Bhaskaracharya Tripathi
Born (1942-07-01) 1 July 1942 (age 81)
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationPoet
LanguageSanskrit
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
EducationM.A., D.Phil.
Alma materAllahabad University
Notable worksNirjharini
Notable awardsSahitya Academy Award
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Bhaskaracharya Tripathi, (Hindi: भास्कराचार्य त्रिपाठी), is a Sanskrit poet who was the recipient of the 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for his work Nirjharini.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

He was born on 1 July 1942 in Pandar, Jasra, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.[3][5][6] He completed his M.A. and D.Phil. in Sanskrit at Allahabad University.[5][6]

Career

He was a Sanskrit professor in the Government Ramanand Sanskrit College in Bhopal and later became Chairman of the Shri Ekrasanand Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya at Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh.[5][7] He started writing in 1958.[5] He retired from the Dept. of Higher Education of Madhya Pradesh in 2004.[6] He has been the founder Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Academy. He has more than 12 books to his credit and has delivered scholarly lectures in 24 seminars and conferences. He was the editor of Sanskrit literary magazine Durva, and presently edits Sanskrit Pratibha of Sahitya Academy, New Delhi. He was a part of the 13th World Sanskrit Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland, and participated in the Kavisammelana.[8] He was also a part of the 2005 All India Sanskrit Convention.[9] He was the member of the first Academic council of the Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University.[10]

Works

Bhaskaracharya Tripathi has written 12 books.[6] Some of them are listed below.[citation needed]

Awards

He has received many awards, including the Nirjhariṇī Award by the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy for his work Mṛtkūṭam kāvyaśatam, the Paṃ jagannātha Award by the Delhi Sanskrit Academy, the Cārūdeva śāstrī award for his work Saṃskṛta jīvanam, Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Academy's Bhoj Award for Bāla rāmāyaṇam and the Vachaspati Award by the K. K. Birla Foundation for Sāketa saurabham.[5][6][7][11] He was also awarded the "Certificate of Honour" by the President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil on 10 July 2008.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Akademi Awards for Kamleshwar, Prafulla Roy, Sara Joseph". The Indian Express. 25 December 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Sanskrit Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007". Sahitya Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Bhaskaracharya Tripathi from M.P. receives with Sahitya Akademi Award". New Delhi: The Department of Public Relations ( DPR ) of Madhya Pradesh. 24 February 2004. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012.
  4. ^ General Knowledge Digest. Pratiyogita Darpan. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e "वाचस्पति पुरस्कार: 2006" [Vachaspati Award: 2006] (PDF) (in Hindi). KK Birla Foundation. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Honoured Scholar" (PDF). Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Vachaspati Puraskar for Sanskrit scholar". The Hindu. 19 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  8. ^ "PARTICIPANTS AND PAPERS (a provisional list)". University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Governor Dr. Jakhar to inaugurate fourth all India Sanskrit Mahotsava on 29 Jan". Department of Public Relations, Madhya Pradesh. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  10. ^ "FIRST ACADEMIC COUNCIL" (PDF). Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  11. ^ Roy, Sidhartha (18 December 2006). "Bhaskaracharya gets Birla award". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  12. ^ "President Awards the Certificate of Honour to the Scholars of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabi and Persian". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  13. ^ "List of Recipients of President's Certificate of Honour – 2007". Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

See also

Awards Preceded byKashinath Mishra Recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit 2003 Succeeded byKala Nath Shastry Preceded byAcharya Ramyatanshukla Recipient of the Vachaspati Award 2006 Succeeded bySwami Rambhadracharya
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