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1. Bhatt Mathuranath Shastri

भभभभ भभभभभभभभ भभभभभभभभ) (March 23, 1889 – June 4, 1964) was an eminent Indian

Sanskrit sch!ar, "et, "hi!s"her, #rammarian, "!$#!t and e%"ert & 'antra&rm Jai"ur, aasthan* +e was ne & the "rminent Sanskrit writers & thetwentieth centur$ wh wrte n th traditina! and mdern themes* +e"ineered the use & se-era! new #enres in Sanskrit !iterature, writin# radi"!a$s, essa$s, tra-e!#ues, and shrt stries* +e wrte man$ sn#s in Sanskritinc!udin# .ha/a!s, 'humris, 0adras and 0hru"ads* +e "ineered the use &rakrit (raa and +indi) metres in Sanskrit "etr$*

• Lifeirthhatt Mathuranath Shastri was rn in Jai"ur in the &amus 0e-arshi &ami!$

which had a traditin & #reat Sanskrit sch!ars and "ets #in# ack t mrethan &ur hundred $ears* +is ancestrs were 'ai!an#a rahmins & the .autama.tra &!!win# the rishna aur-eda* 'he 0e-arshi &ami!$ started with a-ii0ikshit, wh mi#rated &rm 0i-rikhi$a (a!ias 0e-a!"a!!i) -i!!a#e (ri#in & their&ami!$ name 0e-arshi) in current5da$ ndhra radesh t 7aranasi durin#

Mu#ha! ru!e* 'he descendants & a-ii 0ikshit !ater mi#rated &rm 7aranasi tra$a#, then t ewa and then t undi* rm undi, Maharaa Sawai Jai Sin#hru#ht 0e-arshi a-ika!anidhi rishna hatt, a ce!erated "et & Sanskritand ra5hasha, t his Jai"ur5curt and awarded him the tit!e &a-ika!:nidhi (treasure & "etic e%"ertise)* 0escendants & rishna hatt inthe 0e-arshi &ami!$ inc!ude 0warkanath hatt, Ja#dish hatt, 7asude- hatt,and Mandan hatt, wh were a!! r$a! "ets in the curt & the Maharaas &Jai"ur* In this &ami!$, Mathuranath Shastri was rn n March 23, 1889 in

Jai"ur*

;ducatinMathuranath Shastri a&ter ac<uirin# asic knw!ed#e & =rdu and ersian in

the e#innin#, studied #rammar and Sanskrit at the Maharaa>s Sanskrit ?!!e#ein Jai"ur* +e t""ed in the #rammar e%aminatin in 19@3 and a!s in="adh$a$a e%aminatin &r Sanskrit !iterature in the $ear 19@6* In 19@9, he"assed the char$a (Masters) e%aminatin in Sanskrit !iterature with hi#hest

marks* +is teachers inc!uded 7id$a-achas"ati andit Madhusudan Aha, andit



ashinath Shastri, ."inath Ban#!$a, Ca%minath Shastri, +aridutt Jha, andShrikrishna Shastri* +is cntem"rar$ Sanskrit sch!ar sta!warts were !ikes &7edchdamani andit Mti Ca! Shastri, Mahamah"aadh$a$a andit .iridharSharma ?hatur-edi, 7$akaranmartand andit Cakshminath Shastri,

Cakshmiram Swami, a#uru andit ?handradutt Aha, t* Sr$anaara$anSharma, andit ."inath a-ira and andit ?handradhar Sharma .u!eri*

ami!$ !i&eMathuranath Shastri married thrice* In 19@9, he married Sa-itri 0e-i,

dau#hter & the r$a! "riest & Archha, a#hunath 0auu* Sa-itri 0e-i #a-eirth t three chi!dren wh a!! died in in&anc$* She a!s e%"ired !ater* +is secndwi&e Mathura 0e-i, dau#hter & Bara$anra & ai#arh (Madh$a radesh) died

& "!a#ue within ne $ear & their marria#e* !thu#h #rss!$ re!uctant tremarr$, n the insistence & his re!ati-es, he married ama 0e-i dau#hter &andit ."ikrishna .swami (& Maha"ura, near Jai"ur), a descendant &&amus 'antrik sch!ar Shi-anand .swami, in 1922* rm ama 0e-i, he had&ur chi!dren 5 tw sns named a!a Bath and am!a Bath, and tw dau#htersnamed Ja$a .swami and 7ia$a 'ai!n#*D6E +is #randchi!dren are +emantShesh, Ja$ant .swami, 0e-endranath 0e-arshi, a!"ana .swami, 0hirendra0e-arshi, hartendu 'ai!an#, Bee!ima Sharma, rana! Sharma and rachi

.swami*

'eachin#""inted $ the then 0irectr & ;ducatin Shri Sh$am Sunder Sharma,

hatt Mathuranath Shastri tau#ht Sanskrit &rm 1926 t 1931 at the Maharaa?!!e#e in Jai"ur, where ther suects esides ;n#!ish and humanities werea!s tau#ht* rm 1931 t 1934 he was the chie& e%aminerF Ins"ectr & sch!srun $ the Maharaa & Jai"ur* rm 1934 t 1942 he then tau#ht at Jai"ur>s

Maharaa Sanskrit ?!!e#e, esides ser-in# as the +ead & 0e"artment &Citerature*D6E 0urin# his teachin# assi#nment, andit hatt wrte Sanskrit5Sudhini (in tw -!umes), a uni<ue te%t k & its wn kind t teachSanskrit in an e%treme!$ sim"!e and e%tra rdinari!$ interestin# wa$* ntherte%t k Su!ah Sanskritam written $ andit hatt was "u!ished in 196@*r man$ decades >Su!ah Sanskritam> remained the main te%t k "rescried$ the .-ernment & aasthan &r !earnin# Sanskrit* i#ht!$ cnsiderin# it te a natina!istic cause, andit hatt was a #reat su""rter and "r"a#atr &

+indi since his student da$s* An his "ersna! initiati-e, Jai"ur was rec#ni/ed



as ne & the centers & e%aminatin &r -arius di"!maF de#ree curses &rathmaa, Madh$amaa (7isharad) and =ttamaa (Sahit$aratna) run $ the +indiSahit$a Samme!an* r this "ur"se he started s"ecia! ni#ht c!asses in a cit$5tem"!e, where he himse!& tau#ht the students &ree & cst* 0es"ite a""rehensin

& attractin# dis"!easure & the ritish &&icia!s, andit hatt and his team &dedicated teachers inc!udin# .-ind a a-eeshwar, cntinued withcnductin# +indi5teachin# c!asses*

0eathMathuranath Shastri died & a heart attack at the a#e & GH n June 4, 1964 in

Jai"ur* +is death was termed as an irre"ara!e !ss t the wr!d & Sanskrit!iterature and was murned $ "r-incia! and centra! #-ernments in India,

-arius .-ernrs, and $ Sanskrit "eridica!s and urna!s*

• Major Works

Mathuranath Shastri wrte man$ ks, artic!es, essa$s and sn#s inSanskrit, +indi, =rdu, en#a!i and .uarati* +e had started writin# when hewas ust 14 $ears !d and cntinued it unti! his death in 1964* +is !iterature runsint mre than ne hundred thusand "a#es*D6E

Sanskrit(19@6)dararama K (ṇ भभभभभभभभभ) "u!ished $ >Sanskrit atnakar>(193H) .:th:ratnasamucca$a (ḥ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ)(198G) .Kr-: a#ir:#aura-am (ṇ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ)L "u!isher5 endri$a Sanskrit

7id$a"eeth, Jai"ur re& namemdernsanskriti(19HG) .-inda-aiha-am (भभभभभभभभभभभभभ)(1941) ?a ak:m (ṣ भभभभभ)N Sanskrit cmmentar$ n the adamari &

: aha a "u!ished $ Birna$a Sa#ar ress, ma$*ṇ ṭṭ

(194G) Ja$a"ura-aiha-am (भभभभभभभभभभभ)(1988) raandha":ri:ta (ḥ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) u!isher5 endri$a Sanskrit

7id$a"eeth, Jai"urhaktih:-an ha#a-:n (भभभभभभभभभभ भभभभभभ)h:rata-aiha-am (भभभभभभभभभभ)MaOu!aan: ik: (ṭ भभभभभभभ भभभभभभ) adi "!a$ &r !! India adi "u!ished in

series >rakh$a>56 $ +ari Sin#h .aur Sa#ar =ni-ersit$M#a!as:mr:$asPtradh:r M:nasi ha (ṁ ḥ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ भभभभभभभभ)



(1939) (re-ised in 1946)Sara!: (भभभभ)N Sanskrit cmmentar$ n theasa#a #:dharam & anditra Ja#annath "u!ished $ Birna$ Sa#ar ress,ṅ ma$*

Sa sk tasudh: (ṁ ṛ भभभभभभभभभभभ)N enderin# & the rakrit .aha Sattasai & +:!a in

Sanskrit*(193@) S:hit$a-aiha-am (भभभभभभभभभभभभभ)n anth!#$ tit!ed MaOun:tha#ranth:-a!i (ḥ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) cnsistin# &

a!! Sanskrit wrks & Shastri (a!n# with his Sanskrit cmmentar$) has een"u!ished $ the ashtri$a Sanskrit Sansthan, Bew 0e!hi*DGEN119 Sme &hatt>s -er$ im"rtant wrks are sti!! un"u!ished* 'he$ inc!ude5

harat 7aihaw-am(भभभभभभभभभभ) ( In tw -!umes)

0hatu"ra$#a"ariatah (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ)ar$aanamaadihasha ( भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ)a-$akuna (भभभभभभभभभभभ)assiddhantah (भभभभभभभभभभभभ)( art!$ "u!ished in >Shdha"raha>$ Ca! ahadur

Shastri Sanskrit 7id$a"eeth, Bew 0e!hi7ind-aatika (भभभभभभभभभभभ)Sanskrit5atha5Bikun (भभभभभभभ5भभभ5भभभभभभभभ)i!hanstas$a a-$anch (भभभभभभभभभभभभ भभभभभभ भ)

a-$asiddhantah(भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ)Stutikusumana!i (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ)as#an#adhar ?mmentar$ 0etai!ed (भभभभभभभभ भभभभभभभ भभभभभभभभ)(detai!ed

?mmentar$)

• Editing

Mathuranath Shastri>s massi-e cntriutin t ;ditin# -arius im"rtant andc!assica! Sanskrit ks is a!s ntewrth$* +e has edited adamari,

as#an#adhar Sanskrit#athasa"tshati, .eer-aan#iraa#aura-am,raandh"aariat, Shi!a!ekh!a!antika, .eet#-indam, Su!ahSanskritam, Sharna#ati5rahas$a, 7ri5ka-ita5-eethi, ?haturthista-,?handradutta5"aricha$a, Ishwar-i!as5mahaka-$am, ad$amukta-a!i ,7rittmukta-a!i etc* +e a!s edited "resti#ius Sanskrit urna!s and"eridica!s !ike Sanskrit atnakar (&rm 19@4 t 1949) and harati (&rm19H2 t 1964)*



• Songs

Shastri wrte man$ sn#s in Sanskrit, intrducin# the ""u!ar &!k music#enre & .ha/a!, and +industani c!assica! music #enres & 'humris, 0adras and

0hru"ads int Sanskrit*D2ED4E +e wrte 0hru"ad sn#s in Sanskrit at theinsistence & 'hakur Jaide- Sin#h*D6E +e had a keen interest in Indian ?!assica!Music and aindra San#eet a!s*

• Major Books published on the life and works of Bhatt

Mathuranath Shastri

Manunath-aa#-aihawamManunath#ad$a#aura-am

Shrimathuranathshastrinah kritit-a5sameekshanamSanskrit ke $u#5"urushN Manunath ($ a!a Bath Shastr$)Man$ sch!ar!$ researches, inc!udin# thse &r h*0 and M*hi! de#rees,

ha-e een dne n his wrks thru#hut India and arad*

• Awards and recognition

wards'it!e & a-iirma i (crest ewe! & "ets), #i-en in 1936 $ khi!ṇ

harti$a Sanskrit Sahit$a Samme!an thru#h the Maharaa & Jai"ur Sawaihawani Sin#h*D1E

'it!e & a-iirma i (crest ewe! & "ets), #i-en $ the !! India Sanskritṇ Citerature ?n&erence*D1E

