Kalika Prasad Shukla

Kalika Prasad Shukla (Sanskrit: कालिकाप्रसादशुक्लः), born October 15, 1921,[1] is a Sanskrit scholar and poet based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in the year 1986 for the epic poem Śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam.[1][2][3] He was formerly the Head of Departments of Vedanga and Vyākaraṇa at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.[4]

Life

Kalika Prasad Shukla was born in the Mathia-Shukia village in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh.[4] He obtained the Navyavyakaranacharya, Nyaya Shastri and Kavyatirtha degrees in the traditional (Gurukula) system of Sanskrit learning. He then obtained the Acharya (Master of Arts) degree in Sanskrit from Agra University in 1957. In 1978, he obtained the degree of Vachaspti (DLitt) from the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University along with a Gold Medal.[4]

From 1957 to 1968, he taught as a lecturer in the Baroda Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya under the Maharaja Sayajirao University.[4] He joined the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University in 1968 and served there till his retirement in 1982. From 1968 to 1975 he served as a Lecturer, from 1975 to 1979 as a Reader, and from 1979 to 1982 as a Professor. He retired as the Head of Departments of Vedanga and Vyakarana.[4] After retiring from the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, he settled in Varanasi.[1] He took his last breathe because of brain haemorrhage on 21st June, 1993 in Varanasi as per his last wish.

Major Works

Kalika Prasad Shukla has authored fifteen books and more than 25 papers.[1][4] His major works include−

Epic Poem

Minor Poem

Research

Critical Editions

Commentaries

Awards and recognition

Awards

Recognition

Shukla is known for his creative writing skills and is acclaimed as a poet of great distinction.[4] Roshen Dalal wrote that the Śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam is a "rare, high quality Sanskrit works of the twentieth century."[5] K. Krishnamoorthy wrote about him−[4]

There are thousands like him proficient in Sanskrit, but few are real poets. ... it is very hard to find a writer who sticks to traditional canons with convictions and yet succeeds in producing a sustained poem of moderate length, rising above mediocrity and blends in his composition the ever-fresh longings of man for communication with the divine.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tripathi (ed.) 2012, pp. 291–292.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lal 2006, pp. 4158–4159.
  3. 1 2 "Akademi Awards Information". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Singh and Baruah 2004, pp. 1473-1475.
  5. 1 2 3 Dalal 2011, p. 384.
  6. ↑ Singh and Baruah 2004, pp. 1448-1450.
  7. 1 2 Raja, K. Kunjunni (1990). Coward, Harold G.; Potter, Karl H, eds. Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: The philosophy of the grammarians, Volume 5. New Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass. p. 324. ISBN 9788120804265.
  8. ↑ Mishra, Jagadish Prasad (1987). Āśādharabhaṭṭa: the contribution of Āśādhara Bhaṭṭa to Saṃskrit poetics. New Delhi, India: Eastern Book Linkers. p. 7.

Works Cited

Dalal, Roshen (2011). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. New Delhi, India: Penguin Books India. ISBN 9780143414216. 
Lal, Mohan (2006). The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature – Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot), Volume 5. New Delhi, India: Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788126012213. 
Bhattacharya, J N; Sarkar, Nilanjana, eds. (2004). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Sanskrit Literature, Volume 1 (A–Dh) (First ed.). New Delhi, India: Global Vision Publishing House. ISBN 9788187746843. 
Tripathi, Radha Vallabh, ed. (2012). संस्कृतविद्वत्परिचायिका – Inventory of Sanskrit Scholars (PDF). New Delhi, India: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. ISBN 978-93-8611-185-2. Retrieved April 16, 2012. 

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