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 edit
- 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
- The other tradition of Sanskrit poetry: with special reference to the Saduktikarṇāmṛta in: Bulletin d'études indiennes 15, 1997, pp. 205–211
- Vedic Poetry: Experience at Multiple Levels. In Conversation: Prof. T. N. Dharmadhikari, Prof. G. C. Tripathi, and Prof. Om Prakash Pandey with Sudha Gopalakrishnan, in the September 2006 Issue of Kriti-Rakshana, the bi-monthly publication of the National Mission for Manuscripts
References edit
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi awards for 7 novelists". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009.
- ^ Rs 16 lakh for new Sanskrit dept, Tribune News Service, 3 August 2001
- ^ 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.
- ^ Anisha Sharma (1 November 2006). "Lingo bingo: Academicians speak up for Sanskrit". The Times Of India. Lucknow.
- ^ "Sanskrit(i) pays". The Times of India. Lucknow. 16 June 2006.
- ^ Santwana Bhattacharya (27 April 2002). "Vedas: Govt ready with Rs 10 cr".
- ^ The Tradition of Vedic Chanting, UNESCO website
- ^ "Sanskrit HoD manhandled". Hindustan Times. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
- ^ "In city of stars, Vedic heroes shine". Indian Express. Mumbai. 25 September 2004.[dead link]
- ^ Sanskrit Publications of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
- ^ Rudradhyaya
- ^ Hindi book
- ^ Jivanaparvanatakam
- ^ Vaishnav Aagam Ke Vaidik Aadhaar
- ^ Drashtavya Jagat Ka Yatharth (vol. I), Review
- ^ Atharvavediya Parishist Granthon Ka Parisheelan
- ^ MLBD
- ^ Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series
- ^ Rasapriyaa Vibhaavanam
- ^ Sudukktikarnamritam