'it!e & a-is:r-ahauma (em"err & "ets), #i-en $ the 7e!!anaati$a'ai!an#a Saha*D1E

'it!e & S:hit$a-:ridhi (cean & !iterature)*D1E #i-en $ harat 0harmaMahamanda! , 7aranasi*

ec#nitinadha 7a!!ah 'ri"athi writes that Mathuranath Shastri was ne & his kind

in his time wh started new #enres, &resaw the &uture & Sanskrit cm"sitinand a cm"ser & n-e! wrks and sn#s* 'ri"athi sa$s that arrin# tw rthree "ets !ike Mathuranath Shastri, nd$ has demnstrated cmmand -er awide -ariet$ & "etr$ and "rse #enres* +e &urther adds that MathuranathShastri ru#ht a new dawn in the &ie!d & Sanskrit !iterature* +is utstandin#

cntriutin t Sanskrit !iterature has een rec#ni/ed $ =ttar radesh Sanskrit



Sansthan, Cucknw in their "resti#ius "u!icatin Sanskrit 7an#ma$a a7rihad Itihas, 2@@4 (;dited $ andit (a!de- ="adh$a$a) $ namin# ne &the three mdern Sanskrit !iterature5eras as hatt5u# (193@5196@)* a!idasSamiti in =ain re#u!ar!$ r#ani/ed Qa!idas SamarhR since 194@s*

Im"ressed $ andit hatts "etic e%ce!!ence and his dee" a""reciatin & theaesthetics & "etr$, the a!idas Samiti hnured him at an !! India a-iSamme!an in =ain $ ca!!in# him Qhina- a!idasR (mdern da$ a!idas)*+is irth anni-ersar$ is ce!erated re#u!ar!$ $ man$ re"uted suth Indian!iterar$ and academic institutins* &ter his name, a chair has een esta!ishedin Ja#ad#uru amanandachar$a aasthan Sanskrit =ni-ersit$ Jai"ur*>Manunath Shdh Sansthan> (?58, rithwi a ad, ?5Scheme, Jai"ur53@2@@1"hneNT91 141 23G6@@8) is acti-e in research and "u!icatin wrk re!atin# t

the !i&e and !iterar$ cntriutin & hatt Mathuranath Shastri and maintains hishu#e !irar$*

2. Satyavrat Shastri

Sat$a 7rat (r Sat$a-rat) Shastri (rn 29 Se"temer 193@) is a hi#h!$decrated Sanskrit sch!ar, writer, #rammarian and "et &rm India* +e haswritten three Mahaka-$as, three handaka-$as, ne raandhaka-$as and neatraka-$a and &i-e wrks in critica! writin# in Sanskrit* +is im"rtant wrksare amakirtimahaka-$am, rahattaram haratam, Sridhisatt-acharitam,7aidika 7$akarana, Sarman$adesah Sutram 7ihati, and 0isc-er$ & Sanskrit'reasures in se-en -!umes*

+e is current!$ an hnrar$ "r&essr at the S"ecia! ?entre &r SanskritStudies, Jawahar!a! Behru =ni-ersit$, Bew 0e!hi* +e was the +ead & the0e"artment & Sanskrit and the 0ean & the acu!t$ & rts at the =ni-ersit$ &0e!hi, where he was the andit Manmhan Bath 0ar r&essr & Sanskrit(19G@–199H)*

0urin# his career he has wn man$ natina! and internatina! awards,inc!udin#, the Sahit$a kademi ward &r Sanskrit, #i-en $ Sahit$a kademi,

India>s Batina! cadem$ & Cetters, in 1968 &r his "etr$ wrk,



Sri#uru#-indasimhacharitam, then in 2@@6, he ecame the &irst reci"ient & theJnan"ith award in Sanskrit !an#ua#e (cn&erred in 2@@9 $ his disci"!e and'hai!and>s rincess Maha ?hakri Sirindhrn)*

• Literary writings

o rhattaram haratam ( a-$a in Sanskrit ) Saras-ati Susama,

Jurna! & the Sam"urnanand Sanskrit =ni-ersit$, 7aranasi, 7!* UII,B* 1, Sam-at 2@14

o Sridhisatt-acaritam ( a-$a in Sanskrit), irst ;d* Se!&

u!icatin, 0e!hi, Sam-at 2@1G (*0* 196@) "a#es i-T 12@, Secnd;d* Meharchand Cacchmandas, 0e!hi 19G4,

o

Sri#uru#-indasimhacaritam ( a-$a in Sanskrit) (Vith a rewrd$ 0r* 7*a#ha-an), irst ;d* .uru .ind Sin#h undatin, atia!a,196G, Secnd ;d* Sahit$a handar, Meerut, 1984,

o Sarman$adesah Sutaram 7ihati ( a-$a in Sanskrit), khi!

harati$a Sanskrit arishad, Cucknw, 19G6o Indira .andhi5caritam ( a-$a in Sansktir), harati$a 7id$a

rakashan, 0e!hi, 19G6,o 'haidesa-i!asam ( a-$a in Sanskrit) (Vith a rewrd $ r&*

7isudh us$aku!), ;astern k Cinkers, 0e!hi 19G9o Sriramakirtimahaka-$am ( a-$a in Sanskrit) (with a &rewrd $

+er $a! +i#hness Maha ?hakri Sirindhrn, the rincess &'hai!and), M!ama!! Sachde- and marnath Sachde-a undatins,an#kk, irst ;d* 199@, Secnd ;d* 1991, 'hird ;d* 199H*

o atraka-$am ( a-$a in Sanskrit), ;astern k Cinkers, 0e!hi 1994

o Bew ;%"eriments in a!idasa (!a$s), ;astern k Cinkers, 0e!hi

1994o ?hanak$aniti, harati$a 7id$a Mandir, !kata, 2@13, ISB 9G85815

893@254259o ?haran 7ai Madhu 7indati (Sanskrit5+indi), 7ia$a ks, 0e!hi5

11@@32, 2@13 5 ISB 9G859358148@53@54



3. Prof. Rewa Prasad Dwivedi

r&* ewa rasad 0wi-edi, eminent Sanskrit authr and sch!ar, was rn in

193H in 7aranasi* +is cntriutin t Sanskrit !an#ua#e and !iterature isutstandin#*

• Sitacaritam and Svatantryasambhavam

+is mst si#ni&icant wrks, Sitacaritam and Svatantryasambhavam are twe"ic "ems* 'he &irst mahaka-$a (e"ic "em), =ttara Sita5charitam, cm"sed&rm 19H6 t 1968, is ased n the ama$ana and dea!s with the !ater !i&e &Sita, ut is recast t cntem"rar$ times and dea!s with Indian "!it$ and

