Umakant Premanand Shah

Umakant Premanand Shah
Born	20 March 1915 Baroda
Died	November 1988
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	author, scholar

Umakant Premanand Shah was a scholar from India.

Life

Umakant was born in Baroda on 20 March 1915. He completed his doctoral thesis on 'Elements of Jaina Art'. He became the deputy director of Oriental Institute, Baroda in 1954. He became the head of Ramayana Project at the institute in 1965.

Shah died in November 1988.

Works

Umakant P Shah is credited with 62 works in 147 publications in 2 languages and 951 library holdings.

His works on Jainism includes "Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography".

References

Sources

• Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987), Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography, Abhinav Publications, ISBN 81-7017-208-X
• Vyas, Dr. R. T., ed. (1995), Studies in Jaina Art and Iconography and Allied Subjects, The Director, Oriental Institute, on behalf of the Registrar, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, ISBN 81-7017-316-7