Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna was an Indian philosopher, scholar and logician.[1] He was one of the best tol scholars of Nabadwip in the early 19th century.[2] Prasanna Chandra was the student of Goloknath Nayaratna.[3]
Old image of Pakatol of Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna, Nabadwip
He used to teach by setting up a toll near Nabadwip Vidyasagar College. Later, a rich man named Babulal of Lucknow built his toll into a pucca building.[4] Since then, it has been known as the Pakatol of Nabadwip.[5] Students from different provinces like Mithila, Delhi, Lahore, Madras, Puri etc. came his tol and study there.[6][7] Of his 14 resident students, five were from Delhi and Lahore, six from Mithila, two from Puri and one from Tamil Nadu.[8]
He is also one of the eleven members present at the time of the establishment of Nabadwip Municipality.[9]