"atritism* +is secnd e"ic, S-atantr$a5samha-am, which wn the Sahit$akademi ward in 1991, "rtra$s the Indian natina! &reedm m-ement, &rmthe time & ani Cakshmi ai & Jhansi t e-ents & "st5Inde"endence India*

• ther Sanskrit works

+is ther Sanskrit wrks inc!ude ramatah (1988, a c!!ectin & "ems nthe atmic a#e), Sri ewa hadra"itham (1988, -erses in "raise & the ri-erewa, Barmada), Shata"atram (198G, "ems aut "etr$), and uthika (a&ur5act "!a$)*

+e has written a numer & stries* +e has written e%tensi-e!$ nSahit$asastra (etics) and "rduced such #reat wrks as a-$a!ankarakarika,Bat$anusasanam, and Sahit$asarirakam* 0wi-edi has edited man$ wrks, &which 'he ?m"!ete wrks & a!idasa is his #reatest cntriutin t Sanskrit!iterature* +e has a!s "resented research "a"ers in -arius seminars n Sanskritand Arienta! studies*

• Academic !ositions and Awards

0wi-edi he!d man$ "resti#ius academic "sitins in =ni-ersities and therinstitutins* +e was a memer & the ;%ecuti-e ?unci!, cademic ?unci!,ard & Studies, anaras +indu =ni-ersit$W ?entra! Sanskrit ard &r twtermsW ashtri$a Sanskrit Sansthan, Bew 0e!hiW a!idasa5Samiti, .-ernment& Madh$a radesh and Sanskrit cademies & =ttar radesh and Madh$aradesh* +e is an ;meritus r&essr & Sanskrit, anaras +indu =ni-ersit$ and

the &under & a!idas Samsthan, 7aranasi* +e tau#ht in anaras +indu=ni-ersit$ &rm 19GG5199H in -arius ca"acities* +e wrked as 0ean, acu!t$



& Sanskrit, anaras +indu =ni-ersit$ &r three terms (19G9581W 8H58GW 8G589)*+e was ;meritus &e!!w & the =ni-ersit$ .rants ?mmissin &rm 199@ t1992*

0wi-edi has een hnred &r his man$ cntriutins t Sanskrit !an#ua#e

and !iterature* +e recei-ed a ?erti&icate & +nr &rm 'he resident & India in19G8* +e was hnred with &ur awards &r his Svatantryasambhava, an e"ic"emN Sahit$a kademi ward, 1991W a!"a-a!!i ward $ harati$a hashaarishad, ?a!cutta, 1993W 7acas"ati award $ ** ir!a undatin, Bew0e!hi, 199GW and Sri-eni award $ *J* 0a!mi$a Sri-eni 'rust, 0e!hi, 1999* +ewas cn&erred nine di&&erent awards n his wrks $ the .-ernment &Madh$a radesh and =ttar radesh* +e a!s recei-ed tw Mitra uraskara, neha"uraskara and ne 7$asa"uraskara *

4. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra

(rn 1943) +e is a Sanskrit authr, "et, !$ricist, "!a$wri#ht and the &rmer7ice5?hance!!r & the Sam"urnanand Sanskrit =ni-ersit$, 7aranasi* +e hasser-ed as the head & de"artment & Sanskrit in +imacha! radesh =ni-ersit$,

Shim!a* +e has a!s een a -isitin# "r&essr at the =ni-ersit$ & Indnesia, the!dest uni-ersit$ & Indnesia*

hira aendra Mishra is the winner & Sahit$a kademi ward &rSanskrit &r the $ear 1988*D3E +e is ""u!ar!$ knwn as 'ri-e K a-i*D2E +e hasṇ cm"sed man$ ks in Sanskrit, +indi, ;n#!ish and h"uri*

• !ersonal life

+e was rn in 0rni"ur in Jaun"ur district in =ttar radesh, t andit0ur#a"rasad Mishra and hirai 0e-i* +is 0Kk : .uru is Ja#ad#uruṣ :mahadr:c:r$a, whse e"ic "em .Ktar:m:$a am was re!eased $ him nṇ Januar$ 14, 2@11*D1E &ter retirement, he is sett!ed in Shim!a, +imacha!radesh*

• Major Works

'he mar wrks & hira aendra Mishra are 5



o "kshugandha

o Aranyani

o Abhiraja#$asobhushanam

o %hara#Mandaviyam

o &anaki#&ivanam

o Madhuparni

o Samskrit Sahitya Mein Anyokti

o Sapta#%hara

o !oetry and !oetics

o Abhiraja#Sahasrakam'

o (atya#!anchagavyam

o (atya#!anchamritam

o )ag#)adhuti

o Mridvika

o Srutimbhara

o Bali#%vipe Bharatiya Samskritih

o )imsa#Satabdi#Samskrita#*avyamritam +ed,-

o Sejarah *esusatraan Sanskerta +.istory of Sanskrit in Bahasa

"ndonesia-

o Suvarna#%vipiya /ama#*atha

o Samskrita#Satakam

• Awards and .onours

o Sahit$a kademi ward &r Sanskrit in 1988 &r his c!!ectin & shrt

stries Ikshu#andha*o ?erti&icate & +nur &rm the resident & India in 2@@2*

o 7a!miki Sammano 7achas"ati Samman

5. Rabhadra!harya



Ja#ad#uru amanandachar$a Swami amhadrachar$a (rn .iridharMishra n 14 Januar$ 19H@) is a +indu re!i#ius !eader, educatr, Sanskritsch!ar, "!$#!t, "et, authr, te%tua! cmmentatr, "hi!s"her, cm"ser,sin#er, "!a$wri#ht and atha artist ased in ?hitrakt, India* +e is ne & &ur

