Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra

Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra (born 1943[1]) is a Sanskrit author, poet, lyricist, playwright and the a former Vice-Chancellor of the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi.[2][3] He has served as the head of department of Sanskrit in Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of Indonesia, the oldest university of Indonesia.

Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra is the winner of Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for the year 1988.[4] He is popularly known as Triveṇī Kavi.[3] He has composed many books in Sanskrit, Hindi, English and Bhojpuri.

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Personal life

He was born in Dronipur in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh, to Pandit Durgaprasad Mishra and Abhiraji Devi.[1] His Dīkṣā Guru is Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, whose epic poem Gītarāmāyaṇam was released by him on January 14, 2011.[2] After retirement, he is settled in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

Major Works

The major works of Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra are - [3]

Awards and Honours

References

  1. ^ a b N Singh (2003). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Sanskrit Literature. Global Vision Publishing House. pp. 892–895. ISBN 9788187746676. http://books.google.com/books?id=VGxKTDT0h2kC&pg=PA892. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Sharma, Sushil (February 2011). "Gītarāmāyaṇapraśastiḥ [Praise of Gītarāmāyaṇam]" (in Hindi). Śrītulasīpīṭha Saurabha (Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India: Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas) 14 (9): 14. 
  3. ^ a b c d e Meher, Dr. Harekrishna (May 7, 2008), Concept of Gīti and Mātrigītikāñjali Kāvya/Prof. Abhiraja Rajendra Mishra 
  4. ^ a b Kartik Chandra Dutt; Sahitya Akademi (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. p. 754. ISBN 9788126008735. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA754&dq=rajendra. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
  5. ^ "Sanskrit, Arabic scholars honoured". The Hindu. February 7, 2002. http://www.hindu.com/2002/02/07/stories/2002020705030600.htm.