An Acquaintance with an Indologist cum Litterateur Sukumari Bhattacharya: Her Creative Works and Philosophy

Abstract

This paper intends to focus on the creative works and humanitarian philosophy of an indologist and a vast Sanskrit scholar of Bengal namely Sukumari Bhattacharya. With her distinguishably non-pareil scholastic use of myth and re-interpretation of mythology shows a new way of thinking in academia intellegentia among the forthcoming generations. Like the western scholars in the field of culture and society, she perhaps juxtaposes mythology and cultural anthropology in the truest sense. An inquisitive scholar for whole life, Sukumari Bhattacharya shines her name being a path-breaking educationist and a social activist simulteneously. She devoted her life for the sake of the women and their education. She believed that a woman could liberate herself from the terrain of patriarchy if they would gain the power of voice and authority through education. Sukumari Bhattacharya stands out to be a glaring representation of brave womanhood in the late 19th century India.