Sadashiv Ambadas Dange

Prof. Sadashiv Ambadas Dange is very well known in India and outside India for his writings?particularly those concerning Vedic and Puranic myths, rituals and practices. He was R.G. Bhandarkar-Professor, and Head, Deptt. of Sanskrit at the Bombay University. For his contribution to the study of Sanskrit and Indology he was honoured by the Asiatic Society of Bombay, the States of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh and by the President of India with the Certificate of Honour. Prof. Dange?s numerous publications include Towards Understanding Hindu Myths; Legends in the Mahabharata; Sexual Symbolism from the Vedic Ritual; Encyclopaedia of Puranic Beliefs and Practices (in five volumes), and others.