Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

Sampurnanand Sanskrit University
Established	1791
Type	Public
Chancellor	Hon. B.L. Joshi
Vice-Chancellor	Binda Prasad Misra
Location	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UGC
Website	http://ssvv.up.nic.in

Sampurnanand Sanskrit University is an institution of higher learning in Asian learning, Sanskrit allied areas, etc. that is located in Benares (also known as Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India.

History

In 1791, during British rule in India, Jonathan Duncan, resident of the East India Company proposed an establishment of Sanskrit college for development and preservation of Sanskrit Vangmaya and to show that English people are in favour of development of India people. This was sanctioned by governor general Lord Cornwallis. The first teacher of this institution was Pandit Kashinath. The governor general sanctioned a budget of Rs. 20,000 per annum at that time. The first principal of Government Sanskrit College was J. Myor, followed by Dr. J.R. Ballantyne, Ralph T. H. Griffith, Dr. G. Thevo, Dr. Aurthor Venice, Sir Ganganath Jha, and Gopinath Kaviraj among others.

In 1857, this college started postgraduate teaching. The examination system was adopted in 1880. In 1894 famous building of Saraswati Bhavan Granthalaya was built, where thousands of manuscript are preserved. These manuscripts are edited by the principal of college and published in book form. The series of these books are known as Sarasvati Bhavana texts. More than 400 books are published in this series.

After independence of India, in 1958 the effort of Sampurnanand changed the status of this institution from college to a Sanskrit university. In the year 1974 its name was changed to Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.

Faculty

A contemporary Ardhanarishvara statue at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

Veda-Vedanga

In this faculty there are four departments:

• Department of Veda
• Department of Vyakarna
• Department of Jyotish
• Department of Dharmashastra

Sahitya Sanskriti

In this faculty there are three departments:

• Department of Sahitya
• Department of Puranetihas
• Department of Prachin Rajshastra-Arthashastra

Darshana (Philosophy)

• Department of Vedant
• Department of Sankhyayogtantram
• Department of Comparative Religion and Philosophy
• Department of Nyaya
• Department of Mimansa

Shraman Vidya

• Department of Pali and Thevad

Adhunik Jyan Vigyan

• Department of Modern Language and Linguistics

Ayurveda

In this faculty there are many departments, such as

• Kayachikitsa Tantra (Internal Medicine)
• Shalya Tantra (Surgery)
• Shalakya Tantra (ENT)
• Kaumarabhritya Tantra (Pediatrics)
• Agada Tantra (Toxicology)
• Bajikarana Tantra (Purification of the Genetic organs)
• Rasayana Tantra (Health and Longevity)

A Bhuta Vidya (Spiritual Healing) department is proposed.

Research institute

When the status of this institution was Sanskrit college, all the research activities was carried by the principal. This includes the work done for manuscripts which were kept in Saraswati Bhavan Granthalaya.

When the institution became a university, the whole research work was supervised by the director, Research Institute. The director is the chief editor of the famous book series Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala and also the chief editor of the journal Sarasvati Susama. He has to supervise all the research activities in the university. The director is the academic head of the university.

Affiliation

More than 1200 Sanskrit-medium schools and colleges are affiliated with this university. This is the only university in India which has its widespread affiliation all over the country. The statistics of affiliated colleges are as follows:

S. No.	State	No. of affiliated colleges
1	Uttar Pradesh	963
2	Rajasthan	7
3	Maharastra	7
4	Gujarat	21
5	Delhi	13
6	Kashmir	2
7	Himachal Pradesh	3
8	Sikkim	4

External links

• Official website of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University