Playne, Somerset; Wright, Arnold, eds. (2006). Indian states: a biographical, historical, and administrative survey (AES reprinted.). New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. p.24. ISBN978-81-206-1965-4.
Mrudula Verma; Sarjerao Bhamare; Shripad Nandedkar; Mokashi (2015). Sanshodhak. Historian V.K.Rajwade Research center(mandal), Dhule, India. p.1–14. quote on page 1; Not much information is available about the early life of Narayan Jagannatha Vaidya. Narayan Jagannatha Vaidya belonged to the Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu(CKP) community of Maharashtra. His brother was the Diwan of Baroda state
The Bombay University Calendar, Volume 2. University of Bombay. 1925. p.582. Paper for the foundation of a Scholarship to be called " The Dewan Bahadur Lakshman Jagannath Vaidya Scholarship " and to be awarded to a Candidate of the Kayastha Prabhu community who passes the Matriculation Examination with the highest number..
The Bombay University Calendar, Volume 1. 1908. p.490. LAKSHMAN. JAGANNATH. VAIDYA. SCHOLARSHIP. The Secretary to the Kayastha Prabhu Educational Fund, Baroda, in a letter dated 2nd February 1887, offered to the University a sum of Rs. 5,000 in Government 4 per cent. Paper for the foundation of a Scholarship to be called " The Dewan Bahadur Lakshman Jagannath Vaidya Scholarship " and to be awarded to a Candidate of the Kayastha Prabhu community who passes the Matriculation Examination with the highest number
