Ganeshprasad Varni
Jain religious scholar
Died when: 87 years 338 days (1055 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Kshullak Ganeshprasad Varni (Hindi:????? 105 ???? ???? ?????? ?????, Gujarati: ???? ??? ???????? ?????????? ?????Kannada:???? ??? ???????? ?????????? ?????; 1874 – 5 December 1961) was one of the foundational figures of the modern Indian Digambara intellectual tradition during the early 20th century.
He was the founder of several schools and institutions of advanced learning including Syadvad Mahavidyalaya at Varanasi in 1905, Varanasi and Satark-Sudhataringini Digamber Jain Pathshala, now Ganesh Digamber Jain Sanskrit Vidyalaya at Sagar.
Many of the Jain scholars today are products of the institutions found by Ganeshprasad Varni.Sahajananda Varni was one of his disciples.
While Jinendra Varni never heard him speaking, he was deeply influenced by him and had compiled a volume "Varni Darshan" to commemorate Ganeshprasad Varni's birth centenary in 1975.