(Bhandarkar, Sir Ramkrishna Gopal; 1837~1925)印度之东方学者,曾任职于孟买教育局(1864~1893)及诸大学梵文教授。一八七二年,创倡印度之古物研究(Indian Antiquary),为孟买大学总长(1893~1895)、立法参事会员(1903~1905),并为多种学会之代表。又在波那(Poona)开设东方研究所(Bhandarkar Oriental Institute),为印度文化研究中心之一。有关印度古代学、语言学之论著颇多,可谓是社会与宗教改革家,尝致力于解决鳏寡者之再婚问题,为西印度忻求会(梵 Prārthanā Samāj)之指导者,在宗教改革运动中颇为活跃。其重要著作有:Early History of the Deccan, 1884; Vaisnavism ?aivism(Grundriss, III Bd.6 Heft), 1913; A Peep into the Early History of India, 1920; First Book of Sanskrit, 1896;Second Book of Sanskrit, 1928; Report on the Search for Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Bombay Presidency,1887~1894. p1389