Type Public Campus Urban Founded 1791 Vice-chancellor Binda Prasad Mishra | Established 1791 Affiliations UGC Phone 0542 220 4089 | |
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Former name Government Sanskrit College Location Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India Address Sanskrit University Road, Jaitpura, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221001 Motto श्रुतम् मे गोपाय; Șrutam me gopāya; "Let my learning be safe." (Sanskrit) Affiliation University Grants Commission Notable alumni Balkrishna, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Ghanshyam Anuragi, Rammurti Singh Verma Similar Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vid, Central University for Tibeta, Veer Bahadur Singh Pur, Banaras Hindu University, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Av | ||
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Sampurnanand Sanskrit University (Sanskrit: सम्पूर्णानन्द संस्कृत विश्वविद्यालय, वाराणसी; IAST: Sampūrānand Samskrit Vișvavidyālaya, Vāraṇāsī) is an Indian institution of higher learning located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, specializing in the study of Sanskrit and related fields. It is India's oldest university which is still functional.
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History
In 1791, during the British occupation of India, Jonathan Duncan, resident of the East India Company, proposed the establishment of a Sanskrit college for the development and preservation of Sanskrit Vangmaya (grammar) 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 Rs. 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.
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.
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. Its elarly name was वारारासेय संस्कृत विश्वविद्यालय,
Veda-Vedanga
In this faculty, there are four departments:
Sahitya Sanskriti
In this faculty, there are three departments:
Darshana (Philosophy)
Shraman Vidya
Adhunik Jyan Vigyan
Ayurveda
In this faculty, there are many departments, such as:
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 manuscripts 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 Sarasvati Susama. 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 Sarasvati Susama and edited numerous books of the Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala series.
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: