Ved Prakash Upaddhay

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Dr, Sanskrit Mahamahopadhyaya[1]

Ved Prakash Upadhyay
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Born (1947-02-07) February 7, 1947 (age 77)
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
OccupationSanskrit Scholar, Author, Lecturer, Emeritus Professor (Punjab University)[2], Educator and scholar on Hinduism
Known foracademic figures listed in Marquis Who's Who, Kalki Avatar and Muhammad
Parent(s)Ramjivan/Ramsjivan Sumitradevi Upadhyay, Pratimadevi Tripathi
AwardsPresident of India Medal 2018, Sanskrit Literary Ornament Award from Haryana Sanskrit Academy
Academic background
EducationAllahabad University (formerly Prayag University) Guru Nanak Dev University
Alma materAllahabad University, Guru Nanak Dev University
Academic work
InstitutionsSanskrit Language, Hinduism, Veda
Notable worksKalki Avatar and Muhammad

Ved Prakash Upadhyay is an Indian Sanskrit scholar, author, lecturer, professor, educationist and Hindu scripture scholar. He is the author of many books on Sanskrit literature and Hinduism. In 2017, he received the Sanskrit Sahitya Alangkar Award from the Haryana Sanskrit Academy.[3] In 2017, he received the Sahitya Ratna Padak from the Punjabi Language Department[4] and in 2019 he received the President Award of India for his contribution to Sanskrit language.[5][6][7]

Early life

Ved Prakash Upadhyay was born on 2 February 1947 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. His father was Sri Ramjivan/Ramsjivan Sumitradevi Upadhyay and mother Pratimadevi Tripathi.[8]

Education

Upadhyay is a scholar of D.Phil in Sanskrit Vedas and D.Litt in Dharmashastra Hindu Law, Vedas, Philosophy, Theology, Literature, Tantra, Justice and Punishment etc. Master of Arts from Allahabad University in 1968, Doctorate in Philosophy from Allahabad University in 1970 and Master in 1975 from Guru Nanak Dev University, Bachelor of Laws from Allahabad University in 1978, Doctor of Letters from Allahabad University in 1981, Doctorate in Astrology from Astrology Research Project in 1998.

Career

1970-1974 Research Assistant, Visveswarananda Vishwabandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, 1974, Principal, Triveni Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (College) Allahabad, 1981-1984, Lecturer, Department of Sanskrit, Panjab University Chandigarh, India, India, 1984-1995, Lecturer, Department of Sanskrit, Punjab University.

He served for 40 years at Panjab University, Chandigarh and retired as Professor and Head of Sanskrit Department. He then taught Sanskrit medium for three years in the classes of Shastri, Acharya and Abhascharya at Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University, New Delhi.

Work

  • Kalki Avatar and Muhammad Sahib (Kalki Avatar and Muhammad)[9] (1970)
  • नरशंस और अंतिम ऋषि (Narasamsa and the last sage)[10]
  • Light of religious unity based on Vedas and Puranas
  • Hindu विधी अवन स्ट्रोट (Hindu Law and Sutras), International Law Institute, Allahabad, 1986
  • History of Hindi Literature, Poetry and Script, University Publication, Varanasi, 2014
  • Mahakavi Shri Hanumat Praneet Hanumannatakam Shilp अंगदेश (Mahakavi Shri Hanumat Praneet Hanumannatakam Shilp and Sensation)
  • Gadya-Vidha-Chainika (Prose-Vidha-Chainika) 2013
  • Modern Hindu Vidhi: With Dharmashastriavidhi: (Modern Hindu Vidhi: With Dharmashastriavidhi:) 2018
  • भार्टिया गॉरव के उद्गाता: Shyam Narayan Pandey (Founder of Pride of India: Shyam Narayan Pandey)

References

  1. "संस्कृत के विद्वान डॉ. वेदप्रकाश 24 जून को पहुंचेंगे पंचकूला, 60 से अधिक विद्यार्थियों को करवा चुके पीएचडी - mobile". Punjab Kesari. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. Saṁskṛtavimarśaḥ (in हिन्दी). Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. "डा वेद प्रकाश उपाध्याय और डा जगदीश प्रसाद सेमवाल को संस्कृत साहित्य अलंकार सम्मान - Ved Prakash Upadhyay and Jagdish Prasad Semwal award for Sanskrit literature". Dainik Jagran. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  4. "Sahitya Ratna Awards announced". The Tribune (Chandigarh). 4 December 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  5. "डॉ वेद प्रकाश उपाध्याय को मिलेगा राष्ट्रपति सम्मान-2018". khaskhabar. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  6. "डॉ. वेद प्रकाश उपाध्याय को राष्टऊपति सम्मान". aggarjanpatrika.com. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  7. "Presidential Awards Scheme". Central Sanskrit University. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  8. Bhartiya, Bhawanilal (1991). Ārya lekhaka kośa: Āryasamāja tathā r̥shi Dayānanda vishayaka lekhana se juṛe sahastrādhika lekhakoṃ ke jīvana evaṃ kāryavr̥tta kā vistr̥ta vivaraṇa (in हिन्दी). Dayānanda Adhyayana Saṃsthāna. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  9. Srivastava, Ram Pal. अवतारवाद - एक नई दृष्टि (in हिन्दी). Sankalp Publication. p. 192. ISBN 978-93-91173-57-9.
  10. Haque, M. Zeyaul. "A Hindu view of Islam". The Milli Gazette. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

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