A.H. Salunkhe is a Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 scholar, theologian, Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 author, and social activist from Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. He is closely related to the movements of Satya Shodhak Samaj

Satyashodhak Samaj

Satya Shodhak Samaj is a religion established by Mahatma Jyotirao Phule on September 24, 1873. This was started as a group whose main aim was to liberate the social Shudra and Untouchables castes from exploitation and oppression....

 and Shivdharma. He is the president of Maharashtra State Cultural Policy Draft Committee.

Life

Born in a small farmer family at Khadewadi in Sangli

Sangli

Sangli is a city in the state of Maharashtra of India. Sangli is known as the Turmeric city for its vast production of Turmeric. Sangli is situated on the banks of river Krishna and is the largest market place for Turmeric in Asia and houses many sugar factories, which it is also noted for...

 district, he completed his graduation from Shivaji Vidyapeeth

Shivaji University

Shivaji University , established in 1962, is located in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. The University is named after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha Empire. It was inaugurated on 18 November 1962 by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the then President of India. Yashwantrao Chavan and...

 with first class first in Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

. He also secured first rank in MA Sanskrit & Marathi and then done Ph.D in Sanskrit. He worked as a Head of department in a college in Satara

Satara

Satara is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India. The town is 2320 ft. above sea-level, near the confluence of the Krishna and its tributary river Venna. The city was the capital of the Maratha empire in the 17th century, hence one of the the historical cities of...

. He was one of the National scholarship holders. He was art faculty dean at the Shivaji University, Kolhapur. There he was member of academic council. He is also awarded as Rashtrabhasha Pandit. Wrote nearly 31 books so far.

His books

• गुलामांचा आणि गुलाम करणारांचा धर्म एक नसतो
• सर्वोत्तम भूमीपुत्र : गोतम बुद्ध
• बळीवंश
• विद्रोही तुकाराम
• तुळशीचे लग्न- एक समीक्षा
• विद्रोही तुकाराम- समीक्षेची समीक्षा
• तुझ्यासह, तुझ्याविना
• चांदण्यात भिजायचं राहून जाऊ नये म्हणून
• चिंतन
• आता आमच्या धडावर आमचेच डोके असेल
• आस्तिकशिरोमणी चार्वाक
• aitreya brahaman ek chikitsa
• matruchetkrut budhapanchashatak
• mahabharatatil sitrya 1-2-3

External links

• शिवधर्म प्रकटन भूमिका at Wikisource
• Complete English translation of गुलामांचा आणि गुलाम करणारांचा धर्म एक नसतो