incument Ja#ad#uru amanandachar$a and has he!d this tit!e since 1988*

amhadrachar$a is the &under and head & 'u!si eeth, a re!i#ius andscia! ser-ice institutin in ?hitrakt named a&ter Saint 'u!sidas* +e is the&under and !i&e!n# chance!!r & the Ja#ad#uru amhadrachar$a+andica""ed =ni-ersit$ in ?hitrakt, which &&ers #raduate and "st#raduatecurses e%c!usi-e!$ t &ur t$"es & disa!ed students* amhadrachar$a haseen !ind since the a#e & tw mnths, had n &rma! educatin ti!! the a#e &

se-enteen $ears, and has ne-er used rai!!e r an$ ther aid t !earn rcm"se*

amhadrachar$a can s"eak 22 !an#ua#es and is a s"ntaneus "et andwriter in Sanskrit, +indi, wadhi, Maithi!i, and se-era! ther !an#ua#es* +e hasauthred mre than 1@@ ks and H@ "a"ers, inc!udin# &ur e"ic "ems, +indicmmentaries n 'u!sidas> amcharitmanas and +anuman ?ha!isa, a Sanskritcmmentar$ in -erse n the shtadh$a$i, and Sanskrit cmmentaries n the

rasthanatra$i scri"tures* +e is acknw!ed#ed &r his knw!ed#e in di-erse&ie!ds inc!udin# Sanskrit #rammar, B$a$a and 7edanta* +e is re#arded as ne &the #reatest authrities n 'u!sidas in India, and is the editr & a critica! editin& the amcharitmanas* +e is a atha artist &r the ama$ana and theha#a-ata* +is atha "r#rammes are he!d re#u!ar!$ in di&&erent cities in Indiaand ther cuntries, and are te!ecast n te!e-isin channe!s !ike Sanskar '7 andSanatan '7* +e is a!s a !eader & the 7ish-a +indu arishad (7+)*

irst Sanskrit cm"sitint the darsh .aurishankar Sanskrit ?!!e#e, .iridhar !earnt the ei#ht .anas

& Sanskrit "rsd$ whi!e stud$in# ?handa"rah:, a wrk n Sanskrit "rsd$*'he ne%t da$, he cm"sed his &irst Sanskrit -erse, in the hua #a"ra$:taṅ metre*

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ममममम मममम ममम मममममममममममममममम॥

A mni"tent Crd, rem-er & the distress & $ur wrshi""ersX rtect me,

wh is ein# cnsumed $ the e%treme!$ dread&u! &ire & srrws, wh ishe!"!ess!$ &a!!in# in the cean & the mundane wr!d, wh is withut an$"rtectr, wh is i#nrant, and wh is unded $ the shack!es & de!usin*

• Sanskrit Works

amhadrachar$a has authred mre than 1@@ ks and H@ "a"ers,inc!udin# "u!ished ks and un"u!ished manuscri"ts* 7arius audi and

-ide recrdin#s ha-e a!s een re!eased* +is mar !iterar$ and musica!cm"sitins are !isted e!w*

(1996) :dacandraekharacaritam (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit minr "em*(1996) r$:atakam (भभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*(1996) .a a"atiatakam (ṇ भभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & raise*(1996) ?a Katakam (ṇḍ भभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*(1996) J:nakKk ":ka :k am (ṛ ṭ ṣ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*

(1996) Mukundasmara am (ṇ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*(1996) YrKr:#ha-:h$uda$am (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sin#!e5act Sanskrit "!a$5"em*(1996) YrKr:#ha-endraatakam (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*(199G) :dh$:$$: ratisPtra Y:dadhasamKk a am (ṣṭ ḥ ṃ ṣ ṇ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभ

भभभभभभभभभभभ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit cmmentar$ in -erse n the Sutras & theshtadh$a$i*

(199G) YrKr:mahaktisar-as-am (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit "em & nehundred -erses*

(1998) YrK#a #:mahimnasttram (ṅ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*(2@@1) Sara$P!aharK (भभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit minr "em*(2@@1) Ca#hura#hu-aram (भभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit minr "em*(2@@1) Bam :#ha-:$a (भभभ भभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*(2@@1) YrKnarmad: akam (ṣṭ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise n the ri-er

Barmada*(2@@1) haktis:rasar-as-am (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*(2@@1) Y!kamauktikam (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*

(2@@1) YrKr:#ha-acara acihnaatakam (ṇ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn &"raise*



(2@@1) YrK:nakKcara acihnaatakam (ṇ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn &"raise*

(2@@1) YrKr:ma-a!!ah:sttram (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*(2@1@) Sar-ar#ahar: akam (ṣṭ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*

(2@@1) YrKcitrakP a-ih:r$a akam (ṭ ṣṭ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn &"raise*

(2@@1) YrK:nakKk ":ka :k asttram (ṛ ṭ ṣ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn &"raise*

(2@@2) YrKh:r#a-ar:#ha-K$am (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit e"ic "em* 'he "etwas awarded the 2@@4 Sahit$a kademi ward &r Sanskrit &r the e"ic*

(2@@2) YrKr:#ha-ah:-adaranam (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit minr "em*(2@@3) u:"atram (भभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit !etter "em*

(2@@4) h #adPtam (ṛṅ भभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit minr "em & the 0Ptak:-$a(messen#er5"em) cate#r$*

(2@@G) Manmath:riatakam (भभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*(2@@8) ?ara a"K :har: akam (ṇ ḍ ṣṭ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit h$mn & "raise*(2@@8) YrKsKt:r:make!ikaumudK (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – +indi Ktik:-$a

("rcedura!5era +indi "em)*(2@@9) YrKsKt:r:masu"rah:tam (भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit su"rahatam*(2@1@) :-akra (ṣṭ भभभभभभभभभ) – +indi e"ic "em*

(2@11) .Ktar:m:$a am (ṇ भभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit !$rica! e"ic "em*(2@11) -adha ai ri$: (भभभ भभ भभभभभभभ) – wadhi !$rica! "em*(2@11) YrKsKt:sudh:nidhi (ḥ भभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभभ) – Sanskrit minr "em & the

