''Sārasvatī Suṣamā'' ( sa, सारस्वती सुषमा, lit=Quarterly Sanskrit Research Journal) is a research journal published in Sanskrit. Established in 1942 and published quarterly, the ''Sārasvatī Suṣamā'' has been edited by a series of distinguished scholars and has carried important and internationally-recognized research on

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

-related topics.

Origin

''Sārasvatī Suṣamā'' was initially published from Government Sanskrit College Benares in 1942. The editors were: * Dr. Mangal Dev Shastri * Tribhuvan Prasad Upadhyay * Kubernath Shukla

Reputation

During 1958, this college merged into

Sampurnanand Sanskrit University Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya (IAST: ; formerly Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya and Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi) is an Indian university and institution of higher learning located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, specializing i ...

. Thereafter the journal was published by the Director, Research Institute, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India.

Editors

The editors of the journal since 1957 are listed below.

Nature of publication

''Sārasvatī Suṣamā'' publishes articles on the following topics.

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, Kashi ki Panditya Parampara, Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, 1983. *Research articles on oriental learnings. *Research articles on

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, Apabhramsa and

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. *Unpublished small

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edited by scholars. *Criticism of the books. *Continuation work on

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Index. *Other treaties.

References

1942 establishments in India Linguistics journals Publications established in 1942 Sanskrit encyclopedias Academic journals published in India Sanskrit-language journals {{ling-journal-stub