Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra is a Sanskrit

Sanskrit

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 author, poet, lyricist, playwright and the a former Vice-Chancellor of the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

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, Varanasi

Varanasi

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. He has served as the head of department of Sanskrit in Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla

Shimla

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. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of Indonesia

University of Indonesia

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, the oldest university of Indonesia

Indonesia

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Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra is the winner of Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for the year 1988. He is popularly known as Triveṇī Kavi. He has composed many books in Sanskrit, Hindi

Hindi

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, English

English language

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 and Bhojpuri.

Personal life

He was born in Dronipur in Jaunpur district

Jaunpur District

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 in Uttar Pradesh, to Pandit Durgaprasad Mishra and Abhiraji Devi. His Dīkṣā

Diksha

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 Guru

Guru

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 is Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya

Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya

Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya, born 14 January 1950 as Giridhar Mishra, is a Hindu religious leader, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. He is one of four...

, whose epic poem Gītarāmāyaṇam

Gitaramayanam

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 was released by him on January 14, 2011. After retirement, he is settled in Shimla

Shimla

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, Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh

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Major Works

The major works of Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra are -

• Ikshugandha
• Aranyani
• Abhiraja-Yasobhushanam
• Dhara-Mandaviyam
• Janaki-Jivanam
• Madhuparni
• Samskrit Sahitya Mein Anyokti
• Sapta-Dhara
• Poetry and Poetics

• Abhiraja-Sahasrakam,
• Natya-Panchagavyam
• Natya-Panchamritam
• Vag-Vadhuti
• Mridvika
• Srutimbhara
• Bali-Dvipe Bharatiya Samskritih
• Vimsa-Satabdi-Samskrita-Kavyamritam (ed.)
• Sejarah Kesusatraan Sanskerta (History of Sanskrit in Bahasa Indonesia)
• Suvarna-Dvipiya Rama-Katha
• Samskrita-Satakam

Awards and Honours

• Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 1988 for his collection of short stories Ikshugandha.
• Certificate of Honour from the President of India in 2002.
• Valmiki Samman
• Vachaspati Samman