Sttra"raandhak:-$a cate#r$*

• Literary style

ewa rasad 0wi-edi writes in his Sanskrit "em dedicated tamhadrachar$a that he is an enc$c!"aedia & !earnin# whse !iterature is!ike numerus Barmad: ri-ers &!win# ut simu!taneus!$, and in whse!iterar$ wrks Shi-a and ar-ati de!i#ht whi!e "er&rmin# 'anda-a and Cas$a*

0e-arshi a!a Bath Shastr$ writes in his re-iew & amhadrachar$a>s wrksthat amhadrachar$a is an accm"!ished and e!<uent "et wh is the&remst amn# sch!ars and is a!s we!!5-ersed in a!! scri"tures, and wh e-enta!ks in e%tem"raneus!$ cm"sed "etr$ with Sanskrit sch!ars, usua!!$ in="a:ti metre* amhadrachar$a uses with #reat e&&ect the 0a aka st$!e withṇḍ Sanskrit adecti-es in his s"eeches* Shastr$ recunts a use & a !n# sentence inthe 0a aka st$!e at a s"eech in Jai"ur in Ju!$ 2@@3 $ amhadrachar$a, inṇḍ



which ne sentence with mu!ti"!e adecti-es !asted arund se-en minutes andwas re"!ete with "etic eaut$* Shastr$ writes that amn# Sanskrit "ets, n!$YrKhar a ("et & Bai adhK$acaritam) has een descried as ha-in# suchṣ ṣ wnder&u! cmmand -er Sanskrit as amhadrachar$a has*

Shastr$ criti<ued the wrk YrKh:r#a-ar:#ha-K$am in the Januar$ 2@@3 issue& the Sanskrit mnth!$ h:ratK* Shastr$ writes that the wrk has "etice%ce!!ence, -ariet$ & meters and de%terit$ & !an#ua#e which has nt een seenhithert in Sanskrit e"ics* Shastr$ &inds the twentieth cant & the e"ic t e ane%ce!!ent i!!ustratin & Sanskrit "etr$ in rakrit -erses, a st$!e which was"ineered $ Shastr$>s &ather*

0r* raesh 0ikshit, Sanskrit sch!ar &rm Jaa!"ur, sa$s that thatYrKh:r#a-ar:#ha-K$am cmines the st$!es & three "re-ius Sanskrit e"ics – it

has tw !eadin# characters !ike in h:ra-i>s ir:t:runK$am, the "etice%ce!!ence and -ariet$ & "rsdic metres is !ike in YrKhar a>sṣ Bai adhK$acaritam, whi!e the !en#th and e%tent & the wrk is !ike theṣ Yiu":!a-adham & M:#ha*

Shastr$ a!s criti<ued the wrk h #adPtam, aut which he sa$s that it hasṛṅ man$ new usa#es (ra$#as) nt seen ear!ier in Sanskrit "etr$* s "er Shastr$,new dimensins in Sanskrit !iterature are seen in the "!a$ YrKr:#ha-:h$uda$amwhere there are sn#s in the .Kti st$!e, and .Ktar:m:$a am which is an e"icṇ

"em in the .Kti st$!e & .Kta#-indam $ Ja$ade-a* 0ikshit writes thatu:"atram is a re-i-a! & the !etter5"em (atrak:-$a) #enre in Sanskrit a&ter2@@@ $ears, and is the &irst wrk in Sanskrit !iterature whse !ead character isdisa!ed*

Shastr$ sa$s that rh$me (nt$:nu"r:sa) is a distin#uishin# &eature &amhadrachar$a>s Sanskrit "etr$* Shastr$ ntes that that anther &eature &amhadrachar$a>s wrks is the de-tin t mther!and and "atritism, whichis mst e-ident in the "etic wrk :dacandraekharacaritam n the !i&e &

?handrashekhar /ad* Shastr$ sa$s that this strn# &ee!in# & !-e twardsmther!and is reminiscent & !d Sanskrit !iterature inc!udin# rith-i Sukta &thar-a 7eda, -arius uranas inc!udin# ha#a-ata urana, and a!s in theSanskrit wrks & Swami ha#a-adachar$a, a &rmer Ja#ad#uruamanandachar$a* 0ikshit sa$s that the natina!istic "!a$YrKr:#ha-:h$uda$am esta!ishes amhadrachar$a as a success&u! "!a$wri#htat a $un# a#e* 0ikshit "raises the aesthetics & the wrkYrKsKt:r:make!ikaumudK sa$in# that it re"resents a!! the si% Sam"rad:$as &

Indian !iterature (Kti, asa, !a k:ra, 0h-ani, 7akrkti and ucit$a), and thatṅ



it is a uni<ue wrk & amhadrachar$a when it cmes t &i#ures & s"eech*0ikshit sa$s that this wrk "!aces amhadrachar$a in the !ea#ue & itika-$a"ets !ike askhan, esha-das, .hananand and admakarW ut ser-es thedistinctin that whi!e the wrks & a!! these "ets are "rimari!$ in the Y n#:raṛ

asa, YrKsKt:r:make!ikaumudK is a wrk which has 7:tsa!$a asa as the "rimar$emtin, which is au#mented $ Y n#:ra asa*ṛ

0inkar ntes that in the "ems & amhadrachar$a, the three "etica! st$!es& :Oc:!K (secndar$ &i#urati-e sense with shrt and sweet5sundin#cm"unds), 7aidarhK (with cm"unds and s&t cnte%ts and withut man$&i#ures & s"eech) and C: K (with "recise cnte%ts and withut man$ &i#ures &ṭ s"eech) are dminant*

• "nternational recognition

In 1992 amhadrachar$a !ed the Indian de!e#atin at the Binth Vr!d?n&erence n ama$ana, he!d in Indnesia* +e has tra-e!!ed t se-era!cuntries, inc!udin# ;n#!and, Mauritius, Sin#a"re, and the =nited States tde!i-er discurses n +indu re!i#in and "eace* +e has een "r&i!ed in theInternatina! Vh>s Vh & Inte!!ectua!s* +e was a!s ne & the ke$ &i#ures &the 0harma rachar atra at 0etrit*

ddress at Mi!!ennium Vr!d eace Summitamhadrachar$a was ne & the s"iritua! and re!i#ius .urus &rm India at

the Mi!!ennium Vr!d eace Summit, r#anised $ the =nited Batins in Bewrk ?it$ &rm 28 t 31 u#ust 2@@@* Vhi!e addressin# the #atherin#, he #a-eSanskrit de&initins &r the wrds harata (the ancient name & India) and+indu, and tuched u"n the Bir#una and Sa#una as"ects & .d* In his s"eechn eace, he ca!!ed &r de-e!"ed and de-e!"in# natins t cme t#ether tstri-e &r the eradicatin & "-ert$, the &i#ht a#ainst terrrism, and nuc!eardisarmament* t the end & his s"eech, he recited the Shanti Mantra*

