# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bhatt-mathuranath-shastri
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:42:31.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bhatt-mathuranath-shastri"
name: "Bhatt Mathuranath Shastri"
slug: "bhatt-mathuranath-shastri"
description: "Bhatt Mathuranath Shastri was an eminent Indian Sanskrit scholar, poet, philosopher, grammarian, polyglot and expert of Tantra from Jaipur, Rajasthan. He was one of the prominent Sanskrit writers of the twentieth century who wrote on both traditional and modern themes. He pioneered the use of several new genres in Sanskrit literature, writing radio plays, essays, travelogues, and short stories. He wrote many songs in Sanskrit including Ghazals, Thumris, Dadras and Dhrupads. He pioneered the use of Prakrit metres in Sanskrit poetry."
tagline: "Sanskrit poet of 20th century"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bhatt_Mathuranath_Shastri.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1889-03-23"
deathDate: "1964-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.512605042016807
  historical:           4.871598666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump