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Om Prakash Pandey

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Dr. Om Prakash Pandey (also sometimes spelled as Om Prakash Pande), is a poet who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 2008.[1]

He is a professor and head of the Sanskrit department at Lucknow University[2][3][4] and has been visiting professor at Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris, and has also been visiting faculty in universities at Utrecht in the Netherlands, Torino in Italy, and Germany.[3][5] Based on his experiences in France, he wrote a Sanskrit work Rasapriya Paris Rajadhani, published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

He is also affiliated to Maharishi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Prasthistan, Ujjain, and was appointed by the government on a task force to document and preserve Vedic chanting forms, under UNESCO’s World (intangible) Heritage Preservation programme.[6] They were inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists in 2008.[7] He has written a book on the Rudradhyaya of the Shankayana Shakha (branch) of the Rgveda.[citation needed]

In 2006 he was the victim of an assault by a student union leader demanding admission.[8] He is from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, and has been writing since 1977.[9]

Works

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  • Vaidik Sahitya aur Samskriti ka swarup (in Hindi). Vishwa Prakashan (A unit of Wylie Eastern) 1994, New Delhi, ISBN 81-7328-037-1
  • Rasapriya Paris Rajadhani (in Sanskrit). Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.[10]
  • Rgvediya-Shankayana Rudradhyaya. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 2009. ISBN 978-81-85503-15-8[11]
  • Sarva-Veda-Rudradhyaya Sangraha. 2006. ISBN 81-7081-626-2.[12]
  • Jivanaparvanatakam: Hariscandropakhyanadhrtammaulikam Samskrta-natakam (Sanskrit play on Harishchandra). Penman Publishers, 1998. ISBN 978-81-85504-28-5[13]
  • Vaishnav Aagam Ke Vaidik Aadhaar (in Hindi). 2005. ISBN 978-81-7081-621-8[14]
  • Drashtavya Jagat Ka Yatharth (in Hindi). Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7315-524-6.[15]
  • Atharvavediya Parishist Granthon Ka Parisheelan (with Smt. Dr. Anjul Dubey) Nag Publishers, 2005. ISBN 978-81-7081-623-2.[16][17]
  • Romance with Sanskrit - Sanskrit Subodha, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series (C.S.St. 128).[18]
  • Rasapriyaa Vibhaavanam. Nag Publishers, 2005. ISBN 978-81-7081-613-3.[19]
  • Sadukti-karṇāmṛtam: with Hindi commentary, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 2005.[20]
  • Ambika Dutt Vyas (Modern Sanskrit writer), Makers of Indian Literature series, 1993. ISBN 81-7201-502-X
Articles

References

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  1. ^ "Sahitya Akademi awards for 7 novelists". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009.
  2. ^ Rs 16 lakh for new Sanskrit dept, Tribune News Service, 3 August 2001
  3. ^ a b Asit Srivastava (27 August 2009). "Learning Sanskrit will soon be a click away". Hindustan Times. Lucknow. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010.
  4. ^ Anisha Sharma (1 November 2006). "Lingo bingo: Academicians speak up for Sanskrit". The Times Of India. Lucknow.
  5. ^ "Sanskrit(i) pays". The Times of India. Lucknow. 16 June 2006.
  6. ^ Santwana Bhattacharya (27 April 2002). "Vedas: Govt ready with Rs 10 cr".
  7. ^ The Tradition of Vedic Chanting, UNESCO website
  8. ^ "Sanskrit HoD manhandled". Hindustan Times. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
  9. ^ "In city of stars, Vedic heroes shine". Indian Express. Mumbai. 25 September 2004.[dead link]
  10. ^ Sanskrit Publications of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
  11. ^ Rudradhyaya
  12. ^ Hindi book
  13. ^ Jivanaparvanatakam
  14. ^ Vaishnav Aagam Ke Vaidik Aadhaar
  15. ^ Drashtavya Jagat Ka Yatharth (vol. I), Review
  16. ^ Atharvavediya Parishist Granthon Ka Parisheelan
  17. ^ MLBD
  18. ^ Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series
  19. ^ Rasapriyaa Vibhaavanam
  20. ^ Sudukktikarnamritam
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