• Awards and honours

amhadrachar$a has een hnured $ se-era! !eaders and "!iticians,inc!udin# * * J* du! a!am, Smnath ?hatteree, Shi!endra umar Sin#h,and Indira .andhi* Se-era! state #-ernments, inc!udin# that & =ttar radesh,

Madh$a radesh, and +imacha! radesh ha-e cn&erred hnurs n him*



". Manohan A!harya

Born ctober 01' 2345' Lathanga' rissa

!en name )anikaviccupation !oet' Script writer for "ndian 6lassical %ance' !laywright

essayist

Subjects !ost modernism' /ealism' (otable work+s- 7ita#Milindam' 7itamohanam

Manmhan char$a is a "et and !$ricist &rm India* +e is a!s a researcherand "u!ished authr* +is cntriutin a""ears si#ni&icant $ ins"irin# the

c!assica! dance, Adissi, &r the &irst time t enter int !!$wd with his !ucidSanskrit !$rics*+is .ita5Mi!indam cntains 1H #unans (sn#s) in di&&erent me!dius

rh$thms* Manmhan char$a s"eaks &r the cmmn mass* +is creati-etechni<ue su##ests his attitude t !i&e* Ckin# at his &&5eat themes, nne canden$ that he is "rectin# the -ice & the mass and hence is a "stmdern "et* de-tina! sn# &rm his .itamhanam is inc!uded in the 2@@9 m-ie, 'he0esire* +e authred man$ Sanskrit "etr$ t his credit* Sme wrth5mentinin#are .ita5haaratam, a!!i5"anchaasika (handaka-$a), suhasa5charitam(Mahaka-$a), Sri Si-ananda5Caharika (hi!s"hica! a-$a) and ati5#iti5satakam (Sataka5ka-$a)* s a "!a$wri#ht, Manmhan char$a has writtenman$ dance dramas, inc!udin# runa5ratinaa, Shrita5kama!am, ada5"a!!a-am, 0i-$a5Ja$ade-am, in#a!aa, Mrt$u, Sthita"ranah, 'antram, ur-a5sakunta!am, =ttara5sakunta!am and aa-anah*

2 Early life and education0 Works0,2 !oetry0,0 %ance drama0,8 9ranslation0,: /esearch

8 Awards

Early life and education



Manmhan char$a was rn in the -i!!a#e Cathan#a in Ja#atsin#h"urdistrict in Arissa, India in 196G* +e was rn in a Sanskrit &ami!$ & Cathan#a,Arissa & "arents andit Ma$adhar char$a and ar-ati 0e-i*

Works

Manmhan char$a has cntriuted a !t t mdern Sanskrit !iterature thas et and !a$5wri#ht*

• !oetry

Gitamohanam & the sn#s were ada"ted &r the hakti San#eeta ?*0* &Internatina! ranan MissinW a de-tina! sn# is inc!uded in the 2@@9 m-ie,'he 0esire*

Gita-bhaaratam(!$rics)* ?m"i!atin & "atritic sn#s*

C$rica! Sanskrit "etr$ Z.ita5haratam is -er$ much ama/in#* 'his !iterar$dcument is meant t e%"ress the #!r$ & the #reat India* 'his ka-$a cntains1@ numers & sweet "atritic sn#s* In this "etr$ smewhere the !iterar$ st$!e& Ja$ade-a is traced and smewhere the aa#as and 'aa!as & Ari$a herita#e

ha-e ecme the tune & this ka-$a* -e a!! the !iterar$ st$!e & Manmhan isuni<ue* +e "sed Sanskrit !an#ua#e as a wr!d #!r$ thru#h his !iterature* Inhis me!dius sn#, Madhura5haaratam, Sweet India the "et cm"rehendeach "artic!e & India a sweet ne*

Gita milindam (lyrics).ita mi!indam cntains 1H #unans (sn#s) in di&&erent me!dius rh$thms*

'he "et swee"ed -er untuched hri/ns and s"eaks &r the cmmn mass*'he cu"!e & um!e5ees are the natura! sin#ers and en$ers & !i&e>s hne$*

$ takin# them as anchrs & his "resentatin & "etic messa#e, the "et hasnt n!$ shwn a creati-e techni<ue ut a!s su##ested his attitude t !i&e*Ckin# at his &&5eat theme, nne can den$ that he is "rectin# the -ice &the mass and hence he is a "stmdern "et* 'he authr & .ita5mi!indam desnt "resent the theme & curt!$ !-e* Instead, whi!e su-ertin# the Ja$ade-atraditin he has cm"sed a "ard$ that ridicu!es !$rica! rmantic !-e in its!$rica! structure, t$"ica!!$ ""u!ar in the Sanskrit !iterar$ traditin*

'he ma!e and &ema!e um!eees are the her and herine & the "em* 'he$"resent their dia!#ues in di&&erent cants* 'he ma!e ee is a "assinate !-er &

sensua! en$ment whereas the &ema!e ee ""ses it* 'he ma!e is the her &



the Amar ha$am wh wishes t !i-e awa$ his !i&e in sensua!it$* ara!!e!s aredrawn etween him and a 'enn$snian !tus eater 5 heed!ess t the c!sure &the !tus &!wer at sunset and e-en its resu!tant death* 'he &ema!e "artner warnshim, remindin# him & the cntem"rar$ scia! and ecnmic crises such as

chi!d !aur, unem"!$ment and "!itica! crru"tin that shatter sciet$ as awh!e, resu!tin# in se-ere and "itia!e cnditins that cm"e! an !d wman!ike archet$"ica! unti t m-in# &rm dr t dr* 0ctrs are takin# the!i-es & !i-in# human ein#s whi!e the #d & death takes awa$ n!$ the !i-es &the dead* Ve are reminded & the Se"temer 11 attacks that de-astated Bewrk ?it$* ;n-irnmenta! "!!utin, chi!dren>s death due t star-atin and man$ther scia! "r!ems seek t draw the attentin & the ee5"ets t "resentin#their e%"erience rather than the etherea! and unnatura!!$ hi#h "itch &manticism & $#ne da$s* 'he &ema!e ee is nt a materia!ist, ut certain!$ a

