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{{short description|Indian university in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox university
|name = Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
|native_name =
|former_names = {{hlist|Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya|Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi}}
|image_name = Sampurnanand Sanskrit University logo.JPG
|motto = {{IAST|Śrutam me gopāya}}
|mottoeng = Let my learning be safe
|established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|1791}}
|chancellor = {{UP governor}}
|vice_chancellor= Prof. Rajaram Shukla
|city = [[Varanasi]]
|state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|country = [[India]]
|type = [[State university (India)|State University (Government)]]
|campus = [[Urban areas|Urban]]
|affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]
|website = {{URL|http://www.ssvv.ac.in/}}
}}

'''Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya''' ([[IAST]]: {{IAST|Sampūrnānand Saṃskṛta Viśvavidyālaya, Vāraṇāsī}}; formerly '''Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya''' and '''Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi''') is an Indian university and institution of higher learning located in [[Varanasi]], Uttar Pradesh, specializing in the study of [[Sanskrit]] and related fields.

== History ==
In 1791, during the [[Company rule in India|rule by the East India Company]], a resident of the company, [[Jonathan Duncan (Governor of Bombay)|Jonathan Duncan]], proposed the establishment of a Sanskrit college for the development and preservation of Sanskrit ''Vangmaya'' (eloquence) to demonstrate British support for Indian education. The initiative was sanctioned by governor general [[Lord Cornwallis]]. The first teacher of the institution was Pandit Kashinath and the governor general sanctioned a budget of {{INR}}20,000 per annum. The first principal of Government Sanskrit College was [[John Muir (indologist)|John Muir]], followed by [[James R. Ballantyne]], [[Ralph T. H. Griffith]], [[George Thibaut]], [[Arthur Venis]], [[Ganganath Jha|Sir Ganganath Jha]] and [[Gopinath Kaviraj]].<ref>[http://ssvv.up.nic.in/historyweb.htm History of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429105357/http://ssvv.up.nic.in/historyweb.htm |date=29 April 2012 }}</ref>

In 1857, the college began postgraduate teaching. An examination system was adopted in 1880. In 1894, the famous Saraswati Bhavan Granthalaya building was built, where thousands of manuscripts remain preserved today. These manuscripts have been edited by the principal of the college and published in book form. More than 400 books have been published in a series known as ''[[Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala]]''.

In 1958, the efforts of [[Sampurnanand]] changed the status of the institution from that of a college to a Sanskrit university. In 1974, the name of the institution was formally changed to Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.<ref>University Circular, Vol. 3 No. 1, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University</ref>

==Faculty==
[[File:Ardhanarishvara at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.jpg|thumb|right|upright|A contemporary [[Ardhanarishvara]] statue at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]]

===Veda-Vedanga===
In this faculty, there are four departments:
* Department of [[Veda]]
* Department of [[grammar|Vyakarna]]
* Department of [[Astrology|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 [[Vedanta]]
* Department of Sankhyayogtantram
* Department of Comparative Religion and Philosophy
* Department of [[Nyaya]]
* Department of [[Mimansa]]

===Shraman Vidya===
* Department of [[Pali]] and [[Theravada]]

===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|Shalakya Tantra]] (ENT)
* Kaumarabhritya Tantra (Pediatrics)
* Agada Tantra (Toxicology)
* Bajikarana Tantra (Purification of the Genital organs)
* Rasayana Tantra (Health and Longevity)

The establishment of a Bhuta Vidya (Spiritual Healing) department is currently being proposed.

==Research Institute==
When the status of this institution was Sanskrit college, all research activities were carried out by the principal. This includes the work done for [[manuscript]]s which were kept in the Saraswati Bhavan Granthalaya

When the institution became a university, the whole research work was supervised by the director of the Research Institute. The director is the chief editor of the famous book series ''[[Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala]]'' and is also the chief editor of the journal ''[[Sārasvatī Suṣamā]]''. The director has to supervise all the research activities in the university. The director is the academic head of the University. Famous grammarian [[Vagish Shastri]] made valuable contribution towards the Sanskrit journal ''Sārasvatī Suṣamā'' and edited numerous books of the ''Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala'' series.<ref>[[Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya]], ''Kashi ki Panditya Parampara'', Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, 1983.</ref>

==Affiliation==
More than 1,200 Sanskrit-medium schools and colleges are affiliated with this university. This is the only university in India which enjoys such widespread affiliation throughout the country. The statistics of affiliated colleges are as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! S. No.
! State
! No. of affiliated colleges
|-
| 1
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| 963
|-
| 2
| [[Rajasthan]]
| 7
|-
| 3
|[[Maharashtra]]
| 7
|-
| 4
| [[Gujarat]]
| 21
|-
| 5
| [[Delhi]]
| 13
|-
| 6
| [[Kashmir]]
| 2
|-
| 7
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| 3
|-
| 8
| [[Sikkim]]
| 4
|}

==Controversy==
According to [[University Grants Commission (India)]], in [[Delhi]]'s Jagatpuri a fake university is running by this university's old name i.e. '''Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/page/Fake-Universities.aspx|title = University Grants commission ::Fake Universities}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of educational institutions in Varanasi]]
*[[List of Sanskrit universities in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.ssvv.ac.in/Official Official website of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University (English and Sanskrit)]
{{Universities in Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Varanasi}}
{{Sanskrit Universities in India}}
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