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Patanjali yoga now available in Arabic too

fachcha — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:35:49 +0000

Works of Patanjali, founder of Yoga and one of the greatest philosophers of India who lived 1,500 years ago, have now been translated into Arabic.

“Kalima”, the Arabic translation of the original works in Sanskrit, was done by Abdul Wahab Al Maqaleh, a professor of translation at the Faculty of Languages at Sanaa University, Yemen. The project was conducted by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH).

The book consists of 195 proverbs divided into four chapters – Yoga and its aims, Yoga and its practice, Powers and Liberation. It is regarded as a major document on the practice of yoga meditation, which is said to have many health benefits.

The original works in Sanskrit were first translated into English. It was titled “How to Know God: Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali” by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood.

Christopher Isherwood had previously collaborated with Prabhavananda in the translation of “Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God” and “Shankara’s Crest Jewel of Discrimination”.

(IANS)

Certificate of Honour for Sanskrit scholars on I-Day

fachcha — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:54:20 +0000

President of India Pratibha Devi Singh Patil conferred Certificate of Honour to the scholars of classical languages like Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Arbic and Persian on the occasion of 64th Independence Day. The honour is conferred once a year on the Independence Day in recognition of substantial contribution in the field languages like Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and Pali/Prakrit.
The list of scholars include:

SANSKRIT

V. Swaminathan, Umashanker Sharma ‘Rishi’, Shankar Dev Sharma Avtre, Vijay Pandya Devshanker, H.V. Nagaraja Rao, Pandit Moti Ram Shastri,, Deviprasad Khanderao Kharwandikar, Bhubaneshwar Kar, Pandit Madan Mohan Sharma, G. R. Ramachandra Sastri, Sitanath Dey, Kapil Deva Dvivedi, Ganesh Dutt Sharma, Jaydutt Upreti, Gouri Dharmapal and Csaba Tottossy

PERSIAN

S. M. Talha Rizvi “Burque”, Dr. Muhammad Yousuf

ARABIC
Mohd. Abdul Majeed, Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri, Ashfaq Ahmad Nadvi

PALI/PRAKRIT

Udai Chandra Jain

Sanskrit, Tamil among classical languages

fachcha — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:28:47 +0000

Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu languages have been classified as classical languages of India. Various schemes have been launched by the government to promote these languages.
According to Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V Narayansamy these promotional initiatives include research, documentation, development and preservation of the language. Government has also instituted chairs related to the language and commissioned various awards to the eminent scholars of these languages

World Sanskrit Conference in 2012

fachcha — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:35:53 +0000

World Sanskrit Conference will be organize in 2012 to unearth vast scientific knowledge from Sanskrit literature and to discuss Sanskrit’s progress. Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan will organize the Conference in January 2012. The Conference would have two sessions devoted for science and technology in Sanskrit literature.

The Sansthan has been publishing research journal, Sanskrit vimarsh (discourse), articles related scientific knowledge in the Sanskrit literature for a long time. According to the HRD Ministry there are several institutions which have been working to unearth vast knowledge of science and technology in Sanskrit Literature. These include Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Tirupati, and Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan too. The Sanskrit Vidyapeeth has prepared 200 exhibits covering a variety of subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Metallurgy, Mathematics, Gemology and several others.

Sanskrit scholar learn English: IGNOU VC

fachcha — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:22:39 +0000

“Sanskrit scholars should learn English to make the spread of the language easier and better”, IGNOU Vice Chancellor, Prof. Rajasekharan Pillai today said while inaugurating a seminar on Sanskrit. Stressing on the need to revamp Sanskrit education he said that IGNOU is planning to launch various advanced programmes in Indology and Vedanta. He said that the university will soon start Certificate courses in several Indian language.

Addressing the seminar, chief guest K N Shrivastava, Director General of Archaeological Survey of India said that ‘Sanskriti’ and Sanskrit are inter-linked. He said that Indian culture and Ayurveda can not be understood without proper knowledge of Sanskrit. According to him preserving our heritage and culture is important for economic development of the country.

Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU) School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITS) today organized a Sanskrit seminar in the convention centre of the university. An Online certificate programme in Sanskrit, jointly offered by IGNOU and Chinmaya International Foundation(CIF), was also launched on the occasion. Several Sanskrit scholars too participated in the seminar.