Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

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Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

Established	1791
Type	Public
Chancellor	Hon. B.L. Joshi
Vice-Chancellor	Binda Prasad Misra
Location	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UGC
Website	http://ssvv.up.nic.in

Sampurnanand Sanskrit University is an Asian institution of higher learning located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, specialized in the study of Sanskrit and related fields.

History

In 1791, during the British Raj in India, Jonathan Duncan, resident of the East India Company proposed the establishment of a Sanskrit college for the development and preservation of Sanskrit Vangmaya to demonstrate British support for Indian education. The initiative was sanctioned by governor general Lord Cornwallis. The first teacher of the institution was Pandit Kashinath and the governor general sanctioned a budget of Rs. 20,000 per annum. The first principal of Government Sanskrit College was J. Myor, followed by J. R. Ballantyne, Ralph T. H. Griffith, George Thibaut, Arthur Venis, Sir Ganganath Jha and Gopinath Kaviraj.^[1]

In 1857, the college began postgraduate teaching. The examination system was adopted in 1880. In 1894, the famous Saraswati Bhavan Granthalaya building was built, where thousands of manuscripts are preserved to this today. These manuscripts have been edited by the principal of the college and published in book form. More than 400 books have been published in a series known as Sarasvati Bhavana.

In 1958, the efforts of Sampurnanand changed the status of the institution from college to Sanskrit university. In 1974, the name was changed to Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.^[2]

Faculty

A contemporary Ardhanarishvara statue at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

Veda-Vedanga

In this faculty there are four departments:

Department of Veda
Department of Vyakarna
Department of Jyotish
Department of Dharmashastra

Sahitya Sanskriti

In this faculty there are three departments:

Department of Sahitya
Department of Puranetihas
Department of Prachin Rajshastra-Arthashastra

Darshana (Philosophy)

Department of Vedant
Department of Sankhyayogtantram
Department of Comparative Religion and Philosophy
Department of Nyaya
Department of Mimansa

Shraman Vidya

Department of Pali and Thevad

Adhunik Jyan Vigyan

Department of Modern Language and Linguistics

Ayurveda

In this faculty there are many departments, such as

Kayachikitsa Tantra (Internal Medicine)
Shalya Tantra (Surgery)
Shalakya Tantra (ENT)
Kaumarabhritya Tantra (Pediatrics)
Agada Tantra (Toxicology)
Bajikarana Tantra (Purification of the Genetic organs)
Rasayana Tantra (Health and Longevity)

A Bhuta Vidya (Spiritual Healing) department is proposed.

Research Institute

When the status of this institution was Sanskrit college, all the research activities was carried by the principal. This includes the work done for manuscripts which were kept in Saraswati Bhavan Granthalaya.

When the institution became a university, the whole research work was supervised by the director, Research Institute. The director is the chief editor of the famous book series Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala and also the chief editor of the journal Sarasvati Susama. He has to supervise all the research activities in the university. The director is the academic head of the University. Famous grammarian Vagish Shastri made valuable contribution towards Sanskrit Journal Sarasvati Susama and edited numerous books of Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala series.^[3]

Affiliation

More than 1200 Sanskrit-medium schools and colleges are affiliated with this university. This is the only university in India which has its widespread affiliation all over the country. The statistics of affiliated colleges are as follows:

S. No.	State	No. of affiliated colleges
1	Uttar Pradesh	963
2	Rajasthan	7
3	Maharastra	7
4	Gujarat	21
5	Delhi	13
6	Kashmir	2
7	Himachal Pradesh	3
8	Sikkim	4

References

↑ History pf Sampurnanand Sanskrit University
↑ University Circular, Vol. 3 No. 1, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University
↑ Acharya Baldeva Upadhyay, Kashi ki Panditya Parampara, Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, 1983.

4. ^ Find all the information about Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.

External links

Official website of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

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