Prem Lata Sharma

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Prem Lata Sharma was a musicologist, scholar and educator. She was born in Punjab and completed her doctorate in the Banaras Hindu University.

Her teachers included Prof. P.L. Vaidya, Pt. Omkarnath Thakur, Pt. Mahadev Shastri, M.M.Pt. Gopinath Kaviraj, Prof. V.S. Agrawal and Pt. Hajari Prasad Dwivedi, Pt. Brahmadatta Jijnasu, Pt.T.V. Ramachandra Dixitar. She was a polyglot who knew eight languages. She headed the Department of Musicology at the Banaras Hindu University.

The various seminars she organized and the translation projects she undertook represent seminal and unique contributions to Indian musicology.

Publications

Critical edition of Rasavilasa
Sangita Raja of Kumbhakarna
Brihaddeshi of Matanga
Chitrakavyakoutukam
Sahasarasa
Ekalingamahatmya
Bhaktirasamritasindhu

References

External links

http://journals.cambridge.org/production/action/cjoGetFulltext?fulltextid=3963852

Persondata
Name	Sharma, Prem Lata
Alternative names
Short description	Musicologist
Date of birth
Place of birth	Punjab, India
Date of death
Place of death

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