Kamala Sankrityayan (; 1920-2009) was a 20^th century Indian writer, editor and scholar of

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

and

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literature. She was the wife of the renowned historian

Rahul Sankrityayan Rahul Sankrityayan (born Kedarnath Pandey; 9 April 1893 – 14 April 1963) was an Indian writer and a polyglot who wrote in Hindi. He played a pivotal role in giving travelogue a 'literary form'. He was one of the most widely travelled scholars ...

Biography

Kamala Sankrityayan was born on 15 August 1920 in

Kalimpong Kalimpong (Hindi: कलिम्पोंग) is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located at an average elevation of . The town is the headquarters of the Kalimpong district. The re ...

in West Bengal to father Chandraman Pariyar and mother Chandramaya Pariyar. She passed her matriculation-level education in 1947. She was awarded a doctorate from Agra University, and was married to historian

. They had one son, Jeta, and a daughter Jaya.

Career

Kamala Sankrityayan was a well known writer, scholar and translator. She translated Valmiki's ''

Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...

'' in

. She also remained a member of ''The National Bibliography of Indian Literature'' (1901–1953). She also wrote books like ''The Ramayana Tradition in Asia'', ''Mahamanav Mahapandit'', ''Prabha'', ''Nepali Sahitya'' etc. She was well versed in many languages. She actively participated in the field of Nepali and

literature since the 1950s and the recipient of numerous Regional and National awards in Hindi and Nepali Literature. She was honoured with ''Bhanu Puraskar'' in 1982 and ''

Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award (Devnagari: महापंडित राहुल सांकृत्यायन पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in India which Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, (Central Hindi Organization), Ministr ...

'' in 1993, for her creation and compile of essays ''Bichar Tatha Biwechana''. She has contributed 13 different

and Nepali books and more than 500 piece of writing on her credits, equally responsible for the creation of ''Indian Literature Encyclopedia''. She was also the head of Hindi Dept.,

Loreto College, Darjeeling Southfield College was founded as Loreto College in Darjeeling in August 1961 as a women's college. At the request of the government of West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern port ...

. Her last book ''Dibya Mani'' was released last year.

Books

*''The Ramayana Tradition in Asia'' *''Mahamanav Mahapandit'' – 1995 *''Prabha'' – 1994 *''Nepali Sahitya'' – 1986 *''Assam Ki Lokkathayen '' – 1981–1993 *''Dibya Mani'' – 2008 *''Bichar Tatha Biwechana''

References

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''Great Litterateur Dr. Kamala Sankrityayan passed away''.

''डा. कमला सांकृत्यायन का निधन''
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