shri haridas shastri (1918-2013) was an indian gaudiya vaisnava scholar and practitioner. a prolific sanskrit scholar, he wrote more than a hundred books, including translations from the sanskrit of several gauḍīyā books and his own commentaries on them. his original works include the highly regarded book, the vedānta- darśanam bhāgavata bhāṣyopetam, his translations of the sat sandarbhas, and his transliterations of śrī-caitanya-bhāgavata, śrī-caitanya-caritāmṛta and śrī-caitanya-maṅgala. jonathan edelmann at the university of florida has called shastri "arguably the most prolific and well-educated gauḍīya vaiṣṇava “insider” scholar of the twentieth century" and "a voice distinct from the more well known gaudīya-maṭh and iskcon". among his disciples is the noted gauḍīyā scholar and practitioner, dr. satyanarayana dasa. he is not to be confused with another gauḍīya scholar by the same name, shri haridas das babaji, who was the compiler of the gauḍīya vaiṣṇava abhidhāna, a voluminous encyclopedia on gauḍīya vaiṣṇavism.