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'''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.
'''Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya''' ([[IAST]]: {{IAST|Sampūrṇānand 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. It is one of the largest Sanskrit universities in the world. Currently university offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in various disciplines. The university has been accredited by [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]] and recognized by [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]].


== History ==
== 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 1791, during the [[Benares State]], a resident of the [[East India 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 [[Cornwallis|Charles 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 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>
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==
==Departments==
[[File:Varanasi, India (47366061171).jpg|thumb|right|upright|Sampurnanand Sanskrit University Headquarters]]
[[File:Ardhanarishvara at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.jpg|thumb|right|upright|A contemporary [[Ardhanarishvara]] statue at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]]
[[File:Ardhanarishvara at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.jpg|thumb|right|upright|A contemporary [[Ardhanarishvara]] statue at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]]


===Veda-Vedanga===
===Adhunika Gyan Vijyana===
In this faculty, there are four departments:
* Department of Education
* Department of [[Veda]]
* Department of Library Science
* Department of [[grammar|Vyakarna]]
* Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
* Department of [[Astrology|Jyotish]]
* Department of Science
* Department of [[Dharmashastra]]
* Department of Social Sciences
 
===Philosophy===
* Department of Comparative Religion and Philosophy
* Department of Mimamsa
* Department of Nyaya-Vaishesika
* Department of Sankhya-Yoga-Tantragama
* Department of Vedanta


===Sahitya Sanskriti===
===Sahitya Sanskriti===
In this faculty, there are three departments:
* Department of Puranetihasa
* Department of [[Sahitya]]
* Department of Sahitya
* Department of Puranetihas
* Department of Prachina Rajashastra-Arthashastra
* Department of Prachin Rajshastra-Arthashastra


===Darshana (Philosophy)===
===Shramana Vidya===
* Department of [[Vedanta]]
* Department of Baudha Darshana
* Department of Sankhyayogtantram
* Department of Jaina Darshana
* Department of Comparative Religion and Philosophy
* Department of Pali and Theravada
* Department of [[Nyaya]]
* Department of Prakrita and Jainagama
* Department of [[Mimansa]]
* Department of Sanskrita Vidya


===Shraman Vidya===
===Veda-Vedanga===
* Department of [[Pali]] and [[Theravada]]
* Department of Dharma Shastra                       
* Department of Veda
* Department of Jyotisha (Astrology)                 
* Department of Vyakarana


===Adhunik Jyan Vigyan===
==Research Institute==
* Department of Modern Language and [[Linguistics]]
When the institution was known as Sanskrit College, all research activities were carried out by the principal. This included the work done on [[Manuscript|manuscripts]] that were kept in the Saraswati Bhavan Granthalaya.


===Ayurveda===
After the institution became a university, all research work was supervised by the director of the Research Institute, who is also the chief editor of the famous book series [[Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala]] and the journal [[Sārasvatī Suṣamā]].
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.
The director is responsible for overseeing all research activities within the university, and serves as its academic head. Being a director, the renowned grammarian [[Vagish Shastri]] had made valuable contributions to the Sanskrit journal [[Sārasvatī Suṣamā]] and edited numerous books in the Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala series.<ref>[[Baldev Upadhyaya]], ''Kashi ki Panditya Parampara'', Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, 1983.</ref>


==Research Institute==
==Affiliation==
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
Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya is a university in India that comprises over 600 <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ssvv.ac.in/download/webpages/To_Check_Affiliation.pdf | title=Total Colleges including Uttar Pradesh and outside of Uttar Pradesh | website=www.ssvv.ac.in}}</ref> schools and colleges. The medium of instruction in these educational institutions is Sanskrit, Hindi, and English. It is the sole university in India that boasts of such extensive affiliation throughout the country. The state wise affiliated colleges' statistics are as follows:


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"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! S. No.
! No.
! State
! State
! No. of affiliated colleges
! No. of affiliated colleges
|-
|-
| 1
|1
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| 963
|1
|-
|-
| 2
|2
| [[Rajasthan]]
|[[Bihar]]
| 7
|10
|-
|-
| 3
| 3
|[[Maharashtra]]
| [[Delhi]]
| 7
| 7
|-
|-
| 4
| 4
| [[Gujarat]]
| [[Gujarat]]
| 21
| 2
|-
|5
|[[Haryana]]
|7
|-
|-
| 5
| 7
| [[Delhi]]
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| 13
| 1
|-
|-
| 6
| 6
| [[Kashmir]]
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 2
| 1
|-
|-
| 7
| 7
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
|[[Maharashtra]]
| 3
| 4
|-
|8
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|1
|-
| 9
| [[Rajasthan]]
| 4
|-
|-
| 8
| 10
| [[Sikkim]]
| [[Sikkim]]
| 4
| 5
|-
| 11
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| 554
|-
|12
|[[West Bengal]]
|6
|}
|}


