Kala Nath Shastry
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Kala Nath Shastry is a Sanskrit
scholar from Jaipur
, Rajasthan
.
He has continued the tradition of introducing modern genres and modes of expression in Sanskrit for which his father, Bhatt Mathura Nath Shastry is known in the history of Sanskrit literature.
He has written more than a dozen books and edited an equal number in Sanskrit, Hindi and English.
He has contributed more than a thousand articles in Hindi and Sanskrit to Indian periodicals.
He is known as a fiction writer of modern Sanskrit literature
and also for introducing a modern idiom in creative Sanskrit writing through his novels, short stories and personal essays.
He has received numerous awards and recognitions for his masterly and authoritative knowledge of, and invaluable contribution to, Hindi and Sanskrit languages.
The President of India
, K. R. Narayanan
gave him an award in 1998 for his lifetime contribution to Sanskrit Language.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
scholar from Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
, Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
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He has continued the tradition of introducing modern genres and modes of expression in Sanskrit for which his father, Bhatt Mathura Nath Shastry is known in the history of Sanskrit literature.
He has written more than a dozen books and edited an equal number in Sanskrit, Hindi and English.
He has contributed more than a thousand articles in Hindi and Sanskrit to Indian periodicals.
He is known as a fiction writer of modern Sanskrit literature
Sanskrit literature
Literature in Sanskrit begins with the Vedas, and continues with the Sanskrit Epics of Iron Age India; the golden age of Classical Sanskrit literature dates to late Antiquity . Literary production saw a late bloom in the 11th century before declining after 1100 AD...
and also for introducing a modern idiom in creative Sanskrit writing through his novels, short stories and personal essays.
He has received numerous awards and recognitions for his masterly and authoritative knowledge of, and invaluable contribution to, Hindi and Sanskrit languages.
The President of India
President of India
The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
, K. R. Narayanan
K. R. Narayanan
Kocheril Raman Narayanan , also known as K. R. Narayanan, was the tenth President of India. He was the first Dalit, and the first Malayali, to have been President....
gave him an award in 1998 for his lifetime contribution to Sanskrit Language.
Works
- Works of Panditaraj Jagannath's Poetry 1987 134pp 22 cm ISBN : 81-85263-38-8
- Aakhyanvallari (Awarded by Sahitya AkademiSahitya AkademiThe Sahitya Akademi ', India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India...
in 2004) - Sanskrit Ke Gaurav Shikhar (Series-10) Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan
- Adhunik Kala Ka Sanskrit Gadya Sahitya (Series-17) Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan