Satya Vrat Shastri

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Satya Vrat Shastri
Punjab University, Banaras Hindu University
GenreSanskrit
Notable awards1968: Sahitya Akademi Award
2006: Jnanpith Award
Website
satyavrat-shastri.net

Satya Vrat Shastri (29 September 1930 – 14 November 2021) was an Indian

Mahakavyas, three Khandakavyas, one Prabandhakavyas and one Patrakavya and five works in critical writing in Sanskrit. His important works are Ramakirtimahakavyam, Brahattaram Bharatam, Sribodhisattvacharitam, Vaidika Vyakarana, Sarmanyadesah Sutram Vibhati, and "Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures" in seven volumes.[1]

He was an honorary professor at the Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies (now known as the School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies (SSIS),

University of Delhi
, where he was the Pandit Manmohan Nath Dar Professor of Sanskrit (1970–1995).

During his career he won many national and international awards, including, the

Maha Chakri Sirindhorn).[3][4]

Education

Shastri received his early education under his father, Shri Charu Deva Shastri, a renowned scholar. Thereafter, he moved to Varanasi, where he studied under Shukdev Jha and Siddheshwar Varma.

He received his

PhD from the Banaras Hindu University.[5]

Career

He joined the

Maha Chakri Sirindhorn who studied a minor paper on Sanskrit and received her M.A. in Oriental Epigraphy in 1979 at Silpakorn University [1977–1979].[6][7][8]

Satya Vrat Shastri wrote many important poetic works in Sanskrit, the most important being his rendition from Royal Thai into Sanskrit, of the Thai version of the

Yogavasishtha, the Sanskritic vocabulary of South East Asia, and the Rama
story in South East Asia.

In 2009, he became the only Sanskrit poet to win the (2006)

Maha Chakri Sirindhon.[4][9][10]

Honors and awards

International

National

Academic writings

  • Essays on Indology, Meharchand Lacchmandas, 1963,
  • The Ramayana – A linguistic study with a foreword by Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee and an introduction by Dr. Siddheshwar Varma, Munshiram Manoharlal, Delhi 1964,
  • Vaidika Vyakarana (Hindi translation of A.A.Macdonell's "A Vedic Grammar for Students", Motilal Banarasidass, Delhi 1971,
  • Studies in Sanskrit and Indian Culture in Thailand, Parimal Prakashan, Delhi 1982,
  • Kalidasa in Modern Sanskrit Literature, Eastern Book Linkers, Delhi, 1991
  • Subhasitasahasri (Thousand Pearls from Sanskrit Literature), Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi, 1998
  • Studies in the Language and the Poetry of the
    Yogavasistha
    (In the Press).
  • Sanskrit Inscriptions of Thailand, Vijaya Books, Delhi-32, India, 2013,
  • Human Values: Definitions and Interpretations, BharatiyaVidya Mandir, Kolkata-700087 2013 –
    ISBN 978-81-89302-45-0
  • Sanskrit Writings of European Scholars, Vijaya Books, Delhi-110032 2013 –
    ISBN 978-81-910948-3-1
  • Hungary Kitni Dur Kitni Paas, Vijaya Books, Delhi, 2013.
  • Caran Vai Madhu Vindati (An account of the foreign cultural travels)- Vijya Books, 2013.
  • Canakyaniti (Hindi and English translations with introduction) – Bhartiya Vidya Mandir, Kolkata, 2013.
  • Words for Human Values in Sanskrit : Definitions and Interpretations, Bhartiya Vidya Mandir, Kolkata, 2013
  • Introducing Sanskrit Literature, Vijaya Books, Delhi, 2014.

Literary writings

References

  1. ^ 41st and 42nd Jnanpith Awards, Official Press release Archived 15 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Sanskrit Awards Archived 31 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Award Official listing.
  3. ^ "Sanskrit poet gets Jnanpith award". The Times of India. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Sanskrit's first Jnanpith winner is a 'poet by instinct'". The Indian Express. 14 January 2009.
  5. ISBN 0-684-82125-7
    .
  6. ^ "Recent News". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 November 2005. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
  7. ^ The Nation Newspaper (6 August 1998). Professor to a Princess. The Nation (Thailand).
  8. ^ "Professor Dr. Satya Vrat Shastri was appointed as Visiting Professor of Indian Studies in Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok". Archived from the original on 9 April 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2007.
  9. ^ "Sanskrit poet conferred Jnanpith award". Press Trust of India. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  10. ^ "Jnanpith Award presented". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  11. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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