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'''Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna''' was an Indian philosopher, scholar and [[logic]]ian.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sanajaoba|first=Naorem|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CzSQKVmveUC&q=%22prasanna+tarkaratna%22&pg=PA384|title=Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization|date=1988|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-853-2|pages=384|language=en}}</ref> He was one of the best ''tol'' scholars of [[Nabadwip]] in the early 19th century.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hunter|first=Sir William Wilson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2GpDAAAAYAAJ&q=%22prasanna+chandra+tarkaratna%22|title=A Statistical Account of Bengal: Districts of Nadia and Jessore|date=1973|publisher=D. K. Publishing House|pages=108|language=en}}</ref> Prasanna Chandra was the student of Goloknath Nayaratna.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=বসু|first1=অঞ্জলি|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwwHBke-2HQC|title=সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান: প্রায় চার সহস্রাধিক জীবনী-সংবলিত আকর গ্রণ্থ. প্রথম খন্ড|last2=গুপ্ত|first2=সুবোধ চন্দ্র সেন|date=2010|publisher=Sāhitya Saṃsada|isbn=978-81-7955-135-6|language=bn}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Old image of Pakatol of Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna, Nabadwip.jpg|thumb|Old image of Pakatol of Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna, [[Nabadwip]]]]
He used to teach by setting up a toll near [[Nabadwip Vidyasagar College]]. Later, a rich man named Babulal of [[Lucknow]] built his toll into a pucca building.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Asiatic Society of Bengal|url=http://archive.org/details/proceedingsofasi1866asia|title=Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal|date=1867|publisher=Calcutta|others=London Natural History Museum Library|pages=89}}</ref> Since then, it has been known as the ''Pakatol of [[Nabadwip]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Mitra|first1=Asok|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FLbUAAAAMAAJ&q=%22prasanna+chandra+tarkaratna%22|title=District Handbooks: West Bengal|last2=Commissioner|first2=India Census|date=1953|publisher=S. N. Guha Ray|language=en}}</ref> Students from different provinces like [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]], Delhi, [[Lahore]], [[Chennai|Madras]], [[Puri]] etc. came his ''tol'' and study there.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rāṛhī|first=Kānticandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NtPAQAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0+%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2|title=Nabadvīpa-mahimā|date=2004|publisher=Nabadvīpa Purātattva Parishada|pages=205|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=notes|first=Willis's Current|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-YQIAAAAQAAJ&q=%22prasanna+chandra+tarkaratna%22&pg=RA1-PA207|title=Willis's Current notes|date=1868|publisher=Bengal Secretariat Book Depot|pages=207|language=en}}</ref> Of his 14 resident students, five were from Delhi and [[Lahore]], six from [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]], two from [[Puri]] and one from [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Not Available|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97904|title=Journal Of The Madras University,vol.28,no.2(january)|date=1957|pages=193}}</ref>

He is also one of the eleven members present at the time of the establishment of [[Nabadwip Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mondal|first=Mrityunjoy|title=Nabadwiper Itibritta|publisher=Nabadwip Sahityo Samaj|year=2013|location=Nabadwip|pages=349}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian logicians]]
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