Ram Charan Sharma

Ram Charan Sharma

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Ram Charan Sharma is a Sanskrit poet and eminent scholar born in 1927 at Barauni, Bihar. He has given significant contribution in the field of Indology through research papers and critics’ works. Apart from Hindi, he writes in Sanskrit as well, critic works, novels and short stories. Elements of poetry in the Mahabharata - is his most noted work. It’s a critic work written in Sanskrit. Sandhya, Patheyasatakam and Vina include his best poetry collections while Rayisah and Sima, his outstanding novels. He has also done a few translation works as well as editing a few books. Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit and Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award, both in 1989, Presidential award and Sanskrit academy award are the honours received by Sharma for his outstanding contributions to the field of literature and research. The Library of Congress has twenty-one works by Dr. Sharma. He has also held many prestigious posts in many academic institutions.

 

Sharma was born in Bihar in the year 1927. He received M.A. in Sanskrit and Hindi from Patna University. Sahityacharya, Vyakarana Shastri and Vedanta Shastri degrees are other educational degrees. He earned a Ph.D. in Sanskrit from the University of California. He was Director of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan from 1970-1974 and 1980-1983. After that for a year he was Joint Educational Advisor, Govt. of India. He has also held many prestigious positions including Vice-Chancellor of Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga University and Sampurnananda Sanskrit University. He is long-time President of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies (IASS).

 

He has also organized several Oriental conferences and seminars. His major works in English are Elements of Poetry in the Mahabharata, Anthology of Medieval Sanskrit Literature and Researches in Indian and Buddhist Philosophy. Ganesha Purana is his noted edited work.

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Updated: April 01, 2014

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