Prashasya Mitra Shastri

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Dr. Prashasya Mitra Shastri is a Sanskrit poet and author who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 2009 for his Anabheepsitam, a collection of short stories. [1] He also won the Kalidas Puraskar awarded by the Madhya Pradesh government's Kalidas Sanskrit Akademi. The award includes a letter of commendation and a cash prize of Rs 51000. He won the award for his contributions to Sanskrit literature and the two story collections and a collection of poetry he published in the year 2007–08. He has also won awards from the Sahitya Academies of Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. [2] He was the organiser for a three-day Rishi Balidaan Samaaroh in memory of Dayanand Saraswati in Ajmer in 2009. [3] He is especially known for his light verse and stories featuring satire and irony. [4] [5]

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He has been in the Sanskrit Department at the Feroze Gandhi College, Raebareli since 1973, where he is currently a Reader. [6]

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  1. ↑ "Poets dominate 2009 Sahitya Akademi Awards". The Hindu . 24 December 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "डा. प्रशस्य मित्र शास्त्री को कालिदास पुरस्कार". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Raebareli. 19 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "तीन दिवसीय ऋषि बलिदान समारोह का आगाज". Pressnote.in (in Hindi). Ajmer. 24 October 2009.
  4. 1 2 Satyavrat Sastri (2006). Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures: Modern Sanskrit literature. Yash Publications. pp. 14, 24. ISBN   978-81-89537-06-7 . Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  5. ↑ Jagdamba Prasad Sinha (1993). Prabhākara-Nārāyaṇa-Śriḥ: Studies in Indology and musicology : Dr. P.N. Kawthekar felicitation volume. Pratibha Prakashan. p. xviii. ISBN   978-81-85268-28-6 . Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  6. ↑ Sanskrit Department Overview Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Satya Vrat Shastri: Foreword
  8. ↑ cached
  9. ↑ Table of contents
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