U. C.\|last3=Vyas\|first3=Nitin J.\|title=Aruṇa-bhāratī: Professor A.N. Jani Felicitation Volume : Essays in Contemporary Indological Research\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5UtAAAAMAAJ\|year=1983\|publisher=Professor A.N. Jani Felicitation Volume Committee, Oriental Institute\|location=Baroda\|page=xvii–xxviii\|oclc=13369078}}</ref>

	He cultivated interest in the different school of [[Indian philosophy]] from his professor G. H. Bhatt. Among Jani's notable students include [[Shripad Narayan Pendse\|S. N. Pendse]], who studied his BA under Jani.<ref name="Datta1983"/>		He cultivated interest in the different school of [[Indian philosophy]] from his professor G. H. Bhatt. Among Jani's notable students include [[Shripad Narayan Pendse\|S. N. Pendse]], who studied his BA under Jani.<ref name="Datta1983"/>

	Jani died on 16 May 2003.<ref name="JOOI"/> His son Jaydev Jani, known as Rasaraja, was a poet.<ref name="Panda2000">{{cite book\|last=Panda\|first=Ravindra Kumar\|title=Studies in Sanskrit Śāstras\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKbWAAAAMAAJ&q~~=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani&dq~~=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani \|year=2000\|publisher=Paramamitra Prakashan\|location=Delhi\|page=177\|isbn=978-81-85970-23-3}}</ref>		Jani died on 16 May 2003.<ref name="JOOI"/> His son Jaydev Jani, known as Rasaraja, was a poet.<ref name="Panda2000">{{cite book\|last=Panda\|first=Ravindra Kumar\|title=Studies in Sanskrit Śāstras\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKbWAAAAMAAJ&q=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani \|year=2000\|publisher=Paramamitra Prakashan\|location=Delhi\|page=177\|isbn=978-81-85970-23-3}}</ref>

	==Works==		==Works==
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	==Awards==		==Awards==
	In 1982, he was awarded ~~with~~ the title of [[Mahamahopadhyaya]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Dutt1999"/>		In 1982, he was awarded the title of [[Mahamahopadhyaya]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Dutt1999"/>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	[[Category:People from Vadodara]]		[[Category:People from Vadodara]]
	[[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]		[[Category:Gujarati-language Indian writers]]
	[[Category:University of Mumbai alumni]]		[[Category:University of Mumbai alumni]]
	[[Category:Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda ~~faculty~~]]		[[Category:Academic staff of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]]

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{{short description|Indian scholar and Idologist}}
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| birth_name = Arunoday Natvarlal Jani
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| notable_works = ''A Critical Study of Sriharsha's Naishadhiyacharitam'' (1957)
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'''Arunoday Natvarlal Jani''' (20 November 1921 – 16 May 2003), known as '''A. N. Jani''', was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and [[Sanskrit]] scholar, and [[Indologist]] from India.

==Biography==
A. N. Jani was born on 20 November 1921 in [[Baroda]], [[British Raj|British India]].<ref name="JOOI">{{cite journal|title=Mm. Pro. Dr. Arunoday Natvarlal Jani|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mJjAAAAMAAJ&q=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani&dq=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani|journal=Journal of the Oriental Institute|year=2001|volume=50|publisher=Oriental Institute|location=Baroda|page=367|oclc=1774243}}</ref><ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book|editor-last=Dutt|editor-first=Kartik Chandra|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA495|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|page=495}}</ref> He completed his MA in 1946, and received PhD in 1954 from the [[Bombay University]]. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the ''[[Naishadha Charita|Naiṣadhīyacaritam]]'', an epic poem written by 12th century Sanskrit poet [[Shriharsha]]. In 1962, he studied Diploma in German from the [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|M. S. University]], and received Certificate in French in 1964 from the same university. He worked as a professor and later head of the department of Sanskrit at M. S. University during 1967–1980. He was appointed as a director of Oriental Institute, Baroda during 1975–1981.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name="Datta1983">{{cite book|last1=Datta|first1=B.|last2=Sharma|first2=U. C.|last3=Vyas|first3=Nitin J.|title=Aruṇa-bhāratī: Professor A.N. Jani Felicitation Volume : Essays in Contemporary Indological Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5UtAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Professor A.N. Jani Felicitation Volume Committee, Oriental Institute|location=Baroda|page=xvii–xxviii|oclc=13369078}}</ref>

He cultivated interest in the different school of [[Indian philosophy]] from his professor G. H. Bhatt. Among Jani's notable students include [[Shripad Narayan Pendse|S. N. Pendse]], who studied his BA under Jani.<ref name="Datta1983"/>

Jani died on 16 May 2003.<ref name="JOOI"/> His son Jaydev Jani, known as Rasaraja, was a poet.<ref name="Panda2000">{{cite book|last=Panda|first=Ravindra Kumar|title=Studies in Sanskrit Śāstras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKbWAAAAMAAJ&q=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani&dq=arunodaya+natvarlal+jani |year=2000|publisher=Paramamitra Prakashan|location=Delhi|page=177|isbn=978-81-85970-23-3}}</ref>

==Works==
List of selected publications by A. N. Jani:<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name="Datta1983"/>
* ''A Critical Study of Sriharsha's Naishadhiyacharitam'' (1957)
* ''Kalikapurana'' (1972) (edited with [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] translation)
* ''Sriharsha'' (1996) (on the life and works of Sanskrit poet [[Shriharsha]])
* ''Saptasati'' (edited with Gujarati translation)

==Awards==
In 1982, he was awarded with the title of [[Mahamahopadhyaya]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Dutt1999"/>

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References==
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[[Category:Indian Indologists]]
[[Category:Indian Sanskrit scholars]]
[[Category:People from Vadodara]]
[[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]
[[Category:University of Mumbai alumni]]
[[Category:Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda faculty]]

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