Sārasvatī Suṣamā Explained

Sārasvatī Suṣamā (Sanskrit: सारस्वती सुषमा|lit=Quarterly Sanskrit Research Journal) is a research journal published in Sanskrit. Established in 1942 and published quarterly, the Sārasvatī Suṣamā has been edited by a series of distinguished scholars and has carried important and internationally recognized research on Sanskrit-related topics.^[1]

Origin

Sārasvatī Suṣamā was initially published from Government Sanskrit College Benares in 1942. The editors were:

• Dr. Mangal Dev Shastri
• Tribhuvan Prasad Upadhyay
• Kubernath Shukla

Reputation

During 1958, this college merged into Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. Thereafter the journal was published by the Director, Research Institute, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India.^[2]

Editors

The editors of the journal since 1957 are listed below.

No.	Name of Editor	Period	No. of Years
1	Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya	19571965	8
2	Baldev Upadhyaya	19661968	2
3	Badarinath Shukla	19681970	2
4	B. P. T. Vagish Shastri	19701996	26
5	Adya Prasad Mishra	19961997	1
6	Shrikant Pandey	19971998	1
7	Rahas Bihari Dwivedi	19992000	1
8	Rajaram Shukla	2001present	6

Nature of publication

Sārasvatī Suṣamā publishes articles on the following topics.^[3]

• Research articles on oriental learnings.
• Research articles on Pali, Prakrit, Apabhramsa and Culture.
• Unpublished small manuscripts edited by scholars.
• Criticism of the books.
• Continuation work on Purana Index.
• Other treaties.

Notes and References

1. For example, the journal is cited often in George Cardona, Pāṇini: A survey of research (The Hague, 1976), for its authoritative articles on Sanskrit grammar.
2. [Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar|R.N. Dandekar]
3. [Baldev Upadhyaya]