Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra (born 1943) is a
Sanskrit
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author, poet, lyricist, playwright and a former Vice-Chancellor of the
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University
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Varanasi
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He is the recipient of India's highly prestigious award
Padma Shri
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2020 for his work in the field of literature and education.
Personal life
He was born in Dronipur in
Jaunpur district
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in Uttar Pradesh, to Pandit Durgaprasad Mishra and Abhiraji Devi. His
Dīkṣā Guru
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is
Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, whose epic poem
Gītarāmāyaṇam was released by him on 14 January 2011.
Career
He has served as the head of department of Sanskrit in
Himachal Pradesh University
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,
Shimla
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. He has also been a visiting professor at the
University of Indonesia
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, the oldest university of
Indonesia
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Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra is the winner of
Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit
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for the year 1988.
He is popularly known as ''Triveṇī Kavi''.
He has composed many books in Sanskrit,
Hindi
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English
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and
Bhojpuri
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After retirement, he settled in
Shimla
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,
Himachal Pradesh
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Works
His works include:
* ''Ikshugandha''
* ''Aranyani''
* ''Abhiraja-Yasobhushanam''
* ''Dhara-Mandaviyam''
* ''Janaki-Jivanam''
* ''Madhuparni''
* ''Samskrit Sahitya Mein Anyokti''
* ''Sapta-Dhara''
* ''Poetry and Poetics''
* ''Abhiraja-Sahasrakam''
* ''Natya-Panchagavyam''
* ''Natya-Panchamritam''
* ''Vag-Vadhuti''
* ''Mridvika''
* ''Srutimbhara''
* ''Bali-Dvipe Bharatiya Samskritih''
* ''Vimsa-Satabdi-Samskrita-Kavyamritam'' (ed.)
* ''Sejarah Kesusatraan Sanskerta'' (History of Sanskrit in Bahasa Indonesia)
* ''Suvarna-Dvipiya Rama-Katha''
* ''Samskrita-Satakam''
Awards and honours
* Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 1988 for his collection of short stories ''Ikshugandha''.
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* Certificate of Honour from the President of India in 2002.][
* Valmiki Samman]
* Vachaspati Samman
* Vishva Bharati Samman by Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan
* Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize or Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation is a literary honour in India, presented by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, given to "outstanding translations of creative and critical works" in 24 m ...
2013.
References
Living people
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit
1943 births
Indian male poets
20th-century Indian poets
Poets from Uttar Pradesh
20th-century Indian male writers
Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation
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