Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University

Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University
Type	Public
Established	1961 (60 years ago)
Chancellor	Phagu Chauhan
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Shashinath Jha
Location	Darbhanga, Bihar, India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.ksdsu.edu.in

Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University (KSDSU) is a state university located at Darbhanga, Bihar, India, dedicated to the teaching and promotion of Sanskrit.

History[]

Sanskrit University Building at Darbhanga donated by the Maharajadhiraj.

KSDSU was established in 1961, with the scholar Umesh Mishra as its first Vice-Chancellor. The then Education Minister of unified Bihar, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, announced the instigation of the university. Kameshwar Singh donated his ancestral Anand Bagh Palace to the government of Bihar as a university for the promotion of Sanskrit. Currently, this palace is the head office of the university.^[1]

It has held one awareness campaign. Sanskrit scholar and poet Ram Karan Sharma was the vice chancellor from 1974 to 1980.^[2]

Manuscript Collection[]

Among the collections of the university are manuscripts on Epics, Philosophy, Vyakarana, Dharmashastra, Agama, Tantra, etc. The exceptional collection of nearly 5562 rare manuscripts including six illustrated manuscripts of the Ramayana, Gitagovinda, Srimadbhagavata, Durga Saptasati, etc. The few manuscripts of Vidyapati, Mahesh Thakur composed in their own scripts are among the collection.^{[citation needed]}

The university started functioning as a Manuscript Resource Centre in September 2003. This MRC has documented its own collections, as well as surveyed the areas of Bihar and Jharkhand. It has so far documented 2000 manuscripts, covering 49 institutions and 206 private collections in 13 districts. Paper manuscripts and palm manuscripts are preserved in the university.^{[citation needed]}

Campus[]

Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University is located in Laxmishwar Vilas Palace, also known as Anand Bag in Darbhanga.

Postgraduate Department[]

Its postgraduate department deals with Veda, Vyakarna, Dharma Shastra, Darshana, Jyotish, Sahitya and Ayurveda.

Affiliated Colleges[]

Sidheshwari Laxminath Sanskrit College, Madhubani district
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Jagjivan abhuday sanskrit college, amarpur banka

References[]

^ Umesh Mishra; author Govinda Jhā; at page 60
^ Gayatree Sharma (29 December 2008). "Sanskrit has never been dead". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2009.

External Links[]

Website of Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University

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[1] Umesh Mishra; author Govinda Jhā; at page 60

[2] Gayatree Sharma (29 December 2008). "Sanskrit has never been dead". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2009.

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