re"resentati-e & the Mar%ist scia!ism ectin# t the &euda!istic !u%ur$ andcurt!$ ide!#$ s t$"ica! & the a#e5!d Sanskrit !iterature*

et Manmhan has een success&u! in !$rici/in# the theme that has &r s!n# een cnsidered anti5!$rica!* 'he reader wnders at hw char$a has-ercme the cha!!en#in# task & rerientin# the Sanskrit !an#ua#e taccmmdate the cntem"rar$ theme in such traditina! meters* Vhi!e usin#nine ra#as &rm Ja$ade-a,(cants 15H, 851@ and 13), he has used a#a &rmther surces, the si% ra#as, hina-a ein# his wn in-entin*

Quotations

>AX et um!eee, dnt re"eat such "etr$ n rnamented &ace & a !ad$da//!in# thru#h &ish !ike e$es and #!ri&ied $ !n# !ack hairs* +ere, the&etus & #ir! chi!d, swimmin# &ear!ess!$ in mthers wm is ki!!ed $ her wn&ather* Sita********, an inncent #ir! is made !ike a cmmdit$ in the hrri!edwr$ market*> >AX artner um!eee, rea!i/e the "ain* !ease think dee"!$ nit* ememer that the "en which stea!s th hun#er and attentin, is rea!!$ a"en, nectar5&!win#*>

Translations

.itami!indam was trans!ated int ;n#!ish $ ernad mrse* 0r**B*Mha"atra, rmer r&essr and +ead & the *.* 0e"artment & +indi,a-enshaw =ni-ersit$ trans!ated the "etr$ int +indi*

Editions



.ita mi!indam was &irst "u!ished in 1999 $ the "u!icatin di-isin & S*S*?!!e#e, Ja#atsin#h"ur, Arissa with the are Sanskrit te%t in 0e-ana#ari Scri"t*'he Secnd ;ditin was "u!ished $ * Mha"atra, d-cate, Arissa +i#h?urt, ?uttack in 2@@8 with +indi trans!atin $ r&* *B* Mha"atra* 'he 3rd

editin was "u!ished as an ;n#!ish trans!atin, Sn# & the um!eee, $ernad mrse and amashish char$a n Scrid n Ju!$ 12, 2@1@*

Palli-panchaasika (handakavya)

a!!i5"anchasika is a handaka-$a written $ char$a Manmhan "u!ishedin the $ear 198G* 0r* char$a success&u!!$ added a new ka-$a & anchasikat$"e t the treasur$ & Sanskrit !iterature* 'his wrk asica!!$ descries thee%terna! nature & "a!!is, the -i!!a#es and the interna! natura! e%"ressin & a sn

twards his mther, wh !i-es arad*

Suhasa5charitam (Mahaka-$a)Sri Si-ananda5Caharika (hi!s"hica! a-$a)ati5#iti5satakam(Sataka5ka-$a)

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runa5ratinaa

Shrita5kama!amada5"a!!a-am0i-$a5Ja$ade-ama-anain#a!aaMrt$uSthita"ranah'antramur-a5sakunta!am

=ttara5sakunta!am

• 9ranslation.ita#-inda & Ja$ade- as .ita#-ind asaa-a!i

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o e!!wshi" & 7achas"ati &rm SSV'I esearch Institute

o ?hinta ?hetana Batina! aisakhi ward, 2@12

#. $. R. %ishwasa

0r* +* * 7ishwasa (a!s written +* * 7ishwas) is a Sanskrit sch!arresidin# in Man#a!re, India* +e wn a Sahit$a kademi 'rans!atin ward in2@1@ &r trans!atin# S* C* h$ra""a>s annada n-e! a-arana int Sanskrit*

+e has een in-!-ed with Sanskrit re-i-a!* +e was the editr & theSanskrit mnth!$ ma#a/ine Samhashana Sandesha, &r &i-e $ears* +e is thekhi! harati$a rashikshan ramukh (!!5India ?hie& & 'eachin#) as we!!as rakashana ramukh (?hie& & u!ishin#) & the r#anisatin Samskritaharati, and was n the wrkin# cmmittee & the &irst Vr!d Sanskrit kair, he!d in Januar$ 2@11* +e was ne & the teachers in a Sanskrit5teachin#series that was cmmissined $ the ashtri$a Sanskrit Sansthan and wasradcast n 00 harati and !ater n .$an 0arshan* +e wrte a week!$c!umn, San#ata, &r the news"a"er +sa 0i#antha* +e was a!s n the

arnataka #-ernment cmmittee decidin# Sanskrit s$!!aus &r c!asses H t G*

+e has an M** in Sanskrit and a dctrate &rm u-em"u =ni-ersit$, aswe!! as a 7idwat de#ree* +is wi&e Shanta!a a!s wrks &r Samskrita harati*

+is trans!atin & -arana tk si% mnths and was re!eased in B-emer2@@8* +is annada k Matte +ttitu +erew +anate was re!eased $ theannada sch!ar .* 7enkatasuaiah, and was rie&!$ n the estse!!er !ist in2@@6* +e a!s trans!ated h$ra""a>s ar-a int Sanskrit, which was re!eased in

2@12* +e wn the Sahit$a kademi>s a!a Sahit$a uraskar &r the $ear 2@13,&r Mara!as$a Mukham 0rishtam, a k & "!a$s*

• Works in Sanskrit "ashchimah ashchime (भभभभभभभभ भभभभभभभ, n ;asterner in the Vest, tra-e!5

writin#)+emacchakatika (.!d '$ ?artW the tit!e is a re&erence t Mrcchakatika)usha!a hdhinee (handk &r Sanskrit teachers)'rans!atin & -arana

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na!$sis & sentences in Sanskrit and nw!ed#e e"resentatin'echni<ues $ + 7ishwasa, 7 +ud!i and ' 7ishwanathan, "resented atnw!ed#e e"resentatin in Sanskrit cn&erence, 1986, an#a!re*

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