Rama-caritabdhi-ratna of Nityananda Shastri
by Satya Vrat Shastri | 2005 | 75,230 words
This is the English translation of the Rama-caritabdhi-ratna by Pandit Nityananda Shastri. It is a distinguished Sanskrit Mahakavya (epic poem) that chronicles Lord Rama’s life in fourteen cantos, symbolic of the jewels yielded from the Milk Ocean when churned. His work showcases an extraordinary command of grammar, vocabulary, and rare poetic tech...
Nityananda Shastri (1889-1961)
He had his education from his father, the well-known poet Madhava Kavindra Dadhich of Jodhpur. the He wrote both in Sanskrit and Hindi. His Sanskrit works include the Marutistavah, the Laghuschandola nkaradarpanah, Hanumaddutam, the Sriramacaritabdhiratnam, the Aryamuktavali the Srikrsnastaprasah etc. Among his Hindi works are: the Adisaktivaibhava, the Rtuvilasa, the Hanumadduta, the Sriramakathakalpalata, the Sridadhicicaritam and so on. The works edited by him are: the Ajitodayah, the Ajitacaritam, the Cetodutam, the Suktiratnavali, etc. He was the recipient of the titles Kavibhusana, Kaviratna, Asukavi, Vidyavacaspati and Mahakavi. Satya Vrat Shastri (b. 1930) He did his Ph.D. at the Banaras Hindu University. He was Head of the Department of Sanskrit and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts of University of Delhi & the ViceChancellor of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri, Orissa. Presently he is Honorary Professor at JNU, New Delhi. He has to his credit Mahakavyas, Khandakavyas, Prabandhakavya, Patrakavya (in two parts) and six works in critical writing including the magnum opus The RamayanaA Linguistic Study besides one hundred and seventy-five research articles. He is the founding editor of two research journals, the Indological Studies and the Srijagannathajyotih and has edited three Felicitation Volumes. He was Visiting Professor in six Universities on four Continents and lectured in Universities of Europe, North America, South and Southeast Asia and the Far East. He is recipient of fifty-two national and international awards and honours including Padma Shri and four Honorary Doctorates from Indian and foreign Universities. L Cover Design: JMS Rawat