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{{short description|Indian linguist}}
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| birth_name = Prabodh Bechardas Pandit
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1923|6|23}}
| birth_place = Vala, [[Bhavnagar district]], [[Gujarat]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1975|11|28|1923|6|23}}
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| occupation = Linguist
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = * Master of Arts
* PhD
| alma_mater = * [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Educational Trust|Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]]
* [[SOAS, University of London|School of Oriental and African Studies]]
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| notableworks = * ''Gujarati Bhashanun Dhvaniswarup ane Dhvani-Parivartan'' (1966)
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* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1967)
* [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (1973)
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'''Prabodh Bechardas Pandit''' (23 June 1923 – 28 November 1975) was an Indian [[Linguistics|linguist]] from [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ciil-ebooks.net/html/kelkar/html1/a23.htm | title=P. B. Pandit | publisher=Central Institute of Indian Languages | accessdate=21 January 2019 }}</ref> He published a total of ten books in the Gujarati language, along with many research papers published in various journals. In 1967, he received the Recipient of [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], and in 1973, the [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]], for his contribution to the study of Gujarati language and linguistics.

==Biography==
Pandit was born on 23 June 1923, in Vala, a village in the [[Bhavnagar district]] of Gujarat. He studied at various institutions, including Pritamnagar municipal school of [[Ahmedabad]] and [[Amreli]]. He matriculated in 1939 from the [[Shri Damubhai Shukla Shaikshanik Sankul|Navchetan High School]], Ahmedabad. He initially missed out on graduate studies due to participating in the [[Quit India Movement|Indian independence movement of 1942]], which led to him being jailed for six months. He later completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1944 in the [[Sanskrit]] and [[Ardhamagadhi language|Ardhamagadhi]] languages, then attained his Master of Arts at [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Educational Trust|Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] in 1946 in Sanskrit and [[Linguistics]]. Later, he went to [[London]] and joined the [[SOAS, University of London|School of Oriental and African Studies]], where he worked under the guidance of linguist [[Ralph Lilley Turner]] for his doctorate. There, he obtained his Ph.D. in 1950 for his research on ''Shadavashyak-balavabodhvritti''. His interest in linguistics brought him into contact with [[Jules Bloch]], who inspired him to study various Indian dialects.<ref name="DattaLal2007">{{cite book|author1=Amaresh Datta|author2=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Navaratri-Sarvasena|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOsbAAAAIAAJ|year=2007|edition=4th|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|location=New Delhi|pages=3071|isbn=((978-81-260-1003-1))}}</ref><ref name="Gujarati Sahitya Parishad">{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: પ્રબોધ પંડિત, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Prabodh-Pandit.html | language=gu | access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref>

After returning to India, Pandit joined the L.D. Arts College, Ahmedabad, as a lecturer in Sanskrit. In 1957, he transferred to the [[Gujarat University]] as a Reader in the Linguistics department. From 1964 to 1965 he taught at the [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College]], [[Pune]]. In 1967, he went to [[Delhi]] and joined [[Delhi University]] as a lecturer of Linguistics where he remained until 1975. During this time he taught as a visiting lecturer at several academic institutions including the [[University of Michigan|Michigan]], [[University of Nairobi|Nairobi]], [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]], and [[Cornell University|Cornell's]] respective [[universities]].<ref name="DattaLal2007"/><ref name="Gujarati Sahitya Parishad"/>

==Works==
Pandit is considered to be one of the pioneers in Gujarati linguistics and [[sociolinguistics|sociolinguistic]] studies in India.<ref name="Uberoi 2018">{{cite journal|last1=Uberoi|first1=Patricia|last2=Uberoi|first2=J. P. S. |title=Towards a New Sociolinguistics: A Memoir of P B Pandit|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=11|issue=17|location=Mumbai|date=24 April 1976|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1976/17/special-articles/towards-new-sociolinguistics-memoir-p-b-pandit.html|url-access=subscription|pages=637–643|issn=0012-9976|jstor=4364570}}</ref>

He published a total of ten books in the Gujarati language along with many research papers published in various journals. His most significant works are ''Prakrit Bhasha'' (1954), ''(/ɛ/) and (/ɔ/) in Gujarati'' (1955), ''Nasalization, Aspiration and Murmur in Gujarati'' (1957), ''Historical Phonology of Gujarati Vowels'' (1961), ''Borrowing: A Study of Linguistic Expression of Social Distance'' (1961), ''Gujarati Bhashanun Dhvaniswarup ane Dhvani-Parivartan'' (1966), ''Phonemic and Morphemic Frequencies of the Gujarati Language'' (1968), ''Some Observations Studies in Speech Analysis'' (1971) and ''Language in Plural Society'' (1976).<ref name="DattaLal2007"/>

Prabodh Pandit also wrote a book on India, ''India as a sociolinguistic area''.<ref>{{cite book|title=India as a sociolinguistic area by P. B. Pandit| url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21697606?q&versionId=26065462}}</ref>

==Awards==
His book ''Gujarati Bhashanun Dhvaniswarup ane Dhvani-Parivartan'' received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1967. He also received [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1973 for his contribution to the study of Gujarati language and linguistics.<ref name="DattaLal2007"/>

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Acharya |first=Shantibhai Purushottam |title=Dr. Prabodh Pandit |date=1977 |language=gu |publisher=Kumakum Prakashan |location=Ahmedabad |oclc=20662527}}

==External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Prabodh Bechardas Pandit}}

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