Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi (10 March 1936 – 28 December 2022)[3] was an Indian author, Sanskrit grammarian, philosopher and critic.[4]
Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi | |
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| Born | 10 March 1936[1] |
| Died | 28 December 2022 (aged 86) Karimnagar, Telangana, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupathi Sri Vishweshwara Sanskrit College (UG & PG), Warangal (KU) |
| Known for | Sanskrit literature |
| Spouse | Hemalatha[2] |
| Children | Varaprasad[2] |
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| Awards | Padma Shri Mahamahopadhyaya Vachaspati Puraskar |
He was the recipient of India's highly prestigious award Padma Shri for the year 2020 for his excellent work in the field of Literature and Education.[5]
Early life and education
editSribhashyam Vijayasarathi was born to Narasimhacharya, Gopamamba on 10 March 1936 at Chegurthi village, Karimnagar district, Telangana. Vijayasarathi started composing poetry at the age of 7. Although he had his primary education in Urdu medium, excelled himself as a Sanskrit scholar extraordinarily.[6]
It was his mother who taught him "Nyaya Bodhini", "Tharka Sangrahamu", and Meemamsa. It was during this period that he composed "Sharadaa Padakinkine". His astounding scholarship came to fore with khandakavyas like "Vishaadalahari" and "Shabaree Paridevanam" which he composed at the age of sixteen.[1][7]
Vijayasarathi introduced ‘seesam’, a Telugu poetic form and he was the first man who introduced epistolary form in Sanskrit. He came into the limelight for his work Mandakini and using the maximum number of ‘dhatus' in his poetry.[2][7]
Awards and recognition
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- Padma Shri award for the year 2020 in the field of Literature and Education for the state Telangana[8]
- K. K. Birla Foundation "Vachaspati Puraskar" for the year 1996 in Jaipur[9]
- Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth awarded "Indira Behere" gold medal award for the year 1995 in Pune[10]
- Vishishta Sahithya Puraskaram by Government of Telangana -2017[11][12]
- Mahakavi title by former speaker of Andhra Pradesh Sri Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao
- Swarna Kankanam by the then Governor of Andhra pradesh Late Sri Krishan Kant[13]
- Kavichakravathi title by D. Sripada Rao, Ex. Speaker AP legislative Assembly[10]
- Mahamahopaadhyaya – National Sanskrit University - Tirupati (2018)[14][15]
- Uthama Samskritha Panditha Puraskaaram – Telugu University – Hyderabad
- Sanathana Dharma Charitable Trust – Ugadi Puraskaaram through the hands of Sadguru Shivananda Murthy[13]
- Appajosyula Vishnubhotla Kandalam foundation Pratibha Murthy Jeevithakala Sadhana Puraskaram-2021 in Hyderabad
In his honor
editSribhashyam Vijayasarathi National Sanskrit Award is awarded every year. This award carries a cash reward of Rs.25000, Mangala Vastram and a Memento to a Sanskrit poet on the occasion of Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi's birthday.[7]
Bibliography
editSribhashyam Vijayasarathi had written more than 100 books in Sanskrit and Telugu like Mandakini, Bharathabharathi, Raasakeli, Rochishmathi, Praveena Bharatham, Vishadalahari, Sangeetha Madhavam, Prahelikalu, Sharada Padakinkinkini, Geetanjali (Sanskrit translation of Rabindranath Tagore's Geetanjali), Manorama (Novel) and Shusheela (Novel) to name a few. He was instrumental in writing about the history and culture of India in lucid Sanskrit. He had left no genre untouched in Sanskrit. He was a spiritual humanist and progressive writer. He had been rendering yeoman service in spreading the Sanskrit language by conducting free Sanskrit classes, organizing Vidwat Sabhas, poetic symposia and publishing booklets on different issues of Sanatana Dharma.[12][1][10]
Philanthropy
editSribhashyam Vijayasarathi formed a platform called Sarvavaidka Samsthanam at Karimnagar of Telangana State in the year 1980 to take up literary, social and spiritual activities. He carried out various programs in a rare manner from this platform successfully. He conducted free spoken Sanskrit classes to popularize the Sanskrit language. He also organized Vidwat Sabhas every year. Vijayasarathi also conducts poetic symposia every year to encourage the budding poets in Sanskrit.[4][16]
Sarvavadikika Samsthanam, in addition to spreading vedic knowledge, serving Sanskrit language, setting up Aarsha Dharma, also takes responsibility of maintaining the Yagnavaraha Kshetram temple which was established by Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi in 1986. He performed many Yagnas, for the well-being of the society, in the premises of Yagnavaraha Kshetram, Karimnagar.[7][15][10]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi felicitated". The Hindu. 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d Jan 27, TNN. "Sons of Telugu soil elated and humbled by Padma Shri honour | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Eminent scholar Padmasri Bhashyam Vijaya Sarathi passed away
- ^ a b Jan 26, TNN. "PV Sindhu, 4 others from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh get Padma honour | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Padma Awards 2020 Announced". pib.gov.in.
- ^ "Three Padma awardees from Telangana". Telangana Today.
- ^ a b c d "Clipping of Andhra Jyothy Telugu Daily - Telangana". epaper.andhrajyothy.com.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). The Hindu.
- ^ "K.K. Birla Foundation". 21 December 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Desham garvinchadagga pandithudu Sribhashyam". Namasthe Telangana. 22 April 2019. p. 11.
- ^ "Telangana Visishta awards for 3 literary icons". Deccan Chronicle. 14 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Sanskrit scholar award to Bhashyam Vijaya Saradhi". The Hindu. 13 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Desham garvinchadagga pandithudu Sribhashyam". ABN Andhra Jyothi. 11 March 2018. p. 20.
- ^ "Sanskrit is mother of all languages - Thehansindia". Dailyhunt.
- ^ a b "Samskrutha sahithi shikharam Vijayasarathi". Andhrajyothi. Karimnagar: ABN Andhra Jyothi.
- ^ "Sindhu, puppeteer among Padma awardees from Telugu states". www.daijiworld.com.
External links
edit- Sribhashyam VijayaSarathi National Sanskrit Award 2018 on YouTube
- Sribhashyam VijayaSarathi Interview on Doordarshan on YouTube