==Controversy==
==Notable alumni==
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>
*[[Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati]]


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


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.ssvv.ac.in/Official Official website of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University (English and Sanskrit)]
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Latest revision as of 07:09, 14 April 2025


Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
Seal of Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
Former names
  • Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
  • Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi
MottoŚrutam me gopāya
Motto in English
Let my learning be safe
TypeState
Established1791 (235 years ago) (1791)
ChancellorGovernor of Uttar Pradesh
Vice-ChancellorBihari Lal Sharma
Location
Varanasi
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUGC
Websitewww.ssvv.ac.in

Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya (IAST: Sampūrṇānand 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. It is one of the largest Sanskrit universities in the world. Currently university offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in various disciplines. The university has been accredited by NAAC and recognized by UGC.

History[edit | edit source]

In 1791, during the Benares State, a resident of the East India Company, 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 Charles Cornwallis. The first teacher of the institution was Pandit Kashinath and the governor general sanctioned a budget of ₹20,000 per annum. The first principal of Government Sanskrit College was John Muir, followed by James R. Ballantyne, Ralph T. H. Griffith, George Thibaut, Arthur Venis, Sir Ganganath Jha and Gopinath Kaviraj.[1]

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.[2]

Departments[edit | edit source]

Sampurnanand Sanskrit University Headquarters
A contemporary Ardhanarishvara statue at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

Adhunika Gyan Vijyana[edit | edit source]

  • Department of Education
  • Department of Library Science
  • Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
  • Department of Science
  • Department of Social Sciences

Philosophy[edit | edit source]

  • Department of Comparative Religion and Philosophy
  • Department of Mimamsa
  • Department of Nyaya-Vaishesika
  • Department of Sankhya-Yoga-Tantragama
  • Department of Vedanta

Sahitya Sanskriti[edit | edit source]

  • Department of Puranetihasa
  • Department of Sahitya
  • Department of Prachina Rajashastra-Arthashastra

Shramana Vidya[edit | edit source]

  • Department of Baudha Darshana
  • Department of Jaina Darshana
  • Department of Pali and Theravada
  • Department of Prakrita and Jainagama
  • Department of Sanskrita Vidya

Veda-Vedanga[edit | edit source]

  • Department of Dharma Shastra
  • Department of Veda
  • Department of Jyotisha (Astrology)
  • Department of Vyakarana

Research Institute[edit | edit source]

When the institution was known as Sanskrit College, all research activities were carried out by the principal. This included the work done on manuscripts that were kept in the Saraswati Bhavan Granthalaya.

After the institution became a university, all research work was supervised by the director of the Research Institute, who is also the chief editor of the famous book series Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala and the journal Sārasvatī Suṣamā.

The director is responsible for overseeing all research activities within the university, and serves as its academic head. Being a director, the renowned grammarian Vagish Shastri had made valuable contributions to the Sanskrit journal Sārasvatī Suṣamā and edited numerous books in the Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala series.[3]

Affiliation[edit | edit source]

Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya is a university in India that comprises over 600 [4] schools and colleges. The medium of instruction in these educational institutions is Sanskrit, Hindi, and English. It is the sole university in India that boasts of such extensive affiliation throughout the country. The state wise affiliated colleges' statistics are as follows:

No. State No. of affiliated colleges
1 Arunachal Pradesh 1
2 Bihar 10
3 Delhi 7
4 Gujarat 2
5 Haryana 7
7 Himachal Pradesh 1
6 Jammu and Kashmir 1
7 Maharashtra 4
8 Punjab 1
9 Rajasthan 4
10 Sikkim 5
11 Uttar Pradesh 554
12 West Bengal 6

Notable alumni[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ History of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University Archived 29 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ University Circular, Vol. 3 No. 1, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.
  3. ↑ Baldev Upadhyaya, Kashi ki Panditya Parampara, Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, 1983.
  4. ↑ "Total Colleges including Uttar Pradesh and outside of Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). www.ssvv.ac.in.

External links[edit | edit source]

www.ssvv.ac.in

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