Shankar Daji Shastri Pade honored on stamp
2020-01-29 Wed
Vaidya Shastri Shankar Daji Pade is admired for his prolific writing skills, scholarship, deep thinking and technical proficiency in Ayurveda. Throughout his life, he motivated fellow professionals to establish associations and discussion groups in Ayurveda that later lead to the world of Ayurveda Conference.Born in 1867 to the Pade family of Deshastha Brahmins, known for their peacefulness, honesty, devotion, and noble natures, Shankar Daji Pade fully manifested these virtues. He was an Ayurveda practitioner and is accredited for the strengthening of the Ayurveda organization. He established the Nikhila Bharateeya Ayurveda Mahasammelana at Nashik.
He give a list of 800 Ayurveda published and unpublished and books on Rajvaidya medical journal. His efforts led to the establishment of Ayurveda College at Nagpur. He also started a monthly magazine of Ayurveda named ‘Rajvaidya’ in the year 1883 and ‘Arya-bhishak’ in 1888. Besides this, he edited a Hindi magazine ‘Sadvaidya Kaustubh’ in 1904.
A 500 Paise (or Rs.5/-) stamp depicting Shastri Shankar Daji Pade, with Ayurvedic plants and a herb grinding bowl/pestle in the background.
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