Om Prakash Pande

Dr. Om Prakash Pandey 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.

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
  • 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
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References
  1. "Sahitya Akademi awards for 7 novelists". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 December 2008.
  2. Rs 16 lakh for new Sanskrit dept, Tribune News Service, 3 August 2001
  3. Asit Srivastava (27 August 2009). "Learning Sanskrit will soon be a click away". Hindustan Times. Lucknow.
  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.
  9. "In city of stars, Vedic heroes shine". Indian Express. Mumbai. 25 September 2004.
  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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