Yudhvir Foundation Memorial Award for Dr. Vijayveer
Hyderabad, April 25 (INN): Dr. Vijayveer Vidyalankar, one of India's leading Sanskrit scholars, has been selected for 25th Yudhvir Foundation Memorial Award for his work on the Rasa Siddhant and the Vedas.
The Award will be presented by Rajya Sabha MP K. Keshav Rao on April 30th at 6.30 PM at KLN Prasad Auditorium, FATAPCCI Bhavan, Red Hills, Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Hyderabad.
Dr. Vidyalankar graduated from Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar and received his Ph. D in Hindi from Osmania University in 1976. He joined the Pandit Narendra Prachya Mahavidyala as a lecturer and retired as its principal in 2002.
Dr. Vidyalankar has supervised the translation of 12 Telugu books into Hindi. His writings include Vipanchika, Dakshin Mein Ram Katha and Vedic Vichar.
His major work are the scholarly exposition of the Indian theory of aesthetics (Nava Rasas) in Ras Siddhanth Vivechan, the preparation of the index of the mantras of all the four Vedas in their original order, and the translation of the Yajur Veda from Sanskrit into Hindi verse.
Dr. Vidyalankar is the Founder Vice-President of Dakshinanchaliya Sahitya Samiti. His awards include the Rashtriya Bhavatmak Ekta Award (2001) for his contribution in the field of Education, the Maharishi Dayanand Vaidik Jagran Award (2001) and Bhagwan Mahavir Vishwa Sadbhavana Award (2005). He was honoured for outstanding contribution to Vedic literature by the Gurukul Kangri University in 2009.
News Posted: 25 April, 2016
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