Shantiniketan (English spelling)

Japanese: シャンティニケータン(英語表記)Shantiniketan
Shantiniketan (English spelling)
The name of a place near Bholpur in Birbhum District, in the mid-west of West Bengal, northeast India. Shanti means "peace" and Niketan means "home" in Sanskrit, so the place name means "town of peace." It is famous as the location of Visva Bhārati (Indian International University). In 1863, the father of poet R. Tagore opened a religious hall here, and later Tagore himself established a school. Tagore used the prize money from the Nobel Prize in Literature he received in 1913 to run the school, and in 1921 the school developed into a university that aims to promote mutual understanding between the East and the West, and in 1951 after India's independence it became a national university.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
インド北東部,西ベンガル州中西部,ビルブム県のボールプル近郊の地名。シャンティは〈平和〉,ニケータンはサンスクリットで〈すみか〉を意味し,地名は〈平和の郷〉の意。ビシュバ・バーラティーVisva Bhāratī(インド国際)大学の所在地として有名である。1863年,詩人R.タゴールの父がここに宗教道場を開き,のちにはタゴール自身が学校を設立した。タゴールは1913年に受賞したノーベル文学賞の賞金を学校運営にあて,同校は21年,東洋と西洋との相互理解の促進をめざす大学へと発展,インド独立後の51年には国立大学となった。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

<<:  Chandelier - Chandelier (English spelling)

>>:  Chantilly porcelain - Chantilly

Lek
Lek
Blog    

Recommend

Character display

Among display devices such as cathode ray tubes, t...

Org - Org

Abbreviation of organizer. Originally, it referre...

Wakayamaso

This manor in Suzu County, Noto Province, is ident...

Cyprinoidon - Cyprinoidon

...Rattlesnakes with their unique walking pattern...

Paez, P. (English spelling) PaezP

…In the Middle Ages, the Nile, Niger, Congo, and ...

Mészáros L. (English notation) Meszaros L.

…The postponement of the crusade and the hostile ...

Calanthe Massca - Calanthe Massca

... Disa , Angrecum, Ansellia , Aerangis , Europh...

Ducrey, A.

…Then, the knowledge of modern bacteriology, whic...

Kinpachi

...The first Nakayama Bunshichi played Tokimasa a...

Mizutaki - Mizutaki

A type of hot pot dish. It is made by filling a p...

《Ezumi ni yugu》 - Dedicated to Ezumi

...American Jewish novelist. Born and raised in N...

Higher fatty acids - Higher fatty acids

A chain monocarboxylic acid with a large molecula...

Emplectopteris

…Since most ferns and seed ferns have pinnately c...

Kinkacha - Kinkacha

Scientific name: Camellia chrysantha Plants. Everg...

Garter knitting machine - Garter knitting machine

…The first treadle stocking knitting machine was ...